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AWS Cost Explorer vs. IBM Kubecost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Cost Explorer
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
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
IBM Kubecost
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
IBM Kubecost is a Kubernetes cost monitoring and optimization platform that delivers real-time, in-cluster cost intelligence with actionable insights to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
$449
per month 100 nodes
Pricing
AWS Cost ExplorerIBM Kubecost
Editions & Modules
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Business
$449
per month 100 nodes
Enterprise
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS Cost ExplorerIBM Kubecost
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
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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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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
AWS Cost ExplorerIBM Kubecost
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS Cost ExplorerIBM Kubecost
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Apptio an IBM Company
Kubecost is very useful tool for organizations looking to manage their cost for their kubernetes environment. its a well suited tool for organizations looking to expand their kubernetes environment or start their kubernetes journey. Having a tool like this is very useful for not only the users but for leadership to manage cost and overall management of their environment
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • Cost management
  • Cost Recommendations
  • Forecast
  • Usage
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Apptio an IBM Company
  • Show namespace level cost and usage
  • Allow rightisizibg At namespace level
  • Show effectiveness of current resources allocation
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Cons
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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Apptio an IBM Company
  • I think there is room for improvement in IBM Kubecost if you Streamline IBM Kubecost more with AWS cost explorer
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Samir Kadoo
Global PSA Leader
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Usability
Amazon AWS
easy to use, intuitive
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Apptio an IBM Company
While Kubecost is very critical tool, providing useful information about your organization's kubernets cost patterns, it could use additional features like better integration with other IBM tools. Having the ability to incorporate other IBM tools will be helpful for users and leadership as well as increase overall awareness of what other Products IBM provides.
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
It is pretty comparable. We selected Cloudability, Cubecost and AWS Cost Explorer. It provides more comprehensive predictivity
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Apptio an IBM Company
Namespace cost, usage and efficiency data and ability to optimize for k8 containers
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • Helped to meet the saving targets
  • Better transparency and financial accentuality
  • Detect issues
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Anonymous
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Apptio an IBM Company
  • Cost savings
  • cost monitoring
  • budget control
SK
Samir Kadoo
Global PSA Leader
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