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CoreStack vs Google Cloud Billing comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CoreStack
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
25th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google Cloud Billing
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
35th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of CoreStack is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Billing is 1.9%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CoreStack1.3%
Google Cloud Billing1.9%
Other96.8%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Manmohan Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at Hitachi Systems India Private Limited
Cost reports have driven accurate AWS workload optimization and continue to guide savings
I can suggest improvements for CoreStack, especially regarding reporting periods. I noticed that some of the cost optimization reports generated potential savings while considering systems that have only maximum utilization of 1% or 2%. The recommendations made in CoreStack to delete a machine have the potential to generate major cost savings, but such machines should not be listed for deletion if they have maximum CPU utilization of 1%. I have concerns about needed improvements primarily regarding AWS. If a customer is running ten virtual machines and one machine has a maximum of 1% utilization, it is considered as an idle instance in the report, which completely ignores that particular machine. This should not be the approach.
PradeepKumar3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Technology Solutions at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Simple to set up with helpful for cost management and good reliability
The only issue I faced was a while ago. My card was debited, or rather it was showing as debited when in actuality, it did not debit my card. After six months, they came back with back billing. Somebody should have verified the billing and immediately informed us. So yeah, However, six months is too late to identify such fault sightings. When I want to analyze the information, it would be better, since Google knows what I have used, to only show those items for analysis purposes. Especially when I look at a previous month's billing or usage across services. It's better to show the services which are used, not everything.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CoreStack has positively impacted my organization by saving hours of time for reporting—for example, the governance report which my employees used to take at least four hours for one customer, and since I'm sending out 20 reports every month, that equates to 80 hours, thus saving me two man-weeks every month and approximately $8,000 in pure savings if I estimate $100 an hour for my architect."
"CoreStack helped me to manage the Cloud Security Posture Management across different clouds, including AWS, Azure, and other cloud providers, allowing me to view all the policies and misconfigurations in one centralized console rather than going to multiple consoles to look for violations and take actions, which was really helpful for me."
"Currently, I think CoreStack is the best FinOps tool available in the market, which is why we are using it."
"My advice for others looking into using CoreStack is that anyone who is looking to optimize their workload cost for public cloud services should start using CoreStack because of the reports and granularity it produces to optimize cost, which will benefit them."
"We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products."
"What I like most about this solution is that it's easy."
"It is a stable product."
"We are using Google Cloud instances and Google Cloud Functions, which are great, and we've been using BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Firebase, making it very helpful for cost management."
 

Cons

"I am not currently using CoreStack, as I moved away from CoreStack due to a lot of issues with accuracy."
"I believe the multi-tenancy feature is present, but if it could be improved and secured further, that could be beneficial."
"I noticed that some of the cost optimization reports generated potential savings while considering systems that have only maximum utilization of 1% or 2%. The recommendations made in CoreStack to delete a machine have the potential to generate major cost savings, but such machines should not be listed for deletion if they have maximum CPU utilization of 1%."
"I give it an eight because, as I mentioned, a few things from the billing operations need to be added, and we need more security features, particularly since the market is increasingly demanding better security tools for cloud management platforms, including cloud security posture assessments."
"When I want to analyze the information, it would be better, since Google knows what I have used, to only show those items for analysis purposes."
"At times you will find that the computer engines are freezing or it's about to freeze without any notification or information and it's unable to diagnose where it is hung."
"The billing process is strange. It should be automatic."
"Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing fees are monthly and cost approximately $100.00."
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Top Industries

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Media Company
18%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
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Small Business1
Large Enterprise6
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CoreStack?
I had no concerns about pricing, setup cost, and licensing since the cost was nominal and good.
What needs improvement with CoreStack?
The basic functionality of the CSPM and the compliance were present, but there were no feature additions for those modules for the past two to three years, which was not great. From a usability per...
What is your primary use case for CoreStack?
My main use case for CoreStack was CSPM and compliance CoreStack helped me to manage the Cloud Security Posture Management across different clouds, including AWS, Azure, and other cloud providers. ...
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