AWS Savings Plans vs Azure Cost Management comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Cloud Cost Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0, while Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 2.3% mindshare in CCM, compared to Microsoft’s 11.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between AWS Savings Plans and Azure Cost Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Cost Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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IBM Turbonomic

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 16.6%, up from 14.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Savings Plans is 2.3%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Cost Management is 11.7%, down from 14.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Cost Management

Featured Reviews

SubashSubbiah

Assistant Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It can tell us where performance is lagging on the hardware layer, but the reporting on the application layer is lacking

The automation area could be improved, and the generic reports are poor. We want more details in the analysis report from the application layer. The reports from the infrastructure layer are satisfactory, but Turbonomic won't provide much information if we dig down further than the application layer. I would like them to add some apps for physical device load resourcing and physical-to-virtual calculation. It gives excellent recommendations for the virtual layer but doesn't have the capabilities for physical-to-virtual analysis. Automated deployment is something else they could add. Some built-in automation features are helpful, but we aren't effectively using a few. We want a few more automated features, like autoscaling and automatic performance optimization testing would be useful.

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Raul G. Cortina

IT Manager at CONCRETOS LA SILLA

Flexible and a good solution for user with different environments

The setup was generally easy. The most complex aspect was configuring the VPN. While not overly difficult, it was more challenging compared to setting up other VPNs. However, once we resolved the initial VPN configuration issue, everything has been smooth sailing. It's a matter of familiarity. Initially, the technology is unfamiliar, but with experience, configuration becomes easier. Deployment time: We didn't have any problems. We determined the implementation date, considered the transition for ourselves and our users, and it went smoothly. Maintenance: There isn't much required. If the stability, resolution, and capacity planning are correct for our needs, or if we need to expand storage, then maintenance is mostly handled by our banking team.

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Eduardo Sanfrutos

Technology Strategy and Advisory Cloud Manager at Accenture

A good, but limited cost information solution with strong analytics but requiring more flexibility in its reporting functionality

We use this solution to provide various cost information from across our organization We find the analytics available via this solution to be very useful, as it allows us to easily see detailed cost information for each of our various subscription elements. We would like to see more flexibility…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like Turbonomic's automation and AI machine learning features. It shows you what it can do, but it can also act on recommendations automatically. Integration with an APM system makes the AI/ML features truly effective. Understanding what the application is doing and the trends of application behavior can help you make real-world decisions and act on that information."

"With over 2500 ESX VMs, including 1500+ XenDesktop VDI desktops, hosted over two datacentres and 80+ vSphere hosts, firefighting has become something of the past."

"The notifications saying, "This is a corrective action," even though some of them can be automated, are always welcome to see. They summarize your entire infrastructure and how you can better utilize it. That is the biggest feature."

"Before implementing Turbonomic, we had difficulty reaching a consensus about VM placement and sizing. Everybody's opinion was wrong, including mine. The application developers, implementers, and infrastructure team could never decide the appropriate size of a virtual machine. I always made the machines small, and they always made them too big. We were both probably wrong."

"I like the analytics that help us optimize compatibility. Whereas Azure Advisor tells us what we have to do, Turbonomic has automation which actually does those things. That means we don't have to be present to get them done and simplifies our IT engineers' jobs."

"The ability to monitor and automate both the right-sizing of VMs as well as to automate the vMotion of VMs across ESXi hosts."

"Turbonomic can show us if we're not using some of our storage volumes efficiently in AWS. For example, if we've over-provisioned one of our virtual machines to have dedicated IOPs that it doesn't need, Turbonomic will detect that and tell us."

"The most valuable features are the cluster utilization reports and the resource capacity planning. We can simulate how much capacity we can add to the current resources. The individual DM reports and VM-facing recommendations report are also helpful."

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"The initial setup is very easy."

"AWS is consistently innovating and releasing new products and features."

"The most valuable feature of AWS Savings Plans is we can discuss budgets briefly during our confirmation process since we are aware of our usual consumption patterns. Creating budgets in this regard would be beneficial, as it would allow us to consume only what we need, without including reserve instances that do not serve our purpose."

"We don't actually use the Azure Cost Management features. We have our own capabilities. We put our own technology on top of Azure as Azure doesn't deliver a really good cost optimization, so our customers come to us to enhance what they're potentially doing inside their Azure platform."

"The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is its way of segregating accounts based on resources."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The product provides visibility into what we are consuming."

"Cost management is the console's most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature is that it helps us to better forecast and reduce costs."

"It is a fully scalable product with the potential to enhance our application and increase our servers. All cloud-based solutions are fully scalable."

"We find the analytics available via this solution to be very useful, as it allows us to easily see detailed cost information for each of our various subscription elements."

