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We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Billing and vRealize Business for Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It is a stable product.""What I like most about this solution is that it's easy.""We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products."

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"The tool helps us to monitor the services provided to customers as a cloud provider. The product is a monitoring solution that helps customers pay for their utilization of services.""I like the integration with other applications or vendors.""The way the dashboard works with the main orchestrator to combine different types of cloud providers is helpful.""The most valuable feature is that it allows us to compare the billing between the clouds.""The most valuable feature is the metering capability.""It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems.""The most valuable feature is that it has a very easy and adaptive look and feel, compared with some other cloud solutions.""The flexibility is the product's most valuable feature."

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Cons
"When I want to analyze the information, it would be better, since Google knows what I have used, to only show those items for analysis purposes.""Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface.""At times you will find that the computer engines are freezing or it's about to freeze without any notification or information and it's unable to diagnose where it is hung."

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"The pricing model is complicated and would be more predictable if it were simplified.""I would like it if they could provide their customers with more qualified support.""The knowledge base is not available for the engineers, which is something that needs to be improved.""The solution's private cloud is much too expensive.""The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases.""It's not always easy to find the information you need. You must have a lot of technical experience to find the right location for what you're implementing within the program.""It would be a good idea for VMware to be compatible with the most popular orchestration tools in the market.""I would like to have an easy way of modifying the reference data that is used for the purposes of estimating the total billing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licensing fees are monthly and cost approximately $100.00."
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  • "It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution."
  • "The pricing model is complicated."
  • "The product is a cost-effective solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products.
    Top Answer:The billing process is strange. It should be automatic. However, we've had issues, and I need to remember to go in and manually pay the bill monthly.
    Top Answer:Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface.
    Top Answer:The tool helps us to monitor the services provided to customers as a cloud provider. The product is a monitoring solution that helps customers pay for their utilization of services.
    Top Answer:The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases.
    Ranking
    10th
    Views
    220
    Comparisons
    158
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    317
    Rating
    9.0
    12th
    Views
    184
    Comparisons
    145
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    238
    Rating
    8.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    VMware IT Business Management Suite, VMware ITBM, IT Business Management Suite, Digital Fuel
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    Overview

    Google Cloud's cost management tools provide the visibility, accountability, control, and intelligence you need so that you can scale your business in the cloud with confidence. Tailored to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes, these tools help reduce complexity and increase the predictability of your cloud costs.

    VMware IT Business Management Suite offers in three editions: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise. VMware IT Business Management Suite provides transparency and control over the cost and quality of IT services. By providing a business context to the services IT offers, IT Business Management helps IT organizations shift from a technology orientation to a service broker orientation, delivering a portfolio of IT services that align with the needs of line of business stakeholders. With benchmarks providing objective evidence, IT Business Management also provides the fact-based approach needed to minimize the cost of IT while maximizing the value IT delivers to its customers. Greater transparency and alignment, and the continuous improvement of IT services they enable, support IT as it seeks to develop competitive advantage through major IT transformation initiatives such as cloud, mobility and data center modernization.
    Sample Customers
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    Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Retailer15%
    University13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Real Estate/Law Firm14%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Google Cloud Billing is ranked 10th in Cloud Cost Management with 3 reviews while vRealize Business for Cloud is ranked 12th in Cloud Cost Management with 10 reviews. Google Cloud Billing is rated 8.4, while vRealize Business for Cloud is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Billing writes "Simple to set up with helpful for cost management and good reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vRealize Business for Cloud writes "Complete solution for automation, orchestration, and end-to-end lifecycle management". Google Cloud Billing is most compared with IBM Turbonomic, whereas vRealize Business for Cloud is most compared with VMware Aria Operations, VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth.

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