No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Google Cloud Billing vs Umbrella comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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

Google Cloud Billing
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
36th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Umbrella
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Billing is 1.9%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Umbrella is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Umbrella0.8%
Google Cloud Billing1.9%
Other97.3%
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.
Srivathsanr R. - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Business Finance at Zensar Technologies
Gained clearer financial governance and have improved cloud cost visibility and forecasting
I do not feel that anything needs to be changed. Umbrella is solving the purpose and is on point. The UI is intuitive and user-friendly. The learning curve is very easy. The features provided are on point. There is no downtime or challenges, and it is easy to learn and easy to use. In total, I do not feel that improvement is needed as per our organizational use case. Maybe for other organizations, they might have some suggestions, but for our organization specifically, I do not feel that they are lacking somewhere. It is already providing us the best thing. Almost everything is working as we expect. Small things we do not always point out. I feel that it works well and we do not have such problems with them specifically.

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."
"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."
"It is a stable product."
"What I like most about this solution is that it's easy."
"Umbrella is very user-friendly, the GUI is very understandable, and the traffic and detection are also fine and excellent."
"Umbrella positively impacts my organization by protecting us from cybersecurity threats and malware."
"Umbrella has positively impacted our organization by blocking some of the traffic, including some of the domains that were usually being generated."
"Overall, Umbrella is a great product, and I have not seen any room for improvement."
"Umbrella has positively impacted my organization by significantly improving web security and reducing exposure."
"Umbrella has positively impacted my organization by providing a layer of security on the DNS level."
"Umbrella's best feature is DNS security because DNS is the most vulnerable component and can be a potential attack vector."
"My advice is to go ahead with Umbrella; it is a very nice product with good customer support plus a return on investment, as you are investing $1 and you are getting a value of $10."
 

Cons

"The billing process is strange. It should be automatic."
"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."
"Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface."
"To improve the Umbrella experience, a dashboard or daily statistics along with visual widgets would be useful if they were added."
"Umbrella can be improved by adding DHCP services to be a full DDI solution, as most customers today are looking for a full DDI solution."
"I wish Umbrella could make the whole process more user-friendly."
"The accuracy of Umbrella's output is slightly missing, around 10 to 15%, and it does not provide accurate categorization compared to available market threat intels."
"Some aspects that my team often wishes were better include reporting depth, policy granularity, false positive whitelisting, integration with other tools, and cost considerations."
"The user interface of Umbrella needs to provide more feasibility for understanding easily, as well as clearer details in the reports."
"Umbrella can be improved because whenever a VPN connection is established, Umbrella may or may not work properly, and in this case, we face a challenge."
"I think Umbrella can be improved regarding AI capabilities."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees are monthly and cost approximately $100.00."
Information not available
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Cloud Cost Management solutions are best for your needs.
902,988 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Computer Software Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

Ask a question
Earn 20 points
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Umbrella?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing is neutral; it is not too good or bad, but reasonable for the market. Licensing is based on headcount in our organization, but now we need to ...
What needs improvement with Umbrella?
While Umbrella provides good visibility, reporting and dashboard customization could be improved by being more flexible, especially for management and compliance reporting. When a domain is blocked...
What is your primary use case for Umbrella?
My main use case for Umbrella involves whitelisting and blacklisting of URLs. I want to provide feedback on Umbrella as it functions. Umbrella provides strong DNS layer security and blocks maliciou...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Anodot
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Rubicon, Microsoft, Credit Karma, LivePerson, AOL, Vroom, Outfit7, Telit, NetSeer, Wix, Inneractive, EyeView, Etoro
Find out what your peers are saying about Google Cloud Billing vs. Umbrella and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
902,988 professionals have used our research since 2012.