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Apptio One vs vRealize Business for Cloud [EOL] comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Apptio One
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
IT Financial Management (2nd), Cloud Cost Management (11th)
vRealize Business for Cloud...
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Jerry J - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at IBM
Cost transparency has improved and finance and IT now share detailed TCO insights
I am mostly concerned about the development side. The development side is very user-friendly, so I would not say there are major factors that the product needs improvement in. However, sometimes with the number of users using the system, there might be a lag in system performance. There might be some slowness for the report to load. If a more significant number of users are consolidating on a single report and that single report has not been promoted to production yet, there is a possibility that it could take some time to load. That is the only challenge I have experienced as a developer.
TM
Solutions Architect and project manager at MIB leipzig
Complete solution for automation, orchestration, and end-to-end lifecycle management
The most valuable feature is automation. With the automation, you can easily and quickly implement it by deploying gnashing on virtual environments. It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems. So automation helps us to do our work quickly and easily. VMware vRealize has standardized systems for doing work after the deployment. First, you have to set up the language on the system itself. Then there are vRealize's orchestration features. You can implement code in your deployment script to do this configuration automatically. So the orchestrator is a beneficial component. With this, you can implement automatic language selection and automated integration. In other systems, you can implement a multi-blueprint or multi-system environment to deploy the entire database environment and applications on this database with one click. The lifecycle manager is also essential. In version 7.5, you must provide a dir example username and password to access the Citrix server and controller. What's more, you have to include this in your script or your code. But in version 8, you can provide the username and password or store them in the lifecycle manager. So then you can pick it up from there. And that's the only location where you have to change the password. You don't have to change it in every script. That's a massive improvement in version 8.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The TBM model and the out-of-the-box reporting are the most valuable features of Apptio One."
"In short, it helps finance, business, and IT people speak in a common language."
"Its most significant value lies in its ease of use which extends to both configuration and the subsequent deployment of additional components."
"Overall, this is a good solution and we have not had any problems, but I can't say that it is perfect because of the issues with the documentation and knowledge base."
"The flexibility of the solution is the most valuable feature."
"The features I find most valuable about this solution is it helps us to automate all the provisioning activities on the platform."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows us to compare the billing between the clouds."
"The product provides excellent daily reports."
"I like the integration with other applications or vendors."
"This solution has made us aware that we are over-provisioning our virtual machines."
"The most valuable feature is the metering capability."
 

Cons

"However, sometimes with the number of users using the system, there might be a lag in system performance."
"Encouraging or providing more out-of-the-box solutions that cater to a wider audience could enhance the overall effectiveness of the application."
"The solution's reporting layer, advanced conditional formatting, and reporting features could be improved."
"The problem with VMware is the price."
"The pricing model is complicated and would be more predictable if it were simplified."
"I would like it if they could provide their customers with more qualified support, like some training videos."
"It's not always easy to find the information you need."
"There are some kinks to resolve with the Web GUI user interface, as it freezes at times."
"It would be a good idea for VMware to be compatible with the most popular orchestration tools in the market."
"I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing."
"I think that the service could be improved by simplifying the pricing model."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Apptio One is an expensive solution."
"It comes with a considerable cost."
"It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution."
"The product is a cost-effective solution."
"The pricing model is complicated."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
22%
Construction Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Apptio One?
I am mostly concerned about the development side. The development side is very user-friendly, so I would not say there are major factors that the product needs improvement in. However, sometimes wi...
What is your primary use case for Apptio One?
With Apptio One, we provide IT cost transparency to the end users. We source different data from various sources and maintain them in backend tables. We then perform transformations to align the da...
What advice do you have for others considering Apptio One?
We have different metrics created, and when taking a cost model, it primarily follows TBM Taxonomy, which is based upon the ATUM structure. TBM Taxonomy has several layers. For example, how the cos...
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Also Known As

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VMware IT Business Management Suite, VMware ITBM, IT Business Management Suite, Digital Fuel
 

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Nationwide Building Society, State of Washington, Nationwide Building Society, DIRECTV, CME Group, Swiss Re, Cox Automotive
Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
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