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Time to Implement

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IBM Cloudability Demo - Curated Multi-Cloud FinOps Dashboard
Enable teams to continuously improve the economics of running cloud with intelligent mappings, dynamic reports, dashboards and recommendations.
IBM Cloudability Demo - Rightsizing
Industry leading ML backed proactive rightsizing and commitment recommendations with engineering tasks, multiple outcome options, and details to justify them.
IBM Cloudability Demo - Automation
Automation of rightsizing recommendations and throttling for downtime to maximize resource optimization, minimize effort and increase value from cloud investments.
IBM Cloudability Demo - Cloudability Outcome Transparency
Get a complete allocation of cloud with industry leading, enterprise grade tools to tailor your data for chargeback/showback across your organization
IBM Cloudability Demo - Cloud Forecasting
Intelligent forecasting including seasonality, cost drivers and net new spend
IBM Cloudability Demo - Anomaly Detection
Anomaly detection capabilities to stop issues in their tracks via the right people for the job
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Users consistently praise IBM Cloudability for its ease of use and cost transparency, which significantly enhances their ability to manage cloud spending across multiple providers. The intuitive dashboards and insightful analytics help teams make informed financial decisions, although some users note that reporting customization could be improved.

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Verified User in Consumer Goods
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Cloud ability Review"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

The ability to see multiple cloud environment spend in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

Sometimes the filtering and drill down can be cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janie Carothers of IBM Cloudability

Thank you for sharing your feedback on IBM Cloudability! We're thrilled to hear that you appreciate the ability to view multiple cloud environment spends in one place. We understand your concerns about filtering and drill-down capabilities and will work on improving the user experience for you.

Identifying cost drivers and anomalies in cloud spend is crucial, and we're glad to hear that IBM Cloudability is helping you in this aspect. If you have any specific suggestions on how we can enhance the filtering and drill-down features to make them more user-friendly, please feel free to share by reaching out to us at Apptio_Customer_Feedback@wwpdl.vnet.ibm.com. We're here to assist you further and ensure you have a seamless experience!

Verified User in Banking
CB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Apptio is great for cloud spend visiblity"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

Easy setup, multiple moudules that support different requiement like turbonomics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

Can be a little costly initially and takes time to demonstrate ROI to leadership Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janie Carothers of IBM Cloudability

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We are thrilled to hear that IBM Cloudability has been a useful tool for you. Thank you for being a valued Apptio customer!

Dave G.
DG
Director of Technology and Digital Strategy
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great product with many options and flexibility"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

Being cloud based, the product allows me to customize the functionality. Lots of great intergration options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

It is a bit costly, but you get what you pay for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
EF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cloudability is not as suited to smaller enterprises or startups in terms of TCO and ease of use"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

We reviewed Cloudability in a bakeoff with other vendors in the cloud cost optimization space

- It has multi cloud support

- Has a lot of bells and whistles for cloud costs especially on AWS & GCP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

- Pricing being a % of spend is not scalable as it drives the wrong incentives

- Overly complicated setup for getting onboarded

- Tailoring the reporting was much harder Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janie Carothers of IBM Cloudability

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We strive to make our customers wildly successful, and we’re sorry to hear that we missed the mark here. We have taken your feedback on board, and we will strive to make improvements accordingly. To further show our deepest apologies and gratitude, would you please consider emailing us at customerfeedback@apptio.com to discuss this further?

Kind regards,

Apptio Team

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Nice visual dashboards"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

The beautiful and customizable dashboards Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

Easier way to run custom reports by customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janie Carothers of IBM Cloudability

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We value your opinion and will share your feedback regarding custom reports with our product team! We are happy to hear that IBM Cloudability is a useful tool for you!

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Cloud ability stands out as a great FinOps tool although it is expensive."
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

Normalization of costs especially on multi cloud environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

RIghtsizing i nformation reliability needs work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
AF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Transparency and visibility into all cloud costs in central place"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

You can see all your cloud costs/usage in one place Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

Reporting is cumbersome-time consuming to create customized reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janie Carothers of IBM Cloudability

Thank you for sharing how IBM Cloudability is helping you gain visibility into your cloud spend. We are committed to continuously enhancing our platform to better meet your needs.

Vyacheslav S.
VS
Senior Financial Analyst
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"More Insights More Cost Savings"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

I really enjoy the ability to create my own reports and dashboards that suit the business needs. I can pivot the reports quickly and deliver to my team. I like the ability to track cost savings and implement them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

I would like to have more ability to customize colors on graphs and widgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RV
Cloud Services Manager - LATAM
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very good tool"
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

Cost control, usability, and understanding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

little customization of dashboards, which limits the drill down of data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
EI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Optimizations insights is useful, but no always achievable depending on application architecture."
What do you like best about IBM Cloudability?

optimization insights and visuals. Options for reporting is useful as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Cloudability?

not aways achieveable dur to app architectures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Janie Carothers of IBM Cloudability

Hi! Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear that IBM Cloudability has been helpful to you! Could you give us some more feedback on what you dislike? We're committed to making our customers wildly successful and would love to hear more! Apptio_Customer_Feedback@wwpdl.vnet.ibm.com

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Time to Implement

4 months

Return on Investment

14 months

Average Discount

11%

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