Item: IBM Cloudability
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloudability

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloudability for Budget Management purposes. It helps address problems such as budget tracking, encumbrances, and data uploads. IBM Cloudability helps address those issues because it allows us to see our budget data in a more organized scope. It also allows us to present our data for other Directors to view their own Departmental budgets

Pros and Cons

Pros

Better visibility for budget data
Easy upload process for data
Better ability to compare budget data between departments

Cons

Could allow for more up-to-date info to be more easily available
Make it a bit easier to navigate website
Allow for more options to upload and organize budget data

Return on Investment

Has allowed for more Directors to be up to date with their Budget data and know where they are standing
Has saved thousands of dollars in that each agency does not have to pay for individual budget management.
Has saved hours of time by making the data easily uploadable instead of having to manually organize all the data.

Usability

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.

Apptio Portfolio Solution

IBM Apptio (formerly ApptioOne)

Using the multiple Apptio products has helped us quite a bit. It has helped the [...] manage its budget and make it presentable to Directors. From easy access on the back end of Apptio to the presentation of the budget data on the front, Apptio has helped make budget data more readily available to Directors so that they can see where they stand.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft 365 and IBM SPSS Statistics

I like IBM Cloudability compared to IBM SPSS Statistics because I think SPSS is a bit outdated. In my opinion, IBM Cloudability is more modern and helps present data better than SPSS could. Compared to Microsoft 365, I would say they are about even. One thing I like about Microsoft 365 compared to IBM Cloudability is data manipulation is a bit easier with formulas which I can't say I have been able to do with IBM Cloudability.

Key Insights

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy IBM Cloudability again?

Yes

Other Software Used

eCivis, Microsoft 365, Microsoft SharePoint

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloudability has been important to how we manage budget data at the [...]. It has allowed for us to share budget data with other Directors who may not understand the intricacies of Budget Management. However, it only allows for data to be seen at a certain point in time, so for live data it would not be the best option.

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Janie Carothers
(Vendor Representative) commented 8 months ago
Thank you so much for your feedback We appreciate your insights on the areas of improvement and will share that with our product team. We are happy to hear that IBM Cloudability is a useful tool for you We would like to invite you to join other Apptio customers around the globe by interacting in our IBM Community an exclusive online forum made up of Apptio and IBM customers Partners and Employees. Its a great place to learn connect share and grow together. httpscommunity.ibm.comcommunityuserapptiohome Also are you aware of our user groups User groups are hosted throughout the year and are for our users by our users. If youd like to be notified of upcoming 2025 user group dates and locations sign up here httpswww.apptio.comresourcesapptio-user-groups Thanks Janie