Google Cloud Billing vs IBM Turbonomic comparison

Google and IBM are both solutions in the Cloud Cost Management category. Google is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.0, while IBM is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.5. Google holds a 1.1% mindshare in CCM, compared to IBM’s 13.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

IBM Turbonomic and Google Cloud Billing are competitors in cloud management and optimization. IBM Turbonomic leads in performance optimization and cost control, while Google Cloud Billing excels in integration with Google services.

Features: IBM Turbonomic offers AI-powered optimization and automation for dynamic resource management, application performance, and robust resource allocation. Google Cloud Billing provides detailed billing analysis, precise forecasting, and strong cost management tools within the Google ecosystem.

Ease Of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Turbonomic supports a wide range of platforms, offering flexible deployment options and proactive support for smooth management. Google Cloud Billing's ease of deployment shines with seamless integration into Google Cloud, simplifying configuration and ongoing support for Google-centered environments.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Turbonomic may involve higher upfront costs, promising long-term ROI through efficient resource utilization and cost savings. Google Cloud Billing offers competitive pricing that enhances ROI through integrated cost management and analysis within Google Cloud setups.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Billing

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Turbonomic

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

205

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (5th), Cloud Management (4th), Virtualization Management Tools (4th), IT Financial Management (1st), IT Operations Analytics (4th), Cloud Analytics (1st), AIOps (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Billing is 1.1%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 13.6%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PradeepKumar3

Director Technology Solutions at Redintegro Consulting Solution LLP

Easy to use solution and the setup is straightforward, but the stability needs to be improved

I am also using Amazon and when I compare it, it requires a bit more stability. Amazon Cloud Services are a bit more stabilizing, at least with basic computing. Amazon by default is SSD only. When you create an instance in Google, by default it allocates to the disk and there are some performance issues. When you compare it with Amazon, the performance is a bit slow. In the next release, I would like to see the issue with the stability resolved. I have not faced any issues with freezing or hanging when using Amazon.

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Alex Darby

Director, Infrastructure, Wintel Engineering at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Saves time during workload migration, facilitates sizing of virtual servers, and the support team is helpful

The right-sizing feature is the most captivating one for us. It helped in taking the emotions out of what people think they need, basing it off of real data, and providing them what they actually need. It's not really a special feature, but the support that we received from that team really helped us in our success. There were definitely some customizations that needed to take place to make it successful. This is the most aware of our products, in terms of understanding all of the components from the top down. It is integrated with all of the different modules, all the way down to the core infrastructure. All of it is tied together and there are not many tools that can do that.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a stable product."

"What I like most about this solution is that it's easy."

"We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products."

"I only deal with the infrastructure side, so I really couldn't speak to more than load balancing as the most valuable feature for me. It provides specific actions that prevent resource starvation. It always keeps things in perfect balance."

"It has automated a lot of things. We have saved 30 to 35 percent in human resource time and cost, which is pretty substantial. We don't have a big workforce here, so we have to use all the automation we can get."

"Before implementing Turbonomic, we had difficulty reaching a consensus about VM placement and sizing. Everybody's opinion was wrong, including mine. The application developers, implementers, and infrastructure team could never decide the appropriate size of a virtual machine. I always made the machines small, and they always made them too big. We were both probably wrong."

"The biggest value I'm getting out of VMTurbo right now is the complete hands-off management of equalizing the usage in my data center."

"Using this product helps us to reduce performance risk because it shows us where resources are needed but not yet allocated."

"It also brings up a list of machines and if something is under-provisioned and needs more compute power it will tell you, 'This server needs more compute power, and we suggest you raise it up to this level.' It will even automatically do it for you. In Azure, you don't have to actually go into the cloud provider to resize. You can just say, 'Apply these resizes,' and Turbonomic uses some back-end APIs to make the changes for you."

"Rightsizing is valuable. Its recommendations are pretty good."

"The solution has a good optimization feature."

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Cons

"When I want to analyze the information, it would be better, since Google knows what I have used, to only show those items for analysis purposes."

"At times you will find that the computer engines are freezing or it's about to freeze without any notification or information and it's unable to diagnose where it is hung."

"Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface."

"There are a few things that we did notice. It does kind of seem to run away from itself a little bit. It does seem to have a mind of its own sometimes. It goes out there and just kind of goes crazy. There needs to be something that kind of throttles things back a little bit. I have personally seen where we've been working on things, then pulled servers out of the VMware cluster and found that Turbonomic was still trying to ship resources to and from that node. So, there has to be some kind of throttling or ability for it to not be so buggy in that area. Because we've pulled nodes out of a cluster into maintenance mode, then brought it back up, and it tried to put workloads on that outside of a cluster. There may be something that is available for this, but it seems very kludgy to me."

