AWS Cost Management [EOL] vs IBM Turbonomic comparison

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AWS Cost Management [EOL]

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98% willing to recommend

AWS Cost Management [EOL]

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Cost Management [EOL]

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Turbonomic

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

205

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Management (4th), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), IT Financial Management (1st), IT Operations Analytics (9th), Cloud Analytics (1st), Cloud Cost Management (3rd), AIOps (17th)

Featured Reviews

RANJAN KUMAR

DevOps Engineer at ZoomOps Technology

Helps to set cost thresholds and receive alerts if the actual cost exceeds them

We regularly check the status of services to identify any unnecessary or unexpected costs. We utilize the billing dashboard in AWS to monitor daily costs and assess any significant increases. For instance, if our daily AWS expenses usually amount to $1,000 for running a hundred instances, and suddenly it spikes to $1,500, we investigate the reasons behind the increase. We scrutinize detailed reports, identify the areas and services contributing to the rise, and inform our manager. The dashboard overview in AWS Cost Explorer provides a high-level summary of our expenses, covering databases. This includes total costs, daily costs, and a breakdown by services. AWS Cost Explorer offers visualization tools like line charts, bar charts, and pie charts. These visualizations assist us in quickly understanding expenditures, enabling us to pinpoint areas that might need attention. The tool allows the creation of custom reports by selecting and configuring filtering and grouping options. Custom reports include a data range selector, making it easy to analyze expenses for specific periods such as daily, monthly, or custom durations. The budget feature is client-dependent. Before creating any services, we engage with our client to understand their requirements, such as the number of instances, CPU, and memory needed. Subsequently, we create a budgeting tool in servers based on these specifications. Our team configures custom notifications to alert us when actual costs or usage exceed predefined thresholds. These alerts can be sent via email or integrated with Simple Notification Service. I rate the overall product a ten out of ten.

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reviewer1446966

Senior Systems Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution reduced our operational expenditures and is able to identify points before we even noticed them

The management interface seems to be designed for high-resolution screens. Somebody with a smaller-resolution screen might not like the web interface. I run a 4K monitor on it, so everything fits on the screen. With a lower resolution like 1080, you need to scroll a lot. Everything is in smaller windows. It doesn't seem to be designed for smaller screens. When I change the resolution to 1080, I only see half of what I would on my big 4K monitor. It would be annoying to have to scroll to see the flow chart. They have a flow chart that goes top to bottom like a tree. On a lower resolution, it might be nice if that scrolls horizontally because it's long, narrow, and tall. It's only three icons wide, but it's 15 icons tall. I think it would be helpful to have the ability to change that for a smaller screen and customize the widget.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Technical support for AWS is perfect."

"The initial setup wasn't complex at all."

"AWS Cost Management brought that down to $45 million for an entire year."

"I think everything about the solution is fine."

"All of the reporting features are very good, as they allow us to track monthly expenses and send relevant emails."

"The budgeting tool of AWS Cost Management is the most valuable feature."

"AWS Cost Management is good for providing in-depth information in one place."

"The tool's cost management feature provides a comprehensive view of AWS costs, allowing us to plan and make cost-effective decisions. With AWS Cost Explorer, we can perform cost planning, generate recommendations, and provide clients with suggestions for resizing. This feature includes data filtering and protection, offering users insights into spending patterns through AWS spending patterns and planning tools. The product is easy to learn."

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"We have easily saved tens of thousands of dollars over the last 2 years by enabling right-sizing and automated workload placement."

"One of the most valuable features for us was the automation aspect."

"Customer Service: Perfect, with attention to details on every open ticket, and Technical Support: Top notch effort put into each support request."

"Cost savings is a significant benefit, especially with our AWS computing."

"Today we have found the forecasting of the environment and optimization the most beneficial."

"We used Turbonomic to plan our hardware refresh, and it was right on the money."

"Since our organization provides managed services to our clients, it is important our engineers are able to retrieve not only real-time data but the recommendations and rightsizing information instantly."

"The tool provides the ability to look at the consumption utilization over a period of time and determine if we need to change that resource allocation based on the actual workload consumption, as opposed to how IT has configured it. Therefore, we have come to realize that a lot of our workloads are overprovisioned, and we are spending more money in the public cloud than we need to."

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Cons

"I would like to see the forecasting models improved with AWS Cost Management."

"This program is not very scalable."

"One area where AWS could improve is in the compatibility with other products like Cloud AD has."

"There could be an option to build custom dashboards for the platform."

"We need finer-grained control over the roles and policies for users, specifying their permissions as to what they can look at."

