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Google Cloud Billing vs IBM Kubecost comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Billing
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
30th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Kubecost
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
15th
Average Rating
9.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Billing is 1.6%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Kubecost is 1.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM Kubecost1.6%
Google Cloud Billing1.6%
Other96.8%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

PradeepKumar3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Technology Solutions at Redintegro Consulting Solution LLP
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.
DIRK UYTTERHOEVEN - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Architect at DV Consulting
Identifies and eliminates overprovisioning of expensive resources like storage, highly scalable and offers performance
I like the overall product because I can select what monitoring should be enabled and whatnot. In our case, we really focus on performance because it's clear that the price is related to most performance setups. So the more performance, the more expensive. So we look into the performance that the customer needs, and then based upon that feedback from the remote control, we change the parameters. And even the end user will not notice it is not using it, so we just make money without any impact on the end users.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products."
"It is a stable product."
"What I like most about this solution is that it's easy."
"I mostly like the dashboards."
"The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers."
"It offers a detailed examination of your cluster, including the types of instances utilized, allocated CPU and RAM, and resource distribution for specific applications."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface."
"The integration with other solutions could be improved."
"There is a significant potential for enhancing it through the incorporation of advanced technologies like AI and generative AI."
"Faster monitoring could potentially improve overall stability in the production environment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees are monthly and cost approximately $100.00."
"The cost of the tool may seem nominal compared to the potential savings in infrastructure expenses."
"The cost is cheap. Kubecost has an open-source core."
"The real savings come from using Kubecost features like autoscaling and serverless functions to optimize your resource usage. If you treat it like a data center migration without fine-tuning, it might cost more."
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What do you like most about Kubecost?
The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kubecost?
The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers. In all honesty, once you have your optimal design, you could just turn it off and then activate it maybe once every six months or once ev...
What needs improvement with Kubecost?
In future releases, I would like to see faster monitoring because it could potentially improve overall stability in the production environment.
 

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Kubecost - Amazon EKS cost monitoring
 

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