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Cloud management tooling enables organizations to manage hybrid and multicloud (that is, on-premises, public cloud and edge) services and resources. This includes providing governance, life cycle management, brokering and automation for managed cloud infrastructure resources across multiple functional areas. The tooling can be procured and operated by central IT organizations, such as I&O, cloud center of excellence (CCOE) and platform engineering/operations, or within specific lines of business. It can be deployed on-premises, in a customer’s public cloud account or purchased as a SaaS.

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Azure Management Tools

By Microsoft

4.4
(128 Ratings)

Azure Management Tools is a software that provides a suite of resources for configuring, monitoring, and optimizing Microsoft Azure cloud environments. The software includes capabilities for managing virtual machines, applications, storage, and networks within the Azure ecosystem. It offers automation features, policy management, security controls, and analytics to help organizations streamline administrative processes and maintain compliance. Azure Management Tools address business needs related to cloud infrastructure oversight, enabling centralized management, resource allocation, and operational visibility across cloud services.

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Terraform Enterprise

By IBM

4.5
(125 Ratings)

Terraform Enterprise is a software designed to facilitate infrastructure as code management, automation, and provisioning across cloud and on-premises environments. It enables organizations to define, manage, and safely automate the deployment and scaling of infrastructure resources through declarative configuration files. The software provides role-based access controls, policy enforcement features, and collaborative workflow capabilities to support team operations. Terraform Enterprise addresses the business need for consistent infrastructure delivery and compliance by enabling version control, audit logging, and integration with existing enterprise systems, helping organizations manage complex environments while reducing manual effort and operational risks.

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HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software

By Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

4.5
(95 Ratings)

HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software is a cloud management platform designed to streamline the deployment, management, and automation of applications across hybrid IT environments. The software integrates with various cloud providers and on-premises infrastructures, offering features such as self-service provisioning, orchestration, cost management, and policy enforcement. It enables users to manage complex workflows, monitor resource utilization, and automate repetitive tasks to support operational efficiency. The software addresses the challenge of managing multi-cloud and hybrid cloud resources by providing a centralized platform where users can control, optimize, and govern their cloud operations. HPE Morpheus Enterprise Software is intended to support enterprise IT organizations in reducing complexity and improving agility in cloud service delivery.

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Flexera Cloud Management Platform

By Flexera

4.4
(85 Ratings)

Flexera Cloud Management Platform is a software that enables organizations to optimize, govern, and manage cloud infrastructure across multiple environments. The software provides visibility into cloud resources, automates provisioning, tracks usage, and controls costs. It offers policy-driven automation to enforce governance, assists in identifying unused or underutilized resources, and supports compliance with organizational guidelines. Flexera Cloud Management Platform addresses business challenges related to cloud sprawl and budget management by consolidating control of public and private cloud workloads. The software helps streamline operations, improve resource allocation, and provide actionable insights for informed decision making around cloud environments.

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VMware Aria Cost

By Broadcom (VMware)

4.1
(80 Ratings)
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IBM Cloudability

By IBM (Apptio)

4.2
(74 Ratings)

IBM Cloudability is built to support the organizational adoption of FinOps—the cultural practice and operational process of bringing financial accountability to the scalable, variable, and distributed nature of cloud and related costs. Its enterprise-grade FinOps features enable IT, finance, and business teams to optimize cloud, AI and Kubernetes costs and communicate the business value of these investments.

Cloudability normalizes and structures billing and usage data from across public cloud ecosystems. Cloudability enables practitioners with the capabilities they need to drive FinOps forward— with financial accountability, optimized cloud spend and a roadmap for FinOps maturity.

With over 10 years of accumulated expertise and innovation, Cloudability is the category pioneer and market leader dedicated to helping you excel at FinOps.

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VMware Cloud Foundation Automation

By Broadcom (VMware)

4.4
(72 Ratings)
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SUSE Rancher

By SUSE

4.5
(71 Ratings)

SUSE Rancher is a software platform designed for managing and deploying Kubernetes clusters across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. The software provides centralized control over multiple clusters and enables organizations to automate cluster provisioning, upgrades, and configuration. It includes features for security policy management, access controls, monitoring, and application catalog integration, supporting diverse infrastructure requirements. SUSE Rancher addresses the business problem of simplifying Kubernetes operations, allowing for consistent management, scalability, and compliance across mixed environments. The software also facilitates integration with existing tools and streamlines application deployment, helping organizations maintain reliable container orchestration and resource utilization.

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ServiceNow IT Operations Management

By ServiceNow

4.3
(69 Ratings)

ServiceNow IT Operations Management provides visibility and management for IT infrastructure across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The platform discovers and maps IT assets, applications, and services through automated processes that populate a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Service Mapping establishes relationships between configuration items. ITOM's AIOps capabilities aggregate and correlate alerts, metrics, and events from multiple monitoring tools. Event Management reduces alert noise through correlation and deduplication. Health Log Analytics applies machine learning to identify anomalies and predict incidents. The solution integrates with ServiceNow IT Service Management to automate incident creation, assignment, and remediation. Key capabilities include: Automated discovery and dependency mapping; CMDB maintenance; Event correlation and noise reduction; Anomaly detection and predictive analytics; Third-party tool integration; Incident workflow automation

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Nutanix Cloud Manager

By Nutanix

4.6
(66 Ratings)

Nutanix Cloud Management is a hybrid multi-cloud management platform solution for providing intelligent operations, self-service and orchestration, security compliance and visibility, and control of cloud costs.

