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AWS Savings Plans vs VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Savings Plans
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
40th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of AWS Savings Plans is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is 3.9%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth3.9%
AWS Savings Plans1.6%
Other94.5%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

Raul G. Cortina - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at CONCRETOS LA SILLA
Flexible and a good solution for user with different environments
The setup was generally easy. The most complex aspect was configuring the VPN. While not overly difficult, it was more challenging compared to setting up other VPNs. However, once we resolved the initial VPN configuration issue, everything has been smooth sailing. It's a matter of familiarity. Initially, the technology is unfamiliar, but with experience, configuration becomes easier. Deployment time: We didn't have any problems. We determined the implementation date, considered the transition for ourselves and our users, and it went smoothly. Maintenance: There isn't much required. If the stability, resolution, and capacity planning are correct for our needs, or if we need to expand storage, then maintenance is mostly handled by our banking team.
Sasikiran Sakalabattina - PeerSpot reviewer
V Mware And Vector Administration at Tech Mahindra Limited
Centralized dashboards have optimized multi-cloud costs and improved financial governance
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is a powerful cloud management platform, but there are areas for improvement. I would prefer to see more AI-driven insights that not only recommend optimization but also suggest automated remediation actions. Real-time cost synchronization could be faster, as billing data sometimes has delays. More customized dashboards and report templates would help teams tailor their needs better. Kubernetes cost visibility could be more granular for centralized workloads. Integration with ITSM and automation tools such as ServiceNow and Ansible could be enhanced. Simplifying initial onboarding and policy configuration would also improve the experience for new users. These enhancements would make the platform even more efficient for enterprise cloud operations. This tool is a mature and relevant cloud management platform with several areas that could be enhanced. I would prefer to see more advanced AI capabilities providing predictive insights and automated remediation for common optimization tasks. Better, faster synchronization of cloud billing and utilization data would enable near real-time cost monitoring. I want more customizable dashboards and executive reports tailored for different stakeholders such as FinOps, infrastructure, and management teams. Improving Kubernetes container cost visibility at the pod level is also necessary. I would prefer to see stronger AI-driven automation, faster real-time cost updates, more customizable dashboards, deeper Kubernetes cost visibility, enhanced DevOps integrations, and a simpler onboarding process as areas needing improvement. These enhancements would further increase operational efficiency and make the platform more valuable for enterprise cloud management.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a no-brainer, basically, it does all the work for you and gives you the optimum solution you have to accommodate your company even within future variabilities and changes you may do."
"AWS is consistently innovating and releasing new products and features."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Savings Plans is we can discuss budgets briefly during our confirmation process since we are aware of our usual consumption patterns. Creating budgets in this regard would be beneficial, as it would allow us to consume only what we need, without including reserve instances that do not serve our purpose."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"With this, we have right-sized many instances, removed many unused EBS volumes, and unused Elastic IPs, and in that way, we have cut around 20% of cost."
"It's one of our core tools within our Zones Cloud Platforms tool bag, when we're looking at how we help customers optimize their cloud spend across their Azure and AWS environments today."
"The solution is useful for cloud transparency and visibility in reports and dashboards that I have generated, especially the pre-populated dashboards."
"The pricing is rather competitive right now."
"It's stable. For report presentation, it's been fast."
"The solution is good for cloud cost management."
"Customers do utilize a security and compliance framework with VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth because larger institutions won't move forward without it, and they choose VMware to ensure a tested and foolproof secure environment that complies with regulatory standards such as VMware Cloud Foundation with its trust policies, making it quite good."
"VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth has helped me achieve twenty to thirty percent cloud cost optimization and save thirty to forty percent of the time."
 

Cons

"In the future, it would be interesting if there could be a combination of Savings Plans and some Reserved Servers."
"The visibility of AWS Savings Plans could improve."
"The most complex aspect was configuring the VPN."
"The Perspectives feature could be better."
"Apptio Cloudability has better granular visibility of data that is missing in CloudHealth."
"The weak points of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth are that while the product is quite capable, cost can be an issue at times."
"Real-time cost synchronization could be faster, as billing data sometimes has delays."
"The solution doesn't offer the best functionality, unfortunately. Some features just simply aren't on offer. The solution needs to offer more product milestones."
"They should provide information or tools to tune the cloud resources according to the environment size."
"CloudHealth doesn't have that capability; they can't reach down to that level right now."
"I would like to see better integration from CloudHealth to create an easier setup and implementation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to Azure or Google, the solution is much cheaper."
"The licensing fees depend on how big the company is. If you are a larger company then you have a better contract with a better price. The price is different for a small company."
"I give the cost of the solution an eight out of ten."
"The pricing is competitive and while other products are good they are considerably more expensive."
"There could be flexibility in pricing for the product."
"CloudHealth has a subscription-based model."
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Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudHealth?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is that the setup is minimal and simple. I have not been directly responsible for pricing setup in CloudHealth, bu...
What needs improvement with CloudHealth?
The weak points of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth are that while the product is quite capable, cost can be an issue at times. The learning curve is steep because people like to take their own time to und...
What is your primary use case for CloudHealth?
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is used primarily to provide users with a seamless working environment without losing connectivity by offering a solution that virtualizes their computing environment. It i...
 

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