AWS Cloud Financial Management Reviews - Page 3

I like all of the reports it creates automatically. It would take me hours of my time and resources to have them created in house. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not too many things. It's slightly pricey but is worth every penny. I will continue to use regardless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Transparency to all computing costs of various services if they are over or below the budget.

It allows the ability to maintain multiple budges for each unit / services. it's highly configurable so in case of in breach of budge it will send an alert, which can trigger cost saving mode (moving to cheaper instances semi automatically, meaning we need to trigger the instance replacement)

With the information we collected with this tool we managed to reduce our costs by optimizing our instances size by usage time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The tool is not fully automated, meaning in case of budget limit reached, the system can't reduce the number of running instances or to scale them down to reduce costs, this is needed to be done manually by AWS administrator. however, we had a workaround so an in house system can receive the alert and adjust the running instances to reduce costs. Would be even a greater tool if it could be linked to auto scaling group directly instead of using 3rd party. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am able to quickly see "yes/no" on whether i'm using the reserved instanced I've purchased. I can integrate with my cost explore dashboard and see everything in one place. I have the ability to use roles to allow finance team to get information directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Would like more granularity out of the box. It is getting better though as updates come in. I would like to eventually get to more of a "applet" design where there is more out-of-the-box style reports. I don't mind having to set things up, but it would be a lot easier to just click and go., Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how simple it is to create a budget for a server. It has not only saved us money monthly but it allows us to stay on top of the server costs as we grow our user base. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that it took my team so long to set this up. As our application usage grew, so did our server costs and it go away from us without knowing each month. This tool has helped is forecast a lot better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that you can break down the costs by the different services used. It makes it simpler for us to see where our expenses are going for all of our digital assets and make changes when necessary. Easy to export reports for use in budgeting meetings, and can template for each month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

New users can be overwhelmed. Very involved process to find exactly what services you are looking for. You can spend TOO much time just trying to get the information needed to create reports. However, once you figure it out, it's easy to replicate each month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simplicity combined with a lightweight interface is what I prefer about the AWS Cost and Usage Report. It allows to verify the associated costs, to anticipate costs and uses, to keep the expenses measured. The graphical form can be exchanged as required. Daily costs, per lapse, allow an in-depth analysis of the use of the AWS. Allows you to create reports on the use of instances, generate reports based on CSV. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not being able to combine the uses and costs of different AWSs arranged in different regions is the only thing I think could be improved for especific users, not the master account only. This is called "consolidated billing". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it is completely customizable. I can make it very complex, but the system is very easy to use. I like that you can choose the start and end dates. I like that I have the option to have an alert when I am approaching a budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

However, I actually do not like how long it takes to set up an account. There is so much info that you have to add in order for the system to accurately analyze your budget. It is also hard to re-adjust an already set budget, but sometimes this is necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reserved instances allow us to have capacity set in advance so that we are able to save money on non-ad hoc projects. Reporting helps us understand the utilization levels to cut or up capacity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Our data science and DevOps leads were often at odds about reporting accuracy. Would like to have been able to see more of who was doing what related to instances to help settle disputes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aws Budgets is the Amazon service tool that helps your business to set custom cost and budgets which triggers when exceeded.

It really helps to manage and track the workflow of the Utilization.

Good thing is it forecast and trigger before actual time that helps in maintaining the level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User have to fill ample amount of pricing information that may have security and confidentiality issues for some corporates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.