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AWS Savings Plans vs Umbrella comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Savings Plans
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
40th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Umbrella
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.1
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of AWS Savings Plans is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Umbrella is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Umbrella0.8%
AWS Savings Plans1.6%
Other97.6%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Raul G. Cortina - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at CONCRETOS LA SILLA
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.
Srivathsanr R. - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Business Finance at Zensar Technologies
Gained clearer financial governance and have improved cloud cost visibility and forecasting
I do not feel that anything needs to be changed. Umbrella is solving the purpose and is on point. The UI is intuitive and user-friendly. The learning curve is very easy. The features provided are on point. There is no downtime or challenges, and it is easy to learn and easy to use. In total, I do not feel that improvement is needed as per our organizational use case. Maybe for other organizations, they might have some suggestions, but for our organization specifically, I do not feel that they are lacking somewhere. It is already providing us the best thing. Almost everything is working as we expect. Small things we do not always point out. I feel that it works well and we do not have such problems with them specifically.

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."
"It's a no-brainer, basically, it does all the work for you and gives you the optimum solution you have to accommodate your company even within future variabilities and changes you may do."
"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."
"My advice is to go ahead with Umbrella; it is a very nice product with good customer support plus a return on investment, as you are investing $1 and you are getting a value of $10."
"Umbrella has positively impacted my organization by providing a layer of security on the DNS level."
"The best feature that I have found useful in Umbrella is blocking website access to users, which significantly reduces our cybersecurity incidents, prevents computers from being attacked by malware, and stops users from accessing unproductive applications such as Netflix on their work laptops."
"After introducing Umbrella, most of the malicious emails or malicious sites that users access have been very much secured, and most of the security threats are now blocked by Umbrella."
"Umbrella positively impacts my organization by protecting us from cybersecurity threats and malware."
"Umbrella has positively impacted our organization by being tool-based and user card driven."
"Anyone who is looking for a dedicated FinOps and AI anomaly detection and forecasting platform, which is good with transparent and clear costs and is also cheap compared to other solutions, can definitely give Umbrella a try."
"Overall, Umbrella is a great product, and I have not seen any room for improvement."
 

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."
"To improve the Umbrella experience, a dashboard or daily statistics along with visual widgets would be useful if they were added."
"Umbrella has a tier-restricted feature in the base package that lacks advanced features such as URL-level filtering or inspection and requires more expensive subscriptions."
"I want to highlight one concern: Umbrella can be bypassed by using the Play Store and other applications, which is something your team could look into, as users are bypassing the filter and accessing the websites."
"Sometimes, Umbrella disconnects automatically without any notification, so I suggest that Cisco should work on this, although it works fine other than that."
"I wish Umbrella could make the whole process more user-friendly."
"The accuracy of Umbrella's output is slightly missing, around 10 to 15%, and it does not provide accurate categorization compared to available market threat intels."
"Umbrella can be improved by adding DHCP services to be a full DDI solution, as most customers today are looking for a full DDI solution."
"A ten would be the case where we would never encounter any issues, or the proactive work would be really well done without any problems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Umbrella?
The cost aspect is not something I focus on because security is something that cannot be equated to money when it comes to security. Time saved is significant. With a firewall, the slowness of site...
What needs improvement with Umbrella?
To improve Umbrella, I think that every application needs ongoing improvements over time because technology continuously updates; sometimes, Umbrella disconnects automatically without any notificat...
What is your primary use case for Umbrella?
My main use case for Umbrella is for VPN purposes, and we are also using Cisco Meraki for our network. One specific example of how I use Umbrella for VPN purposes in my daily work is that we have r...
 

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