IBM Cloudability for US Federal

What do you like best about the product?

It gives me an overview of my cloud operation, showing things I didn't see before and that I can now see more clearly.

What do you dislike about the product?

I find the initial setup complicated, many steps

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

Unnecessary expenses and forgotten linked environments

What do you like best about the product?

I like the cost. I think cloud generally costs less to operate, and doing analysis in the cloud instead of using physical resources makes it less costly. As a multicloud management solution, IBM Cloudability gives us choices and options, and I think it’s competitive in the field. I also like the optimization and automation features supported by AI; IBM’s AI integration makes it a viable option for us. The integration works well and is easy to configure.

What do you dislike about the product?

I haven't found anything that doesn't work well so far, but scalability and the cost associated with it are concerns for the future.

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

I can do analysis in the cloud instead of using physical resources, which makes it less costly.

What do you like best about the product?

Cloudability Help us to have full visibility of our Cloud Costs, and optimization opportunities

What do you dislike about the product?

I think the UX can be better, like being able to change the dashboards colors and the interface to be more user friendly

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

Cloudability is a very nice way of having all cloud billing data in one place, and use it to give the company all the cost visibility we need.

What do you like best about the product?

I find IBM Cloudability fast and easy to use and install. I also like that it’s faster.

What do you dislike about the product?

I sometimes have difficulty connecting when I start the configuration, and the initial setup wasn’t easy.

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

n/a

What do you like best about the product?

I like IBM Cloudability’s intuitive GUI and how easy it is to use. It makes cloud spend transparent across the organization and gives me visibility and the possibility of chargeback, especially for AI power users. Setup was easy—a breeze. I see it as a step up to Tokenomics, the new currency of Agentic AI.

What do you dislike about the product?

Nothing, love it!

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

I use IBM Cloudability to manage cloud spend, make it visible, and enable chargeback, especially for AI power users.

What do you like best about the product?

We copy the data in cloud so that in case of a disaster data is readily available and we can restore it wherever we want.

What do you dislike about the product?

I have nothing to say except that it is compatible with the IBM storage only, in case if we have IBM z and we use Dell or some other storage it won't be compatible.

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

Due to geopolitical situation, we can depend on cloud storage so that it can be restored wherever we want.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like most about IBM Cloudability is the visibility it provides into cloud costs and usage across accounts, services, and teams. It makes it easier to identify cost drivers, track spending trends, and connect cloud usage with business or team ownership. The dashboards and reporting are particularly useful for FinOps and management reviews, while the ability to analyze optimization opportunities helps us make more informed decisions about cloud resources and ROI.

What do you dislike about the product?

The main limitation is that Cloudability can take some time to configure and tailor to your organization, especially around cost allocation, tagging, and account structures. Some reports and dashboards can also require additional customization to match specific internal requirements. For teams managing complex or rapidly changing cloud environments, it would be helpful to have more straightforward configuration and more granular, real-time insights without relying heavily on customization.

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

IBM Cloudability helps solve the challenge of understanding and managing cloud costs across multiple accounts, services, and teams. It provides better visibility into where our cloud spend is going, helps identify cost spikes and optimization opportunities, and makes it easier to allocate costs to the right teams or business areas. This benefits us by improving cost control, supporting more informed cloud infrastructure decisions, and making it easier to communicate cloud spending and optimization efforts to management.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like best about IBM Cloudability is that it gives me a clearer view of cloud spending. As a network administrator, that helps me connect infrastructure usage with costs and gives me useful information to discuss with other teams. I also appreciate being able to review the cost data in one place instead of piecing it together from different sources.

What do you dislike about the product?

One thing I’d like to improve is how easy it is for new users to find and understand the information they need. Some reports and settings can take time to learn, so a simpler interface and clearer guidance would make it easier to get started.

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

IBM Cloudability helps our team get a clearer view of cloud spending and understand where costs are coming from. As a network administrator, that context helps me discuss infrastructure usage with other teams and investigate changes in spending. It makes cost information easier to use when planning and managing our cloud environment.

What do you like best about the product?

What I like most is the visibility it provides into cloud spending. It makes it easier to track where the money is going, understand usage patterns, and identify areas where we can optimize costs. The reporting and dashboards are also useful for presenting cost information to different teams.

What do you dislike about the product?

The learning curve can be a little steep at first, especially when exploring the different reports and cost-management features. It also takes some time to get everything configured and aligned with your organization’s cloud environment. Once set up, though, it becomes easier to work with.

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

The main problem it helps solve is the lack of visibility into cloud costs across different environments and services. Cloudability makes it easier to track spending, understand usage, and spot areas where costs can be optimized. This helps with better budgeting, cost control, and making more informed decisions about cloud resources.

What do you like best about the product?

Cloud cost visibility
Shows where money is being spent by cloud, account, application, team, project, etc.

What do you dislike about the product?

Complex setup: Getting accurate cost allocation across accounts, subscriptions, tags, teams, and applications can take significant effort

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

IBM Cloudability helps solve the challenge of understanding, controlling, and optimizing cloud spending across multiple cloud environments.

The key problems it helps address are:

- Lack of cost visibility: It gives us a consolidated view of cloud spending across accounts, applications, teams, and business units.
- Difficulty identifying cost drivers: We can understand what is driving increases in cloud costs and where the biggest expenses are.
- Poor cost ownership: Cost allocation and chargeback/showback help identify which teams or applications are responsible for cloud consumption.
- Cloud waste: It helps identify opportunities such as unused or underutilized resources and potential optimization areas.
- Budget management: It helps track spending against budgets and identify cost anomalies or unexpected increases.
- Multi-cloud complexity: It provides a common view across different cloud providers instead of relying only on individual cloud-provider tools.

How this benefits me

For my role, the biggest benefit is better decision-making based on actual cloud consumption and cost data. It helps me have meaningful conversations with engineering, finance, and business teams about where money is being spent and where we can optimize.

Instead of simply asking, “Why is our cloud bill increasing?”, we can drill down into the application, team, or resource responsible and take targeted action.

Overall, Cloudability helps us move from cloud cost visibility → accountability → optimization, which can improve financial control while supporting efficient cloud usage.