IBM Cloudability

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IBM Cloudability
Score 8.8 out of 10
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IBM Cloudability is a cloud cost management and optimization tool that enables IT, finance, and business teams to optimize their costs and communicate the business value of the cloud.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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IBM Cloudability
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From the limited time that I've been there, I mean in the renewal talks it's been, I think Cloud Zero was another competitor that we were in talks with, but I'm not entirely sure what direction we're going. That's above my pay grade.
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not using any similar products, but Cloudability is able to provide all necessary features and functionality for our organization and our customer to get the right information on their cloud spend. The ability to customize the dashboard is also a very useful feature. …
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Some of the advantages include: Better decision making: Evaluating Reserved Instance (RI) or Savings Plan Utilization
Detecting unexpected cost increases by drilling down into usage patterns and pinpointing the root cause (e.g., sudden EC2 scaling or S3 storage growth).
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IBM Cloudability does better on a lot of aspects. Still there are certain features that are exclusive to each product.
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IBM Cloudability is more dense and scalable to meet other more comprehensive cloud focused business planning needs
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we only use it to upload the data. that is all we use it for at this point but would love to see what else we could use it for.
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Our organization chose IBM Cloudability over other products because, in our opinion, IBM Cloudability stacks up very well.
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Turbo, cloud health Value/ relationship with IBM
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Our organization chose IBM Cloudability because, in our experience, Overall, IBM Cloudability is a better product.
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I like IBM Cloudability compared to IBM SPSS Statistics because I think SPSS is a bit outdated. In my opinion, IBM Cloudability is more modern and helps present data better than SPSS could. Compared to Microsoft 365, I would say they are about even. One thing I like about Micros…
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Apptio Cloudability better in every way than CloudHealth by VMware except asset inventory and CloudHealth Policies. Cloudability is definitely much more user friendly because it is easy to create your own dashboards.
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For a single project and quick analysis about why my costs when overboard or why forecast is showing more than my budget, it is much easier to use AWS Cost Explorer over IBM Cloudability. I think this area should definitely improve and do some smart suggestions using AI …
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IBM Cloudability stands out in the cloud cost management landscape due to its comprehensive features, strong multi-cloud support, and alignment with FinOps practices. Here's how it compares to other leading tools:
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I believe that one complements the other, and it was great that Apptio brought them together on the same front.
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Apptio Cloudability (pre-IBM acquisition), CloudHealth by VMware, AWS Cost Explorer, and Azure Cost Management. Each has its strengths, but Cloudability stood out for its multi-cloud coverage, commitment discount optimization, and finance-friendly reporting capabilities.
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Recently, I got an opportunity to review this tool in the India Apptio User Conference. Currently, I'm going through the use cases of this tool and checking if this helps us in any of the use cases. also, I've heard from the speaker that IBM Kubecost will be integrated in the …
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We tried a few different tools as part of a POC but the fact that there is the IBM name attached to Apptio and just the complexity of our enterprise systems was something that we felt was best served by the IBM Cloudability tool. It integrated seamlessly with the multiple cloud …
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When we purchased they were close but we preferred some bits like forecasts
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- Comprehensive cloud cost analytics- Effective cloud optimization tools- Strong multi-cloud management capabilities
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IBM Leadership is clear on the requirements and market demands, and they continue to improve. I have seen work happening at lightning speed based on the requirement.
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Apptio is better for forcasting and multi cloud
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User Ratings
IBM Cloudability
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(135 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(135 ratings)
Availability
6.4
(1 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
2.3
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
1.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.3
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
6.4
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.4
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.4
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloudability
Likelihood to Recommend
Apptio an IBM Company
I don't have much exposure to the tool. I mean, I'm relatively new to using it as a platform, but I haven't really seen the benefit, especially with the actual renewal talks at the company. I'm not seeing what AWS native solutions are, how probability improves on that as opposed to just using AWS and just, I don't know. I'm not seeing the benefit, at least in my eyes.
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Pros
Apptio an IBM Company
  • We are able to integrate multiple sources of data to have a comprehensive view of our spend.
  • We are able to get more detailed insights via container dashboard for kubernetes spend
  • A unified platform to manage overall cloud spend along with related FinOps spend
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Cons
Apptio an IBM Company
  • For me, it is a lot of anomaly detection and I think there's a lot of improvement that can be made to show anomalies that happen over time because if it's just day to day or week to week, you may not see the change. But if you see the trend over a period of time, show me something that has grown 40%, 50% over the past three months and maybe you can do those things and we just haven't figured them out yet. So we are very new to the product, but I think anomaly detection for me is one of the bigger things.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apptio an IBM Company
Cloudability has been one solution for almost all of our FinOps needs. Except for Data transfer costs, we have covered all use cases and have made significant savings across our cloud infrastructure. Reporting has provided management a deeper analysis into their spending and helped them forecast their budgets for next year
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Usability
Apptio an IBM Company
I gave the IBM Cloudability a 7/10 because it is good, but it could improve in some places. It is easy to get data uploaded and ready to view, but it is only up to a certain point in time, and not live data. As for how it looks, the interface is good for viewing, however navigation could be a little better, maybe supported with a roadmap.
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Reliability and Availability
Apptio an IBM Company
Only been 1 or 2 occaisions when not available, in 3 years
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Performance
Apptio an IBM Company
Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
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Support Rating
Apptio an IBM Company
While there have been few support cases where the experience was good. But in multiple support cases it's firstly delayed and even after weeks or months of time, team is not able to provide us with the RCA of the issue. All they are claiming is the issue is now fixed which I still see coming back after few days or weeks as we've never identified and addressed the root cause.
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Online Training
Apptio an IBM Company
Training was adequate, but the real learning begins when you start using the product, like most things. All major functions were covered so as an entry point, was a good introduction to the product. The training pace was good as well, the areas were covered in decent depth, without being too much of an information overload.
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Implementation Rating
Apptio an IBM Company
Within months
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Alternatives Considered
Apptio an IBM Company
Before Apptio we extensively used the cloud native and in house automated and developed cost optimization tool using python , powershell and leveraging the various cloud native services like AWS systems manager , Azure Functions and Azure automation run books.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Apptio an IBM Company
I wasn't personally involved, but all dealings with Apptio have been easy
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Scalability
Apptio an IBM Company
Works as designed
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Return on Investment
Apptio an IBM Company
  • Apptio Cloudability has enabled us to charge back 100% of our cloud spend to our business users and on an automated basis through the use of ApptioOne
  • Apptio Cloudability's transparency and metrics have enabled us to save millions of dollars in cloud spend across our user base.
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