CloudQuell vs. IBM Kubecost

IBM Kubecost

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
CloudQuell	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	CloudQuell 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	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	IBM 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

CloudQuell

IBM 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
Enterprise: Custom Quote

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
CloudQuell	IBM Kubecost
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Pricing 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.

—

More Pricing Information

Pricing Info

Best Alternatives
	CloudQuell	IBM Kubecost
Small Businesses	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	IBM Turbonomic Score 8.6 out of 10	IBM Turbonomic Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises	vRealize Operations (discontinued) Score 8.9 out of 10	vRealize Operations (discontinued) Score 8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	CloudQuell	IBM Kubecost
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	CloudQuell	IBM Kubecost
Likelihood to Recommend	CloudQuell No answers on this topic	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 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	CloudQuell No answers on this topic	Apptio an IBM Company Show namespace level cost and usage Allow rightisizibg At namespace level Show effectiveness of current resources allocation Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	CloudQuell No answers on this topic	Apptio an IBM Company I think there is room for improvement in IBM Kubecost if you Streamline IBM Kubecost more with AWS cost explorer Incentivized SK Samir Kadoo Global PSA Leader Read full review
Usability	CloudQuell No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	CloudQuell No answers on this topic	Apptio an IBM Company Namespace cost, usage and efficiency data and ability to optimize for k8 containers Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	CloudQuell No answers on this topic	Apptio an IBM Company Cost savings cost monitoring budget control Incentivized SK Samir Kadoo Global PSA Leader Read full review
ScreenShots	CloudQuell Screenshots	IBM Kubecost Screenshots