Cloud cost management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “cloud cost management platform”, and as “FinOps tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
49%
Clear leader
49IBM Apptio Cloudability14Finout08CloudZero29others
49% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+1Since September 2026: 45% → 47%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.IBM Apptio Cloudability held the lead, +1 point on 45%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Vantage41%Clear leader=heldSince September 2026: 41% → 41%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketVantage45%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 54% → 45%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Enterprise
IBM Apptio Cloudability49%Clear leader▲+1Since September 2026: 45% → 47%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This page
Vantage41%Clear leader=heldSince September 2026: 41% → 41%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketVantage45%Clear leader▼−9Since September 2026: 54% → 45%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseIBM Apptio Cloudability49%Clear leader▲+1Since September 2026: 45% → 47%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01IBM Apptio Cloudability49%10%68endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 45% → 47%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 47%
IBM Apptio Cloudability49%10%68endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 45% → 47%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 47%02
Finout14%0%33accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 7% → 13%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 13%
Finout14%0%33accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 7% → 13%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 13%03
Flexera One8%0%44accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 9%
Flexera One8%0%44accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 9%04
CloudZero8%7%44accepted challenger▼−12Since September 2026: 18% → 7%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 7%
CloudZero8%7%44accepted challenger▼−12Since September 2026: 18% → 7%, −12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.18% → 7%05Vantage8%12%32accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 11% → 9%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 9%
Vantage8%12%32accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 11% → 9%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 9%06
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth8%24%42accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 9%
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth8%24%42accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 5% → 9%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 9%07
Cloudaware2%10%10accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 2%
Cloudaware2%10%10accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 5% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.5% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13
Google Cloud Billing Lab in the set0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Google Cloud Billing Lab in the set0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%11
Microsoft Cost Management0%53%15criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Microsoft Cost Management0%53%15criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%12
AWS Cost Explorer0%53%19criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
AWS Cost Explorer0%53%19criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10Kubecost0%13%15accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
09
Harness Cloud Cost Management0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Harness Cloud Cost Management0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08
ProsperOps0%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
ProsperOps0%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud Billing is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Vantage vs Microsoft Cost ManagementVantage vs nOpsVantage vs KubecostVantage vs ProsperOpsCloudZero vs AWS Cost ExplorerCloudZero vs FinoutCloudZero vs Microsoft Cost ManagementCloudZero vs nOpsCloudZero vs KubecostCloudZero vs ProsperOpsAWS Cost Explorer vs FinoutAWS Cost Explorer vs Microsoft Cost ManagementAWS Cost Explorer vs nOpsAWS Cost Explorer vs KubecostAWS Cost Explorer vs ProsperOpsFinout vs Microsoft Cost ManagementFinout vs nOpsFinout vs KubecostFinout vs ProsperOpsMicrosoft Cost Management vs nOpsMicrosoft Cost Management vs KubecostMicrosoft Cost Management vs ProsperOpsnOps vs KubecostnOps vs ProsperOpsKubecost vs ProsperOps
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01IBM Apptio Cloudability49%
IBM Apptio Cloudability49%02Finout14%
Finout14%03Flexera One8%
Flexera One8%04CloudZero8%
CloudZero8%05Vantage8%
Vantage8%06VMware Tanzu CloudHealth8%
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth8%07Cloudaware2%
Cloudaware2%08ProsperOps0%
ProsperOps0%09Harness Cloud Cost Management0%
Harness Cloud Cost Management0%10Kubecost0%
11Microsoft Cost Management0%
Microsoft Cost Management0%12AWS Cost Explorer0%
AWS Cost Explorer0%13Google Cloud Billing0%
Google Cloud Billing0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth24%
10 of 42 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Vendors with post-acquisition price volatility and rigid commercial models, e.g., CloudHealth/Broadcom, where renewals have risen 30-50% vs pre-2024 pricing.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
AWS Cost Explorer53%
10 of 19 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“Using one cloud provider's native billing tool as the enterprise-wide system of record. AWS Cost Explorer, for example, refreshes cost data at least every 24 hours” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
IBM Apptio Cloudability10%
7 of 68 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Apptio was acquired by IBM, and user feedback highlights several concerns” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Google Cloud Billing70%
7 of 10 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“Relying purely on native cloud tools forces your finance team to spend hundreds of hours manually stitching spreadsheets together.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
78 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1077 links across 214 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 21 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Cloudaware44 answers · 74 citations · 12 models
vendor site · CloudZero41 answers · 73 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Amnic39 answers · 54 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Finout38 answers · 47 citations · 13 models
vendor site · Vantage33 answers · 46 citations · 13 models
vendor site · nOps25 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G220 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · PointFive19 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · CloudBolt18 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Flexera15 answers · 22 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Usage.ai15 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
