Skytap
- Features
- Ease of use
- Ease of management
- Quality of support
- Affordability
- Market presence
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- Information technology and software
- Energy and utilities
- Professional services (engineering, legal, consulting, etc.)
What is Skytap
Preserves complex app environments
Self-service environment provisioning
Azure-aligned deployment option
Not a general-purpose IaaS
Limited fit for cloud-native
Data integration is not core
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (consumption-based) Billing details: Monthly billing, consumption reported hourly and billed monthly; Skytap on Azure shows a $0.00 base monthly subscription with per-meter consumption added (one-second granularity). Skytap does not publish public per-unit SKU rates on its main site — per-region / per-meter rates are available in the cloud marketplace (Azure or IBM Cloud) or inside the customer portal.
Free tier/trial: Skytap does not advertise a permanent free tier on its site. Skytap has promoted a time-limited IBM Cloud offer: a $500 USD credit for new Skytap on IBM Cloud users (valid for 90 days) — this is a promotional free-credit/trial through IBM Cloud rather than a permanent Skytap-free plan.
Reserved capacity / discounts: Reserved Capacity (discounted, committed rates) is available for x86 and Power compute and for storage. Terms include 1-year and 3-year reservations; reserves are paid in advance and billed through the cloud partner (Azure or IBM Cloud). Skytap on Azure supports paying for reserves all in advance or via annual installments; Skytap on IBM Cloud supports full or monthly installments.
Support / add-on pricing (published on Skytap site):
| Support tier | Monthly pricing (as published) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Greater of $250 or 5% of monthly charges (up to $5,000) | Paid premium support tier |
| Enterprise | Greater of $1,000 or 7% of monthly charges (up to $15,000) | Paid premium support tier |
| Platinum | Greater of $5,000 or 10% of monthly charges (up to $30,000) | Top-tier paid support |
| Standard | Included with Skytap subscription | Default included support |
Example costs / SKUs: Skytap’s public website and documentation do not publish fixed per-VM / per-GB / per-hour SKU prices; customers must view the Azure or IBM Cloud marketplace listings or the Skytap account billing pages for region- and meter-specific rates. (No example SKU prices are published on skytap.com.)
Discount options: Reserved capacity (1-year and 3-year) for compute and storage; discounts applied via reserve purchases. Enterprise/volume discounts and custom pricing typically handled via sales for large/enterprise deals.
Notes / Where to find unit rates: Skytap directs customers to the cloud marketplace (Azure Marketplace or IBM Cloud) or the Skytap portal for exact on-demand rates and regional pricing details.
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