AWS Compute Optimizer vs. AWS Cost Explorer vs. ManageEngine CloudSpend

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Compute Optimizer
Score 8.0 out of 10
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AWS Compute Optimizer recommends optimal AWS Compute resources for workloads to reduce costs and improve performance by using machine learning to analyze historical utilization metrics. Over-provisioning compute can lead to unnecessary infrastructure cost and under-provisioning compute can lead to poor application performance. Compute Optimizer helps users choose the optimal Amazon EC2 instance types, including those that are part of an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group, based on utilization data.N/A
AWS Cost Explorer
Score 8.3 out of 10
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AWS Cost Explorer's interface is used to visualize, understand, and manage AWS costs and usage over time. Users can get custom reports that analyze cost and usage data, and analyze data at a high level (for example, total costs and usage across all accounts), or dive deeper into cost and usage data to identify trends, pinpoint cost drivers, and detect anomalies.N/A
ManageEngine CloudSpend
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
ManageEngine CloudSpend is a cost management solution for public clouds aiming to provide advanced analytics for IT and enable businesses to visualize runaway expenditure and implement budget controls in clouds. Being a SaaS-based cloud cost management software, CloudSpend helps provide precise insights into the cloud cost accrued, manage and optimize spending, and take data-driven cloud decisions.
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Pricing
AWS Compute OptimizerAWS Cost ExplorerManageEngine CloudSpend
Editions & Modules
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Up to $3,000/month
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Above $100,000/month
0.5%
AWS bill (billed monthly)
$3,000 to $100,000/month
0.8%
AWS bill (billed monthly)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS Compute OptimizerAWS Cost ExplorerManageEngine CloudSpend
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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User Ratings
AWS Compute OptimizerAWS Cost ExplorerManageEngine CloudSpend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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User Testimonials
AWS Compute OptimizerAWS Cost ExplorerManageEngine CloudSpend
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
AWS Compute Optimizer works well if you are using AWS as the core tech stack. If you are on mixed cloud deployments, then it is less appropriate because it can only give you a partial view. It might be helpful to use a tool that aggregates the usage and billing data from multiple platforms instead.
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Amazon AWS
Detect sudden increases in spending and drill down to root causes. Review monthly AWS bills to identify top services and accounts driving costs. Monitor costs against budgets and set alerts to prevent overspending. Predict upcoming costs based on historical trends for financial planning. Allocate costs to teams or projects using tags and linked accounts. Check utilization of Reserved Instances or Savings Plans for optimization.
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Detailed analysis of resource uses
  • Suggestion to reduce cost
  • Easy to use
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Amazon AWS
  • Cost management
  • Cost Recommendations
  • Forecast
  • Usage
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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Cons
Amazon AWS
  • Although it works great for AWS services but they should give a third party cost add option
  • Many features only work when there is large data available
  • sometime suggestions are not relevant to business problem we address
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Amazon AWS
  • granular data such as Kubernetes usage, cost and optimization
  • spot recommendations
  • granular data such as AI usage, cost and optimization
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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Usability
Amazon AWS
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Amazon AWS
easy to use, intuitive
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
Although both work in the same manner I prefer AWS cause our department mostly work on AWS technologies and it really makes our life easy in terms of cutting cost and making our application efficient and it gives a whole understanding of resource utilization. I recommend AWS Cost optimizer to all.
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Amazon AWS
It is pretty comparable. We selected Cloudability, Cubecost and AWS Cost Explorer. It provides more comprehensive predictivity
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • It has a very positive impact
  • Reduced the cost by a significant amount
  • Great understanding of resource utilization
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Amazon AWS
  • Helped to meet the saving targets
  • Better transparency and financial accentuality
  • Detect issues
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ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
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