CDW Managed Cloud Services vs CloudCheckr comparison

CDW and Spot by NetApp are both solutions in the Managed Cloud Services category. CDW is ranked #3, while Spot by NetApp is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.0. CDW holds a 4.5% mindshare in MCS, compared to Spot by NetApp’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of CDW users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of Spot by NetApp users who would recommend it.

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We performed a comparison between CDW Managed Cloud Services and CloudCheckr based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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Categories and Ranking

CDW Managed Cloud Services

Ranking in Managed Cloud Services

3rd

Average Rating

9.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

CloudCheckr

Ranking in Managed Cloud Services

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (27th), Cloud Cost Management (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Managed Cloud Services category, the mindshare of CDW Managed Cloud Services is 4.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudCheckr is 1.8%, down from 13.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Shawn Campbell

IT Manager at Bolger Brothers Inc.

Half the time, they know if something is wrong before we do

The infamous whiteboard still has some things to deploy from my standpoint and our primary business solution standpoint. So, there is always room to grow. There are a few security things that I would like to deploy, such as single sign-on so the email address and password are the login. From my professional standpoint, I would like an app to manage WorkSpaces from my phone. I don't believe there is one right now, and I have looked. For example, if somebody comes to me, and heaven forbid I'm not in the office, my solution is to log into my phone to the portal via web, then scroll down and restart their WorkSpaces. This is assuming that I have the data, because in places like rural Pennsylvania, you can't guarantee that. They have an app for managing the servers, but WorkSpaces is where most of my day-to-day stuff ends up. This is not really under CDW, but if CDW developed an app for that, I definitely would partake in it. If you take a dive through their websites, it feels like they were all put together by different teams. I know they are changing this because I am pretty sure that we have talked about this issue with the account reps. In the two years that we have used them, the websites have improved considerably. One used to be like an old SharePoint site that was Internet-facing, and I was very scared of it. They have actually gone to custom dashboards now, but I would love to see a single dashboard for my AWS, Office 365, and all of that stuff just laid out about three-tiers deep so I don't have to dig through websites.

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Nigel Mullings

Enterprise Cloud Architect at Peritem Consultants Ltd

Beneficial granular reporting, highly stable, and excellent support

I have worked in the cost-management tools from many cloud providers, such as Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Services, and Azure. CloudCheckr CMx High Security has a lot more detail than the native cloud service cost-management tools. If you want an enterprise-grade solution, CloudCheckr CMx High Security would be a good fit. If you want something simple, out of the box, then you can use the cloud service's native tools.

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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

"It has freed up staff time by not having them work on managing the infrastructure. We are able to spend time doing application administration, focusing on the long-term strategy of where we are going. The impact is that we are able to better leverage our investment in our application technology and offload infrastructure to CDW as part of their managed services."

"CDW's service enables us to deploy infrastructure services at our own pace without being limited by the availability of resources. It helps us leverage skills that take a long time to acquire, skills that we don't have in-house. Making use of CDW's skills in those areas saves us a lot of time."

"CDW has performed great from a project management standpoint. We had set up our environment with our knowledge of how to set up the virtual servers in the cloud. They came back and did an analysis to help us with our savings. This was something we hadn't thought about, but actually helped us reduce some of the costs. The cost savings was about a third of the cost over three years."

"Their proactive alerting is valuable. They'll try and apprise us of issues before they become problems. I find that very valuable."

"Everything has been kept to what we planned on for budgeting. CDW Managed Cloud Services has met all the requirements there, and exceeded it in some cases."

"CDW Managed Cloud Services has found pitfalls and various things in the infrastructure, e.g., in routes, IP ranges, and security loopholes, that didn't need to be there. They stripped it down and went to a very flat topography, making it less complicated. So, there are less things to trip over and go wrong, which means less downtime."

