Azure Cost Management Reviews

We use the solution for comparing different service providers and providing business insights into the likely costs associated with their solutions. This includes conducting cost-benefit analysis, evaluating ROI, managing databases, and more.

The solution gives visibility into the cost of cloud-based solutions.

Azure Cost Management provides predictability of the cost of Azure solutions, which is precisely what businesses are seeking when we propose any cloud-based solutions to them.

Support could be improved.

I have been using Azure Cost Management for two years.

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a ten out of ten.

The solution is scalable.

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten.

We are pretty happy with the support, even though it could be improved.

Positive

I have used AWS before.

The solution setup is done online.

The product comes free. There is no cost associated with the product.

The solution has automatic maintenance.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Azure Cost Management It provides information regarding overall costs and utilization across all Azure services and Azure Marketplace solutions.

The solution has made our organization more efficient.

The most valuable features of Azure Cost Management are the ability to set standards or tagging policies and initiatives. You can achieve higher cost optimization.

The forecasting model can improve Azure Cost Management.

I have been using Azure Cost Management for two years.

I rate the stability of Azure Cost Management a seven out of ten.

Our clientele comprises businesses of various sizes, ranging from small to medium-sized enterprises that may require our solutions for short-term periods, to large corporations like banks.

I rate the scalability of Azure Cost Management an eight out of ten.

We have a technical team and we are providing support to our clients efficiently.

Understanding how to fully take advantage of Azure Cost Management saving recommendations is not a simple task. This is because the cloud provider offers its own pricing structure, and there are also other native solutions available. To truly comprehend why some people are unable to realize the cost savings offered by Azure, a business analysis is necessary. Primary research is needed to identify the pain points within the market.

Each deployment has to be customized to match the customer's needs and requirements. There can be many challenges. Overall, the implementation is complex.

I rate the initial setup of Azure Cost Management a seven out of ten.

I rate the price of Azure Cost Management an eight out of ten.

I would advise others who want to use Azure Cost Management to read the documentation.

I rate Azure Cost Management a six out of ten.

I gave my rating of six out of ten because there are plenty of other similar solutions on the market.

I use Azure Cost Management to keep track of how much we spend on our contact center solution, specifically the implementation of Wirespot using ChatGPT.

The most valuable aspect of Azure Cost Management for me is the cost-saving recommendations based on our usage patterns. It is a quick and easy way to optimize spending without diving into the nitty-gritty.

In terms of improvement, it would be beneficial if Azure Cost Management could automatically generate budget rules using AI insights, eliminating the need for manual configuration. This would make budgeting more efficient and advanced. In the next version, I hope for better AI to spot anomalies in our usage. Also, it would be great if the budget management could include a console for managing projects within departments and sub-departments, especially for cross-department projects.

I have been working with Azure Cost Management for almost four years.

The stability of Azure Cost Management is excellent. There are no issues or downtime.

I would rate Azure's ability to scale at about seven out of ten. It generally works well, but with high volumes, especially in Azure Kubernetes for our mobile app with eighteen million users, there are some scalability challenges that we have noticed. We have approximately 20 users at our company.

I would rate Microsoft's technical support around a six out of ten. It varies by team, but often it seems they're more focused on selling products than providing solutions, which can be a bit frustrating.

Neutral

When comparing Azure Cost Management with a similar product in AWS, I find Azure to be more user-friendly. Both platforms offer similar functionality, but the user experience in Azure is more convenient and straightforward for me.

By simply clicking and implementing the solution's suggestions, we have managed to cut down on hidden charges and unnecessary expenses, ultimately saving a lot of money for our contact center solution.

I would rate the costliness of Azure Cost Management as a five out of ten.

Overall, I would rate Azure Cost Management as a seven out of ten. It is a great product with some room for improvement.

We use the product to analyze the cost utilization for multiple clients who have deployed resources in Microsoft Azure. By monitoring their usage patterns, we suggest exploring cost-saving options, such as leveraging reservations or identifying opportunities for cost benefit.

Azure Cost Management is user-friendly compared to other competitors. We can easily present it to non-technical people. Everyone can visualize the insights through the application. The other cloud mobility applications have more technical functionality. Thus, the terminologies become difficult to understand.

The product's foecasting needs improvement. The current approach, which uses the maximum incurred cost to forecast for an extended period, leads to freezing budgets unnecessarily. They could enhance the forecasting model by exploring alternative algorithms such as time series or other models. Additionally, they could expand the recommendation timeframe to allow for one-year plans, acknowledging that not all organizations may have a three-year workload plan.

We have been using Azure Cost Management for two and a half years.

We encounter occasional glitches or bugs in the solution, particularly in cloud dashboards and usage tracking. The technical support team resolves the issue within 24 hours.

I rate the stability an eight or nine out of ten.

We work with enterprise companies as our clients for Azure Cost Management. It is a scalable platform.

The support team is helpful. However, we have to wait for a callback nearly a week after raising the ticket. It can be challenging, especially when working within an agile methodology with fixed timelines. They could reflect and respond, ideally within a day or two, to better align with our project timelines.

Neutral

The initial setup process is user-friendly.

We are using a solution accelerator that operates with Azure. It helps us manage policies and other functionalities. I advise others to be aware of the opportunities where the deployment cost can be reduced. 

I rate Azure Cost Management an eight out of ten.

We use Azure Cost Management to minimize cloud costs.

I like the fact that you can set alerts on the predicted cost in Azure Cost Management. Before the cost reaches a limit, you can send out a warning that costs are predicted to exceed a threshold.

