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Azure Cost Management vs PerfectScale comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Cost Management
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
PerfectScale
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
25th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
1.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Azure Cost Management is 3.2%, down from 7.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PerfectScale is 1.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Cost Management3.2%
PerfectScale1.4%
Other95.4%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2702517 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database / Data Management Expert at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Transparency in cost estimation and budget maintenance is enhanced
At the beginning of the project, I estimate the cost and try to be transparent with the customer, letting them know the expected cost with a tolerance of plus or minus ten percent. If the requirement is clear, I estimate it for fifty to one hundred percent depending on their requirements. Any…
reviewer2750058 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps & FinOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Gain visibility into Kubernetes clusters and optimize resource allocation based on historical data
I think they should focus more on Kubernetes features that allow on-the-fly resource allocation without the need to restart services. They should implement this in their autoscaler to make it more useful in scenarios that require immediate scaling up or down. They should also offer more options for visualizing graphs in different ways, such as tabular views.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is that it helps us to better forecast and reduce costs."
"We use the solution as a cost management tool to control the budget. It is easy to mange costs with the product."
"The most valuable thing for us in this solution is the control feature, and I also like the user interface which is simple to use."
"The interface is good and user-friendly, allowing us to manage it proactively and efficiently. We use the budgeting and forecasting functions for financial planning, which work fine."
"My advice to others would be that they should use it; they should try it out - it's a very good solution, and it gives a very detailed analysis of your subscription costs."
"The tool is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Cost Management is cost optimization."
"I recommend it because it helps forecast and maintain the expected budget, setting clear expectations for the customer which is very important."
"Automated resource optimization using different policies based on the environment enabled the organization to achieve infrastructure cost savings."
"Automated resource optimization using different policies based on the environment enabled the organization to achieve infrastructure cost savings."
"The cluster and workload autoscaler gives us the ability to have control over all the workloads' resources instead of managing them one by one."
"PerfectScale made our Kubernetes optimization effortless; it found wasted resources, lowered our cloud costs, and improved performance almost instantly."
 

Cons

"I would like to have added to Azure Cost Management, drill down features from within the cost analysis reporting."
"The solution needs an automated dashboard and better reporting."
"I would like to see some features included for costing and more information about the components of deployment. Sometimes, it's very difficult to match the component with the solution because the descriptions are not very clear."
"Cost Management could always provide more details. The more information, the better."
"I'd like to see improvements in tracking billing and costs. It would be helpful to have alerts generated by instance and location. We use the cloud for multiple programs, and it's difficult to segregate costs and get budgets from customers. We have to tag each instance, which is time-consuming. Automation and proactive alerts by instance or instance IDs would be beneficial."
"What would make Azure Cost Management better is a more flexible GUI that would allow users to provide more input. Another area for improvement in the solution is its reporting. The report it provides should be easy to understand."
"The product's foecasting needs improvement."
"The response time of customer support can be improved."
"I think they should focus more on Kubernetes features that allow on-the-fly resource allocation without the need to restart services."
"At the beginning, the support was not very impressive."
"With their in-place optimisations, stateful set optimisation would be a great addition."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is yearly."
"I rate the tool's pricing a seven out of ten."
"Based on the transitional cost we charge, it's not expensive, but could be better."
"We are using pay-as-you-go licenses mostly for our customers."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten - the price could be lower."
"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."
"Compared to competitors, it's cost-effective. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Insurance Company
32%
Construction Company
27%
Healthcare Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise33
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Questions from the Community

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.
What needs improvement with PerfectScale?
With their in-place optimisations, stateful set optimisation would be a great addition.
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Cloudyn
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Sample Customers

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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