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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Trusted Advisor

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AAWS Trusted Advisor is an online tool that provides users real time guidance to help provision resources following AWS best practices. Trusted Advisor checks help optimize AWS infrastructure, increase security and performance, reduce overall costs, and monitor service limits. Whether establishing new workflows, developing applications, or as part of ongoing improvement, the recommendations provided by Trusted Advisor are designed to help keep solutions provisioned optimally.N/A

    IBM Cloudability

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloudability is a cloud cost management and optimization (FinOps) tool that enables IT, finance, and business teams to optimize their cloud spend across all cost sources, all maturity levels, and for all stakeholders.N/A
    Pricing
    AWS Trusted AdvisorIBM Cloudability
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Trusted AdvisorIBM Cloudability
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    AWS Trusted AdvisorIBM Cloudability
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Chose IBM Cloudability
    Apples to Sausages - no comparison - hands down Apptio Cloudability wins that argument
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloudability
    When compared to other tools for multi-cloud cost management, Cloudability is more streamlined and customizable.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloudability
    The information has more trend historical data and recomendations shows the service behavior so we can have more better decisions on actions.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    145 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    107 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    139 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    87 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    98 Answers
    User Ratings
    AWS Trusted AdvisorIBM Cloudability
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (147 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (147 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.3
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS Trusted AdvisorIBM Cloudability
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It is well suited for an organization that uses AWS tools and technologies. as AWS is very popular in the market. you can use almost any service with it. the only thing is your organization must be using AWS services. It is not also cheap so the price can be the issue.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I don't have much exposure to the tool. I mean, I'm relatively new to using it as a platform, but I haven't really seen the benefit, especially with the actual renewal talks at the company. I'm not seeing what AWS native solutions are, how probability improves on that as opposed to just using AWS and just, I don't know. I'm not seeing the benefit, at least in my eyes.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Cost Optimization
    • Effective use of services
    • Performance Report
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • We are able to integrate multiple sources of data to have a comprehensive view of our spend.
    • We are able to get more detailed insights via container dashboard for kubernetes spend
    • A unified platform to manage overall cloud spend along with related FinOps spend
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Although It Provides very good recommendations some times they do not seem logical.
    • Cost estimation can be improved further for particular services
    • Need to have a business or Enterprise plan to access you can give some trial period to try
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • For me, it is a lot of anomaly detection and I think there's a lot of improvement that can be made to show anomalies that happen over time because if it's just day to day or week to week, you may not see the change. But if you see the trend over a period of time, show me something that has grown 40%, 50% over the past three months and maybe you can do those things and we just haven't figured them out yet. So we are very new to the product, but I think anomaly detection for me is one of the bigger things.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Cloudability has been one solution for almost all of our FinOps needs. Except for Data transfer costs, we have covered all use cases and have made significant savings across our cloud infrastructure. Reporting has provided management a deeper analysis into their spending and helped them forecast their budgets for next year
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I gave the IBM Cloudability a 7/10 because it is good, but it could improve in some places. It is easy to get data uploaded and ready to view, but it is only up to a certain point in time, and not live data. As for how it looks, the interface is good for viewing, however navigation could be a little better, maybe supported with a roadmap.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Only been 1 or 2 occaisions when not available, in 3 years
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    While there have been few support cases where the experience was good. But in multiple support cases it's firstly delayed and even after weeks or months of time, team is not able to provide us with the RCA of the issue. All they are claiming is the issue is now fixed which I still see coming back after few days or weeks as we've never identified and addressed the root cause.
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    Online Training
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Training was adequate, but the real learning begins when you start using the product, like most things. All major functions were covered so as an entry point, was a good introduction to the product. The training pace was good as well, the areas were covered in decent depth, without being too much of an information overload.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Within months
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    It does a good job not only it provides cost estimation but also it provides security measures that we have to take to make sure that we are not vulnerable to attacks. It also gives a performance report which helps to analyze the resource allocation and free resources more effectively.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Before Apptio we extensively used the cloud native and in house automated and developed cost optimization tool using python , powershell and leveraging the various cloud native services like AWS systems manager , Azure Functions and Azure automation run books.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    I wasn't personally involved, but all dealings with Apptio have been easy
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Works as designed
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Optimized resources
    • less security attacks
    • Saved from overbudget
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • Apptio Cloudability has enabled us to charge back 100% of our cloud spend to our business users and on an automated basis through the use of ApptioOne
    • Apptio Cloudability's transparency and metrics have enabled us to save millions of dollars in cloud spend across our user base.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloudability Screenshots

    Screenshot of ML backed rightsizing recommendations surfacing multiple scenarios with tools to help sort those that can me realistically actioned on, with Jira and ServiceNowScreenshot of an allocation of cloud viewed through the enterprise grade tools to tailor data for chargeback/showback across an organizationScreenshot of intelligent forecasting including seasonality, cost drivers and net new spendScreenshot of anomaly detection capabilities to stop issues in their tracks via the right people for the job