Datapipe Cloud Analytics vs. IBM Kubecost vs. vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Datapipe Cloud Analytics
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
IBM Kubecost
Score 8.0 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
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
vRealize Suite and vCloud Suite delivered a self-service consumption layer, an automation framework and self-driving Day 2 operations for VMware Cloud. The product is no longer available.
$10
per month per core
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Business
$449
per month 100 nodes
Enterprise
Custom Quote
FCO Hosting Edition
$10
per month per core
FCO Hosting Edition
$10
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
FCO Single Cluster Edition
$16
per month per core
FCO Hosting Edition
$128
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Single Cluster Edition
$1500
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
FCO Single Cluster Edition
Unlimited
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Unlimited
per month Max Core Limit
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Contact Sales
per month per core
FCO Multiple Cluster Edition
Contact Sales
per Cluster & Hypervisor Combination/Annual
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
Datapipe Cloud Analytics
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Ratings
IBM Kubecost
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Ratings
vRealize Suite & vCloud Suite (discontinued)
8.1
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Cloud Management Security00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Cost Management00 Ratings00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Governance and Compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Systems Integration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
vRealize Operations (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
VMware Cloud Director
VMware Cloud Director
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Datapipe
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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
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Discontinued Products
It is most suited where there multi cloud platform as VCloud suite provides most 2 important licences i.e. Vsphere 9India's leading hypervisor) and Vrealize Suite which helps to automate and also simplies IT management by making the solution most agile, efficient and easy to use. If there is a simple environment with just few servers where there is need for only 2-3 VMs, i will not recommend this.
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Pros
Datapipe
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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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  • One management platform for all the VMs across datacenters
  • Automation of IT management
  • Makes IT or Cloud management more agile and efficient.
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Cons
Datapipe
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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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  • There is nothing exactly like cons but one must should check all the features, it can be confusing at the times.
  • It can be expensive as compared to some other products available in the market.
  • Implementation can be little tricky, should done by Vmware engineer
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Usability
Datapipe
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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.
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Discontinued Products
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Alternatives Considered
Datapipe
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Apptio an IBM Company
Namespace cost, usage and efficiency data and ability to optimize for k8 containers
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Discontinued Products
VCloud mostly provides cloud management platform, all others also provide the same plus some other features so, Vcloud can be little less expensive in comparison to other solutions available in market. Also, it's very easy to use and deploy and manage your cloud platform. It is widely used by mid scale as well as large scale companies.
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Return on Investment
Datapipe
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Apptio an IBM Company
  • Cost savings
  • cost monitoring
  • budget control
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  • Positive only- Vrealize suite helps is IT automation by making it cost-effective and efficient.
  • Less time is consumed by our IT administrators because of Automating process and they can do better monitoring
  • It can be really cost effective for if any company wants to make private cloud. It did the same with us as through vCloud we get all the VMware software required.
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