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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Operations Suite

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Google Cloud Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver) is an APM platform based on three tools for error detection, tracing, and resolution. It manages cloud-based or on-premise applications in live or mid-production environments.

    $0.01

    per 1,000 read API calls

    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
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteIBM Kubecost
    Editions & Modules
    Monitoring API Calls
    $0.01
    per 1,000 read API calls
    Trace Ingestion
    $0.20
    per million spans
    Monitoring Data
    $0.26
    per MB
    Logging Data
    $0.50
    per GB
    Business
    $449
    per month 100 nodes
    Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteIBM Kubecost
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteIBM Kubecost
    Application Performance Management
    Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Google Cloud Operations Suite and IBM Kubecost
    Feature
    Google Cloud Operations Suite
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    IBM Kubecost
    -
    Ratings
    Application monitoring9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database monitoring9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Threshold alerts7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive capabilities9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application performance management console6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application dependency mapping and thresholding8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server availability and performance monitoring8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteIBM Kubecost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud Operations SuiteIBM Kubecost
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Easy to set up in all environments. With this tool, the company is now able to measure both well-functioning data and data that needs immediate intervention. This early detection facilitates decisions about actions to correct the disorder and improve indexes. Stackdriver is now essential for the company's security and monitoring team and we plan to expand to other branches.
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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
    Google
    • All the application error reporting available at a single place.
    • You will get the real-time application error and alerts.
    • It's really easy to use and no need to worry for the setup.
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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
    Google
    • For searching and filtering the logs the system is slow sometimes.
    • An agent needs to be installed in each VM to monitor specific metrics.
    • The pricing model is confusing.
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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
    Google
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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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    Support Rating
    Google
    It is also a great problem detection tool, and this is extremely important for General Motors.
    The user can count on the ease of flexible panels and advanced visualization tools that help to identify problems. Among the most common, we can mention:
    - containment of hosts;
    - cloud provider limitation;
    - hardware wear.
    And also Stackdriver Integration with other Google Cloud data tools such as BigQuery, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage and Cloud Database.
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    Apptio an IBM Company
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
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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
    Google
    • We completely depends on Stackdriver for error monitoring and reporting.
    • Stackdriver is very simple to use and available at default.
    • Stackdriver is the key part for our business to get the insight of our application behavior.
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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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