Azure Cost Management vs Densify comparison

Microsoft and Densify are both solutions in the Cloud Cost Management category. Microsoft is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1, while Densify is ranked #11 with an average rating of 6.0. Microsoft holds a 11.7% mindshare in CCM, compared to Densify’s 4.5% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Densify users who would recommend it.

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

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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 Azure Cost Management is 11.7%, down from 14.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Densify is 4.5%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Cost Management

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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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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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Amit Kantia

Infrastructure capacity & demand manager at Kyndryl

Its most valuable feature is the ability to capture attributes in the console, but it is not a stable solution

I recommend others to use Densify. They can not only use it for reporting but for automation as well. They can implement the policies on the console easily during the build-out procedure. Stability is the primary concern to us as it is causing lots of problems. We can only make significant decisions if Densify allows us, and it takes lots of time. Thus, I rate the tool as a six out of ten.

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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

"Turbonomic helps us right-size virtual machines to utilize the available infrastructure components available and suggest where resources should exist. We also use the predictive tool to forecast what will happen when we add additional compute-demanding virtual machines or something to the environment. It shows us how that would impact existing resources. All of that frees up time that would otherwise be spent on manual calculation."

"We have a system where our developers automate machine builds, and that is constantly running out of resources. Turbonomic helps us with that, so I don't have to keep buying hardware. The developers always say, "They don't have enough. They don't have enough. They don't have enough," when they just configured it improperly. Therefore, Turbonomic helps us identify configuration issues on their side so it doesn't cost me money on the other end to buy resources that I don't really need."

"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."

"I only deal with the infrastructure side, so I really couldn't speak to more than load balancing as the most valuable feature for me. It provides specific actions that prevent resource starvation. It always keeps things in perfect balance."

"The system automatically sizes and moves resources based on the needs of the applications."

"We've saved hundreds of hours. Most of the time those hours would have to be after hours as well, which are more valuable to me as that's my personal time."

"The primary features we have focused on are reporting and optimization."

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

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"Our customers use it and like it."

"The resource forecasting feature is invaluable. Secondly, the ability to drill down to the regional and resource level is incredibly helpful for pinpointing where my costs are accruing."

"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."

"Azure Cost Management is user-friendly compared to other competitors."

"The interface is good and user-friendly, allowing us to manage it proactively and efficiently. We use the budgeting and forecasting functions for financial planning, which work fine."

"My organization benefits from the tool's performance and time-saving features."

"The initial setup process is easy."

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

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"The Control Console provides a very easy to read dashboard of "too little/just right/too much" resources both for current data and on a historical or predictive basis."

"One would be the automatic rebalancing of the environment. That was one feature which helped. With that, we could improve our efficiency of our VMware infrastructure."

"Densify's ability to aggregate multiple on-premise vCenters and multiple cloud accounts, gives it a level of visibility not found in many places."

"I would say that the initial thing is that it provides us with a technological basis to expand capacity management beyond Excel."

"The ability to increase server density inside of my environment, which has helped me drive reduction in costs."

"The solution's tech support is excellent."

"The tool will come back and tell us that we can operate with 1,000 minutes as an example, save 90% on the contractual rate and not run into any issues."

"The Densify Control Console, and Environment Status."

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Cons

"The one point is the reporting. We do have reports out of it, but they're not the level of graphical detail I would like."

"It sometimes does get false positives. Sometimes, it'll move something when it really wasn't a performance metric. I've seen it do that, but it's pretty much an automated tool for performance. We've only got about 500 virtual machines, so lots of times, I'm able to manage it physically, but it's definitely a nice tool for a larger enterprise that might be managing 2,000 or 3,000 virtual machines."

"There are a few things that we did notice. It does kind of seem to run away from itself a little bit. It does seem to have a mind of its own sometimes. It goes out there and just kind of goes crazy. There needs to be something that kind of throttles things back a little bit. I have personally seen where we've been working on things, then pulled servers out of the VMware cluster and found that Turbonomic was still trying to ship resources to and from that node. So, there has to be some kind of throttling or ability for it to not be so buggy in that area. Because we've pulled nodes out of a cluster into maintenance mode, then brought it back up, and it tried to put workloads on that outside of a cluster. There may be something that is available for this, but it seems very kludgy to me."

"Recovering resources when they're not needed is not as optimized as it could be."

"I would love to see Turbonomic analyze backup data. We have had people in the past put servers into daily full backups with seven-year retention and where the disk size is two terabytes. So, every single day, there is a two terabyte snapshot put into a Blob somewhere. I would love to see Turbonomic say, "Here are all your backups along with the age of them," to help us manage the savings by not having us spend so much on the storage in Azure. That would be huge."

"Remove the need for special in-house knowledge and development."

"Enhanced executive reporting standard with the tool beyond the reports that can be created today. Something that can easily be used with upper management on a monthly or quarterly basis to show the impact to our environment."

"The implementation could be enhanced."

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"The initial setup is a little bit complex."

"I would like to see better customization."

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

"Be wary of unnecessary costs."

"I would like the developers to add more features about migration, like how much it would cost to migrate from, let's say, AWS to Azure."

"I would like to have added to Azure Cost Management, drill down features from within the cost analysis reporting."

