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Cloudability vs Spot by Flexera comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 19, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Cloudability boosts financial efficiency, saving users up to $400,000 annually through cost reduction, ROI, and budgeting optimization features.
Sentiment score
7.6
Spot by Flexera enabled substantial savings in compute costs and enhanced efficiency, though ROI may take longer for some.
It'd be very easy to save at least 10 to 20% costs from cloud spend just by utilizing the features of right-sizing or commitments management that Cloudability offers.
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We save time by making the reporting easier.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I have seen a return on investment as I was able to reduce my compute cost by 60 to 65% for some of my applications that needed light temporary processing tasks with ephemeral storage and stateless applications.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Our technology predicts demand, selects the cheapest instance mix, sizes the workloads appropriately, and scales it automatically based on policy, resulting in significant savings by reducing manual work and enhancing our flexibility, which has helped accelerate our deployments.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.2
Enterprise customers receive strategic support from account managers, though response consistency and communication options are limited.
Sentiment score
8.4
Spot by Flexera's customer service is highly rated for its excellent technical support, responsiveness, and reliability, ensuring customer satisfaction.
The customer support from Cloudability is great.
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloudability's customer support is adequate, and I would rate it an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the customer support a nine out of ten.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Cloudability offers adaptable scalability, supporting large datasets but some users desire enhanced feature support and additional capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.4
Spot by Flexera is highly scalable, effectively supporting multiple users across environments, particularly with AWS services, boosting user confidence.
Cloudability's scalability is excellent because it can link with as few as one cloud account to thousands of cloud accounts, so there are no issues there.
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Spot's scalability is quite good, and it can be expanded to multiple environments.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Cloudability is seen as mature and stable, especially beneficial for multi-cloud cost management, with minimal impact during outages.
Sentiment score
7.0
Spot by Flexera is mostly stable and reliable, though some users report occasional bugs indicating room for improvement.
 

Room For Improvement

Cloudability requires interface simplification, improved rightsizing, automation, data integration, and enhanced cost allocation and sustainability features.
Spot by Flexera needs OCI support, better multi-cloud integration, and UI improvements, though it's stable and mature.
I've found that Groups is basically unusable because if it can't be used everywhere, you would have to run both group-based access control and direct user-based access control at the same time, which doesn't make any sense.
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It would be beneficial if we could use resource tags to provide more fine-grained visibility.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I believe that automating all manual processes in Cloudability would be beneficial, providing a proactive prescriptive analysis on what needs to be done to lower costs.
Enterprise Data Architect at LTIMindtree
Continuously making advancements based on customer feedback.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
More guided onboarding would help teams adopt advanced features faster.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Spot could be improved by adding features that help identify data to optimize storage costs by detecting datasets within our environment based on criteria such as age and usage.
AVP DevOps and Product Support at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Cloudability offers intuitive features valued by enterprise users; however, pricing challenges exist, especially for smaller companies.
Enterprise users praise Spot by Flexera's pricing and setup, with structured management of licensing, via AWS Marketplace.
You also get value for money because of the breadth and depth of the features.
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The pricing is reasonable and convenient, and the value it offers is completely in line with what I am spending.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Cloudability enhances cost management with features like dashboards, reporting, forecasting, and AWS integration for improved transparency and usability.
Spot by Flexera offers cost optimization, Kubernetes management, and security compliance with intelligent autoscaling, AWS integration, and AI-driven insights.
The Views feature is also beneficial because lots of teams may use Cloudability within an organization, allowing users to segregate data to particular Views so they are only looking at what's relevant to them.
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The forecasting feature has helped me understand how the resources are utilized and how the cost is burned, and then I use it to make changes to keep the cost in control.
Digital Marketing, Marketing Technology & Analytics Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I find the reports to be extensive and elaborate, and I get whatever information I require.
Enterprise Data Architect at LTIMindtree
The fact that it can mix dozens of instance families dynamically is something which the AWS native autoscalers simply cannot do.
Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Spot's automated cost optimization works by continuously analyzing the workload and applying policies to minimize cloud spend without sacrificing performance.
Global Hyperscaler Alliances Director at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
One use case we plan to implement within the next few months is the overall commitment savings, which we used to manage manually, but with Spot, it automatically helps us detect when and what kind of instances to purchase, making it easier for us to manage our overall commitment for the savings plan.
AVP DevOps and Product Support at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudability
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Spot by Flexera
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (23rd), Server Virtualization Software (14th), Cloud Operations Analytics (1st), Cloud Analytics (2nd), Compute Service (9th), Containers as a Service (CaaS) (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Cloudability is 7.1%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Spot by Flexera is 4.2%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Cloudability7.1%
Spot4.2%
Other88.7%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2795433 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Gained multi-cloud cost visibility and have optimized spend with detailed reports and rightsizing
The IAM feature is something that we struggle with using. IBM, the company that runs Cloudability, released the Groups feature back in the summer of 2025. While Groups can be used in some parts of the tool, it can't be used across the entire tool. I've found that Groups is basically unusable because if it can't be used everywhere, you would have to run both group-based access control and direct user-based access control at the same time, which doesn't make any sense. The Groups feature has improved over time, but it's still not something we feel we can use on an everyday basis, so the IAM section remains an issue right now. Most of the tool is very well-functioning and developed, and that's the only real improvement area that we've seen.
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Dev Ops Engineer at a construction company with 11-50 employees
Intelligent autoscaling has cut compute costs and now manages ephemeral workloads efficiently
I think overall Spot is quite good. The UI is powerful, but it can feel a bit dense for some new users. More guided onboarding would help teams adopt advanced features faster, and deeper insights into Kubernetes resource usage would be beneficial. Overall, it is a really good platform that is quite mature and stable. I chose a rating of nine because it may sometimes be a bit overwhelming for newcomers, and there are also a few areas in which the EKS Kubernetes level granularity is a little missing. Overall, I think Spot is a really good and stable tool.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
16%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

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?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was adequate, but it could be made better.
What needs improvement with Cloudability?
It would be beneficial if we could use resource tags to provide more fine-grained visibility.
What do you like most about Spot Ocean?
The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow.
What needs improvement with Spot Ocean?
Spot can be improved by adding deeper multi-cloud integrations, enhancing real-time security automation, and continuously making advancements based on customer feedback.
What is your primary use case for Spot Ocean?
I have been using Spot for five years. My main use case for Spot is cloud optimization.We use Spot for optimization by leveraging real-time optimization as well as auto-optimization. The company al...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

No data available
Spot Ocean, Spot Elastigroup, Spot Eco
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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