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CAST AI vs VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth 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

CAST AI
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
39th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.1
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (26th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of CAST AI is 1.6%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is 3.8%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth3.8%
CAST AI1.6%
Other94.6%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

DeepakReddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr.Devops engineer at Scaler
Automated cost controls have cut cloud waste and free our team to focus on new projects
CAST AI can be improved in that automation policies require careful tuning. Sometimes it can be confusing for non-technical people or managers who are not familiar with technical details. However, it is good for technical people who are already into DevOps or cloud engineering. Spot strategies may need adjustment for sensitive workloads. The reporting and UI part can be somewhat better. Technical support can also be improved. Documentation is somewhat unclear sometimes, but not everywhere. There are many pros here, including easy onboarding, simple deployment, and excellent Kubernetes visibility, strong spot instance automation, and automated right-sizing. These features are very good for our organization because they reduce a lot of cost and reduce a lot of manual effort. However, some things can be improved, such as automation policies that require careful tuning and may need somewhat more help. Spot strategies can be improved, and some UI and documentation can also be improved.
Cláudio Braga - PeerSpot reviewer
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
Improves cloud cost control and accountability but could explore further enhancements
The most valuable features of this solution include the drive for accountability because we can allocate cloud costs back to specific business units or teams through showback and chargeback. Additionally, reduced waste is achieved because we can identify unused or underutilized resources and receive recommendations for resizing instances. VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's unified dashboard helps streamline cloud management practices by unifying everything needed in one dashboard, such as metrics, instance workings, machines, and servers. All of this in just one dashboard is very helpful to improve agility and resolve issues, especially for the workloads. VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth helps manage compliance risks by preventing threats, stopping attacks, detecting threats, and securing workloads or endpoints where customers will be using the endpoints. The positive impact on my organization is substantial because we can reduce waste, optimize expenses, drive accountability, and secure the budget from unnecessary cloud costs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CAST AI's machine learning algorithms that listen to the data generated by the cluster in order to optimize the workloads are among the best features offered."
"Since using CAST AI, we have achieved approximately 30 to 40 percent reduction in our Kubernetes infrastructure cost."
"Overall, CAST AI has been a valuable addition to our Kubernetes platform operations."
"CAST AI has reduced approximately 40% of our AWS bills and AWS cloud bills, really impacting our organization positively and enabling us to use our cloud better."
"In terms of cost savings, we have currently reduced our costs by 30 to 40%, and it saves time while managing infrastructure because it continuously monitors and provides the nodes to the application, so we don't need to do anything ourselves."
"Overall, it's one of the best products because it's easy to use and has a great dashboard."
"We use dashboards quite heavily, but one of the features that have really stood out is some of the policies we've created to alert us of particular situations."
"Cloud Health has tremendous scope, and is on many clouds, including Google Cloud, Amazon, AWS, and Azure."
"The solution is good for cloud cost management."
"It's one of our core tools within our Zones Cloud Platforms tool bag, when we're looking at how we help customers optimize their cloud spend across their Azure and AWS environments today."
"Compared to AWS, the historic data on CloudHealth is a lot more helpful."
"VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's unified dashboard helps streamline cloud management practices by unifying everything needed in one dashboard, such as metrics, instance workings, machines, and servers."
"The pricing is rather competitive right now."
 

Cons

"CAST AI can be improved in that automation policies require careful tuning."
"Perhaps improving the documentation a little would allow it to reach that rating, which has benefited me regarding that specific focus."
"To improve CAST AI, I would like to see more granular reporting, deeper cost allocation insights, and additional customization options for optimization policies."
"The limitations of CAST AI include reporting and customization options."
"The reason I did not give it a perfect score is that I would still prefer to see more advanced cost reporting and workload-level analytics."
"When you start to virtualize things it gets very expensive."
"The performance and accuracy of Cloud Health need to be improved."
"They should provide information or tools to tune the cloud resources according to the environment size."
"The solution doesn't offer the best functionality, unfortunately. Some features just simply aren't on offer. The solution needs to offer more product milestones."
"Apptio Cloudability has better granular visibility of data that is missing in CloudHealth."
"Some companies may not be capable of affording this product."
"It would be helpful to have a mobile version or a tablet version, especially for people who are outside of the office."
"The Perspectives feature could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I give the cost of the solution an eight out of ten."
"CloudHealth has a subscription-based model."
"There could be flexibility in pricing for the product."
"The pricing is competitive and while other products are good they are considerably more expensive."
"The licensing fees depend on how big the company is. If you are a larger company then you have a better contract with a better price. The price is different for a small company."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Educational Organization
11%
Construction Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CAST AI?
In terms of pricing, I believe the pricing is reasonable because of the amount of savings and operational efficiency it delivers, making it easier to justify the investment. Organizations with larg...
What needs improvement with CAST AI?
The limitations of CAST AI include reporting and customization options. I think they can improve in these areas, especially when some advanced settings require a learning curve, particularly for te...
What is your primary use case for CAST AI?
Our main use case for CAST AI is Kubernetes cost optimization, automated node provisioning, and improving cluster efficiency. I can provide a specific example of how we use CAST AI for Kubernetes c...
What needs improvement with CloudHealth?
I do not see any flaws in VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth. Everything is fine for me. The performance is acceptable, and the layout is acceptable. It is very user-friendly, and there is nothing that needs...
What is your primary use case for CloudHealth?
This product was used for financial management in my company because I was working for a FinTech. VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's use case is related to financial control and resource governance across ...
What advice do you have for others considering CloudHealth?
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth's analytics in understanding cloud usage trends and expense forecasts is normally more for marketing staff and analyzing production servers in my case, so I am not very exp...
 

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Sample Customers

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