BMC Helix Continuous Optimization vs Cloudability comparison

BMC Helix and Apptio are both solutions in the Cloud Cost Management category. BMC Helix is ranked #38, while Apptio is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.9. BMC Helix holds a 1.6% mindshare in CCM, compared to Apptio’s 6.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 78% of Apptio users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 7, 2025

BMC Helix Continuous Optimization and Cloudability compete in cloud management and cost optimization. Cloudability seems to have the upper hand due to its superior financial management and multi-cloud capabilities, while BMC Helix is appreciated for its intuitive analytics in resource allocation.

Features: BMC Helix Continuous Optimization offers capacity management, predictive analytics, and performance management to enhance operational efficiency. Cloudability provides financial management tools, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation for better financial control.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC Helix Continuous Optimization provides efficient deployment and strong customer support, making it accessible for enterprises. Cloudability provides flexible deployment options with various integrations but may require a more significant time investment to learn.

Pricing and ROI: BMC Helix Continuous Optimization usually has a higher setup cost but provides long-term value through operational efficiency. Cloudability offers a competitive setup cost with strong ROI due to focused cost management.

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BMC Helix Continuous Optimi...

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

38th

Average Rating

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure Capacity Planning (2nd), IT Operations Analytics (29th)

Cloudability

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

3rd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Continuous Optimization is 1.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cloudability is 6.7%, down from 12.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Cost Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cloudability	6.7%
BMC Helix Continuous Optimization	1.6%
Other	91.7%

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Appperf677

Application Performance Mnagement Specialist at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Enables us to right-size systems to free up resources, and identify performance problems down to the process level

Since I already have a sneak peek into the next releases, I'm very happy about what's going to be included. I would like to see continued support for the legacy parts of the tool, the old, seasoned parts that are very valuable to me. That is a message I continue to give to BMC: All the new stuff's great, but don't take away this really important stuff. That's my biggest fear, that I might lose some of my old functionality that is still extremely valuable. I want to make sure we don't lose any functionality, and that they just still keep delivering on what they're doing. I don't have anything more to ask than what they're offering.

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reviewer2795433

Enterprise Cloud Operations Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Gained multi-cloud cost visibility and have optimized spend with detailed reports and rightsizing

The IAM feature is something that we struggle with using. IBM, the company that runs Cloudability, released the Groups feature back in the summer of 2025. While Groups can be used in some parts of the tool, it can't be used across the entire tool. I've found that Groups is basically unusable because if it can't be used everywhere, you would have to run both group-based access control and direct user-based access control at the same time, which doesn't make any sense. The Groups feature has improved over time, but it's still not something we feel we can use on an everyday basis, so the IAM section remains an issue right now. Most of the tool is very well-functioning and developed, and that's the only real improvement area that we've seen.

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Pros

"Workload characterization is super important because it lets us figure things out. Many people know, for example, that with Microsoft Word, Word.exe is the executable. Everybody knows their executable, but they don't always know what it does. It also launches other things. This tool has the ability and insight to track those things, and to know: "Oh, you wanted this executable, but this one started this, so you must want this, too." And it tells you what it had to add, what it was using or was spawning."

"The most interesting feature is certainly the simulation of the load using different servers or different KPI parameters of the business."

"We ingest a ton of business data. We are an insurance company and we have business data, like how many quotes are done an hour, and how many policies are sold per hour. The correlation engine in the new TrueSight Capacity Optimization components are wonderful. We can do correlation analysis over months of data, and then we run models to tell our business: 'If you do 1,000 more quotes an hour, we're going to have to upgrade, and we're going to need this much more hardware.'"

"Cloudability takes care of identifying and managing the cloud."

"Cloudability positively impacts my organization by allowing for greater cost observability, which then drives better spending decisions and reduces costs."

"It has already given us insight into how to optimize. So, we are now ramping up steadily its usage."

"The tool helps us to resize on AWS correctly."

"The sizing recommendation will look, and say, "You are only using this at 80%," then recommend a better fit for you."

"One of the standout features of the solution is its groups and views functionality. The solution is highly-stable. The solution is highly-scalable. The customer support is good. They can be easily contacted. The initial setup is straightforward. It's an excellent tool, especially when dealing with multiple clouds. It streamlines the process, eliminating the need to check each cloud individually."

