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    CloudZero

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACloudZero is a cost tool that pulls in both billing and resource data from across an AWS account, then runs it through a data normalization and machine learning engine to automatically group costs and surface insights. Instead of spending time building dashboards and setting budget thresholds, CloudZero automatically sorts data and correlates cost with the activity that caused it, letting users know how costs are trending.N/A

    IBM Apptio

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Apptio platform is a technology business management solution that enables organizations to make better decisions about technology investments. It connects technology spend to business value so organizations can adapt to changing market conditions.N/A
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    CloudZeroIBM Apptio
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    CloudZeroIBM Apptio
    Considered Both Products
    CloudZero
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Chose IBM Apptio
    While CloudZero and Harness CCM offer niche engineering use cases and DevOps-centric experiences,
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    Chose IBM Apptio
    Apptio is a more robust platform for larger enterprise needs, providing features that meet the needs of tech, product and finance.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    CloudZeroIBM Apptio
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    Usability
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    Availability
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    Performance
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    In-Person Training
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    Online Training
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    Configurability
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    User Testimonials
    CloudZeroIBM Apptio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CloudZero
    For a Global Supply Chain SaaS Organization we are able to track the Cloud Resource Unit Economics through CloudZero. Multiple Dashboards, Weekly Reports for identify the Cloud Cost breakup, tracking Cost Anomalies, Identify resource wastage, Multicloud cost spend visibility, AKS, Container, AI Costs visbility and Optimization insights, Proactive alerts on cost spikes,
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    We use IBM Apptio exclusively for application TCO reporting. It compiles data from different sources then export to Excel to customize report for the user. Our intention is to start a TCO dashboard within IBM Apptio, so Excel is no longer required and leadership can drill down. We are also trying to fully automate our cloud billing.
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    Pros
    CloudZero
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • Does very well at handling complex allocations and automation. Also great at bringing in data automatically, manipulating that data, and allowing you to feed that data into a complex model. So all the behind-the-scenes stuff works really well. It's also pretty good at visualization. It has some similar capabilities like a Power BI and Tableau, but generally provides most of the visualization technology that somebody would need with the tool.
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    Cons
    CloudZero
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • For Validation purpose, if possible, enable the JavaScript code so we can the hide the Tab based on current period and more validation we can perform on client side.
    • Sometimes we are faced the data load issue
    • Improvement the performance tunning
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CloudZero
    CloudZero is a Excellent Cloud Cost Management Solution for a Enterprise level Supply Chain Management SaaS Organization
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    We absolutely love it at the State of Kansas. It is very user-friendly, which helps us explain the information to those who are not as into the budgets. We consult out with Marysville, and they are super helpful in helping us with the behind the scenes stuff, like creating new tabs and uploading the reports for us to filter through. It is very simple to use and that helps us be able to teach others in our department how to use it properly.
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    Usability
    CloudZero
    Excellent MultiCloud Cost Management Solution for Global SaaS Companies to track their Multicloud Spend and complete cloud cost visibility for each product line. Supports AWS,Azure, GCP, Snowflake Cloud Platforms. Proactive Cost alerts, AI integration for cost optimization opportunities
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    We use this currently where I work and we have the consultant Maryville helping us with our Apptio reports and data. I originally used Apptio a few years back and since then I have switched employment, and I was able to talk to the leadership team about what we did at my previous job, and now we are building the reports here at my new place of employment
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    Reliability and Availability
    CloudZero
    Platform is stable and available most of the time
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Excellent, so far. SaaS-based...assuming effective data links and connectivity
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    Performance
    CloudZero
    CloudZero SaaS Platform is really good and performance is great.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    No issues that i know of
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    Support Rating
    CloudZero
    Getting great support from CloudZero Support Team.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I have not been directly involved with the post sales support team. However, that team has provided training materials and recommended practices that have been very helpful in coming up to speed on how to more fully use the product. My understanding from both vendor management and our upline stakeholders is that our relationship with Apptio is strong.
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    In-Person Training
    CloudZero
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Was awesome to have been taught by legendary Debbie Hagan for Cost Transparency in person. Her knowledge is extensive and she is an excellent trainer. Her years of experience really shined.
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    Online Training
    CloudZero
    Online Trainings was really good to understand the product features and explain about Cloud Finops concepts
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    The all talented training organization crosses all the T's and dots all the I's. I am constantly learning and often refer to training documentation for post training real life issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    CloudZero
    Easy to Integrate and OnBoard the CloudZero Solution in couple of weeks.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    Well, so far. Apptio Consulting covered specific model architecting areas particularly. Most of the heavy lifting is being done in-house with support from Apptio as it relates to tool impacts and needs. Some administrative tasks were redundant
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    Alternatives Considered
    CloudZero
    Turbonomic is still an onpremise solution. Lacks integration capabilities. CloudZero offers Multicloud Cost management solution through their SaaS platform and the integration is simple for most of the Hyperscaler Platforms. No training is required for deployment and to manage and operate CloudZero platform. Great support from thier customer management team by conducting weekly Meetings with customer.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    So we've used Proven Optics, which is an add-on to ServiceNow. Well at least use it with certain customers and Nicus. Nicus is probably the biggest competitor of Apptio. The trouble with Nicus is their SQL-based ingestion process. It's a little bit more difficult. So the reason why you'd go with Apptio is that it's very easy and very intuitive to bring in new data sources and being able to model a lot of the data once it's already in the system doesn't require a lot of coding experience.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CloudZero
    Billing frequency
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I was not part of this process
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    Scalability
    CloudZero
    CloudZero is really scalable to handle Multicloud cost and huge cloud billing information
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    I would say it has the capabilities to span across multiple departments, though i am not as familiar with all the capabilities.
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    Return on Investment
    CloudZero
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    Apptio an IBM Company
    • It's delivered on a lot of those, especially the relationship between IT and financing that relationship's been a bit of a rollercoaster on that journey. We've come out the other end of it, and we're all friends now, which is a good thing. So they've accepted the Apptio output and are much more involved in providing the data and helping to use the tool, which is excellent. I think one of the downsides that are probably not talked about enough is the fact that, um, once you have trained and delivered a TMB skillset within your organization, they become very good at that. So if you've got any high-performing members in that team, they become extremely valuable elsewhere. And we've unfortunately suffered the case whereby one of our highest performers was immediately then poached and went off elsewhere for a much better opportunity. So we applaud that for them, but it's really hard to train other people. It's really hard to take them up to speed, and you have to sort of go through those picks and troughs every time. So that's just life, you know.
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    ScreenShots

    CloudZero Screenshots

    Screenshot of Uses event-driven platform and machine learning to automatically organize costs (without perfect tags), detect, anomalies, and more.Screenshot of Cost Anomaly Alerts let customers know immediately as soon as spend ticks, not just when they’ve hit a budget, to deal with issues in the moment.Screenshot of CloudZero lets companies organize costs into products and features without spreadsheets or relying on perfect tagging.Screenshot of CloudZero lets engineers investigate the source of any cost down to resource level or correlate it with the deployment that caused it. Ingests AWS metadata, CloudTrail, CloudWatch for additional engineering context.Screenshot of Get weekly updates on cost anomalies and changes.

    IBM Apptio Screenshots

    Screenshot of Industry BenchmarksScreenshot of Planning OverviewScreenshot of Billing - Main ViewScreenshot of Costing - Control OpEx and Cut CostsScreenshot of Spend Analytics