We performed a comparison between Azure Cost Management and BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, Microsoft, VMware and others in Cloud Cost Management."It has predictive analysis. It can forecast based on the costs associated with the particular architecture and how often they use it, estimating how much they'll spend."
"I like the fact that you can set alerts on the predicted cost in Azure Cost Management."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure Cloud Cost Management is easy to use and we have a lot of insights about all of our goals."
"The tool helps with budgeting and reporting. It notifies us whenever we cross the threshold."
"I like the granularity of the tools."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it's extremely customizable. It makes it very flexible in terms of usage."
"The advisor recommendations feature is the most valuable feature. It helps set your environment in a clean state."
"CLM has a multi-cloud portal because they have the resources to implement in various environments in various ports."
"Assesses change impact or completes an audit using multiple dashboard views."
"Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system."
"You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass"."
"Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning."
"Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."
"By allowing end users to request their own services, the request process for systems is much quicker and more accurate."
"Improved integration with other solutions could definitely be beneficial."
"The forecasting model can improve Azure Cost Management."
"I would like to see better customization."
"The dashboard could be improved."
"Cost Management could always provide more details. The more information, the better. They just need to build on what they have now."
"It would be beneficial if Azure Cost Management could automatically generate budget rules using AI insights, eliminating the need for manual configuration."
"The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting."
"Be wary of unnecessary costs."
"The installation and configuration can be tricky due to it being built on Remedy."
"Needs integrations with other providers to provide a custom public cloud environment."
"One of the major problems is that support is not so good."
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Azure Cost Management is ranked 2nd in Cloud Cost Management with 41 reviews while BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is ranked 43rd in Cloud Management. Azure Cost Management is rated 8.0, while BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Azure Cost Management writes "A good, but limited cost information solution with strong analytics but requiring more flexibility in its reporting functionality". On the other hand, the top reviewer of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management writes "Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system". Azure Cost Management is most compared with IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, AWS Savings Plans, Cloudability and Zabbix, whereas BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is most compared with CloudBolt.
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