"The best feature I like about CloudCheckr CMx High Security is its simplicity. I love that it's not rocket science to use the solution. Even if you're not familiar with the cloud, you can easily figure out how to use CloudCheckr CMx High Security. You can use AWS, you can use Azure, and you can use GCP with the solution because the integration is quite simple. You can also use multi-cloud with it, and you could see the billing part. You'll have complete visibility into your cost which I love about the solution. I also love that data on any security issues and vulnerabilities are available on the go with CloudCheckr CMx High Security. You don't need to do anything different. Just run the scan and you'll have all these open findings in the tool, in terms of the priority level, so if it's critical, it will tell you, "It's critical," and you need to fix it right away."

"The solution is mostly stable."

"It's one of the leading players for cloud optimization. It's hard to find anything better."

"The most valuable feature of CloudCheckr CMx High Security is granular reporting. Additionally, the user interface is easy to use."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The recommendation section is pretty helpful."

"The solution is scalable for our purposes."

"It will automatically suggest areas for optimization."

Cons

"When you initially engage with them, there is the idea that you will have certain check-ins on a quarterly or monthly basis. That didn't really occur until we started to reach out to engage with them. As soon as we started to touch base, it was great. We identified that there were some other initiatives we wanted to get in place. However, it was really on us to get the ball rolling on that. It would have been helpful if we had a CDW resource reaching out, saying, "Hey, what do you want to do next? How is this working for you? How is this not?" That initial engagement would have certainly helped on the professional services side."

"I would like to see them improve when it comes to helping develop an interface to this environment that's more user-friendly. We're introducing people to the use of a type of cloud scenario that they're not familiar with. We have to train them on and teach them how it's implemented. Having a little bit better interface would be helpful."

"The infamous whiteboard still has some things to deploy from my standpoint and our primary business solution standpoint. So, there is always room to grow. There are a few security things that I would like to deploy, such as single sign-on so the email address and password are the login."

"The pricing could always come down because cost is always a factor. Our business is always looking to reduce costs while getting the best services."

"The ticket system is a little clunky for Managed Cloud Services. There is no ticket category for Managed Cloud Services, per se. It's a little awkward when trying to find a way to put a ticket in. It's just not streamlined enough and doesn't take you step-by-step. And it doesn't seem to have all the categories I need. If I'm putting in a ticket for AWS or AppStream, there is no category for them."

"They can maybe improve the scheduling. There have been times where I wanted to schedule something, and there was a conflict on their side as to who can do it and when and why, but other than that, they have been pretty stellar."

"Many features still need to be implemented in this tool."

"The solution must improve its user interface."

"The reporting and analytic capabilities are very limited."

"Self-healing could be a bit smoother and a bit cleaner, easier to access and more functional. That would help."

"The performance of the tool really needs to be improved."

"What needs to be improved in CloudCheckr CMx High Security is integration. All the clouds are going quite fast, for example, all the cloud providers: Microsoft, Google, etc. CloudCheckr CMx High Security is good with AWS, no doubt about it, but with Azure and Google Cloud, I find that the solution is slow in that direction. If the vendor planned for CloudCheckr CMx High Security to be automated just for AWS, then it does make sense. If not, if the vendor is also targeting good integration with Google and Microsoft, then CloudCheckr CMx High Security integration needs improvement, in particular, it has to be faster. At the moment, its integration with Azure is not as good as its integration with AWS. With GCP, integration is nowhere."

"CloudCheckr CMx High Security is complex. There are a lot of menus, and if you do not know what you are looking for you can get lost. However, the interface is self-explanatory. It's easy to understand where to go to get what you want."

"The solution needs to work better with larger capacities of data."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have used CDW’s free Recommendation Engine. That is what we use for the cost savings. It helped us find places to reduce our cloud costs."

"It is a little more complex than I would like, but I think that's more AWS than CDW. CDW actually saves us money in regards to the way they handle things. We get support without a six-figure commitment from the AWS side, and that's appreciated."

"The cost is very competitive and appropriate for what we get."

"A lot of people see the cost, and they are like, "Well, that is a lot if we already have an internal IT person." It's like, "Well, you're not just getting that." You are getting access to resources and peace of mind, to say, "I don't have to worry about this server dying at 2:00 in the morning because these guys will handle it." I will wake up, and if there would have been a problem, it would have been addressed. It would have been notated and fixed."

"The biggest factor for us was cost, and at the time, CDW Managed Cloud Services was most efficient for what we needed."

