We use the product for cost analysis.
System Engineer at Arab Bank
Notifies once budget threshold crosses and helps with reporting
Pros and Cons
- "The tool helps with budgeting and reporting. It notifies us whenever we cross the threshold."
- "Azure Cost Management needs to improve scalability."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The tool helps with budgeting and reporting. It notifies us whenever we cross the threshold.
What needs improvement?
Azure Cost Management needs to improve scalability.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for two years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Azure Cost Management's stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has 10-20 users.
How are customer service and support?
Microsoft's support is helpful.
How was the initial setup?
Azure Cost Management is a cloud solution and doesn't require installation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Azure Cost Management comes as a part of other solutions. You need to pay as per your requirement based on the pay-as-you-go model.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Vice President at MSCI
The solution should be made cheaper, though it can be used for budgeting purposes in an organization
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is cost optimization."
- "Azure Cost Management should be made cheaper."
What is our primary use case?
We use Azure Cost Management for our budgeting purposes. We have created a policy where we get an alert if a particular resource goes above our budget.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is cost optimization.
What needs improvement?
Azure Cost Management should be made cheaper.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Azure Cost Management for around four years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Around 1,000 users use Azure Cost Management in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
Azure Cost Management's technical support team is customer-friendly, but sometimes, they take longer to respond.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Symantec.
How was the initial setup?
Azure Cost Management's initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution through an in-house team. Azure Cost Management's deployment is very simple and can be deployed in a day.
What other advice do I have?
Azure Cost Management is a cloud-based solution.
Overall, I rate Azure Cost Management a five out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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System Engineer at Target
A secure and powerful solution to manage cost and control budget
Pros and Cons
- "We use the solution as a cost management tool to control the budget. It is easy to mange costs with the product."
- "The tool's pricing should be made cheaper."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution as a cost management tool to control the budget. It is easy to mange costs with the product.
What needs improvement?
The tool's pricing should be made cheaper.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the tool for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The tool is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
The product's support is fast.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool's pricing is yearly.
What other advice do I have?
We require three or more admins to manage the tool.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Consultant at ProArch
Segregates accounts based on resources and has a good user interface
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is its way of segregating accounts based on resources."
- "The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to understand the resource response and cost per customer for multiple projects in our organization.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is its way of segregating accounts based on resources.
What needs improvement?
The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Azure Cost Management for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Azure Cost Management a ten out of ten for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I don't see any need for scalability for this solution. We have 350 plus customers using the solution.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support for Azure Cost Management is far better. Whatever we need is available on the portal, and if there is any discrepancy, we raise it to the support team.
How was the initial setup?
You don't have to do any setup, it's all populated from what you have in your environment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Customers do not need to pay for the product's license, and the product is free of cost.
What other advice do I have?
The solution's user interface is good. We also get the projection for the current month. I am a technical consultant and rarely work on cost management. Microsoft manages the solution, and you don’t need any skill sets to use it.
Overall, I rate Azure Cost Management a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
Increased work efficiency, scales well, but forecasting model could improve
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Azure Cost Management are the ability to set standards or tagging policies and initiatives. You can achieve higher cost optimization."
- "The forecasting model can improve Azure Cost Management."
What is our primary use case?
Azure Cost Management It provides information regarding overall costs and utilization across all Azure services and Azure Marketplace solutions.
How has it helped my organization?
The solution has made our organization more efficient.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Azure Cost Management are the ability to set standards or tagging policies and initiatives. You can achieve higher cost optimization.
What needs improvement?
The forecasting model can improve Azure Cost Management.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Azure Cost Management for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability of Azure Cost Management a seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Our clientele comprises businesses of various sizes, ranging from small to medium-sized enterprises that may require our solutions for short-term periods, to large corporations like banks.
I rate the scalability of Azure Cost Management an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
We have a technical team and we are providing support to our clients efficiently.
How was the initial setup?
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Each deployment has to be customized to match the customer's needs and requirements. There can be many challenges. Overall, the implementation is complex.
I rate the initial setup of Azure Cost Management a seven out of ten.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the price of Azure Cost Management an eight out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others who want to use Azure Cost Management to read the documentation.
I rate Azure Cost Management a six out of ten.
I gave my rating of six out of ten because there are plenty of other similar solutions on the market.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Technology Strategy and Advisory Cloud Manager at Accenture
A good, but limited cost information solution with strong analytics but requiring more flexibility in its reporting functionality
Pros and Cons
- "We find the analytics available via this solution to be very useful, as it allows us to easily see detailed cost information for each of our various subscription elements."
- "We would like to see more flexibility added to this solution, such as being able to compare reservations, or compare costs across multiple financial years and report on the reasons for deviation in spend."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to provide various cost information from across our organization.
What is most valuable?
We find the analytics available via this solution to be very useful, as it allows us to easily see detailed cost information for each of our various subscription elements.
What needs improvement?
We would like to see more flexibility added to this solution, such as being able to compare reservations, or compare costs across multiple financial years and report on the reasons for deviation in spend.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been working with this solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have found this product to be mostly stable during our time using it.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have found this solution to have limited scalability, as it will only work along with other modules from the main product.
How was the initial setup?
The setup and deployment for this tool is very easy and straightforward, as it is automatically installed with the main software.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
As this product is part of a larger, main solution, the cost is part of the main license fee.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated other options, such as CloudHealth, but as this is a module that is part of a larger solution that we use, this product provided more seamless usage.
What other advice do I have?
We would recommend that organizations ensure they use the tools in conjunction with third-party software, so that they can maximize the potential benefits to be gained.
We would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Solution Architect at Avanade
A cloud solution for application development with pay-as-you-go pricing
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to develop different personal solutions.
What is most valuable?
Azure Cost Management has its conciseness and clear visibility. Having all resource costs in one place makes it incredibly easy to identify the biggest spenders, whether a specific resource or an entire resource group. This centralized view is crucial for understanding my service configurations and making informed decisions about cost optimization, like scaling down or even turning off services.
What needs improvement?
We were using Microsoft 365 earlier. We recently started using Azure and its pay-as-you-go model. It is powerful and wonderful because it allows you to test different services without spending so much, but the cost could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Azure Cost Management for less than a year. We are using the latest version of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the solution’s stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
20 users are using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support is enough with the information available. They also provide help guides, forums on the portal, and other resources that Microsoft provides.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Azure Cost Management is a cost-effective solution. It's more valuable than the cost.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
IT infrastructure and services manager at Green Africa Airline
The solution is very scalable and provides visibility into what an organization is consuming, but the dashboard could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "The product provides visibility into what we are consuming."
- "The dashboard could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to manage costs.
What is most valuable?
The product provides visibility into what we are consuming.
What needs improvement?
The dashboard could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Less than ten people, including administrators and engineers, are using the product in our organization. The maintenance is done automatically by Microsoft. The tool is very scalable. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The support team is helpful. The quality of support depends on how much we are willing to spend.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used Commvault to support a client. We did not use it extensively, though.
How was the initial setup?
The installation was pretty straightforward. The time taken for deployment varies depending on the product. Usually, we need a few minutes for deployment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive either. I rate the pricing a five out of ten. We have to pay for support.
What other advice do I have?
We are system integrators. I recommend the tool to others. Overall, I rate the tool a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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