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    CloudQuell

    N/AN/ACloudQuell is a cost management platform built for teams whose spend no longer sits in one place. It ingests AWS billing data daily through a scoped read-only cross-account IAM role, and connects OpenAI, Anthropic, and Snowflake. It supports cost centers, allocation rules, tags, and multi-account cost views so spend can be attributed to the team or product that caused it. Anomaly detection, budgets, alert delivery, and ranked savings recommendations help teams identify cost issues and…

    $99

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    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
    CloudQuellIBM Cloudability
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
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    Starter
    $99
    per month Flat Rate
    Growth
    $199
    per month Flat Rate
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CloudQuellIBM Cloudability
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is a flat fee, not a percentage of cloud spend. Monthly or annual billing is available, with annual billing providing approximately 17% savings (Starter $990/year, Growth $1,990/year). Every organization can use the free plan for under $10K/month of tracked cloud spend. Paid plans include a 14-day free trial with no credit card required and are self-serve with no sales call.
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    CloudQuellIBM Cloudability
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    Configurability
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    User Testimonials
    CloudQuellIBM Cloudability
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CloudQuell
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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
    CloudQuell
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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
    CloudQuell
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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
    CloudQuell
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    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
    CloudQuell
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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
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Only been 1 or 2 occaisions when not available, in 3 years
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    Performance
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
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    Support Rating
    CloudQuell
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    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
    CloudQuell
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    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
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Within months
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    Alternatives Considered
    CloudQuell
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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
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I wasn't personally involved, but all dealings with Apptio have been easy
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    Scalability
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Works as designed
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    Return on Investment
    CloudQuell
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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

    CloudQuell Screenshots

    Screenshot of MTD spend, forecast, savings available, anomalies, top movers — AWS and Snowflake in one viewScreenshot of Cost centers and allocation rules attribute spend to the team that caused it.Screenshot of Ranked savings recommendations. CloudQuell does not modify workloads.Screenshot of Anomaly detection, budgets and alert delivery, with estimated impact.

    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