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AWS Cost and Usage Reports vs Azure Cost Management comparison

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Cost and Usage Reports
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
43rd
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Azure Cost Management
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of AWS Cost and Usage Reports is 0.7%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Cost Management is 3.6%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Cost Management3.6%
AWS Cost and Usage Reports0.7%
Other95.7%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Mgr Cloud Operations at freelancer
Enhanced cost tracking visibility simplifies financial management
Our primary use case for AWS Cost and Usage Reports was for reporting purposes. We had a FinOps team that handled the more granular details, but I was aware of the reports so I could access them and dig deeper if needed AWS provided us more visibility into our costs due to their abilities to…
Joy Maitra - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Technical Architect at Hexaware Technologies Limited
Continuous monitoring and predictive analytics help provide insights into utilization
Continuous monitoring helps me detect anomalies in the pipeline, preplan resource scalability, and assist with cost management by offering good visibility into resource utilization. It also offers predictive analytics and some existing features, including dashboards. The AI prediction feature helps forecast based on current utilization trends and suggests improvements like the GenAI feature for interactive inquiries.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"AWS provided us more visibility into our costs due to their abilities to track this information, making it easier compared to our previous on-premises setup where it was more challenging to manage."
"The cost analysis and exportability are the most valuable features of the solution."
"Gives visibility into the cost of cloud-based solutions."
"I like the fact that you can set alerts on the predicted cost in Azure Cost Management."
"The advisor recommendations feature is the most valuable feature. It helps set your environment in a clean state."
"Overall, I would recommend it to small and medium businesses."
"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'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."
 

Cons

"There is nothing specific that comes off the top of my head for improvements."
"Azure Cost Management needs to improve scalability."
"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."
"Improved integration with other solutions could definitely be beneficial."
"I would like to have added to Azure Cost Management, drill down features from within the cost analysis reporting."
"The dashboard could be improved."
"The product's foecasting needs improvement."
"It would be beneficial if Azure Cost Management could automatically generate budget rules using AI insights, eliminating the need for manual configuration."
"We lack a resource and ID login, and it would be good if they added it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is free. It's part of having an Azure subscription."
"It's bundled in with the package. I have it as part of the package."
"Customers do not need to pay for the product's license, and the product is free of cost."
"Azure Cost Management comes as a part of other solutions. You need to pay as per your requirement based on the pay-as-you-go model."
"The subscription fees are primarily tailored to larger enterprises, potentially leaving smaller and medium-sized customers with limited options."
"It's free out of the box."
"The tool's licensing costs are monthly."
"The tool's pricing is yearly."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise34
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Cost Management?
The pricing part could be improved. I would rate it as six out of ten. It depends on the solution. We mostly pay for our licenses.
What needs improvement with Azure Cost Management?
There are areas in Azure Cost Management that could be improved; sometimes, as a start user or junior developer, if I try to understand which service consumed how much cost and look at different ch...
What is your primary use case for Azure Cost Management?
I use Azure Cost Management indirectly from Snowflake. Not all of the Azure stack is utilized, only some of it for the future.
 

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Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Cloudyn
 

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Sample Customers

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Quixey, Infomedia, Panaya, Wix.com, Mirabeau, Mi9, GetTaxi, Outsmart Studios, Bownty, BlazeMeter: The Load Testing Cloud, Irdeto, Effective Measure, Totango, Nextdoor, BranchOut, The BioTeam, Evolven, Netotiate, ClickSoftware
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