"The solution needs to improve the communication mechanism available to the stakeholders."

"Data transfer between S3 buckets within AWS incurs costs, especially when moving data from one bucket to another or downloading data."

"AWS Cost Management has fewer features compared to Azure Cost Management."

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"When trying to view a trend at 4+ day period, the trend lines tend to flatten out and move to a single data point a day."

"There is room for improvement with upgrades. We have deployed the newer version, version 8 of Turbonomic. The problem is that there is no way to upgrade between major Turbonomic versions."

"The only issue I had in the past is the fact that the manager was equipped with only one hard disk so excessive logging could cause an issue."

"I would like Turbonomic to add more services, especially in the cloud area. I have already told them this. They can add Azure NetApp Files. They can add Azure Blob storage. They have already added Azure App service, but they can do more."

"We did see a few issues on a previous version with reporting."

"The automated resize of VMs requires caution. Make sure you properly configure this feature before it is enabled."

"It would be great if Turbonomic allowed us to get the report for VM with RDM with its compatibility mode."

"The UI can be slow and occasionally hangs, requiring logging out and back in."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is affordable."

"The tool's pricing depends on our services."

"We have signed a long-term contract with AWS. There are different service levels that will determine the level of support you have."

"We get AWS Cost Management for free because we use AWS services."

"AWS Cost Management is free to use."

"Everybody tells me the pricing is high. But the ROIs are great."

"IBM Turbonomic is an investment that we believe will deliver positive returns."

"We felt the pricing was very fair for the product. It is in no way prohibitive for larger deployments, unlike other similar product on the market."

"I have not seen Turbonomic's new pricing since IBM purchased it. When we were looking at it in my previous company before IBM's purchase, it was compatible with other tools."

"What I can advise is to trial the product, taking advantage of the Turbonomic pre-sales implemention support and kickstart training."

"Contact the Turbonomic sales team, explain your needs and what you're looking to monitor. They will get a pre-sales SE on the phone and together work up a very accurate quote."

"Licensing is per socket, so load up on the cores rather than a lot of lower core CPUs."

"I don't know the current prices, but I like how the licensing is based on the number of instances instead of sockets, clusters, or cores. We have some VMs that are so heavy I can only fit four on one server. It's not cost-effective if we have to pay more for those. When I move around a VM SQL box with 30 cores and a half-terabyte of RAM, I'm not paying for an entire socket and cores where people assume you have at least 10 or 20 VMs on that socket for that pricing."

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Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	57
Large Enterprise	147

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Also Known As

Amazon Cost Management

Turbonomic, VMTurbo Operations Manager

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Overview

AWS Cost Management tools give you visibility into your AWS costs and usage. There are a range of AWS Cost Management tools to help you access, organize, understand, control, and optimize your costs.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Turbonomic enhances IT efficiency with automation, capacity planning, and reporting features, enabling organizations to optimize resource utilization and improve performance through advanced workload management and scenario analysis.

IBM Turbonomic equips organizations with robust capabilities for dynamic resource allocation and informed decision-making. Its planning module provides scenario analysis, right-sizing recommendations, and a customizable dashboard for tailored insights. Automation features improve workload placements and resource efficiency, while forecasting capabilities enhance performance. Simulation of environments helps in decision-making, leading to significant savings in cloud and hardware management. There is a need for a more intuitive interface, enhanced navigation, and improved customization in reporting with integration potential with third-party applications. Transition to the HTML5 interface and stronger training resources are among anticipated improvements.

What are the key features of IBM Turbonomic?

Automation: Automates workload placement and dynamic resource allocation to boost efficiency.
Capacity Planning: Provides scenario analysis and right-sizing for optimal resource use.
Customizable Dashboard: Offers tailored insights for organization needs.
Forecasting: Enhances decision-making through resource-use predictions.
Simulation Capabilities: Aids in assessing savings and performance gains.

What benefits and ROI should be evaluated?

Cost Optimization: Reduces spending on cloud and hardware resources.
Enhanced Performance: Promotes consistent application performance and resource efficiency.
Improved Decision-Making: Supports informed choices with scenario simulation.
Flexibility and Scalability: Assists with workload migrations and resource management across environments.

IBMTurbonomic is implemented across industries such as cloud management and virtualization, helping organizations balance clusters, optimize virtual machine performance, and manage Azure configurations. In resource-monitored environments like VMware and XenServer, its features facilitate load balancing, VM rightsizing, and automation shutoffs. Industries can rely on its insights for cost-saving measures, ensuring efficient resource allocation for hybrid and cloud environments.

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Hess, Expedia, Kelloggs, Philips, HyperTrack

IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.

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