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Apptio Costing vs Cisco Crosswork Network Insights 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
7.2
Apptio Costing improves financial transparency, aids application rationalization, and optimizes cloud costs by enhancing planning and decision-making efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.7
Organizations boosted productivity with 70% less manual work and 50% higher efficiency, aided by Cisco Crosswork for network management.
Making decisions behind tech investments is easier with the budgeting tool Apptio Costing provides.
Senior Software Engineer at Total Gas & Power Limited
I have seen a return on investment, as identifying ownership gaps in technology and applications has been easy while providing IT leaders with operational details tied to the financials, such as how much we are spending on projects versus what we think we are spending.
Team Lead at UST Global
I have seen a return on investment with Apptio Costing, as it provides a seamless way of managing our cloud costs, and having all data organized in one place facilitates significant financial transparency and planning.
Project Manager at Flextronics
We have saved 70% of manual work, reduced the number of employees needed for this task, and saved significant time, which has improved our efficiency and productivity by around 50%.
Student at Rochester Institute of Technology
I have seen a return on investment because Cisco Crosswork Network Insights has enhanced automation for endpoint deployment, hence saving a lot of time.
Project Specialist at FedEx
It provides excellent time-saving solutions to improve the managed network and cybersecurity.
Senior system engineer at Honeywell
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Apptio Costing's 24/7 support is professional, proactive, and responsive, earning high satisfaction and confidence among users.
Sentiment score
5.8
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights' customer support is proactive and responsive, with high satisfaction and effective assistance, especially during meetings.
The customer support is professional and responsive
Project Manager at Flextronics
The customer support for Apptio Costing is very great as they are supportive and responsive 24/7.
Team Lead at UST Global
The customer support is very responsive and helpful.
Senior Software Engineer at Total Gas & Power Limited
They are also very responsive during physical meetings, especially when RCA is required.
Solution Architect at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
The customer support is very proactive and responsive compared to other competitors.
Project Specialist at FedEx
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Apptio Costing is praised for its scalability, efficiently adapting and supporting organizational growth and varying user needs.
Sentiment score
7.0
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights reliably supports complex environments with excellent performance, stability, and timely documentation updates, ensuring user satisfaction.
Apptio Costing's scalability is very good as it grows with my organization's needs.
Team Lead at UST Global
Apptio Costing is very scalable and grows with my organization's needs.
Project Manager at Flextronics
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights supports large and complex environments.
Project Specialist at FedEx
In terms of scalability, Cisco Crosswork Network Insights performs very well in both UAT and production.
Solution Architect at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Apptio Costing is praised for its reliability, delivering stable, uninterrupted performance with no downtime or technical issues.
Sentiment score
9.5
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights is praised for its stability, reliability, and strong support, achieving widespread user satisfaction.
Apptio Costing is very stable, and I have not experienced any downtime or lagging.
Senior Software Engineer at Total Gas & Power Limited
 

Room For Improvement

Users suggest Apptio Costing improvements in data detail, integrations, UI, historical access, flexibility, and bug fixes.
Cisco Crosswork needs easier setup, improved AI integration, better documentation, cost reduction, and additional training for effective use.
It is worth mentioning that Apptio Costing does not have historical balance sheets.
Team Lead at UST Global
The user interface should be improved to be more user-friendly, easy to navigate, and customizable.
Project Manager at Flextronics
The UI should be more user-friendly and intuitive, as drilling down into budget line items in planning takes time and multiple clicks.
Senior Software Engineer at Total Gas & Power Limited
It is not an easy-to-use product and thus requires some training to ensure that it can be used to the best of its capabilities.
Project Specialist at FedEx
There are aspects of Cisco Crosswork Network Insights that I feel need improvement, such as faster data processing, as it currently takes too much time.
Student at Rochester Institute of Technology
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights can improve in its setup complexity, as it has a very complex setup that requires skilled network engineers for deployment and tuning.
Solution Architect at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find Apptio Costing cost-effective with affordable licensing, straightforward setup, and excellent value relative to investment.
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights balances pricing but can be costly, with options varying by usage and organizational role.
I found it to be very cost-effective and easy to set up.
Project Manager at Flextronics
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Apptio Costing was that everything was cost-effective and affordable.
Product Manager at Capgemini
The price is relatively cost-effective, and I do not have a problem with that.
Team Lead at UST Global
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is somewhat high compared to other network products similar to Cisco.
Senior system engineer at Honeywell
For higher usage, it may be less expensive, with retail offerings around $1000 and $10 per IP prefix for the first 100 prefixes.
Student at Rochester Institute of Technology
The prices are good.
Project Specialist at FedEx
 

