Senior Consultant at UiPath
Real User
A stable and scalable solution that provides a useful dashboard and doesn’t require any maintenance
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool is very stable."
  • "The dashboard could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for personal use.

What is most valuable?

The dashboard is really useful.

What needs improvement?

The dashboard could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one year. I am using the latest version of the solution.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is very stable. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I use Azure OpenAI for some experiments.

How was the initial setup?

I use the online web application. The maintenance is done automatically by the vendor.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is good.

What other advice do I have?

I use the solution once a week. Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Consultant at ProArch
Real User
Top 5
Segregates accounts based on resources and has a good user interface
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is its way of segregating accounts based on resources."
  • "The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution to understand the resource response and cost per customer for multiple projects in our organization.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is its way of segregating accounts based on resources.

What needs improvement?

The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure Cost Management for the last three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Azure Cost Management a ten out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I don't see any need for scalability for this solution. We have 350 plus customers using the solution.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support for Azure Cost Management is far better. Whatever we need is available on the portal, and if there is any discrepancy, we raise it to the support team.

How was the initial setup?

You don't have to do any setup, it's all populated from what you have in your environment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Customers do not need to pay for the product's license, and the product is free of cost.

What other advice do I have?

The solution's user interface is good. We also get the projection for the current month. I am a technical consultant and rarely work on cost management. Microsoft manages the solution, and you don’t need any skill sets to use it.

Overall, I rate Azure Cost Management a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Supervisor, Vendor Solutions at TD SYNNEX
Real User
Allows customers to see their consumption in real time
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is that our customers can see their consumption in real time. Even though we have a couple of analytics provided by our company, those are not in real time."
  • "I haven't detected anything that needs improvement, but any solution could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We provide this solution for all of our customers. We have been providing it since it was released. We are using it to assist our customers.

How has it helped my organization?

The amount of customers we have reached has increased.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that our customers can see their consumption in real time. Even though we have a couple of analytics provided by our company, those are not in real time.

What needs improvement?

I haven't detected anything that needs improvement, but any solution could be improved. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used a different solution, but we switched because the one provided by Microsoft is free.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward. It's embedded on the Azure Portal, so there's no installation time. There's nothing to be installed.

What was our ROI?

Since we are a DC, we only provide this solution to customers. They pay our fees, so there's not too much invested in this.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is free. It's part of having an Azure subscription.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution 10 out of 10.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: distributor
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Enterprise Cloud Architect at Peritem Consultants Ltd
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
Helps with cost management, performance, cost analysts, cost alerts, and budget recommendations
Pros and Cons
  • "The advisor recommendations feature is the most valuable feature. It helps set your environment in a clean state."
  • "It would be nice if they could introduce connections to other clouds. It would be good to connect to AWS and Oracle cloud."

What is our primary use case?

We use the public, private, and hybrid deployment models of this solution. Our primary use cases of this solution are for cost management, performance, cost analysts, cost alerts, and budget recommendations.

What is most valuable?

The advisor recommendations feature is the most valuable feature. It helps set your environment in a clean state.

What needs improvement?

Self-healing could be a nice addition to this solution. It would be nice if they had self-healing. 

It would be good if they could introduce connections to other clouds. It would be good to connect to AWS and Oracle cloud.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Azure Cost Management for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's rock-solid, it's absolutely stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution can manage your whole infrastructure across the hybrid and private clouds. It scales really well. We are a distributor of this solution. We have around 3,000 customers. 

We do have plans to increase usage. 

How are customer service and technical support?

It's a free product. It doesn't need much support, there is a lot of documentation.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward. As soon as you deploy something in Azure, Cost Management is also automatically deployed. It's there by default. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's free out of the box. 

What other advice do I have?

The biggest lesson I have learned from this solution is that free tools are a must. They're great. 

I would rate it a ten out of ten. 

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Control System Engineer at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Is stable and scalable, and can be installed quickly
Pros and Cons
  • "During the two years I've been working with this solution, it has only been down once or twice. Thus, I would rate the stability of the solution at nine out of ten."
  • "The UI is complex, and it should be less so."

What is our primary use case?

We use Azure Cost Management for billing and cost estimation purposes.

What is most valuable?

I like that it's a free solution that we can use to check our overall cost and utilization.

What needs improvement?

The UI is complex, and it should be less so.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

During the two years I've been working with this solution, it has only been down once or twice. Thus, I would rate the stability of the solution at nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For Azure Cost Management's scalability, I would give a rating of eight out of ten. We have five release managers who use the solution in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support staff are well trained and excellent. As such, I would rate technical support at nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The installation process is straightforward for Azure Cost Management. It takes a couple of minutes to implement it.

