#1 most frequent
United States of America
53.5%598 installations of 1,117
What is IBM Apptio?
The IBM Apptio platform is a technology business management solution that enables organizations to make better decisions about technology investments. It connects technology spend to business value so organizations can adapt to changing market conditions.
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Who Buys & Uses IBM Apptio
#1 most frequent
Finance and Insurance
19.7%219 installations of 1,110
“We are using cost transparency and have started to implement IT Planning.”
#2 most frequent
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
13.5%150 installations of 1,110
“i was able to save cloud costs using Apptio”
#3 most frequent
Information
13.3%148 installations of 1,110
#2 most frequent
India
16.1%180 installations of 1,117
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6.1%68 installations of 1,117
Pros
- Robust IT cost allocation and granular distribution management
- Enhanced cost transparency and detailed cost modeling
- Streamlined and customizable financial reporting
Cons
- Dated and clunky user interface and experience
- Limited flexibility and customization in reporting and visualization
- Challenges with data integration and ingestion, including native connector gaps
IBM Apptio 1 year in
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using cost transparency and have started to implement IT Planning. We are looking to provide a greater level of transparency for the business on our IT costs and to gain greater control over our budgeting and forecasting.
Pros
- Bringing multiple datasets together
- Bespoke and out of the box reporting
- Data integrations to finance and hr tooling
Cons
- The UI is dated and would benefit from an upgrade
- The UI across Apptio products should be the same
- Integration of common language AI
Usability
Return on Investment
- Increased visibility and access to financial data
- Data is provided in a language tech people understand.
Other Software Used
Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financial Management, EasyVista EV Self Help
IBM Apptio
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Apptio to recharge monthly invoices by user to Business Inits. We also do our yearly MTP and quarterly LE budgets. We feed this info back to EIT SLT and BUs.
Pros
- Easy to upload data as required
- Easy to create formulas to get the data in the right format for recharge
- Easily creates budgets and rolling forecasts
Cons
- Can be slow when showing live demos
Usability
Return on Investment
- Great for cost optimisation as budgets are clear and BUs are aware of costs
Cost driven conversations to Value driven conversations
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Cost Transparency and TCO for the Product and platform model that we are adapting to.
Pros
- Cost transparency
- Cloud costs
- Allocations
Cons
- Allocations
- Shared costs
- Cost centre to tower mappings
Usability
Return on Investment
- Cost savings
- Forecasting
- Planning
Alternatives Considered
AWS Cost Explorer and Microsoft Power BI
Other Software Used
Microsoft Power BI
Nice review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our organization,We are using Costing and planning modules. Main issues are with reporting, visualizations and for planning part Labor planning is very inconvenient due to separate tabs for existing and planned, users have to jump between these tabs, don't have combined view of actual and planned FTEs in one sheet.
Pros
- Data transparency
- self service works well for deep dive
Cons
- Reporting
- Visualization
- planning
Usability
Return on Investment
- We have more transparency in data
- unified planning approach
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Power BI and Tableau Desktop
A great tool for Total Cost of Ownership
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Apptio help solve our Total Cost Of Ownership of every IT application and service we delivered to our clients and helped the billing with accurate consumption of services.
Pros
- Integrating non financial data with financial data
- consumption data of services
- total cost of ownership of applications
Cons
- Non financial data ingestion
- ``
Usability
Return on Investment
- Cost savings ... identifying areas of redundancy and saving
- Clear understanding of consumption
- Staff allocation to products
