Item: IBM Cloudability
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Apptio Cloudability

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Apptio Cloudability is a cost analysis tool that helps us keep track of what we are using within Azure Cloud. It has helped us keep track of specific costs and breakdown by application owner (with appropriate tagging). This tool also helps us decide future spending requirements.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Cost Analysis
Spending breakdown by Product/Application
Forecast of cost for future budget spending

Cons

Setup of account to communicate with Cloud Providers
Tagging documentation

Return on Investment

Cloudability has showed where we can cut cost as it pertains to cloud spending
Report generation to stakeholders makes it easy for non-technical stakeholders to understand what the product is spending.
Ease of use as it pertains to dashboard creation

Usability

Communicating with your cloud provider, depending on your security model, can be somewhat difficult if you are not that well-versed in Cloud Security. Our initial setup required an Azure App registration but once that was set up for us, hooking it into Cloudability was simple. For organizations that require enhanced security, your setup might take a while. Also, make sure appropriate tagging of all your Cloud infrastructure and services are set up. This part is critical if you want accurate reports.

Apptio Portfolio Solution

ApptioOne

Alternatives Considered

Azure Cost Management

Cloudability is far easier to use when it comes to detailed cost analysis as well as setting up reports.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Cloudability go as expected?

Would you buy IBM Cloudability again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Azure Cost Management

Likelihood to Recommend

Not only has Cloudability shown it to be a top-notch product when it comes to Cloud cost analysis, but its customer service support is very responsive. Once you understand the tool (and most of its features), it becomes easy to create reports and show where your Cloud spending is actually going.

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Cost analysis made for the cloud

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