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Apptio Costing vs Apptio One comparison

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Apptio Costing
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Apptio One
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
14th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
IT Financial Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Apptio Costing is 1.2%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apptio One is 2.7%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Apptio Costing1.2%
Apptio One2.7%
Other96.1%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Prasanna Ravindran - PeerSpot reviewer
TBM/Apptio Implementation Specialist at Infosys
Data-driven costing has transformed budgeting and now provides clear ownership across services
Apptio Costing has some flaws; I cannot say it is perfect. It has some dependency in terms of time-consuming processes, and at times I need to wait for a set of calculations to complete, which falls on the TBM's shoulders to design the configuration to reduce calculation time. There are multiple measures, and Apptio's product developers propose options to reduce stage calculation time that I as a TBM need to follow. For example, I should avoid nested statements and more than one lookup in a single formula step during configuration. If data quality is poor, I face limitations, and the wait time is a drawback identified since IBM's acquisition of Apptio. They are addressing it based on feedback from clients using Apptio Costing. As of today, the AI capabilities within Apptio Costing are very limited. They have a roadmap and plan to enhance AI capabilities by the end of 2027. Recently, they initiated a chatbot using natural language processing options, which allows users to interact with Apptio Costing directly without depending on reports, making it easier to have one-to-one conversations. This is a good feature that IBM has recently implemented within the Cost Transparency module, and I am still expecting more from them.
Jerry J - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at IBM
Cost transparency has improved and finance and IT now share detailed TCO insights
I am mostly concerned about the development side. The development side is very user-friendly, so I would not say there are major factors that the product needs improvement in. However, sometimes with the number of users using the system, there might be a lag in system performance. There might be some slowness for the report to load. If a more significant number of users are consolidating on a single report and that single report has not been promoted to production yet, there is a possibility that it could take some time to load. That is the only challenge I have experienced as a developer.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Apptio Costing has positively impacted my organization as this tool has been a true game-changer because the CFO of our organization trusts the budgets as he is able to see the details, avoiding arbitrary cuts to the budget and enabling us to repurpose staff from one department to another with a better handle on our vacancies against the budget."
"Apptio Costing has positively impacted our organization by providing us with a consistent view and a centralized place."
"Apptio Costing has impacted us positively by reducing the costs; we have reduced the cost by 31% because we no longer use every feature we find; we only use the features that are more important to our business."
"A specific outcome or metric resulting from using Apptio Costing is that it has enabled a great relationship between IT, finance, and the business units, giving the business units and the SSUs much better visibility into what their technology costs are, making decisions behind tech investments easier with the budgeting tool Apptio Costing provides."
"Apptio Costing is very accurate and reliable; we always get timely responses and timely recommendations that are of a high standard."
"Apptio Costing is a great tool for anyone willing to purchase it, especially if they have a real need for understanding their IT spend, AI spend, or any cloud spend, so they can definitely go for this."
"I have seen a reduction in time by fifteen percent, and I have also seen cost savings of thirty percent since using Apptio Costing."
"With Apptio Costing, all three ETL processes can be done with one license, allowing me to avoid dependence on multiple vendors and save costs."
"Its most significant value lies in its ease of use which extends to both configuration and the subsequent deployment of additional components."
"In short, it helps finance, business, and IT people speak in a common language."
"The TBM model and the out-of-the-box reporting are the most valuable features of Apptio One."
 

Cons

"For the initial setup and configuration, while the platform is very powerful, building and maintaining a complex cost model always requires significant expertise and a good understanding of the underlying data."
"I think the user interface of Apptio Costing needs to be improved because when you are accessing the tool on a very small screen, you find that the user interface is very nested, so you cannot easily find the feature you want to use because they are nested together."
"Apptio Costing has some flaws; I cannot say it is perfect."
"I think Apptio Costing can be improved in a few areas; the first one is the analysis because it takes a lot of time to automate and ingest what we call the financial and operational projections, and sometimes the given value is invalid, so that one needs more improvement so that the projection analysis is always accurate and that is going to save more people a lot of time and being aware of what the cost is going to be."
"Apptio Costing can be improved with more spend AI insights."
"I think Apptio Costing could be improved, particularly the user interface."
"Regarding the UI and user experience, in my opinion, some of the features do not appear very professional, easy to use, or flexible."
"I think Apptio Costing needs to improve in the API integration."
"However, sometimes with the number of users using the system, there might be a lag in system performance."
"Encouraging or providing more out-of-the-box solutions that cater to a wider audience could enhance the overall effectiveness of the application."
"The solution's reporting layer, advanced conditional formatting, and reporting features could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It comes with a considerable cost."
"Apptio One is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Insurance Company
56%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise16
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Apptio Costing?
It is a great experience regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Apptio's sales team was amazing with us, very straightforward and concise with all details. It is quite reasonable for an ente...
What needs improvement with Apptio Costing?
I see some areas where Apptio Costing could be improved. For the initial setup and configuration, while the platform is very powerful, building and maintaining a complex cost model always requires ...
What is your primary use case for Apptio Costing?
Apptio Costing's main use case for our customers is FinOps, for example, for those using Azure. The idea is to help them better monitor any costs related to cloud consumption and see everything rel...
What needs improvement with Apptio One?
I am mostly concerned about the development side. The development side is very user-friendly, so I would not say there are major factors that the product needs improvement in. However, sometimes wi...
What is your primary use case for Apptio One?
With Apptio One, we provide IT cost transparency to the end users. We source different data from various sources and maintain them in backend tables. We then perform transformations to align the da...
What advice do you have for others considering Apptio One?
We have different metrics created, and when taking a cost model, it primarily follows TBM Taxonomy, which is based upon the ATUM structure. TBM Taxonomy has several layers. For example, how the cos...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Apptio Costing and Planing
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Sample Customers

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Nationwide Building Society, State of Washington, Nationwide Building Society, DIRECTV, CME Group, Swiss Re, Cox Automotive
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