"We use the product to get a detailed level of transparency on the cloud strengths."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its ability to create reports and dashboards."

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Cons

"The memory management of Java application servers should be implemented to be able to size GC and footprint."

"Some of the data management is painful. Some of the new features haven't been implemented in quite the way I would like to get to levels of detail. For example, Visualizer parser doesn't take everything it should out of the Visualizer files. We've had to put in a work-around, but the work-around is not as accurate as what's in the file."

"They can improve the custom range of the network."

"Enhancements could be made in the user interface and customization, and leveraging GenAI would be an area for improvement in Cloudability."

"We would like them to have a linear regression, so we can be predictive for budgets, allocations, and the year's follow ups. We also want to have a longer window of analytics with better certainty that our workload will fit the model, not just in a two week window."

"The IAM feature is something that we struggle with using."

"In general, I feel Cloudability wasn't able to support many resources."

"We have dealt with a few technical support people where we ask for one thing and they might not deliver straightaway. It seems like they are a stretched across multiple customers."

"I wish there was a feature to temporarily remove certain recommendations from the list for teams that couldn't implement them immediately. I believe Cloudability could improve its automation functionality and enhance cost allocation modeling."

"Right now, what we're doing is we are manually putting the data in it, which is something which we don't like about Cloudability."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Right now, the licensing structure is by server. Everybody is licensed somewhat differently, depending on how big they are, how many licenses they have."

"The price of the license or the usage is a percentage of the top consumption. So it varies from year to year."

"My team is one of the most expensive teams, and we look at it quite a bit. We have probably easily saved around $400,000 USD a year."

"We have seen ROI with the reserved instances, and having the ability to predict what reserved instances you can get. We can save tens of thousands of dollars, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases."

"It justifies the cost and is worth it."

"Cloudability is a bit expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

26%

Energy/Utilities Company

13%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	13

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What do you like most about Cloudability?

The most crucial feature in reducing my cloud costs has been the rightsizing recommendations, along with the dashboards that track reserved instance spending coverage and utilization. As for Clouda...

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Pricing and setup cost for Cloudability are good. Compared to the rest of the industry, they may be a little more expensive than some other FinOps tools, but that's to be expected because they have...

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Also Known As

BMC Capacity Optimization, TrueSight Capacity Optimization, BMC Helix Optimize, BMC Helix Continuous Optimization

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Overview

BMC Helix Continuous Optimization is a comprehensive performance and capacity management solution designed to help enterprises optimize IT resources, enhancing operational efficiency while managing costs effectively.

It provides predictive analytics and modeling capabilities, allowing businesses to meet evolving demands seamlessly. By proactively identifying resource constraints and predicting future trends, BMC Helix Continuous Optimization assists organizations in aligning IT resources with business objectives. This strategic approach ensures optimized performance, resource allocation, and cost management with enhanced insights.

What are the key features of BMC Helix Continuous Optimization?

Predictive Analytics: Utilizes advanced algorithms to forecast future resource requirements.
Capacity Planning: Facilitates strategic planning to manage capacity effectively.
Anomaly Detection: Identifies unusual patterns that could impact performance.
Customizable Dashboards: Provides insights with tailored views for better decision-making.

What benefits can be expected from BMC Helix Continuous Optimization?

Cost Reduction: Optimizes resource usage to lower operational costs.
Increased Efficiency: Enhances productivity by aligning resources with demand.
Improved Forecasting: Accurate predictions help with strategic planning.
Risk Mitigation: Early detection of performance issues reduces downtime.

BMC Helix Continuous Optimization is leveraged by industries like financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications to ensure resource efficiency. These sectors benefit from predictive modeling and capacity planning capabilities, enabling them to adapt to fast-changing conditions while maintaining optimal performance.

BMC Helix

Cloudability is a financial management tool for monitoring and analyzing every cloud expense across any organization. It brings transparency to how and where organizations spend money on cloud resources, giving them the power to reap the most value from cloud usage possible. It aggregates expenditures into accessible and comprehensive reports, helps identify new opportunities for reducing spend and increasing cloud efficiency, offers budget alerts and recommendations via SMS and email, provides APIs for connecting cloud billing and usage data to any business or financial system, and more.

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Adobe, Uber, Pega, imgur, Pixable, Blackboard, Keboola, Avalara

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