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IBM Turbonomic vs VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
IBM Turbonomic offers quick ROI by reducing hardware costs, optimizing resources, and decreasing operational expenses through automation and efficiency.
Sentiment score
4.7
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth optimizes cloud expenses, saving 20-30% through right-sizing, resource utilization, and enhanced financial planning.
CloudHealth consistently identifies optimization opportunities, resulting in an estimated twenty to thirty percent reduction in cloud infrastructure costs.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
I have seen a return on investment with VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth. My company was very happy using this, and they did not buy another solution, so I believe they have seen benefits using this VMWare solution.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
I can say that in my experience, we saved money on using VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth, money that would have been spent in the cloud and now we reduce the load and the cost of the clouds.
Lead Technical Recovery Management at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.9
IBM Turbonomic's customer service is highly rated for its responsiveness, knowledge, and effectiveness, despite some mixed post-acquisition experiences.
Sentiment score
5.9
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth excels in responsive, knowledgeable support, though minor improvements are suggested in ticket handling and complex issue response.
They provide 24/7 support based on the SLA with the client, ensuring the response times are matched accordingly.
Manager, Project Implementation at ibl-unisys
The engineers are knowledgeable and provide practical guidance for resolving cloud management and governance-related problems.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
It is very interactive, with examples on how you can do this or that, and there are the do's and the don'ts.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
IBM Turbonomic is scalable, seamlessly integrating with various environments while its licensing supports expansion, focusing on additional requirements.
Sentiment score
6.6
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is praised for scalability, user-friendliness, and flexibility, despite minor data grouping limitations.
The backbone of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is scalability; it is very easy to scale.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is well-suited for medium to large-scale enterprise environments, capable of managing multiple AWS accounts and thousands of cloud resources and workloads across different regions from a single dashboard.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
IBM Turbonomic is praised for stability and robust performance, with minor update issues swiftly resolved by support.
Sentiment score
7.7
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth offers high stability and reliability, with efficient performance and minimal issues, despite occasional billing data delays.
With VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth, I can help optimize services and identify the pain points where cost reduction is necessary.
AI Software Developer Engineer at IBM
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable and reliable in my experience.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is stable in my experience.
Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

IBM Turbonomic needs an improved interface, better reporting, clearer documentation, more integrations, and a stable, mobile-compatible platform.
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth users seek integration improvements, better tools, mobile access, role management, and enhanced insights for streamlined use.
The learning curve is steep because people like to take their own time to understand and roll out things, which creates an overhead in getting people to understand the system.
Manager, Project Implementation at ibl-unisys
I would prefer to see more AI-driven insights that not only recommend optimization but also suggest automated remediation actions.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth can improve by introducing real-time cost visibility and alerting.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

IBM Turbonomic offers flexible, competitive pricing models, providing value through resource optimization and reducing hardware expenses effectively.
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth offers competitive SaaS pricing and comprehensive features, ideal for medium to large enterprises in multi-cloud environments.
The pricing is suitable for medium and large enterprises operating in multi-cloud environments that require advanced financial operations and governance capabilities.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
Pricing setup is the process of configuring how the cloud costs are calculated and allocated, which includes connecting cloud billing data, defining business groups, mapping resource tags, and setting custom rates if required.
Dev Ops Professional at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Setup costs are very expensive.
CDO at INOVA SOLUTIONS
 

Valuable Features

IBM Turbonomic enhances efficiency through automation, capacity management, reporting, and planning, optimizing resource allocation and infrastructure decisions.
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth optimizes costs, manages resources, supports compliance, and enhances decision-making with multi-cloud visibility and governance.
Governance and policy management help enforce governance policies by identifying missing tags, non-compliant resources, public storage, and other configuration issues, ensuring organizations maintain security and operational standards across different cloud environments like GCP, AWS, and Azure.
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
With this, we have right-sized many instances, removed many unused EBS volumes, and unused Elastic IPs. In that way, we have cut around 20% of cost.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
CloudHealth identifies underutilized or idle resources and provides right-sizing recommendations, helping organizations reduce unnecessary cloud spending while maintaining application performance.
Dev Ops Professional at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Turbonomic
Ranking in Cloud Management
4th
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
205
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), IT Financial Management (3rd), IT Operations Analytics (9th), Cloud Analytics (1st), AIOps (18th)
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth
Ranking in Cloud Management
10th
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 4.7%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is 2.2%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Turbonomic4.7%
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth2.2%
Other93.1%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Dan Ambrose - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer 4 at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Helps visibility, bridges the data gap, and frees up time
We use IBM Turbonomic in a hybrid cloud environment. Although it supports multi-cloud capabilities, we currently operate in a single-cloud setting. Turbonomic offers visibility into our environment's performance, spanning across applications, underlying infrastructure, and protection resources. The visibility and analytics help to bridge the data gap between disparate IT teams such as applications and infrastructure. This is important for awareness collaboration, cost saving, and helping to design and improve our application. Enhanced visibility and data analytics have contributed to a significant reduction in our mean time to resolve. Tools like Turbonomic provide crucial visualization and insights, empowering us to make data-driven decisions instead of relying on assumptions as we did before. This newfound transparency translates to a massive improvement, going from complete darkness to having a clear 100 percent view of the situation. Although our applications are not optimized for the cloud we have seen some improvement in response time. IBM Turbonomic empowers us to achieve more with fewer people thanks to automation. Previously, customers frequently contacted us requesting resource increases to resolve issues. Now, we have a tool that allows us to objectively assess their needs, leading to a deeper understanding of our applications. This solution also generates significant cost savings in the cloud and optimizes hardware utilization within our data centers. Its AI algorithm intelligently allocates servers on hosts, maximizing efficiency without compromising performance. By fine-tuning resource allocation without causing performance bottlenecks, Turbonomic extends the lifespan of existing hardware, postponing the need for new purchases. This effectively stretches our capital expenditure budget. We started to see the benefits of IBM Turbonomic within the first 60 days. IBM is a fantastic partner. Their tech support has been outstanding, and the product itself is excellent - a very solid offering. By automating resource management with Turbonomic, our engineers are freed up to focus on more strategic initiatives like innovation and ongoing organizational projects. Previously, manually adding resources was a time-consuming process that interrupted workflows. Now, automation handles scaling efficiently, saving us thousands of man-hours and significant costs. It has illuminated the need for SetOps. It has highlighted areas of overspending, and the actions we've taken have demonstrated significant cost savings. IBM Turbonomic has positively impacted our overall application performance. IBM Turbonomic has helped reduce both CAPEX and OPEX. It has also significantly reduced cloud build times.
Sasikiran Sakalabattina - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise57
Large Enterprise147
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with CloudHealth?
One of the things we struggle with today is the integration between VMWare and our operating systems. That is where the flaws happen. We are a Red Hat shop. The integration between both needs to be...
What is your primary use case for CloudHealth?
VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth is used for our complete e-commerce platform. We predominantly use VMWare Tanzu CloudHealth for high availability systems. We do not use it for cost considerations because ...
 

Also Known As

Turbonomic, VMTurbo Operations Manager
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Sample Customers

IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
Pinterest, Dow Jones, RhythmOne, Ziff Davis, Acquia, Mentor Graphics, Lookout, Veracode, SwiftKey, Amtrak, Shi, Imgur, SumoLogic, NewsUK, Cloudera, Canvas
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