"I'd like to see improvements in tracking billing and costs. It would be helpful to have alerts generated by instance and location. We use the cloud for multiple programs, and it's difficult to segregate costs and get budgets from customers. We have to tag each instance, which is time-consuming. Automation and proactive alerts by instance or instance IDs would be beneficial."

"The technical support could be improved."

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"Some parts of the interface are rather complex and require a bit of time to navigate, but this has never stopped us as a Densify advisor is readily available to help with our "how to" queries."

"Unfortunately the tools and mechanisms which really came to maturity in the cloud, and were not mainstream on-premise, are still not implemented."

"In terms of integration, the tool has great data. However, it's not always meaningful because the true business attributes of how most Fortune 500 companies operate are not maintaining in one tool, they're in a school of many tools."

"The solution's stability is the primary concern for me."

"It seems that the mechanism for integration is, it goes so far but I think there could be some standard integration to normal remedy service now etc. I think that should be out of the box."

"Normalization of CPU utilization is required. At present, the data is available based on entitlement level."

"A closer integration to the service management processes."

"Initially we talked about some custom reporting, wherein our customer expected certain reports on a few areas, like how the storage is allocated, how the network performance is doing, and how the network utilization is happening for a virtual machine."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you're a super-small business, it may be a little bit pricey for you... But in large, enterprise companies where money is, maybe, less of an issue, Turbonomic is not that expensive. I can't imagine why any big company would not buy it, for what it does."

"Contact the Turbonomic sales team, explain your needs and what you're looking to monitor. They will get a pre-sales SE on the phone and together work up a very accurate quote."

"I consider the pricing to be high."

"I'm not involved in any of the billing, but my understanding is that is fairly expensive."

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

"The pricing is in line with the other solutions that we have. It's not a bargain software, nor is it overly expensive."

"IBM Turbonomic is an investment that we believe will deliver positive returns."

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

"Azure Cost Management is a free cost management tool."

"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 tool's licensing costs are monthly."

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

"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."

"The tool's pricing is yearly."

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

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"There was some sticker shock, as this is not just another software product to spit out graphs."

"Cost is always involved, but then I feel that this solution is better than other products that we have."

"Densify has licensing setup so you can collect data without licensing. It gives you the ability to collect on everything, then choose later what you would like to license."

"Setup cost is negligible, as it scales fairly well."

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Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Energy/Utilities Company

Manufacturing Company

27%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

14%

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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 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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What do you like most about Densify?

The solution's tech support is excellent.

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What needs improvement with Densify?

Densify is not a stable tool. Every time the support gets investigated, it takes much time to get refreshed.

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What is your primary use case for Densify?

We are using Densify to produce reports and to get recommendations that can contribute to the area of our expertise.

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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.

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.

Densify is a hybrid cloud and container resource management platform that makes workloads self-aware of their precise resource requirements and automates the resource management and selection process. This solution helps you control your cloud spend and also helps your apps perform and scale better. Densify enables you to match your cloud requirements with the optimal cloud supply. Additionally, Densify is the only technology that leverages patented, predictive machine learning-powered analytics to perform advanced modeling of workload patterns, and provide precise optimization directives. It is ideal for cloud engineers, container platform owners, and IT finance.

Densify works by:

Establishing application demand patterns that are based on business cycles, seasonality, peaks, valleys, and other variables.
Building normalized models of cloud supply and ingesting the entire cloud catalog and latest technologies.
Considering numerous factors, such as performance benchmarks, cost, technical rules, tags, and policies. The solution uses business and functional tags, operational realities, and granular policy control.

Densify Features

Densify has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Integration with management and provisioning systems
Machine learning-based analytics
Automated resource optimization
App owner collaboration
Tailored efficiency reports
Observability
Controllability
Capacity optimization
Policy driven, automated governance
VM placement
Predictive analytics

Densify Benefits

There are many benefits to implementing Densify. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Automated resource management: Densify provides your organization with automated resource management at scale, with elasticity at an affordable low cost.

Full stack visibility: The Densify solution offers full stack visibility with improved efficiency by determining container size and node resources.

Financial visibility: In addition to full stack visibility, one of Densify’s other advantages is that it offers full financial visibility and cost intelligence for both reporting as well as chargebacks.

Resizing and rebalancing: Densify analyzes your private cloud infrastructure, providing resizing and rebalancing recommendations.

Helps you choose the right host environment: Densify automatically routes workloads to the best hosting environment based on detailed workload requirements. For workloads not requiring immediate placement, it reserves capacity to ensure it is available when required.

A true SaaS implementation: Because Densify is a true SaaS implementation, there is no software to maintain or to learn.

Better for IT finance: The solution is good for IT finance because it collects and analyzes your detailed billing data, giving you visibility into your spending, what services you’re buying, and how to better manage your costs. In addition, it can also generate reports that cover your spending and your utilization of reservations and reserved instances and savings plans.

Reduce risk and costs: Machine learning-based analytics help your organization optimize consumption to eliminate waste and overprovisioning while ensuring performance.

Cost-efficient: The Densify solution is cost-efficient, helping you drastically reduce per-processor software license costs by placing workloads intelligently.

Sample Customers

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

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

AIG, Bank of America, Cigna, Citi

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