Valuable Features

Apptio Costing enhances IT financial management with analytics, customizable dashboards, cost transparency, easy navigation, and strategic planning tools.
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights offers automation, security, real-time analytics, and streamlined operations for efficient decision-making in enterprise networks.
Apptio Costing provides IT leaders with operational details tied to the financials, indicating how much we are spending on projects versus what we think we are spending.
Project Manager at Flextronics
Apptio Costing has impacted my organization positively because everything with Apptio Costing has been positive, and one thing is that it is very easy to use.
Senior Software Engineer at Total Gas & Power Limited
Planning, budget, and forecasting in Apptio Costing has made the biggest difference for my team, as it helps with annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and capital project tracking.
Product Manager at Capgemini
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights has empowered our team to deploy network devices at customer locations more efficiently than ever before, and it also delivers critical network telemetry, streamlining troubleshooting and reducing reliance on manual processes.
Project Specialist at FedEx
The best features Cisco Crosswork Network Insights offers include its effectiveness in alerting and automations, visualization dashboards, and its suitability for banking organizations, telecom providers, or any large enterprises that heavily work with networking and security needs.
Solution Architect at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
The real-time insights and analysis features are valuable to me because they alleviate worries about hijackings on routing by providing real-time updates if something unusual occurs on routing paths using machine learning.
Student at Rochester Institute of Technology
 

Categories and Ranking

Apptio Costing
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (20th)
Cisco Crosswork Network Ins...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (51st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Apptio Costing and Cisco Crosswork Network Insights aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Apptio Costing is designed for Cloud Cost Management and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, down 2.6% compared to last year.
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 0.2% mindshare.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apptio Costing1.0%
IBM Turbonomic6.1%
Cloudability5.8%
Other87.1%
Cloud Cost Management
Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights0.2%
Zabbix4.1%
SolarWinds NPM3.7%
Other92.0%
Network Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

Newalo Lewis - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at UST Global
Cost transparency has transformed IT budgeting and now supports confident, data‑driven decisions
The best features that Apptio Costing offers include reducing the total cost of ownership associated with large applications in any organization while providing a business-centric view of technology with insights that help our IT organization unlock and shift resources. It understands any business unit expense from the app, product, or service down to the general ledger and allocates costs based on consumption metrics, enabling precise resource allocation and budget optimization. All the features of Apptio Costing are great and helpful, as it helps organizations classify, categorize, and consolidate IT spend, ensuring investments are directed to the highest value-add opportunities. In addition to the features, cost recovery, where Apptio Costing determines the proper billing amount from each business unit using business rules, and unit rate billing, where it exposes the drivers business units can use to mitigate cost and reinvest in high-value IT activities, also stand out.
James  Scot - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Specialist at FedEx
Automation has transformed endpoint deployment and streamlines multi-vendor network operations
The best features that Cisco Crosswork Network Insights offers include a single pane of glass, multi-vendor comparison, and the ability to reduce engineer workload. The single pane of glass and multi-vendor comparison features help my team day-to-day because with the single pane of glass, we are able to manage everything at a single place, hence saving a lot of time, and the administration becomes very easy. Additionally, there is real-time network monitoring and analytics, multi-vendor and multi-domain support, scalable AI-driven insights to make data-driven decisions easy, and a modular application ecosystem with open APIs. Cisco Crosswork Network Insights has empowered our team to deploy network devices at customer locations more efficiently than ever before, and it also delivers critical network telemetry, streamlining troubleshooting and reducing reliance on manual processes. Cisco Crosswork Network Insights has positively impacted my organization by enhancing automation for endpoint deployment, hence saving a lot of time, and network usage statistics delivery to the end user's environment has been quicker.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
65%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Construction Company
44%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apptio Costing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Apptio Costing was that everything was cost-effective and affordable.
What needs improvement with Apptio Costing?
Apptio Costing can be improved with more spend AI insights. The user interface of Apptio Costing should be more intuitive and easy to navigate for new users.
What is your primary use case for Apptio Costing?
Apptio Costing is one of the best and a game changer in IT financial analysis tools. In my organization, I use it for annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and capital project tracking. I also use...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Crosswork Network Insights?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is somewhat high compared to other network products similar to Cisco. However, it is useful for the customer and hands-on with Cisco...
What needs improvement with Cisco Crosswork Network Insights?
Cisco Crosswork Network Insights can be improved based on customer feedback, but it is currently working properly, and if any improvement is required, I will provide that feedback.
What is your primary use case for Cisco Crosswork Network Insights?
My main use case for Cisco Crosswork Network Insights is networking across L1, L2, L3, and L4 networks. A specific example of how I use Cisco Crosswork Network Insights for those networks is to man...
 

Also Known As

Apptio Costing and Planing
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