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We performed a comparison between AWS Trusted Advisor and Runecast based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"AWS Trusted Advisor is a tool that we can use to optimize the AWS infrastructure cost.""The cost optimization and security-related fixes in AWS Trusted Advisor have been great.""The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free.""The cost optimization features are valuable."

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"Runecast is a good partner for VMware. Once we have installed it, we can see all the problems and issues. It also has VMware knowledge-based articles."

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Cons
"I'd like the solution to support clouds beyond AWS.""Maybe adding more security rules would be great.""For EC2 instances, we need to install the AWS CloudWatch agent to get the memory metric because we don't have a by-default memory utilization graph on cost optimization.""The tenancy must be free for all metrics."

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"The product lacks network assessment capabilities. We cannot view our network assets or scan switches, routers, or IPs for vulnerabilities and issues."

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  • "Runecast's pricing is cheaper than that of its competitors."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free.
    Top Answer:As long as you have a corporate AWS account, which most companies do. Personal accounts wouldn't have it, but any corporate account gets it for free. It's a free feature from AWS. So it's bundled with… more »
    Top Answer:Maybe adding more security rules would be great. It comes with around 20-25 baseline rules. If you want more, like 300-400 rules, you'd need to purchase Security Hub from AWS. So, more built-in rules… more »
    Top Answer:Runecast is a good partner for VMware. Once we have installed it, we can see all the problems and issues. It also has VMware knowledge-based articles.
    Top Answer:Runecast's pricing is cheaper than that of its competitors.
    Top Answer:The product lacks network assessment capabilities. We cannot view our network assets or scan switches, routers, or IPs for vulnerabilities and issues.
    Ranking
    22nd
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
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    859
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    427
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    8.5
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    62
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    39
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    1
    Average Words per Review
    337
    Rating
    9.0
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    Runecast Analyzer
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    Overview

    AWS Trusted Advisor is your customized cloud expert! It helps you to observe best practices for the use of AWS by inspecting your AWS environment with an eye toward saving money, improving system performance and reliability, and closing security gaps.

    Runecast is an enterprise IT platform that saves your Security and Operations teams time and resources by enabling a proactive approach to ITOM, CSPM, and compliance. Its agentless scanning capability ensures efficient and in-depth assessment of your infrastructure without imposing additional load on your servers.

    It automates vulnerability assessment, configuration drift management, and continuous compliance – for VMware, Cloud, and Containers.

    Runecast helps reduce operational overhead, increase transparency, and easily assess and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities. It simplifies managing regulatory compliance, making it an ideal solution for your infrastructure security needs.

    It provides continuous audits against vendor best practices, common security standards, and frameworks such as BSI IT-Grundschutz, CIS, Cyber Essentials, DISA STIG, DORA, Essential 8, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, KVKK, NIST, PCI DSS, TISAX, VMware Security Hardening Guidelines, and the CISA KEVs catalog.

    Your team can do more with less via a single platform that checks all your cloud infrastructure, for increased visibility, security, and time-saving. Security teams benefit from simplified vulnerability management and regulatory compliance, across multiple standards and technologies. Operations teams are able to reduce operational overheads and increase clarity, enabling you to be proactive and return to the valuable work you want to be doing.

    Runecast has been recognized with Frost & Sullivan's 2023 European New Product Innovation Award in the CNAPP industry for its strong overall performance and commitment to user experience.


    Get to know Runecast: www.runecast.com/

    Read Customer Success Stories: www.runecast.com/case-studies


    Sample Customers
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Our customers tell us regularly how Runecast benefits CIOs, CISOs, and both Security and Operations teams across verticals with a proactive approach that results in major time and cost savings, increased uptime and security standards complianceSuccess Highlight 75-85% troubleshooting time savings – Kiel Municipal Hospital90% time savings on reactive troubleshooting – Near East Bank90% time savings in upgrade planning– FLEXdata80% reduction in monthly incidents and issues – University of St Andrews78,000 EUR/year minimum annual cost savings – Notino100s of hours saved on security compliance with remediation scripts alone – Kiel Municipal Hospital75% time saved on troubleshooting and root cause analysis – de Volksbank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Comms Service Provider17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government11%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    AWS Trusted Advisor is ranked 22nd in Cloud Management with 4 reviews while Runecast is ranked 16th in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) with 1 review. AWS Trusted Advisor is rated 8.6, while Runecast is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AWS Trusted Advisor writes "A stable and easy-to-use product that provides excellent cost optimization features and technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Runecast writes "Helps with risk assessments for containers, assessing security, and ensuring container compliance". AWS Trusted Advisor is most compared with AWS Control Tower, CloudCheckr , IBM Turbonomic and VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, whereas Runecast is most compared with VMware Aria Operations.

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