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Cons

"It would be nice for them to have a way to do something with physical machines, but I know that is not their strength Thankfully, the majority of our environment is virtual, but it would be nice to see this type of technology across some other platforms. It would be nice to have capacity planning across physical machines."

"It would be good for Turbonomic, on their side, to integrate with other companies like AppDynamics or SolarWinds or other monitoring softwares. I feel that the actual monitoring of applications, mixed in with their abilities, would help. That would be the case wherever Turbonomic lacks the ability to monitor an application or in cases where applications are so customized that it's not going to be able to handle them. There is monitoring that you can do with scripting that you may not be able to do with Turbonomic."

"I would like Turbonomic to add more services, especially in the cloud area. I have already told them this. They can add Azure NetApp Files. They can add Azure Blob storage. They have already added Azure App service, but they can do more."

"Turbonomic can modernize the look and feel, making it more user-friendly to access and obtain information."

"The planning and costing areas could be a little bit more detailed. When you have more than 2,000 machines, the reports don't work properly. They need to fix it so that the reports work when you use that many virtual machines."

"The reporting needs to be improved. It's important for us to know and be able to look back on what happened and why certain decisions were made, and we want to use a custom report for this."

"Turbonomic doesn't do storage placement how I would prefer. We use multiple shared storage volumes on VMware, so I don't have one big disk. I have lots of disks that I can place VMs on, and that consumes IOPS from the disk subsystem. We were getting recommendations to provision a new volume."

"There is an opportunity for improvement with some of Turbonomic's permissions internally for role-based access control. We would like the ability to come up with some customized permissions or scope permissions a bit differently than the product provides."

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"The visibility of AWS Savings Plans could improve."

"The most complex aspect was configuring the VPN."

"In the future, it would be interesting if there could be a combination of Savings Plans and some Reserved Servers."

"Cost Management could always provide more details. The more information, the better. They just need to build on what they have now."

"The forecasting model can improve Azure Cost Management."

"What would make Azure Cost Management better is a more flexible GUI that would allow users to provide more input. Another area for improvement in the solution is its reporting. The report it provides should be easy to understand."

"The affordability of licenses and subscription fees is a critical consideration, as not all companies can easily manage the cost of expensive licenses."

"The dashboard could be improved."

"The product's foecasting needs improvement."

"The technical support could be improved."

"Be wary of unnecessary costs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing is per socket, so load up on the cores rather than a lot of lower core CPUs."

"I have not seen Turbonomic's new pricing since IBM purchased it. When we were looking at it in my previous company before IBM's purchase, it was compatible with other tools."

"What I can advise is to trial the product, taking advantage of the Turbonomic pre-sales implemention support and kickstart training."

"Everybody tells me the pricing is high. But the ROIs are great."

"Price is a big one. VMTurbo was very competitively priced."

"We see ROI in extended support agreements (ESA) for old software. Migration activities seem to be where Turbonomic has really benefited us the most. It's one click and done. We have new machines ready to go with Turbonomic, which are properly sized instead of somebody sitting there with a spreadsheet and guessing. So, my return on investment would certainly be on currency, from a software and hardware perspective."

"When we have expanded our licensing, it has always been easy to make an ROI-based decision. So, it's reasonably priced. We would like to have it cheaper, but we get more benefit from it than we pay for it. At the end of the day, that's all you can hope for."

"You should understand the cost of your physical servers and how much time and money you are spending year over year on expanding your virtual farm."

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"Compared to Azure or Google, the solution is much cheaper."

"The tool's pricing is yearly."

"You are charged based on how much you use the solution."

"Compared to competitors, it's cost-effective. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive either."

"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."

"I give the solution's overall cost an eight out of ten."

"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."

"The solution is free. It's part of having an Azure subscription."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Energy/Utilities Company

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Turbonomic?

It offers different scenarios. It provides more capabilities than many other tools available. Typically, its price is...

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What needs improvement with Turbonomic?

The implementation could be enhanced.

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What is your primary use case for Turbonomic?

We use IBM Turbonomic to automate our cloud operations, including monitoring, consolidating dashboards, and reporting...

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What do you like most about AWS Savings Plans?

The most valuable feature of AWS Savings Plans is we can discuss budgets briefly during our confirmation process sinc...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Savings Plans?

We have a fixed cost of five thousand, plus an additional six thousand per month. So, it is about seventy-two thousan...

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What needs improvement with AWS Savings Plans?

AWS make it easier to configure the VPN,

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What do you like most about Azure Cost Management?

Gives visibility into the cost of cloud-based solutions.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Cost Management?

I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten - the price could be lower.

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What needs improvement with Azure Cost Management?

I'd like to see improvements in tracking billing and costs. It would be helpful to have alerts generated by instance ...

