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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloudability

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloudability is a cloud cost management and optimization (FinOps) tool that enables IT, finance, and business teams to optimize their cloud spend across all cost sources, all maturity levels, and for all stakeholders.N/A

    Valicom Clearview

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AClearview is a web-based platform for managing voice, wireless, data environments, and more. Used by internal staff alone, or paired with professional services provided Valicom's expert team, Clearview is presented by the vendor as a robust proactive tool that increases visibility, controls costs, and reduces risk. The vendor boasts that when paired with Valicom's 5-Star Customer Service and complimentary bill payment solutions, an organization…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM CloudabilityValicom Clearview
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    IBM CloudabilityValicom Clearview
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    IBM CloudabilityValicom Clearview
    Considered Both Products
    Apptio an IBM Company
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    90%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
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    User Ratings
    IBM CloudabilityValicom Clearview
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (147 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
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    Usability
    7.8
    (147 ratings)
    9.0
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    Availability
    6.4
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    Performance
    5.5
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    Support Rating
    2.3
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
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    In-Person Training
    1.0
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    Online Training
    7.3
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
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    Configurability
    6.4
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
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    Ease of integration
    7.3
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    Product Scalability
    6.4
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    Professional Services
    7.3
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    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    IBM CloudabilityValicom Clearview
    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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    Valicom
    Like most platforms, its only as good as how well and how often you use it. It definitely is a good platform for pushing out content to your employee base or team. You need to have a decent size list of people to realize its true capability/value/reach. It requires someone to be regularly loading in content for shares and pushing them out to the individuals. But either from an email or when logged into the platform, a share can be done with just a few clicks
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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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    Valicom
    • Custom Reporting Capability
    • Inventory Management
    • End-to-End Invoice Processing
    • Greater Visibility with Dashboards
    • Invoice Imaging & Archiving
    • Contract Tracking & Change Management
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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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    Valicom
    • Can be slow to load larger data sets
    • Invoicing templates feel a little clunky
    • API integration needs improvement - works but only on a basic degree
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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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    Valicom
    2 reasons - 1 the Clearview team was seamless in our buying process. 2 - we have it implemented and it would be very difficult to transfer directly when in a growth phase.
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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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    Valicom
    The user interface is fairly intuitive. It's not hard to find your content, set up your shares, or view your results/analytics. As mentioned, the content available for sharing within Clearview isn't great, but I don't place a ton of value on that, as this is likely intended for more sharing of original, unique content. I do think there still can be some improvements made to setting up shares across multiple platforms at the same time, but overall, it does the job fine
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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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    Valicom
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Afternoons tend to be a little slower, due to US traffic I assume
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    Valicom
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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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    Valicom
    I couldn't ask for better support. Everytime I have a question or concern, I talk to a real live person, and it is always the same project manager or the same supporting analyst if he is out of the office. They really feel like a part of the team since we connect and communicate regularly. I honestly don't think you can find this type of support anywhere today in such an automated world.
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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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    Valicom
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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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    Valicom
    With brightfin, it is tough to remember where to go for everything, it is not easy to search for things that you need urgently because you will have to keep some time in hand to get to the relevant details. I often find myself looking around and wasting time in selecting the wrong areas and thus navigating the site can be confusing for a new user. Searching through is certainly not simple and much more complicated as compared to Clearview where you simply glide through for the needed information.
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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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    Valicom
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    Scalability
    Apptio an IBM Company
    Works as designed
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    Valicom
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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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    Valicom
    • Positive. The cost up front is usually 0.5% - 3% MAX and savings are usually upwards of 15% - 30% so there is a massive ROI.
    • The dedicated staff that supports the tool in the background is extremely helpful to address concerns and even requests for custom reports, completely free which is nice.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloudability Screenshots

    Screenshot of ML backed rightsizing recommendations surfacing multiple scenarios with tools to help sort those that can me realistically actioned on, with Jira and ServiceNowScreenshot of an allocation of cloud viewed through the enterprise grade tools to tailor data for chargeback/showback across an organizationScreenshot of intelligent forecasting including seasonality, cost drivers and net new spendScreenshot of anomaly detection capabilities to stop issues in their tracks via the right people for the job