The maintenance can be handled by one person.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Azure Cost Management and rate it at ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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Technology Lead at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Cost analysis and management solution that offers regular alerts in real time to ensure costs remain in budget
Pros and Cons
  • "The best thing about Azure Cost Management is the cost analysis functionality because it provides regular alerts."
  • "It can be difficult to determine the cost associated with certain resources as it relies on a tagging progress. This means we need to drill down billing reports to highlight and fix missing tags."

What is our primary use case?

I use Azure Cost Management to track the costing that is incurred by my resources and the servers that are running. There are different generations of servers that I use. For every service or server that is running, Azure provides costing. Support management and cost analysis provide a drill down view of all the services that I am using and the cost associated with it.

A few hundred people use this solution in our business. 

What is most valuable?

The best thing about Azure Cost Management is the cost analysis functionality because it provides regular alerts. Even when I am not monitoring cost, someone in my team can be set up to receive notifications in real time. This helps us ensure we are not over budget at the end of the month.

What needs improvement?

It can be difficult to determine the cost associated with certain resources as it relies on a tagging progress. This means we need to drill down billing reports to highlight and fix missing tags. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for a couple of years. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. The time of deployment depends on the resources you use and time you select with Azure. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten due to the challenge with pricing and missing tags. 

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Senior IT Manager at Excelra
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A graphical solution with an easy login, scalable and stable
Pros and Cons
  • "It is easy to log in, and everything is graphical so that you can build on the published resources."
  • "We lack a resource and ID login."

What is our primary use case?

We are satisfied with the product, and it is working for us with respect to the VM.

What needs improvement?

We lack a resource and ID login, and it would be good if they added it.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for less than a year. We use the solution from the Cost Manager portal only.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. One other person in the organization and I use this solution.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is not required. It is easy to log in, and everything is graphical so that you can build on the published resources.

How was the initial setup?

You do not need to deploy the solution. You only need access to Cost Management.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is no licensing cost. Azure Cost Management only comes with the Azure portal, and there is no cost. When you integrate other cloud services with the portal, there is no cost.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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Software Engineer at Apmosys Technology Pvt. Ltd.
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A cloud-based tool that is easy to use and deploy
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a fully scalable product with the potential to enhance our application and increase our servers. All cloud-based solutions are fully scalable."
  • "Stability is an area in the solution that lacks in certain areas. So, it needs to be improved."

What is our primary use case?

Regarding Azure Cost Management, I think it's easier for the clients we're using it for, along with which the deployment part of the solution is also easy. Basically, we store our application in Azure. So, it is being used by our clients for storing their applications. Also, they have one database called Teamcenter data. So, such things are being stored in Azure.

What is most valuable?

Regarding Azure Cost Management, it is an easy solution to use since it is a cloud-based tool. Everything related to the solution comes in handy. So, no network or server team is required to configure the solution.


What needs improvement?

Stability is an area in the solution that lacks in certain areas. So, it needs to be improved.


For how long have I used the solution?

Currently, I'm working on Azure Cost Management. As per the new requirements that are coming in for Azure, I am also taking part in involving myself in Azure. Also, I am using the solution's latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I cannot give you an assured rating, but its stability can be rated around nine on a scale of one to ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a fully scalable product with the potential to enhance our application and increase our servers. All cloud-based solutions are fully scalable.

There is a lesser requirement for the solution. That's why we have not gone through measuring the number of clients we have since they have AWS as their cloud solution. Our clients are not very aware of Azure. So, that's an issue. In the future, the number of users will increase. Right now, I cannot give an accurate number of users using it.


How are customer service and support?

I have only contacted the support for AWS and not for Azure.


Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have only used Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup process was straightforward. The deployment was done in two to three months.

The deployment process is quite simple. In our settings, there is a cloud and visualization part. In that case, we need to select Azure, and our Azure test would monitor Azure. Then, we need to connect a new instance, and we have to go through the configuration phase in which we need to have the tokens and then copy and paste all the tokens. Once the configuration field starts getting filled, it will reconnect to our Azure cloud.

The deployment process is quite simple. So, there are no big issues in the deployment part of Azure. Since it is a cloud solution, there is no need for other people to deploy or maintain the solution. If anyone is involved in such processes, then he or she must be an expert in Azure.

If there is an issue we face in the solution, then we raise a ticket. The Azure and Microsoft team then handles such issues of their users. So there is no manpower required to configure the solution since we can do it on our physical servers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Azure Cost Management is a free solution. The cost is only for Azure cloud. Apart from that, based on how much a host consumes the solution, we need to pay.


What other advice do I have?

The loading part of the solution is good. Overall, there are no issues in Azure Cost Management.

A person who has a physical server, and has personal knowledge of a physical server, can directly use Azure. A person who knows to use AWS can also connect to Azure. Only certain terminologies in AWS and Azure should be clear. Apart from that, the architecture and connection in regards to how the data is doing and other such related things must be known by the person planning to use Azure.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten.


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