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Azure Cost Management vs Silk Platform comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Cost Management
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (4th)
Silk Platform
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (46th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Azure Cost Management and Silk Platform aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Azure Cost Management is designed for Cloud Cost Management and holds a mindshare of 3.4%, down 9.1% compared to last year.
Silk Platform, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Software Defined Storage, holds 1.7% mindshare.
Cloud Cost Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Azure Cost Management3.4%
Cloudability6.7%
IBM Turbonomic6.3%
Other83.6%
Cloud Cost Management
Cloud Software Defined Storage Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Silk Platform1.7%
Portworx Enterprise27.0%
IBM Spectrum Scale26.8%
Other44.5%
Cloud Software Defined Storage
 

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…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise32
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Cost Management?
Gives visibility into the cost of cloud-based solutions.
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...
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Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Cost Management, Cloudyn
Silk Cloud Data Platform
 

Overview

 

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
AthenaHealth, Franciscan Health, HealthEquity, Priceline, PTC, Sentara Healthcare, SimCorp, Wayfair
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