CLOUDABILITY-CAST

Cloudability Apptio IBM FinOps enterprise leader.

Definition

Cloudability features: (1) Cost Allocation: multi-cloud unified view AWS + Azure + GCP + Oracle Cloud + custom on-prem cost ingestion, allocation per business unit/cost center via Tag-based rules + business mapping configurable. (2) Rightsizing Recommendations: analyses 30+ days usage patterns, proposes rightsizing EC2/RDS/Azure VM/GCP Compute Engine, automated implementation via integration. (3) Anomaly Detection: ML-based detection unusual spend patterns. (4) Budgets + Forecasts: multi-tier budgets per BU/team, ML forecasts. (5) RI + SP optimization: AWS Reserved Instances + Savings Plans + Azure Reserved VM Instances + GCP CUDs recommendations + purchases automation. (6) Container Cost Allocation: Kubernetes pod-level allocation via integration Kubecost-like data. (7) Sustainability + Carbon Reporting: Scope 3 emissions cloud calculations (post Apptio Datadrive ESG acquisition). Customers: Volvo, Walmart, Coca-Cola, BMW, NTT Data. IBM 2023 acquisition $4.6B integrates Apptio portfolio IBM Hybrid Cloud strategy.

Origin

Cloudability founded 2011 in Portland Oregon by Mat Ellis ; acquired by Apptio 2019 ; Apptio founded 2007 in Bellevue ; Apptio acquired by IBM August 2023 ($4.6B) ; ~3000+ customers 2024.

Example in context

Walmart enterprise Cloudability deployment manages ~$5B annual multi-cloud spend AWS + Azure + GCP + IBM Cloud across 1000+ subscriptions/accounts, rightsizing recommendations $50M annual savings, RI + SP commitment management $100M+ savings.

Related terms

• CloudHealth VMware — enterprise competitor.