The solution's technical support should be faster, more knowledgeable, and customer-friendly.

I have been using Azure Cost Management for five years.

I’ve never had any issues with the solution’s stability.

I rate Azure Cost Management ten out of ten for stability.

Azure Cost Management is a scalable solution. More than 30 customers are using the solution in our organization.

I have had pretty bad experiences with the solution's technical support.

The solution's initial setup was quite easy because it was enabled by default.

A small team of five people is needed to deploy and maintain the solution.

With Azure Cost Management, companies can detect and address unexpected cloud expenditures.

Azure Cost Management is a free cost management tool.

Before choosing Azure Cost Management, we evaluated CloudCheckr and CloudHealth. The main difference between them and Azure Cost Management is multi-cloud support.

Azure Cost Management is a cloud-based solution.

I would recommend Azure Cost Management to other users because it's a free cost management tool you can use rather than buy a third-party tool. Azure Cost Management is available out of the box and does what it's supposed to be doing. Some third-party tools have more capabilities, but you don't really need those.

Overall, I rate Azure Cost Management an eight out of ten.

Basically, they provide licenses to customers who already have an Azure subscription. They send these licenses to customers based on their needs, either extracting them from the partner center or group management or then delivering them, often through email. Additionally, for the Dental Connection system, APIs support the automated delivery of licenses to customers. On another note, when addressing billing concerns, there are instances where customers claim they've been overcharged by varying amounts, such as a hundred, five hundred, or even a thousand dollars. In such cases, they examine cost management to investigate these charges.

There are significant issues with Power BI integration at the moment, particularly with built-in applications for course management. Multiple features don't allow for efficient report generation. This is one primary concern. The second issue relates to reporting, even when using Power BI templates for course management. There are problems with data import that require manual entry. So, these are the two main challenges I'm currently facing.

Another matter to consider is the removal of the markup option for partners. I'm not sure if it will be added back, but it used to allow marking up Azure usage for enterprise customers. I'm uncertain if there's an alternative way to achieve the same function. Partners need to mark up services when selling to customers, and it's currently unavailable for some products or services.

I have been working with Azure Cost Management for quite sometime. 

The stability is 10 out of 10.

Scalability is not needed.

Technical support is lacking in terms of response time and effectiveness. The response times are quite lengthy, and the support team's ability to address complex issues is questionable. While they may be suitable for straightforward problems, when it comes to more intricate issues, the support often falls short of expectations. This applies across various support levels, including Microsoft Premier, unified support, basic, and standard.

We solely utilize Azure Cost Management for overseeing our Azure services, so we haven't explored any competing solutions.

No custom setup is required for most cases. The only situation where setup may be needed is when working with a Microsoft CSV partner and running automation. In such cases, some configurations may be necessary.

Furthermore, deploying this to Azure Management Services is a straightforward process. It's a built-in feature or service within Azure, so there's no need to go through a separate deployment process. It's readily available with every subscription.

Pricing isn't applicable as it's included with the subscription. It depends on the services used. If you acquire any services on Azure, you pay for the subscription, and the billing or cost management is included for free.

Overall, I would rate it 9 out of 10. 

We use it to manage our costs, setting triggers in case our costs go over budget based on our usage. So, it's primarily for our Azure usage and not for any other external costs.

It's not something we use every day. The features are somewhat limited. I mainly use it to check the overall cost of the services we use.

There are certainly areas for improvement in terms of labeling the inventory. That's because right now, we use a number of services. But it's difficult when you look at the billing limiters and how they are named. We can't correlate those names to the actual services there. So, I can't click on an item and see if I'm still using this service or not. So it just rolls up and gives me values and figures, but I can't really correlate them to actual services on the Azure platform.

A more user-friendly interface that helps me associate the values I see with specific services on the Azure platform. It gives more options because there are probably services that I should not be using now, and that wouldn't have an impact on my overall cloud environment. But I can't really correlate it to the values I see on the metering with those particular services. So it's difficult for me to find the service. "I don't want to use this one, I want to add more of that," that kind of thing.

We have been using this solution since 2013. Azure App Service is why we continue using Azure. We want our test partners to fully utilize Azure. It started with Azure App Service. We were using more of the cloud services initially, and then we moved to app services once they launched.

It is a stable solution. 

We have a small team, so there are only two end users for this solution. 

We have not contacted support for Azure Cost Management. We use the features as we see it. So, of course, we have provided feedback in the past, suggesting features to add, but we haven't contacted support directly.

We chose this solution because it came bundled with Azure, so it's just the tool we have. We have also looked into other tools like Shagit, which had many better features. But, the company discontinued that tool, so we couldn't continue using it.

The initial setup is straightforward. There really isn't much else to do. It's quite straightforward. You just click to use, and it's ready to go.

The licensing is not bad. It's aligned with the tool, so it doesn't come across as a big cost. It's bundled in with the package. I have it as part of the package.

I would recommend using this solution. 

Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

We use the product for cost analysis. 

The tool helps with budgeting and reporting. It notifies us whenever we cross the threshold.

Azure Cost Management needs to improve scalability. 

I have been using the product for two years. 

I rate Azure Cost Management's stability a ten out of ten. 

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has 10-20 users. 

Microsoft's support is helpful. 

Positive

Azure Cost Management is a cloud solution and doesn't require installation. 

Azure Cost Management comes as a part of other solutions. You need to pay as per your requirement based on the pay-as-you-go model. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten.