IBM Kubecost vs. Usage AI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Kubecost
Score 8.1 out of 10
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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
Usage AI
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Usage helps companies save on their AWS bill through cloud contract arbitrage. Today, companies suffer from a lack of liquidity on the AWS marketplace, forcing them to either: Use long-term AWS contracts, with their financial risk or Use AWS on-demand Usage’s liquidity pool of AWS contracts gives companies the low price of long-term reservations, but “on-demand.
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Pricing
IBM KubecostUsage AI
Editions & Modules
Business
$449
per month 100 nodes
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM KubecostUsage AI
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOur only fee is 20% of the savings we find you.
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM KubecostUsage AI
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
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Usability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
IBM KubecostUsage AI
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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Usage AI
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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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Usage AI
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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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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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Usage AI
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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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Usage AI
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Return on Investment
Apptio an IBM Company
  • Cost savings
  • cost monitoring
  • budget control
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Usage AI
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ScreenShots

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