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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

    per month Flat Rate

    IBM Kubecost

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Kubecost is a self-hosted Kubernetes cost visibility and optimization platform that provides real-time insights to help teams reduce cloud spend and scale cost efficiently.

    $449

    per month 100 nodes

    Pricing
    CloudQuellIBM Kubecost
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month Flat Rate
    Starter
    $99
    per month Flat Rate
    Growth
    $199
    per month Flat Rate
    Business
    $449
    per month 100 nodes
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    CloudQuellIBM Kubecost
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    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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    CloudQuellIBM Kubecost
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    7.5
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    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    CloudQuellIBM Kubecost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    We have a Kubernetes cluster spread across multiple cloud providers, including AWS, Google, and Azure. Kubecost consolidates data from all the providers and gives us insights. So instead of jumping between individual dashboards, Kubecost shows everything in one place. It helps us in right-sizing the cluster, which directly saves us costs. Although it gives us cluster insights, we still need to take action manually. It also provides insight into the Kube cluster only, but actual costs depend on other components as well, including databases, storage, etc.
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    Pros
    CloudQuell
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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
    CloudQuell
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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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    Usability
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Our engineers liked the devops dashboard and the initial deployment was very fast which meant the cost-allocation data was available right after deployment which the team further customized and enhanced based on our needs. Version 3.0 fixed a lot of concerns with the backend responsiveness, especially when running heavy multi-cluster api calls
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    Alternatives Considered
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Among competitors, IBM Kubecost offers deeper insights into cluster metrics. It offers the highest data privacy, as the data stays in your private infrastructure. Although it can't provide Non-K8s cost insights, it still offers some insights based on tags, which is better than any other product.
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    Return on Investment
    CloudQuell
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • Given that we are going through a cloud transformation journey, IBM Kubecost has helped reduce the infra cost by up to 20% by detecting any wrong configuration early in the process
    • It also helped us determine the idle and orphaned resources that we could cleanup to save costs
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    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 Kubecost Screenshots

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