"CDW Managed Cloud Services will not be cheaper than what you are doing on-premises. It will be more expensive."

"A license is needed to use CloudCheckr CMx High Security, but because we are a managed service provider, the price of the license would vary. It depends on the type of cloud users we have, for example, it would be some type of percentage or monthly billing, etc."

"The cost is on par with other providers."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

26%

Comms Service Provider

Energy/Utilities Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CDW Managed Cloud Services?

In my experience, CDW Managed Cloud Services pricing can vary significantly depending on the scope and scale of the services you require. It's essential to have a clear understanding of your organi...

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What do you like most about CloudCheckr ?

The recommendation section is pretty helpful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudCheckr ?

The price depends on the actual Azure consumption and what we feed into it. The cost is on par with other providers.

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What needs improvement with CloudCheckr ?

We are not happy with the product’s reporting capabilities. We are planning to change the solution. The security compliance feature doesn’t give much data because CloudCheckr has done a majority of...

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CloudCheckr CMx High Security, CloudCheckr CMP

Overview

CDW Managed Cloud Services is an all-around cloud management service. This service is used to manage, integrate and migrate cloud platforms such as Office 365, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Microsoft Azure Cloud, to name a few. In addition to the cloud management service, CDW Managed Cloud Services as well helps users design and set up platforms upon request. This service helps users keep their platforms running smoothly and advises the best practices to its users. Users can lean on this service as it provides IT support and operations which helps to reduce their IT footprint and can result in both time and cost savings.

CDW Managed Cloud Services Features:

CDW Managed Cloud Services has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Management - Manages a vast amount of services to support users’ cloud infrastructure in addition to other solutions and platforms.

Integration and Migration - Provides users with integration and migration services and support for cloud infrastructure.

Portal - This service’s portal is very accessible and logging a ticket can be done via the portal.

Expertise - CDW Managed Cloud Services has the expertise to address any question or request that may arise. If they are unable to provide the information needed, they will reach out to the first-line provider and will get any answer that is needed.

CDW Managed Cloud Services Benefits:

There are many benefits to implementing CDW Managed Cloud Services. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Proactivity - CDW’s team will realize something is wrong within a system that they are managing before the user notices and is quick to fix the issue at hand. CDW will alert the user right away and will prevent any further damage from happening. This provides all users with the security that they need and increases operational efficiency.
User-First Outlook - CDW Managed Cloud Services provides integration and deployment services. These services are provided at the pace of the user without being limited by the availability of resources, giving the user the flexibility that they need. CDW will listen to its users and understand their goals before they start to take action.
Efficiency - This service helps to save users’ time by providing support and skills that users may not have acquired yet. By providing this support, a user does not need to spend the time required to research and learn about the issue and the remediation process. A user can easily request support from CDW Managed Cloud Services.

Reviews from Real Users:

Below are some reviews and insightful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using CDW Managed Cloud Services.

A Systems and Network Engineer at a medium-sized university comments: “CDW's service enables us to deploy infrastructure services at our own pace without being limited by the availability of resources. It helps us leverage skills that take a long time to acquire, skills that we don't have in-house. Making use of CDW's skills in those areas saves us a lot of time.”

A System Integration Manager at a medium-sized utilities company says: “It gives us peace of mind, knowing that someone is there in case the servers go down… Their managed services team knows that something is wrong before we do and they fix it for us. This keeps us running very smoothly without issues.”

CDW

CloudCheckr CMx High Security is a cloud management platform that provides complete visibility into cost and security issues. The primary use cases are day-to-day operations, cloud management, identifying open vulnerabilities and issues from a security perspective, and cost management and optimization.

The solution is praised for its stability, simplicity, ease of use, scalability, excellent technical support, and granular reporting. CloudCheckr CMx High Security provides priority-level data on security issues and vulnerabilities, making it easy to identify critical issues that need immediate attention.

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Accenture, Logitech, Ingram, Cloudar, Infor, DXC, Cornell University, DLT, Lumen, Lightstream, Choice Hotels, B-Tech, SmileShark, PTP, Explicity, JCH Technology, Siemens Mobility

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