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SoftLayer

SoftLayer provides on-demand IT infrastructure, dedicated servers and cloud resources.

What is SoftLayer?

SoftLayer dedicated servers give you options from entry-level single processor servers to quad proc, hex-core, and even GPU-powered workhorses. They're all deployed in real time via our portal or API.
SoftLayer is a tool in the Dedicated Cloud Hosting category of a tech stack.

Who uses SoftLayer?

Companies
49 companies reportedly use SoftLayer in their tech stacks, including WhatsApp, SendGrid, and Tumblr.

Developers
49 developers on StackShare have stated that they use SoftLayer.

SoftLayer Integrations

Vagrant, Twilio SendGrid, Compose, StackStorm, and Cloudant are some of the popular tools that integrate with SoftLayer. Here's a list of all 15 tools that integrate with SoftLayer.
Pros of SoftLayer
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Dedicated hardware
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Great support
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Good pricing
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Many upgrades

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SoftLayer's Features

  • 5TB public outbound bandwidth, standard
  • 100Mbps network uplinks, standard
  • More starting RAM in most servers
  • More starting storage in most servers
  • Reduced RAM upgrade pricing
  • More bandwidth in upgrade packages

SoftLayer Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to SoftLayer?
DigitalOcean
We take the complexities out of cloud hosting by offering blazing fast, on-demand SSD cloud servers, straightforward pricing, a simple API, and an easy-to-use control panel.
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server. Originally designed as a replacement for the NCSA HTTP Server, it has grown to be the most popular web server on the Internet.
Amazon EC2
It is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
Firebase
Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.
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SoftLayer's Followers
60 developers follow SoftLayer to keep up with related blogs and decisions.