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Overview

IBM Turbonomic is a performance and cost optimization platform for public, private, and hybrid clouds used by companies to assure application performance while eliminating inefficiencies by dynamically resourcing applications through automated actions.

IBM Turbonomic leverages AI to continuously analyze application resource consumption, deliver insights and dashboards, and make real-time adjustments. Common use cases include cloud cost optimization, cloud migration planning, data center modernization, FinOps acceleration, Kubernetes optimization, sustainable IT, and application resource management. By integrating with various cloud platforms, on-premise infrastructures, and containers, IBM Turbonomic provides a holistic view of the environment, ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently.

The solution is designed to support complex IT environments, offering actionable insights and automated actions that help IT teams proactively manage application performance and infrastructure resources. Turbonomic customers report an average 33% reduction in cloud and infrastructure waste without impacting application performance, and return-on-investment of 471% over three years.

IBM Turbonomic manages resources across hybrid and on-premises data centers to ensure efficiency and financial impact awareness. It automates resource allocation, balances memory dynamically, and provides robust performance metrics. Users benefit from its ability to prevent resource starvation and offer cost-saving recommendations through continuous management. Executive Dashboards provide insights for cost justification and resource management, making IT operations simpler with AI-driven automation and actionable recommendations.

What are the most important features of IBM Turbonomic?

Automated Resource Allocation: Dynamically allocates resources for optimal performance.
Dynamic Memory Balancing: Adjusts memory allocation to prevent resource shortages.
Right-Sizing: Sizes VMs accurately for Azure and on-prem environments.
Single Platform Management: Manages resources across hybrid and on-premises data centers.
Proactive Performance Optimization: Continuously optimizes performance to prevent issues.
Kubernetes Support: Enhances container management with robust support.
Cost-Saving Recommendations: Provides actionable tips for reducing expenses.

What benefits should users look for in IBM Turbonomic reviews?

Cost Reduction: Helps minimize expenses through efficient resource management.
Performance Improvement: Enhances application performance by preventing resource starvation.
Detailed Insights: Offers comprehensive analytics to justify costs and resource utilization.
Simplified IT Processes: Uses AI automation to streamline operations.

IBM Turbonomic is implemented across multiple industries, including finance for optimizing peak payroll processing, IT for enhanced virtual server management, and healthcare for reliable performance monitoring. Organizations benefit from its robust automation, ensuring maximum efficiency and cost savings.

Savings Plans is a flexible pricing model that provides savings of up to 72% on your AWS compute usage. This pricing model offers lower prices on Amazon EC2 instances usage, regardless of instance family, size, OS, tenancy or AWS Region, and also applies to AWS Fargate usage.

Azure Cost Management provides actionable insights for IT professionals to optimize cloud expenses and align budgets with strategic goals. It features real-time visibility and analytics for efficient resource management.

Azure Cost Management offers a comprehensive suite of tools for cost analysis and control, including budgeting alerts and integration capabilities to optimize resource spending. Its intuitive interface simplifies navigation while providing trend analysis, forecasting, and cost-saving recommendations. By delivering detailed insights into resource usage, Azure helps organizations manage expenses effectively, enabling strategic financial planning through clear visualizations and reports.

What are the key features of Azure Cost Management?

Customizable Cost Analysis: Tailored insights to analyze expenses effectively.
Real-Time Consumption Visibility: Immediate data access for informed decision-making.
Budgeting Alerts: Set alerts to monitor and control spending.
Advisor Recommendations: Integrated advice for cost optimization.
Integration Capabilities: Seamless integration with various platforms.
Trend Analysis and Forecasting: Tools to predict future costs and trends.

What benefits should be expected when using Azure Cost Management?

Expense Optimization: Streamlined processes for managing cloud costs.
Enhanced Budget Management: Precise control over budget allocations.
Improved Financial Insights: Clear reporting for better financial planning.
Strategic Resource Allocation: Insights for aligning resources with business goals.
Efficient Infrastructure Management: Support for cost management strategies across deployments.

Azure Cost Management is widely implemented in industries seeking to monitor and control budgets, optimize costs, and track resource spending. Companies utilize it to gain billing insights, understand usage patterns, and minimize cloud expenses. It is instrumental in managing infrastructure costs and supporting cost management strategies across different deployments, making it valuable for projecting profitability and setting cost alerts.

Sample Customers

IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.

bp, Cerner, Expedia, Finra, HESS, intuit, Kellog's, Philips, TIME, workday

Quixey, Infomedia, Panaya, Wix.com, Mirabeau, Mi9, GetTaxi, Outsmart Studios, Bownty, BlazeMeter: The Load Testing Cloud, Irdeto, Effective Measure, Totango, Nextdoor, BranchOut, The BioTeam, Evolven, Netotiate, ClickSoftware

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