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CAST AI vs Zesty comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zesty
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
15th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of CAST AI is 1.9%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zesty is 1.7%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CAST AI1.9%
Zesty1.7%
Other96.4%
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.
Srinivas Rayudu  - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Zensa Technologies
Managing complex onboarding has been challenging but automated cost optimization delivers strong savings
Zesty is a good solution; however, the learning curve can be complex for new users without a solid tech background, posing a challenge in training and the initial setup process. I would deduct one point for this aspect since everything else is fine. A specific example of where the learning curve caused issues is when we introduced Zesty to our new development team, which struggled to understand the platform while working on a project related to AI and ML. Our system architects explained how Zesty works, but I believe a more proactive approach to training and foundational data could help teams be more self-sufficient and less reliant on internal support.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CAST AI monitors the workloads in the cluster and optimizes the number of nodes needed, their CPU and their memory so that we pay as little as possible."
"Since adopting CAST AI, we achieved approximately 30-40% reduction in Kubernetes infrastructure costs."
"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, CAST AI has been a valuable addition to our Kubernetes platform operations."
"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."
"In the last Q2 result, because of using CAST AI, we have reduced our manpower, money, and cost by 20 to 30%, which indicates substantial funding reduction."
"CAST AI positively impacted our organization by leading the migration of a very high number of pre-production environments from VMs to Kubernetes."
"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."
"One of the reasons we decided to onboard Zesty was that it started supporting Windows instances."
"The turnkey aspect of Zesty is very valuable."
"From a metrics perspective, Zesty reduced our Kubernetes infrastructure spend by about 24% in the first six months, we also cut wasted storage costs by roughly 18% and improved saving plan utilization by around 12%, and on the operational side, we saved roughly 40 to 50 hours a month in manual cloud cost tuning."
"Zesty has positively impacted our organization by providing a good return on investment, with a total reported percentage of savings around 40 to 50%."
"I think Zesty is a really useful tool, it is really quick, it is really powerful, they are always improving it, and the customer service is flawless."
 

Cons

"CAST AI can be improved by managing the role-based access control better."
"CAST AI could be improved by adding some AI agent capabilities."
"CAST AI can be improved in that automation policies require careful tuning."
"I would like to see more granular reporting, deeper cost allocation insights, and additional customization options for optimization policies in CAST AI."
"To improve CAST AI, I would like to see more granular reporting, deeper cost allocation insights, and additional customization options for optimization policies."
"Perhaps improving the documentation a little would allow it to reach that rating, which has benefited me regarding that specific focus."
"I would like to see CAST AI improved with deeper and more intelligent answers and solutions, along with additional optimization 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."
"The biggest area for improvement is still reporting depth."
"Zesty is a good solution; however, the learning curve can be complex for new users without a solid tech background, posing a challenge in training and the initial setup process."
"I would like to get RDS-reserved instances that I could buy and sell, but that's a limitation on AWS."
"There are different resource types that we would like to leverage and get reserved instances for, such as RDS instances."
"It would be really useful if Zesty had more code snippets that were easy to use, an easier library instead of their documentation, and something that provided an automated finish to insert code so it could give you code hints."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution’s pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
26%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Construction Company
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise3
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CAST AI?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was that the proposal they shared with us included an ongoing monthly cost. There was a one-time setup cost as well, but all that we spent with...
What needs improvement with CAST AI?
CAST AI can be improved by managing the role-based access control better. I think it would be better for CAST AI to improve how access permissions are handled for developers. That would be a benefi...
What is your primary use case for CAST AI?
My main use case was to migrate development and staging environments to Kubernetes using CAST AI, and with them, we created these environments. We moved them from virtual machines to Kubernetes clu...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zesty?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was great, as we had a great account manager that we did not have to query too much about it. The free one was nearly good enough to start with...
What needs improvement with Zesty?
I find myself using the online editor the most often, and what would be better is if you could have multiple windows open to work in, something like an actual program rather than having to shift be...
What is your primary use case for Zesty?
My main use case for Zesty is the CMS. For our corporate website, my team uses Zesty's CMS to allow users from any point in the company to upload content, add posts, add pages, and promote the comp...
 

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