AWS Cost Explorer vs. IBM Kubecost

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AWS Cost Explorer
Score 7.0 out of 10
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AWS Cost Explorer's interface is used to visualize, understand, and manage AWS costs and usage over time. Users can get custom reports that analyze cost and usage data, and analyze data at a high level (for example, total costs and usage across all accounts), or dive deeper into cost and usage data to identify trends, pinpoint cost drivers, and detect anomalies.N/A
IBM Kubecost
Score 7.2 out of 10
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IBM Kubecost is a Kubernetes cost monitoring and optimization platform that delivers real-time, in-cluster cost intelligence with actionable insights to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
$449
per month 100 nodes
Pricing
AWS Cost ExplorerIBM Kubecost
Editions & Modules
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Business
$449
per month 100 nodes
Enterprise
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Offerings
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AWS Cost ExplorerIBM Kubecost
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 9.2 out of 10
IBM Turbonomic
IBM Turbonomic
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon AWS
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Apptio an IBM Company
Well suited for a k8 platform and the clients on the platform however doesn’t help as much for a total enterprise cloud cost that is not running on k8
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Pros
Amazon AWS
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Apptio an IBM Company
  • Show namespace level cost and usage
  • Allow rightisizibg At namespace level
  • Show effectiveness of current resources allocation
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Cons
Amazon AWS
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Apptio an IBM Company
  • Agents installation and the ping fed integration
  • The amount of CPU Kubecost agents use
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Alternatives Considered
Amazon AWS
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Apptio an IBM Company
Namespace cost, usage and efficiency data and ability to optimize for k8 containers
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
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Apptio an IBM Company
  • Allowed individual teams to better their cloud architecture for cost efficiency
  • Save on cloud investment
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