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Apptio Costing vs Zesty comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Apptio Costing
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
18th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zesty
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
15th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (26th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Apptio Costing is 0.9%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zesty is 1.6%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zesty1.6%
Apptio Costing0.9%
Other97.5%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Noah Trevor - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Unilever Inc.
Improved financial transparency has driven data-based decisions and optimized IT service costs
Apptio Costing offers exceptional reporting features that are second to none, showing companies what data to collect and how to go about creating and collecting consistent data, providing visibility into the IT department unlike any other software, and always improving and getting better. The reporting feature is second to none. The standard out-of-the-box reporting shows incredible insights and gives the information executives need to make the correct decisions easily. Service costing is another valuable feature. If you have to buy any module, this will be it. Comprehensive bottom-up service cost analysis and reporting is excellent. Apptio Costing has positively impacted my organization in every way. It has been beneficial to each and every customer, and its relatively quick implementation process saves time. The savings that are provided by finding unnecessary servers, expensive storage, or even phone bills that are not being utilized but paid for is incredible. Employees can make better decisions based on facts and not on assumptions about the unknown benefit of the IT department. Our IT department is now treated as an asset to the business and not just an expense. Our company can now make better technical investments and also increase productivity by a larger margin. Specific outcomes and metrics include an improvement in productivity from 40 to 55 percent improvement. Cost reduction has been significant, where we have reduced cost from 45 to 25 percent.
Srinivas Rayudu  - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Zensa Technologies
Managing complex onboarding has been challenging but automated cost optimization delivers strong savings
Zesty is a good solution; however, the learning curve can be complex for new users without a solid tech background, posing a challenge in training and the initial setup process. I would deduct one point for this aspect since everything else is fine. A specific example of where the learning curve caused issues is when we introduced Zesty to our new development team, which struggled to understand the platform while working on a project related to AI and ML. Our system architects explained how Zesty works, but I believe a more proactive approach to training and foundational data could help teams be more self-sufficient and less reliant on internal support.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Apptio Costing has positively impacted my organization as this tool has been a true game-changer because the CFO of our organization trusts the budgets as he is able to see the details, avoiding arbitrary cuts to the budget and enabling us to repurpose staff from one department to another with a better handle on our vacancies against the budget."
"Apptio Costing has positively impacted my organization in every way, being beneficial to each and every customer, saving time with its relatively quick implementation process, and delivering incredible savings by uncovering unnecessary servers, expensive storage, and unused but paid-for phone bills so employees can make better decisions based on facts and our IT department is treated as an asset to the business and not just an expense."
"The customization reporting in Apptio Costing provides straightforward analysis and financial insights, leading to cost transparency and planning that supports our business cases."
"Apptio Costing is very easy to use and is a great tool for planning models for project budget and forecasting that is highly recommendable."
"Since using this tool, we have seen a significant return on investment because it gives us the ability to see and manage our finances."
"Apptio Costing has made my life much easier as I can easily adjust the budget and incorporate changes on the fly, showing management the immediate effect of business changes."
"Apptio Costing is a very insightful tool that helps us with a lot of insights, allowing us to make data-driven decisions, especially the financial decisions, more easily with a lot of confidence and accuracy."
"Apptio Costing gives comprehensive visibility into IT expenditures and excels in offering actionable insights that fuel cost optimization and enable me to make data-driven decisions easily."
"The turnkey aspect of Zesty is very valuable."
"One of the reasons we decided to onboard Zesty was that it started supporting Windows instances."
"Zesty has positively impacted our organization by providing a good return on investment, with a total reported percentage of savings around 40 to 50%."
 

Cons

"The user interface should be more intuitive and user-friendly, especially for new learners to adapt more quickly."
"I think Apptio Costing could be improved, particularly the user interface."
"Apptio Costing can be improved with more spend AI insights."
"I think there is still room for improvement because, in my opinion, the ITP, IT Planning interface is a bit clunky."
"I would access more of our plans in Apptio Costing, as I have to archive or purge prior monthly plans to keep the system running faster for our users."
"Apptio Costing could be improved in calculating quantity versus entering the total amount."
"One area where Apptio Costing can be improved is in the data link, which has been a limitation for my organization when integrating with other applications such as Snowflake or ERP."
"One way Apptio Costing can be improved is that data linking has been a limitation for any organization when integrating with other applications like Snowflake or ERP."
"There are different resource types that we would like to leverage and get reserved instances for, such as RDS instances."
"I would like to get RDS-reserved instances that I could buy and sell, but that's a limitation on AWS."
"Zesty is a good solution; however, the learning curve can be complex for new users without a solid tech background, posing a challenge in training and the initial setup process."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
74%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Insurance Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apptio Costing?
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I found it to be very cost-effective and easy to set up.
What needs improvement with Apptio Costing?
One way Apptio Costing can be improved is that data linking has been a limitation for any organization when integrating with other applications like Snowflake or ERP.The user interface should be im...
What is your primary use case for Apptio Costing?
Apptio Costing is used primarily for IT budgeting and forecasting, for both departmental operating expenses and project financial categories, many of which are internally tracked and critical for o...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zesty?
Pricing, setup cost, and licensing were very transparent since we got it through the AWS Marketplace, and we faced no upfront problems. It was a transparent, very good solution for us.
What needs improvement with Zesty?
Zesty is a good solution; however, the learning curve can be complex for new users without a solid tech background, posing a challenge in training and the initial setup process. I would deduct one ...
What is your primary use case for Zesty?
Our main use case for Zesty is that it is a hands-off tool for onboarding our teams, specifically for AWS, helping us to offload day-to-day management and AWS savings, which includes CRIs and EC2. ...
 

Also Known As

Apptio Costing and Planing
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Sample Customers

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Walkme, Wiz, Gong, Grubhub, Singular
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