24 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 11 models
16 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best cloud cost management platform”, “cloud cost management platform”, “cloud cost management platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM parent site IBM Apptio Cloudability 49%, IBM FinOps Suite 2%, IBM Turbonomic 0% | 51% | 207 | 201,000 | 34,098 | ||||
| Finout finout.io | 14% | 82 | 880 | 10 | 40,296 | 30 | ||
| Flexera flexera.com Flexera One 8%, Spot by NetApp 0% | 8% | 201 | 210 | 0 | 48,107 company | 31 | ||
| CloudZero cloudzero.com | 8% | 155 | 2,400 | 32 | 99,194 | $25,945 | 5 | 3 |
| Vantage vantage.sh | 8% | 151 | 49,500 | 10,715 | 37,252 | 4 | ||
| VMware parent site VMware Tanzu CloudHealth 8% | 8% | 130 | 74,000 | 17,842 | ||||
| Cloudaware cloudaware.com | 2% | 40 | 140 | 1 | 6,732 | 48 | 8 | |
| nOps nops.io | 2% | 36 | 12,100 | 415 | 27,991 | 20 | 7 | |
| ProsperOps prosperops.com | 0% | 41 | 1,300 | 20 | 8,226 | 13 | 7 | |
| Harness harness.io Harness Cloud Cost Management 0% | 0% | 35 | 60,500 | 55,100 | 86,302 company | 6 | 2 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 14 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloudaware.com, cloudzero.com, nops.io, usage.ai). The first result for “best cloud cost management platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best cloud cost management platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which FinOps tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade cloud cost management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best cloud cost management platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a cloud cost management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which cloud cost management platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceIBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthChangedVantageIBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceagainst: AWS Marketplace cost optimization tools, Cloud Health by VMware, Cloud Toggle, Kubecost
One alternative
Flexera One with SpotFour alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, Flexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilityTwo alternatives
Flexera One, VantageGPT-5.4 miniFinout, VantageVantage, nOpsChangedFlexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilityFlexera Oneno first choiceagainst: AWS, Azure, Azure\u2019s Cost Management, GCP
Three alternatives
FinOps hubs, Flexera One, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthThree alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost ManagementSix alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Cloud Billing Cost Management / FinOps Hub, CloudZero, Harness Cloud Cost Management, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFour alternatives
Aquila Clouds, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Pier Cloud, nOpsGemini 3.5 FlashCloudZero, FinoutVantageChangedIBM FinOps SuiteIBM Apptio Cloudability, IBM FinOps Suiteno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Google Cloud Billing, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Seven alternatives
CAST AI, Flexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudability, PointFive, ProsperOps, Usage.ai, VantageFive alternatives
CAST AI, CloudZero, Finout, IBM Apptio Cloudability, KubecostFive alternatives
CloudZero, DoiT International, Finout, Flexera One, Harness Cloud Cost ManagementFour alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, Flexera One, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFour alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, IBM Apptio Cloudability, VantagePerplexity SonarIBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio CloudabilityHeldIBM Apptio Cloudability, VMwareagainst: Kubecost / OpenCostFlexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
CloudZero, DoiT Cloud Intelligence, VantageOne alternative
Flexera OneFive alternatives
CloudZero, Cloudaware, Finout, IBM Turbonomic, VantageGrok 4.1 FastIBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio CloudabilityHeldFlexera One, IBM FinOps SuiteIBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Anodot, CloudZero, Datadog Cloud Cost Management, Google Cloud Billing, Harness Cloud Cost Management, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, Vantage
Two alternatives
Flexera One, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthTwo alternatives
Flexera One, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthThree alternatives
Harness Cloud Cost Management, Spot by NetApp, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthTwo alternatives
Flexera One, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFive alternatives
Amnic, Flexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ProsperOps, VantageMistral SmallCloudZeroFlexera OneChangedIBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthCloudZeroVMware Tanzu CloudHealthagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Datadog Cloud Cost Management, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Two alternatives
IBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFive alternatives
CAST AI, CloudZero, Finout, ProsperOps, VantageThree alternatives
Finout, Flexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilitySeven alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Flexera One, Google Cloud Cost Management, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Kubecost, Microsoft Cost Management, ZestyDeepSeek V4 FlashIBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio CloudabilityHeldagainst: VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFlexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudabilityagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost ManagementIBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Six alternatives
CloudZero, Flexera One, IBM Turbonomic, Kubecost, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, VantageFour alternatives
CloudZero, Cloudaware, Flexera One, ProsperOpsFour alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, Kubecost, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthThree alternatives
CloudZero, Flexera One, VantageLlama 4 MaverickIBM Apptio CloudabilityFlexera OneChangedno first choiceCloudawareno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cloudaware, Finout, KionOne alternative
CloudZeroThree alternatives
Amnic, Cloudshot, RaftLabsQwen 3.7 FlashIBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio CloudabilityHeldno first choiceFinoutagainst: VMware Tanzu CloudHealthno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Monitor Cost Management, BMC, Google Cloud Billing, SAP, ServiceNow
Three alternatives
Flexera One, Kubecost, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthTwo alternatives
CloudZero, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFour alternatives
CloudZero, Densify, IBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthOne alternative
IBM Apptio CloudabilityEight alternatives
