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Azure Cost Management pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Azure Cost Management provides detailed analytics and cost information for various subscription elements, aiding in effective budget control.
The tool features valuable cost forecasting and trend analysis, enhancing financial planning capabilities.
It offers significant cost optimization features, including cost-saving recommendations based on usage patterns.
Azure Cost Management's flexibility allows for extensive customization and enhances customers' ability to fine-tune costs.
Predictive analysis helps forecast costs based on architecture and usage, allowing for proactive budget management.

CONS

Azure Cost Management should offer more flexible reporting and analysis features to enhance cost-tracking capabilities.
Improved integration with other cloud providers like AWS and Oracle would benefit users who operate across multiple platforms.
Technical support requires faster response times and more knowledgeable assistance during issues.
Scalability and stability improvements are needed to handle larger or more complex deployments efficiently.
API improvements could allow better access to customer applications, enhancing automation and user experience.
 

Azure Cost Management Pros review quotes

Nigel Mullings - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Architect at Peritem Consultants Ltd
Sep 29, 2019
The advisor recommendations feature is the most valuable feature. It helps set your environment in a clean state.
JM
General Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 21, 2019
The features that I have found most valuable, are the trend analysis and the budgetary trigger.
it_user1292094 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 3, 2020
Microsoft Azure Cloud Cost Management is easy to use and we have a lot of insights about all of our goals.
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it_user1303938 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 18, 2020
Good control features and user interface.
reviewer1293888 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 19, 2020
The most valuable feature is that it helps us to better forecast and reduce costs.
reviewer1365090 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jun 14, 2020
Microsoft's technical support is good.
reviewer1369938 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader for Infrastructure Support at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2020
The most valuable aspect of the solution is the fact that it's extremely customizable. It makes it very flexible in terms of usage.
it_user1383900 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 29, 2020
The interface is good, and it's easy to manage.
GK
VP GTM Operations at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Nov 4, 2020
We don't actually use the Azure Cost Management features. We have our own capabilities. We put our own technology on top of Azure as Azure doesn't deliver a really good cost optimization, so our customers come to us to enhance what they're potentially doing inside their Azure platform.
ArturoJimenez - PeerSpot reviewer
Supervisor, Vendor Solutions at TD SYNNEX
May 11, 2022
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.
 

Azure Cost Management Cons review quotes

Nigel Mullings - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Cloud Architect at Peritem Consultants Ltd
Sep 29, 2019
It would be nice if they could introduce connections to other clouds. It would be good to connect to AWS and Oracle cloud.
JM
General Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 21, 2019
I would like the developers to add more features about migration, like how much it would cost to migrate from, let's say, AWS to Azure.
it_user1292094 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 3, 2020
If it worked better with other cloud providers it would be better.
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it_user1303938 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 18, 2020
Be wary of unnecessary costs.
reviewer1293888 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 19, 2020
I would like to see better customization.
reviewer1365090 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Analyst at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Jun 14, 2020
The initial setup is a little bit complex.
reviewer1369938 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader for Infrastructure Support at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 28, 2020
The solution could use automatic emailing. That would help improve the product a lot, at least for our purposes.
it_user1383900 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 29, 2020
Optimization and scalability could be increased.
GK
VP GTM Operations at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Nov 4, 2020
The policy-based remediation is probably the biggest area where Azure is lacking and that's why we sell a lot of our technology to our customers.
ArturoJimenez - PeerSpot reviewer
Supervisor, Vendor Solutions at TD SYNNEX
May 11, 2022
I haven't detected anything that needs improvement, but any solution could be improved.