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AWS Savings Plans vs Cloudability comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

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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

AWS Savings Plans
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
7th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cloudability
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of AWS Savings Plans is 1.4%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cloudability is 13.6%, up from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Raul G. Cortina - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible and a good solution for user with different environments
The setup was generally easy. The most complex aspect was configuring the VPN. While not overly difficult, it was more challenging compared to setting up other VPNs. However, once we resolved the initial VPN configuration issue, everything has been smooth sailing. It's a matter of familiarity. Initially, the technology is unfamiliar, but with experience, configuration becomes easier. Deployment time: We didn't have any problems. We determined the implementation date, considered the transition for ourselves and our users, and it went smoothly. Maintenance: There isn't much required. If the stability, resolution, and capacity planning are correct for our needs, or if we need to expand storage, then maintenance is mostly handled by our banking team.
Vijay More - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps to understand and manage spending across clouds, but has dashboard limitations
Cloudability offers valuable insights into data engineering and analytics platforms. With access to the same data Cloudability utilizes, one could recreate similar dashboards on their own data platform. This implies that Cloudability's role could be replaceable with some organizational effort, provided they have the necessary data sources and expertise. However, for organizations looking to streamline processes without investing extensive time, money, and resources into building their solution, Cloudability serves as a convenient option. Moreover, it offers benefits for both single-cloud and multi-cloud users. While it's beneficial for single-cloud users, it becomes particularly advantageous for organizations with multi-cloud environments, as it helps manage costs and optimize resources across different cloud providers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is very easy."
"AWS is consistently innovating and releasing new products and features."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Savings Plans is we can discuss budgets briefly during our confirmation process since we are aware of our usual consumption patterns. Creating budgets in this regard would be beneficial, as it would allow us to consume only what we need, without including reserve instances that do not serve our purpose."
"The support from IBM is fantastic"
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its ability to create reports and dashboards."
"One of the standout features of the solution is its groups and views functionality. The solution is highly-stable. The solution is highly-scalable. The customer support is good. They can be easily contacted. The initial setup is straightforward. It's an excellent tool, especially when dealing with multiple clouds. It streamlines the process, eliminating the need to check each cloud individually."
"We use the product to get a detailed level of transparency on the cloud strengths."
"The tool helps us to resize on AWS correctly."
"Transparency and visibility are the key features."
"Cloudability takes care of identifying and managing the cloud."
"Each user can have their own dashboard that they want to consume. Instead of having to share one dashboard for multiple users, you can create individual views for each user to view, and that view will contain only their own accounts, which allows for separation of data."
 

Cons

"In the future, it would be interesting if there could be a combination of Savings Plans and some Reserved Servers."
"The visibility of AWS Savings Plans could improve."
"The most complex aspect was configuring the VPN."
"There is always room for improvement in education and training. We are not that mature in terms of our automation. It could help us identify where we could optimize in terms of build."
"I would like the API functionality to improve. The update time after uploading data could also be improved."
"I would improve the integration, or the preparation of the integration, for a complex environment."
"There are also some limitations with the dashboards and data representation in Cloudability."
"We have dealt with a few technical support people where we ask for one thing and they might not deliver straightaway. It seems like they are a stretched across multiple customers."
"In general, I feel Cloudability wasn't able to support many resources."
"They can improve the custom range of the network."
"Cloudability needs to improve on data collection from cloud sources."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to Azure or Google, the solution is much cheaper."
"Cloudability is a bit expensive."
"My team is one of the most expensive teams, and we look at it quite a bit. We have probably easily saved around $400,000 USD a year."
"It justifies the cost and is worth it."
"The price of the license or the usage is a percentage of the top consumption. So it varies from year to year."
"We have seen ROI with the reserved instances, and having the ability to predict what reserved instances you can get. We can save tens of thousands of dollars, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Media Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Savings Plans?
We have a fixed cost of five thousand, plus an additional six thousand per month. So, it is about seventy-two thousand annually. Compared to Azure or Google, the solution is much cheaper. Moreover,...
What needs improvement with AWS Savings Plans?
AWS make it easier to configure the VPN,
What is your primary use case for AWS Savings Plans?
I believe we have six instances of Savings Plans. We have SAP S/4 HANA. This is the name of the ERP. We have instances and we have a Linux instance using database. We are also using application ins...
What do you like most about Cloudability?
The most crucial feature in reducing my cloud costs has been the rightsizing recommendations, along with the dashboards that track reserved instance spending coverage and utilization. As for Clouda...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudability?
I would rate the pricing an eight out of ten, where one is very cheap and ten is very expensive. Pricing is one of the main issues we face. Cloudability is actually expensive, and it's quite diffic...
What needs improvement with Cloudability?
The first one is, how to help users, especially practitioners, stick to their commitment plan. For example, how can I use Cloudability to help me optimize my selling plan and my residential plan? T...
 

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