Apollo, Datadog Cloud Cost Management, Harness Cloud Cost Management, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Infracost, Sysdig, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, VantageKimi K2IBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthIBM Apptio CloudabilityChangedIBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFinoutagainst: Vantageno first choiceagainst: Cloudawareagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, CAST AI, Google Cloud Billing, IBM Apptio Cloudability, IBM Turbonomic, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, Vantage
Two alternatives
Finout, Flexera OneTwo alternatives
CloudZero, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFive alternatives
CloudBolt, CloudZero, Flexera One, Kubecost, ProsperOpsTwo alternatives
CloudZero, IBM Apptio CloudabilityGLM 4.7 FlashXIBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio CloudabilityHeldno first choiceFinout, Vantageno first choiceagainst: CAST AI, CloudKeeper, IBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Four alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, Flexera One, VantageThree alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, Flexera OneTwo alternatives
IBM Apptio Cloudability, Pier CloudMiniMax M2.5IBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost ManagementIBM Apptio CloudabilityChangedCloudBolt, IBM Apptio CloudabilityFinoutagainst: Vantageno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Broadcom, CAST AI, CloudKeeper, Densify, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
One alternative
Spot by NetAppThree alternatives
CloudZero, IBM Turbonomic, VantageFour alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Anodot, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost ManagementOne alternative
CloudZeroGPT-6 LunaCloudZeroFinoutChangedno first choiceIBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, CloudZero, IBM Apptio Cloudability
Two alternatives
Finout, IBM Apptio CloudabilityTwo alternatives
CloudZero, IBM Apptio CloudabilitySeven alternatives
CloudZero, Finout, Flexera One, Harness Cloud Cost Management, IBM Apptio Cloudability, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, VantageOne alternative
Flexera OneMuse Glimmer 30BIBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio CloudabilityHeldFlexera One, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthagainst: CloudZeroIBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceagainst: Apptio Cloudability, now IBM Cloudability, Kubecost, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Three alternatives
CloudZero, Flexera One, VantageThree alternatives
CloudZero, Flexera One, VMware Broadcom CloudHealthThree alternatives
Finout, IBM Apptio Cloudability, VantageOne alternative
Flexera OneBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:59 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:15 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:02 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:48 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:53 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:29 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 15 | 69 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:41 | yes | 22 | 195 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:15 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:36 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:49 | yes | 6 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:34 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:47 | yes | 20 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:37 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:19 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 13 | 84 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 22 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:57 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:22 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 22 | 50 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:23 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 8 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 23 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:20 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:14 | yes | 22 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:01 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:36 | yes | 11 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 24 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:30 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:47 | yes | 24 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:02 | yes | 21 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 19 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 18 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:23 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:08 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:57 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:18 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:59 | yes | 22 | 69 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:17 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:08 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:14 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:37 | yes | 4 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:05 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 27 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:51 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:28 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:33 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:01 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:09 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:03 | yes | 3 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:14 | yes | 24 | 49 s |
Normalization in this category
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Datadog read as Datadog Cloud Cost Management
Flexera read as Flexera One
Flexera (CloudHealth) read as Flexera One
Flexera (ProsperOps) read as Flexera One
Flexera One FinOps read as Flexera One
Harness read as Harness Cloud Cost Management
Harness Cost Management read as Harness Cloud Cost Management
IBM Cloudability, formerly Apptio Cloudability read as IBM Apptio Cloudability
Spot by NetApp read as Spot by NetApp
VMware Aria Cost read as VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
VMware Aria Cost (formerly CloudHealth by VMware) read as VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
VMware Aria Cost (formerly CloudHealth) read as VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
doit read as DoiT Cloud Intelligence
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Marketplace cost optimization tools
Anodoo
Apptio Cloudability, now IBM Cloudability
Aquila Clouds
Azure Monitor Cost Management
Azure\u2019s Cost Management
Cloud Billing Cost Management / FinOps Hub
Cloud Health by VMware
Cloud Toggle
Cloudshot
Flexera CloudCost
Flexera One with Spot
Kion
Surveil
VMware Broadcom CloudHealth
Vega Cloud
Virtasant
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.