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Azure Cost Management vs BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Cost Management
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (9th)
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (41st), Cloud Monitoring Software (43rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Infrastructure and Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. Azure Cost Management is designed for Cloud Cost Management and holds a mindshare of 3.6%, down 6.0% compared to last year.
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Management, holds 1.7% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Cost Management3.6%
Apptio Cloudability6.0%
IBM Turbonomic5.4%
Other85.0%
Cloud Cost Management
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management1.7%
VMware Aria Automation5.5%
IBM Turbonomic4.7%
Other88.1%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Joy Maitra - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited
Continuous monitoring and predictive analytics help provide insights into utilization
Continuous monitoring helps me detect anomalies in the pipeline, preplan resource scalability, and assist with cost management by offering good visibility into resource utilization. It also offers predictive analytics and some existing features, including dashboards. The AI prediction feature helps forecast based on current utilization trends and suggests improvements like the GenAI feature for interactive inquiries.
VB
Enterprise Solution Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Helps design blueprints in a cloud environment but the support is a major problem
One of the major problems is that support is not so good. I used to have a support expert in Spain but they left two years ago. BMC doesn't invest a lot in network automation but network automation is a major point in CLM. There aren't any experts here in Europe, maybe they have in America, I don't know. The main problem is the support in Europe. We had a lot of problems with the people who got put on our cases. The agents that we were assigned to were not so capable. They wanted to replicate the problem. If you have an incident, it takes a lot of time to troubleshoot the problem. The incident support is not so good. The technicians don't know the platform well. BMC doesn't want to invest in CLM. Two years ago we had a lot of problems. Maybe BMC realized that CLM is an end of life product.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is cost optimization."
"The interface is good, and it's easy to manage."
"We don't actually use the Azure Cost Management features. We have our own capabilities. We put our own technology on top of Azure as Azure doesn't deliver a really good cost optimization, so our customers come to us to enhance what they're potentially doing inside their Azure platform."
"It has predictive analysis. It can forecast based on the costs associated with the particular architecture and how often they use it, estimating how much they'll spend."
"The advisor recommendations feature is the most valuable feature. It helps set your environment in a clean state."
"Technical support is good."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Azure Cost Management has valuable native features."
"Total build time has been reduced from four weeks to one week, then later to 24 hours."
"Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning."
"We have many regions where more than 10000 servers are deployed, so it helps in patching and hardening of servers."
"Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."
"By allowing end users to request their own services, the request process for systems is much quicker and more accurate."
"You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass"."
"Allowing systems to be provisioned in a wide range of environments, such as Azure, AWS, or on-premise, reduces the level of training required as well as creates consistency across the board."
"Assesses change impact or completes an audit using multiple dashboard views."
 

Cons

"Azure Cost Management is expensive."
"All the offers should be on the console. You shouldn't need to select from different tabs."
"I would like to see some features included for costing and more information about the components of deployment. Sometimes, it's very difficult to match the component with the solution because the descriptions are not very clear."
"I have experienced scalability issues."
"Azure Cost Management should be made cheaper."
"Stability is an area in the solution that lacks in certain areas. So, it needs to be improved."
"Be wary of unnecessary costs."
"The product's licensing cost could be improved."
"It was complex as it does not include a good, extensive feasibility and compatibility guide."
"One of the major problems is that support is not so good."
"The installation and configuration can be tricky due to it being built on Remedy."
"Needs integrations with other providers to provide a custom public cloud environment."
"Going to BMC for PS is not at all recommended from my experience."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's licensing costs are monthly."
"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive either."
"It's free out of the box."
"I think the solution was free initially."
"Compared to competitors, it's cost-effective. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being expensive."
"The tool's pricing is yearly."
"The solution is free. It's part of having an Azure subscription."
"We are using pay-as-you-go licenses mostly for our customers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Construction Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise34
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Cost Management?
The pricing part could be improved. I would rate it as six out of ten. It depends on the solution. We mostly pay for our licenses.
What needs improvement with Azure Cost Management?
There are areas in Azure Cost Management that could be improved; sometimes, as a start user or junior developer, if I try to understand which service consumed how much cost and look at different ch...
What is your primary use case for Azure Cost Management?
I use Azure Cost Management indirectly from Snowflake. Not all of the Azure stack is utilized, only some of it for the future.
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Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Cloudyn
BMC CLM
 

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Sample Customers

Quixey, Infomedia, Panaya, Wix.com, Mirabeau, Mi9, GetTaxi, Outsmart Studios, Bownty, BlazeMeter: The Load Testing Cloud, Irdeto, Effective Measure, Totango, Nextdoor, BranchOut, The BioTeam, Evolven, Netotiate, ClickSoftware
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