Cloudability and its magic.
March 04, 2023

Cloudability and its magic.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Cloudability

Overall Satisfaction with Apptio Cloudability

Cost is one of the critical factors when we migrate our Applications to the Cloud and expand the business. Cloudability helps us provide insights on how we are spending in the Cloud and provides multiple dashboards to help us understand the spending trending over a period of time, by Cloud resources, by Departments, etc. It also provides information on how Reserve instances or Savings plans are utilized in our Org. I like the automated reports that tell me how much I have been spending since last week on the hosting cost, and oftentimes, this helps me realize that you might have an orphaned resource running in the cloud when you should have deleted it. The recommendation in terms of resource utilization and how we can optimize the usage is a great deal. As more and more products are launched and more employees start to operate in the Cloud, it is difficult to control the cost without having a way to tell us - where we are spending the most and how and then providing recommendations. Cloudability provides that for us, and that is a big win when were are talking about $$$.

Pros

  • Dashboards and multiple dimensions.
  • Recommendations
  • Ability to slice and dice, track by Tags, Service type.
  • Email report alerts that show the trend.
  • Helps to build a forecast and a cost report for the last six months etc.

Cons

  • More UI/UX improvement.
  • Recommendation engine to provide multiple insights into why and how.
  • Visibility to your spending and help you stay cost conscious by doing the right thing.
  • A platform to make all the leadership team stay aligned on the hosting cost.
  • Helps cost forecasting and budgetary decisions.
Easy access and SSO integration. I feel the UI/UX can be improved more with more designs and fly-out dashboards etc.
  • ApptioOne
Not using other Apptio products at this time.

Do you think IBM Cloudability delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cloudability's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cloudability live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of IBM Cloudability go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Cloudability again?

Yes

It is well suited when you are more product-centric, engineering focussed, and think about time to market your products to your end customers and have less time to manage the cost of hosting your product in the cloud. Cloudability will help you bridge that gap and provide you with everything you need to stay cost conscious and thereby increasing your revenue and reducing Opex.

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