CloudAvocado

What do you like best about the product?

Simplicity of setup, user support, amount of automations available, amount of insights and way how data shown

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing at this point, tool saved way more than it cost to us.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have decent dev and stage environments in different AWS accounts which can be stopped for a non working hours. It’s inconvenient to support scripts in each account, especially when changes happens. As well CloudAvocado helped us stop MongoDB Atlas. Way how it shows data i dashboard - just great, it help as focus on things where we can save the most, from cost prospective

What do you like best about the product?

Looked for a while for ParkMyCloud replacement, after they got acquired. After a while with CloudAvocado, the biggest win is simplicity and ROI - we save thousands. Onboarding was quick and simple, literally couple of minutes. Best bonus - it used historical data from AWS, I could get all needed data without waiting. Team is very responsive - and adding new services quickly after request

What do you dislike about the product?

Currently it's a great tool for us. So nothing so far. So

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our workload on AWS is time sensitive. Shutting down dev/stage resources for a non-working hours saved us a lot

What do you like best about the product?

My team appreciates a simple setup, user support, UI

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing. Team responsiveness is great, they are adding new features quickly.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We’ve run CloudAvocado for a full year now. Onboarding took a couple minutes - plug in the AWS accounts and the dashboard was ready almost instantly. For me it’s way more convenient and faster than combining data from CloudWatch and Cost Explorer, no heavy setup required. Since then we have saved way more than product costs. Their EKS extended support notification itself with a dollar amount assigned to it - highlighted huge savings. Overall my team is very happy with the product

What do you like best about the product?

CPU utilization charts for EC2 instances. This has become an irreplaceable tool to avoid overprovisioning and to set proper AutoScaling. Also, it decreased the cost of our testing environments after we assigned schedules to them. It’s very good to have recommendations, which highlight potential sources of waste as soon as it appears.

What do you dislike about the product?

There is nothing I can write here. It literally meets my expectations so far

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We solved some visibility issues with CloudAvocado. It has increased the accuracy of our cost allocation and reporting. As a result of it, we were able to optimize our workload, achieve cost savings, and set more realistic forecasting

What do you like best about the product?

CloudAvocado Cost Optimization has been a real lifesaver when it comes to handling our cloud expenses. I love how it simplifies the management of our AWS accounts, making it so much easier to keep track of our spending without spending hours in front of the screen. The RDS scheduling feature is a gem – it automates the start and stop of our DB instances based on our actual needs, saving us money without sacrificing performance. And the best part is, CloudAvocado's dashboards are so user-friendly. They provide a clear picture of our expenses, helping us spot areas where we can cut costs. I can't recommend it enough for anyone looking to manage cloud costs effortlessly.

What do you dislike about the product?

So far I haven't spotted any issues, works as expected.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using CloudAvocado for costs saving on my cloud infrastructure, namely locating underutilized resources and applying schedules to my development environment.