We performed a comparison between Azure Cost Management and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, Microsoft, VMware and others in Cloud Cost Management."What I like the most about Azure Cost Management is that it's similar to a native service, and it has very well-defined product features, particularly if a customer is moving to Azure, then it gives proper insight in terms of compatibility and what benefits a customer can get from the solution."
"The best thing about Azure Cost Management is the cost analysis functionality because it provides regular alerts."
"Microsoft's technical support is good."
"The solution helps us diagnose and understand why some resources cost more so that we can fine-tune and reduce the cost."
"I like the fact that you can set alerts on the predicted cost in Azure 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."
"It is easy to log in, and everything is graphical so that you can build on the published resources."
"It is a fully scalable product with the potential to enhance our application and increase our servers. All cloud-based solutions are fully scalable."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"Can easily be interconnected with other management systems."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"The stability is fantastic."
"Being able to easily, and quickly obtain disc space statistics from servers and determine how much was free or used on various volumes."
"We found that it was easy to operate, and it was simple if anyone has entry-level working experience or even if someone is not experienced."
"Reporting tools are a great feature along with the ability to create customized reports for you"
"The initial setup is easy."
"It would be nice if they could introduce connections to other clouds. It would be good to connect to AWS and Oracle cloud."
"The forecasting model can improve Azure Cost Management."
"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."
"The technical support could be improved."
"Azure Cost Management needs to improve scalability."
"It would be beneficial if Azure Cost Management could automatically generate budget rules using AI insights, eliminating the need for manual configuration."
"Azure Cost Management should be made cheaper."
"The solution's technical support should be faster, more knowledgeable, and customer-friendly."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"Sometimes there are issues when upgrading to a new version of the product."
"The evaluation time for the product is too short especially for large corporations."
"GUI needs improvement with a more graphical dashboard."
"It is difficult for stakeholders to translate technical requirements, which results in difficulties selecting a platform or implementing a solution."
"Scalability is a bit tricky because it requires more gateways in order to get the performance you may need. It also requires a lot of licensing."
"The scalability can be better."
"This solution would benefit from expanding on the capabilities within the API."
Azure Cost Management is ranked 2nd in Cloud Cost Management with 41 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Azure Cost Management is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. 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 SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Azure Cost Management is most compared with IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, AWS Savings Plans, Cloudability and Zabbix, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and LogicMonitor.
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