"I would love to see Turbonomic analyze backup data. We have had people in the past put servers into daily full backups with seven-year retention and where the disk size is two terabytes. So, every single day, there is a two terabyte snapshot put into a Blob somewhere. I would love to see Turbonomic say, "Here are all your backups along with the age of them," to help us manage the savings by not having us spend so much on the storage in Azure. That would be huge."

"There is an opportunity for improvement with some of Turbonomic's permissions internally for role-based access control. We would like the ability to come up with some customized permissions or scope permissions a bit differently than the product provides."

"The management interface seems to be designed for high-resolution screens. Somebody with a smaller-resolution screen might not like the web interface. I run a 4K monitor on it, so everything fits on the screen. With a lower resolution like 1080, you need to scroll a lot. Everything is in smaller windows. It doesn't seem to be designed for smaller screens."

"Some features are only available via changes to the deployment YAML, and it would be better to have them in the UI."

"We don't use Turbonomic for FinOps and part of the reason is its cost reporting. The reporting could be much more robust and, if that were the case, I could pitch it for FinOps."

"I like the detail I get in the old user interface and will miss some of that in the new interface when we perform our planned upgrade soon."

"The old interface was not the clearest UI in some areas, and could be quite intimidating when first using the tool."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees are monthly and cost approximately $100.00."

"It is an endpoint type license, which is fine. It is not overly expensive."

"We see ROI in extended support agreements (ESA) for old software. Migration activities seem to be where Turbonomic has really benefited us the most. It's one click and done. We have new machines ready to go with Turbonomic, which are properly sized instead of somebody sitting there with a spreadsheet and guessing. So, my return on investment would certainly be on currency, from a software and hardware perspective."

"The pricing is in line with the other solutions that we have. It's not a bargain software, nor is it overly expensive."

"Licensing is per socket, so load up on the cores rather than a lot of lower core CPUs."

"The pricing and licensing are fair. We purchase based on benchmark pricing, which we have been able to get. There are no surprise charges nor hidden fees."

"You should understand the cost of your physical servers and how much time and money you are spending year over year on expanding your virtual farm."

"We felt the pricing was very fair for the product. It is in no way prohibitive for larger deployments, unlike other similar product on the market."

"If you're a super-small business, it may be a little bit pricey for you... But in large, enterprise companies where money is, maybe, less of an issue, Turbonomic is not that expensive. I can't imagine why any big company would not buy it, for what it does."

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud Billing?

We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products.

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud Billing?

Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface.

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What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud Billing?

Google Cloud Billing is a cloud-based solution. Only administrators, directors, and the finance or marketing departments can access Google Cloud Billing. Overall, I rate Google Cloud Billing a nine...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Turbonomic?

It offers different scenarios. It provides more capabilities than many other tools available. Typically, its price is set as a percentage of the consumption of some of our customers' services. The ...

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What needs improvement with Turbonomic?

The implementation could be enhanced.

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What is your primary use case for Turbonomic?

We use IBM Turbonomic to automate our cloud operations, including monitoring, consolidating dashboards, and reporting. This helps us get a consolidated view of all customer spending into a single d...

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Overview

Google Cloud's cost management tools provide the visibility, accountability, control, and intelligence you need so that you can scale your business in the cloud with confidence. Tailored to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes, these tools help reduce complexity and increase the predictability of your cloud costs.

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IBM Turbonomic offers automation, planning, and right-sizing recommendations to streamline resource management, improve efficiencies, and optimize costs across virtualized environments and cloud platforms.

IBM Turbonomic is valued for its capability to optimize resource allocation and monitor virtual environments efficiently. It facilitates automated decision-making in VM sizing, load balancing, and cost optimization for both on-premises and cloud deployments. Users can leverage insights for workload placement, ensure peak performance assurance, and effectively right-size across VMware and Azure. The ongoing transition to HTML5 aims to improve visual and navigational ease, while expanded reporting features are anticipated. Opportunities for improved training, documentation, and integrations enhance platform usability and functionality.

What Are the Key Features?

Automation: Streamlines resource allocation and VM management.
Planning Tools: Supports capacity management and growth projections.
Right-Sizing: Optimizes VM configurations for efficient resource use.
Customizable Dashboards: Provides quick insights into environment health.
Reporting Capabilities: Offers valuable data for informed decision-making.
Cloud Integration: Ensures cost-effective resource utilization.

What Benefits Should Be Looked For?

Performance Enhancement: Improves application performance efficiency.
Cost Reduction: Minimizes operational expenses through optimizations.
Infrastructure Efficiency: Maximizes use of IT infrastructure resources.

In finance, IBM Turbonomic aids in maintaining platform efficiency during market fluctuations. Healthcare organizations leverage its capability for resource optimization during high-demand periods to enhance patient care support. Retailers use it for planning in peak seasons, ensuring resources align with fluctuating demand to maintain performance continuity.

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IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.

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