Azure Cost Management provides tools for effective cost control, analysis, and expenditure tracking in cloud environments. It helps organizations optimize their cloud spending, offering insights and analytics for informed financial decision-making.

| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Azure Cost Management | 4.4% |
| Cloudability | 8.7% |
| IBM Turbonomic | 7.2% |
| Other | 79.7% |
| Type | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Cloud Cost Management | Dec 30, 2025 | Download |
| Product | Reviews, tips, and advice from real users | Dec 30, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Azure Cost Management vs IBM Turbonomic | Dec 30, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Azure Cost Management vs Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) | Dec 30, 2025 | Download |
| Comparison | Azure Cost Management vs Cloudability | Dec 30, 2025 | Download |
| Title | Rating | Mindshare | Recommending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Turbonomic | 4.4 | 7.2% | 98% | 205 interviewsAdd to research |
| Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) | 4.4 | 2.2% | 97% | 110 interviewsAdd to research |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 9 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 6 |
| Large Enterprise | 25 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 43 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 21 |
| Large Enterprise | 99 |
Azure Cost Management offers an integrated interface with features including real-time consumption display, cost analysis, and budgeting tools. Its predictive analytics and central visibility aid in monitoring resource costs and optimizing expenses. While companies endorse its intuitive integration and user-friendly approach, they seek improvements in automation, scalability, and connections to other cloud providers. Users value the platform for its capability to efficiently track spending, set alerts, and forecast costs, assisting in identifying and addressing cost drivers.
What are the key features of Azure Cost Management?In industries such as finance and IT, Azure Cost Management enables detailed budget control and expenditure tracking, helping organizations assess spending and optimize resource utilization. By analyzing monthly and yearly costs, they adjust budgets and develop strategies to improve financial performance.
Azure Cost Management was previously known as Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Cloudyn.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited | 4.5 | No summary available |
| Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees | 4.0 | I use Azure Cost Management to estimate and monitor project costs, ensuring transparency with customers by maintaining expected budgets. Although customization features could improve, the dashboards are effective. The demand for this service is high despite considering other solutions. |
| Architect at Nagarro | 5.0 | No summary available |
| Project Manager at Hexure | 3.5 | In my company, Azure Cost Management's visualization and governance features are valuable, leading to a 10-15% reduction in hosting costs. However, improvements in product maintenance by Azure’s support team are needed. Overall, I rate ROI as excellent. |
| Group Head of Digital, Workplace Merging at Saur SAS | 4.0 | I utilize Azure Cost Management to understand the expenses associated with our multiple services, particularly benefiting from the insights on Azure DevOps costs. Although it aids in price governance, the tool is expensive and requires careful consideration. |
| VP - Global Delivery Head at Enhops | 3.0 | We use Azure Cost Management to monitor customer resources and manage budgets efficiently. It helps understand resource usage and costs, providing forecasts and reducing maintenance time. Improvement is needed in API integration and support management, with templates for easier architecture selection. |
| Principal Developer at Bioclinica | 4.0 | I primarily use Azure Cost Management for analytics to manage and optimize resource costs, with the resource forecasting and regional cost breakdown features being most valuable. However, better integration with other solutions would be beneficial. We also use AWS and Google Cloud. |
| Lead architect at Ziggo Services B.V. | 4.0 | We use Azure Cost Management to minimize cloud costs, appreciating features like cost prediction alerts. However, improvements are needed in technical support. We considered CloudCheckr and CloudHealth but chose Azure for its advanced cost detection capabilities, despite limited multi-cloud support. |