Intel® Cloud Optimizer by Densify

What do you like best about the product?

Densify is a great product, but their people and support are some of the best in the industry to work with. Thank you for all you do!

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing yet, Densify has been great so far.

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

Densify has helped save money and run more efficiently on AWS.

What do you like best about the product?

User-friendly, consantly improving interface. Onboarding steps are straightforward and documentation is clear. Customer support is responsive, knowledgeable and follows you in each step of the porcess, from onboarding to activating more advanced features. All the provided suggestions are decorated with useful insights which allow techincal figures to better trust the produced recommendations. Additionally, Densify integrates smoothly with major cloud providers and existing infrastructure tools, minimizing disruption and maximizing compatibility.

What do you dislike about the product?

While the user interface is intuitive, the wide range of features means there is a learning curve, and some experience is needed to take full advantage of everything Densify offers. Regularly checking the dashboard helps ensure you benefit from the latest insights and recommendations. Although exporting options could be expanded, the platform’s strengths in integration and actionable intelligence more than make up for this, resulting in a very satisfying overall experience.

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

Densify is helping our team to reduce cloud infrastructure costs allowing us to correctly size compute and kubernetes environments.

What do you like best about the product?

Candle Stick Charts help us to track the burst performance of the application every hour
With the help of the Helm chart, it becomes easy to install

What do you dislike about the product?

It doesn't report the cost based on the network.

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

Since it provides Candle Stick Charts, it helps us track the burst performance of the application.
It tracks all the containers, so we can analyse the performance of the sidecar as well.
We had overprovisioned & underprovisioned resources, it helped us to maintain the right balance within the cluster.
Since we configured the AWS Cost Tracking so it helped us to select right Instance Types and rightsize them as well.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like best is how Densify transforms cloud optimization from a difficult, reactive task into a proactive and collaborative process. It gives our developers the data they need to be cost-aware. Additionally, customer support is amazing.

What do you dislike about the product?

The only thing I didn't love was the old UI, which was pretty clunky. But they've completely fixed that with the new Kubex interface—it's awesome now.

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

Densify’s Kubex update helps us uncover hidden Kubernetes costs and eliminates the guesswork from resource management. It gives developers the data they need to be cost-aware, turning optimization into a collaborative process. As a result, we've cut our costs significantly, our applications are more stable, and our teams work better together.

What do you like best about the product?

It's easy to find the relevant information and to act upon it. Finding the right information is crucial to properly manage the, very expensive, resources.

What do you dislike about the product?

n/a. There isn't a single thing I would change.

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

Knowing the right size of the instance at the right time.