IBM Kubecost vs. Platform9 Managed OpenStack

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Kubecost
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
IBM Kubecost is a Kubernetes cost monitoring and optimization platform that delivers real-time, in-cluster cost intelligence with actionable insights to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
$449
per month 100 nodes
Platform9 Managed OpenStack
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Platform9's Managed OpenStack enables users to deploy and operate OpenStack Hybrid Cloud with a 100% SaaS based service. The SaaS platform lets users go live with an OpenStack private cloud with its deployment tools. The Platform9 dashboard is designed to offer visibility into infrastructure across compute, storage, network, and existing workloads.N/A
Pricing
IBM KubecostPlatform9 Managed OpenStack
Editions & Modules
Business
$449
per month 100 nodes
Enterprise
Custom Quote
Enterprise
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per node
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM KubecostPlatform9 Managed OpenStack
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
IBM KubecostPlatform9 Managed OpenStack
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM KubecostPlatform9 Managed OpenStack
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Platform9
If you're having OnPremise Infrastructure and you want to use OpenStack in that case Platform9 Managed OpenStack is recommended to use it will cut down all the complexities of setting up and managing OpenStack IaaS. Platform9 also offers setting up OpenStack on Cloud Such as AWS, GCP, and Azure but wouldn't recommend using this kind of offering as Openstack performs well when underneath virtualized infrastructure is backed directly hypervisors not cloud providers.
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Pros
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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Platform9
  • It removes all the Openstack complexities and provides a simple UI to the end user.
  • Reduced the pain of System Administrator and Engineers.
  • Highly responsive support.
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Cons
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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Platform9
  • User interface and User experience are not upto the mark. UI needs lots of improvements.
  • We need to do entire setup from the scratch.
  • Nothing as such other than UI Improvements.
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Usability
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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Platform9
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Alternatives Considered
Apptio an IBM Company
Namespace cost, usage and efficiency data and ability to optimize for k8 containers
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Platform9
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Return on Investment
Apptio an IBM Company
  • Cost savings
  • cost monitoring
  • budget control
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Platform9
  • Platform9 simplified scaling in and out hypervisors now adding capacity takes very less time than other OpenStack environments.
  • Platfrom9 Managed Openstack gives us feeling of having our own private cloud!
  • It has increased the availability of our infrastructure which resulted lessen downtime on workloads deployed on top of it.
  • Overall it benefited us in all means.
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