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Amazon CloudWatch vs Azure Cost Management comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Amazon CloudWatch enhances ROI by automating monitoring, reducing staffing costs, and improving developer productivity with centralized dashboards.
Sentiment score
7.0
Azure Cost Management reduces costs, enhances expense governance, and improves resource utilization, offering significant financial benefits and positive returns.
Automated alerts, centralized dashboards, and log analysis reduce troubleshooting time, improve incident response, and minimize manual monitoring.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
Amazon CloudWatch offers cost-saving advantages by being an inbuilt solution that requires no separate setup or maintenance for monitoring tasks.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.5
Amazon CloudWatch support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, though resolution speed varies with support tiers and engineer quality.
Sentiment score
6.8
Azure Cost Management support is praised for responsiveness and helpfulness, but improvements in complex issue resolution are suggested.
In recent years, due to business expansion, knowledge levels among support engineers seem to vary.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
While using their cloud and cloud resources, if you have an issue with CloudWatch, you must pay additional monthly fees to get time from dedicated tech support.
founder, ceo at Techrev Solutions Pvt Ltd
Customer support for Amazon CloudWatch has been excellent.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
I would rate the technical support of Microsoft in general as nine out of ten.
Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Amazon CloudWatch is praised for seamless scalability, efficient data handling, and stability, despite some cost concerns.
Sentiment score
6.9
Azure Cost Management is praised for scalability and integration, though some users note limited features for high-volume scenarios.
It is already there as a managed service from AWS.
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
The scalability of Amazon CloudWatch is very good, providing high throughput and auto-managing applications alongside auto-dashboard support.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
Amazon CloudWatch's scalability is managed by AWS.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Amazon CloudWatch is highly reliable with minimal bugs, though minor delays and some query complexity are occasionally noted.
Sentiment score
8.4
Azure Cost Management is rated highly for stability, operating seamlessly with minor issues resolved quickly, praised for reliability.
I sometimes notice slowness when Amazon CloudWatch agents are installed on machines with less capacity, causing me to use other monitoring tools.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon CloudWatch users desire more intuitive dashboards, cost-effectiveness, better integration, and improved monitoring and scalability features.
Azure Cost Management needs an intuitive interface, better reporting, scalability, integration, support, real-time updates, and improved cost tracking.
When using third-party dashboards such as Kibana or Grafana and other visualization tools, there should be a way to feed CloudWatch's data and logging capabilities into these visualization tools.
founder, ceo at Techrev Solutions Pvt Ltd
We are in a process of integrating Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to have better visualization on Amazon CloudWatch.
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
I wish to see simpler pricing, more intuitive dashboards, easier log queries for beginners, richer visualization options, and strong AI-assisted troubleshooting.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
Customization features could be added for Azure Cost Management.
Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers report mixed experiences with Amazon CloudWatch pricing, ranging from affordable to expensive, depending on usage and integration.
Azure Cost Management is cost-effective for enterprises, offering flexibility with no licensing fees but variable usage-based costs.
Overall, the pricing of Amazon CloudWatch is very expensive.
founder, ceo at Techrev Solutions Pvt Ltd
Amazon CloudWatch charges more for custom metrics as well as for changes in the timeline.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
It was very easy to set up because it is built into AWS and does not require separate licensing, being billed based on usage.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
The pricing part could be improved.
Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Amazon CloudWatch offers real-time monitoring, comprehensive logging, AWS integration, and analytics with cost-effectiveness and detailed data insights.
Azure Cost Management provides analytics, alerts, and recommendations to optimize expenses, with features for budgeting, forecasting, and visibility.
We can quickly fix issues at the point of occurrence, and real-time metrics for microservices provide centralized logging and automated alerts that enable fast incident detection, quicker troubleshooting, and better application reliability.
Senior Engineer at Airy Software Technologies Private Limited
Amazon CloudWatch allows me to set up and view even historical logs, which is one of the features I find valuable.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
If there is a CPU spike or system issues, we set alarms to notify us if the system is going down or not reachable.
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
Azure Cost Management helps me in forecasting and knowing the expected budget.
Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
It is already built-in, which allows me to track costs effectively through FinOps capabilities.
Big Data & Cloud Manager at micropole
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon CloudWatch
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (25th), Log Management (21st), Cloud Monitoring Software (15th)
Azure Cost Management
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Infrastructure and Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon CloudWatch is designed for Cloud Monitoring Software and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, down 2.3% compared to last year.
Azure Cost Management, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Cost Management, holds 3.4% mindshare, down 6.4% since last year.
Cloud Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon CloudWatch1.6%
Zabbix6.8%
Datadog5.6%
Other86.0%
Cloud Monitoring Software
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Cost Management3.4%
IBM Turbonomic5.7%
Apptio Cloudability5.7%
Other85.2%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Azam S M - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
Has provided reliable monitoring and alerting through extensive metric tracking and dashboard configuration
Amazon CloudWatch itself provides a lot of data. However, for visualization, we need to use third-party tools. We are in a process of integrating Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to have better visualization on Amazon CloudWatch. We are also integrating Grafana with the application itself to get the application data and logs. Alternatively, there is AWS Kinesis and Glue where you can scrape the logs and have visualization, but a more easy option is Grafana. If you want to get a proper visual representation to see what is happening, then you need to integrate a third-party tool. Amazon CloudWatch has all the data, but to see what is happening, you need some third-party tool.
HM
Architect at Nagarro
Has helped define budget limits and monitor cost impact during long-term solution planning
There are areas in Azure Cost Management that could be improved; sometimes, as a start user or junior developer, if I try to understand which service consumed how much cost and look at different charts in the dashboards, it's difficult to understand which chart is representing what. Those interfaces could be made simpler. I'm not much into analytics patterns, so Azure Cost Management's Cost Analytics feature hasn't particularly helped my organization understand spending patterns.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise26
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise34
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch itself provides a lot of data. However, for visualization, we need to use third-party tools. We are in a process of integrating Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to have better visual...
What is your primary use case for Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch is a very small service that AWS provides. It is a monitoring service for applications within the AWS cloud, and we can integrate external applications using the APIs or SDK. The ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Cost Management?
The pricing part could be improved. I would rate it as six out of ten. It depends on the solution. We mostly pay for our licenses.
What needs improvement with Azure Cost Management?
There are areas in Azure Cost Management that could be improved; sometimes, as a start user or junior developer, if I try to understand which service consumed how much cost and look at different ch...
What is your primary use case for Azure Cost Management?
I use Azure Cost Management indirectly from Snowflake. Not all of the Azure stack is utilized, only some of it for the future.
 

Also Known As

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Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Cloudyn
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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