IBM Cloudability
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How to Replace IBM CloudabilityOverview
Features
27 features across 17 categories
Anomaly Detection(1)
Detect anomalies and reduce waste through automated detection of unusual spending patterns
Automation(3)
Automated identification and implementation of cost-saving opportunities
Automate commitment program coverage to increase reservation and commitment utilization
Automated optimization actions that ensure performance is maintained while reducing costs
Billing Management(1)
Manage and optimize commercial agreements and billing across cloud providers
Container Management(1)
Track and allocate costs for Kubernetes containers and containerized workloads
Cost Allocation(3)
Map cloud costs to business units and organizational structure for accountability
Allocate and share cloud costs across teams and departments
Enable transparent cost allocation through showback or chargeback capabilities
Cost Analysis(1)
Explore and analyze true costs across all dimensions of cloud spending
Cost Optimization(3)
Optimize and manage reserved instances and commitment-based discount programs
Identify and recommend rightsizing opportunities for VMs, databases, and storage volumes
Manage Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) based on spending patterns and forecasts
Cost Visibility(1)
Track costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and AI workloads with unified visibility
Data Integration(1)
Automatically ingest and process cloud billing data in near real-time from AWS, Azure, and GCP
Financial Analysis(1)
Drive unit economics analysis to understand cost per transaction or business metric
Financial Planning(3)
Set budgets and create accurate forecasts based on historical data and plans
Plan and forecast cloud spending aligned with business objectives and KPIs
Advanced financial planning capabilities for cloud cost forecasting and budgeting
Governance(1)
Implement governance policies and compliance controls for cloud spending
Multi-tenancy(1)
Multi-tenant solution for managed service providers to manage customer cloud costs
Reporting(3)
Create customizable dashboards and reports for cost visibility and trend analysis
Track KPIs and performance metrics through customizable scorecards
Create personalized views of cloud cost data for different stakeholders and use cases
Resource Management(1)
Organize and manage resource tags for better cost allocation and organization
Sustainability(1)
Monitor and report on cloud sustainability metrics and environmental impact
Workload Management(1)
Plan and optimize cloud workloads for cost efficiency and performance
Pricing
Essentials
- ✓Multi-cloud cost visibility
- ✓Cloud usage and cost understanding
- ✓Rightsizing
- ✓Basic dashboards and reports
Standard
- ✓All Essentials features
- ✓Unit economics
- ✓Total cloud program cost allocation
- ✓Cloud financial planning
- ✓Workload planning
Premium
- ✓All Standard features
- ✓Advanced optimization capabilities
- ✓Extended automation
- ✓Cross-functional FinOps team support
- ✓Common data source
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Build vs Buy
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Buying IBM Cloudability saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
3 known integrations