Centralized cost insights have improved budgeting, forecasting, and operational efficiency
What is our primary use case?
AWS Tweaker is used to monitor AWS bills in one dashboard and helps analyze resource usage across all accounts, which is beneficial for allocating cost to teams or projects.
AWS Tweaker has the option to generate reports for finance and planning. AWS Tweaker is used to visualize, analyze, and control AWS spending across all accounts and is built by vendor Ultrapower Software, which is a third-party tool. AWS Tweaker is currently used on public clouds, primarily in the public cloud only, running on the Amazon Web Services environment. AWS data can be accessed via API, so there is no heavy installation required.
What is most valuable?
AWS Tweaker has the option to centralize cost visibility, and the best feature is multi-dimensional analytics.
Multi-dimensional analytics has helped to reduce cloud cost significantly, and better budgeting and forecasting have been achieved.
AWS Tweaker increased operational efficiency because previously, engineers used to manually check the Amazon Web Services billing dashboard. After using AWS Tweaker, there is one dashboard that shows all accounts and services, so there is no need to export CSVs or switch tabs. AWS Tweaker has helped to increase operational efficiency.
What needs improvement?
AWS Tweaker can definitely add more real-time monitoring and bring more simplicity to its UI/UX feature.
AWS Tweaker can definitely make a stronger integration with native AWS tools.
AWS Tweaker is good for cost visibility and optimization, but it is still evolving and is not the industry leader. It is best when combined with AWS built-in services. When comparing with AWS native tools, starting with a small deployment and evaluating ROI versus cost is recommended.
For how long have I used the solution?
AWS Tweaker has been used for a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
AWS Tweaker has high scalability because it runs on top of Amazon Web Services infrastructure, so it scales as the AWS environment grows.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for AWS Tweaker was good. The customer support of AWS Tweaker is rated as nine on a scale of 1 to 10.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No other solution was used previously.
What was our ROI?
ROI for AWS Tweaker is definitely positive, and it helped to save more than it cost.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Setup cost for AWS Tweaker was very low, almost zero. For the licensing model, it is sold via AWS Marketplace, and it has monthly or usage-based subscription options. The pricing experience is quite good since it is usually subscription-based via Amazon Web Services marketplace, and cost depends on the number of AWS accounts. Similar tools focus on cost reduction.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
QuickBooks and CloudHealth were evaluated before choosing AWS Tweaker.
What other advice do I have?
AWS Tweaker is rated as 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. AWS Tweaker is rated 10 because it has been really beneficial for the organization, helped to reduce cloud cost significantly, provided better budgeting and forecasting, and operational efficiency has been noticed after incorporating AWS Tweaker into the organization. The overall review rating for AWS Tweaker is 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