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CloudBolt

By CloudBolt

4.2
(46 Ratings)

CloudBolt is a software designed to facilitate hybrid cloud management by providing automation, orchestration, and governance for cloud resources across private and public environments. The software offers features such as policy enforcement, cost management, and self-service provisioning, enabling organizations to efficiently manage workloads, monitor usage, and optimize resource allocation. CloudBolt helps address challenges related to visibility, control, and compliance in multi-cloud and on-premises infrastructure environments by streamlining operations and integrating with various cloud platforms, virtualization technologies, and configuration management tools. The software supports scalability and standardization in cloud deployments, contributing to streamlined IT operations.

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Connext Cloud Management Platform CMP

By Shanghai Connext Pan Cloud Technology

5
(33 Ratings)

Connext Cloud Management Platform CMP is a software designed to facilitate centralized management of cloud resources and infrastructure for organizations. The software enables users to monitor, control, and optimize cloud environments across public, private, and hybrid clouds. It provides features such as automated provisioning, resource allocation, security management, and cost tracking. The software helps businesses streamline operations by offering unified dashboards, workflow automation, and compliance tools. By supporting integration with various cloud providers, the software assists organizations in addressing challenges related to scalability, governance, and operational efficiency within their cloud ecosystems.

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Flexera One FinOps

By Flexera

3.8
(24 Ratings)

Flexera One FinOps is a software designed to provide organizations with visibility and management capabilities over their cloud spending and usage. The software facilitates tracking, analyzing, and reporting on cloud costs, enabling users to identify opportunities for resource optimization and governance. It incorporates features for allocation and forecasting, supporting budgeting and financial accountability across multi-cloud environments. The software aims to address challenges such as cost overruns, budget unpredictability, and the complexity of managing cloud expenditures at scale. By integrating with various cloud platforms, it assists businesses in centralizing financial operations related to cloud resources and enhances collaboration between IT, finance, and business teams.

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Workload Optimization Manager (Legacy)

By Cisco Systems

4.3
(23 Ratings)

Workload Optimization Manager (Legacy) software provides automated workload placement and resource allocation to optimize application performance and infrastructure efficiency within data centers and hybrid cloud environments. The software analyzes real-time and historical utilization data across compute, storage, and network resources to balance workloads, reduce operational risks, and avoid resource contention. By continuously monitoring and adjusting resource assignments, the software helps organizations maintain service levels and optimize operational costs. The software supports integration with virtualization and cloud management platforms, enabling centralized visibility and orchestration of diverse IT resources to support business agility and resilience.

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Platform9 Private Cloud Director

By Platform9

4.6
(22 Ratings)

Platform9 Private Cloud Director software is designed to provide centralized management and automation capabilities for private cloud infrastructure. The software enables organizations to orchestrate, deploy, and monitor workloads across on-premises environments, supporting Kubernetes clusters and virtual machines. It features a single interface for resource provisioning, governance, and lifecycle management, aiming to simplify operational complexity associated with private cloud deployments. Platform9 Private Cloud Director allows integration with popular open-source technologies, facilitates multi-cluster management, and delivers policy-driven access controls. By streamlining infrastructure operations, the software helps address the need for scalable, secure, and efficient management of private cloud resources within enterprise IT environments.

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VMware Tanzu Platform

By Broadcom (VMware)

4.5
(19 Ratings)

VMware Tanzu Platform is an AI-ready, application Platform as a Service (PaaS) built on Cloud Foundry that simplifies modern software delivery and platform operations on an elastic application runtime. Optimized for VMware Cloud Foundation, Tanzu Platform provides a pre-engineered environment that automates the entire application lifecycle from secure container builds and service binding to automated scaling and unified observability. It features simple developer abstractions, a centralized management interface, and a marketplace for governed data and AI services and integrations.

Tanzu Platform addresses critical business challenges by streamlining the path to production for enterprise software, including agentic AI toolchains, while ensuring deterministic compliance and governance. By abstracting infrastructure complexities such as networking and server provisioning, Tanzu Platform enhances operational efficiency and allows development teams to focus on building business logic.

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Palette

By Spectro Cloud

4.8
(17 Ratings)

Palette is a software that enables organizations to manage and deploy Kubernetes clusters across diverse environments such as public clouds, private clouds, on-premises data centers, and edge locations. The software provides automation for lifecycle management of clusters, integrates with existing infrastructure, and supports policy enforcement for security and compliance. Palette offers monitoring and analytics features to optimize performance and resource usage. It solves the business problem of operational complexity associated with managing multiple Kubernetes clusters, allowing teams to standardize configurations, reduce manual effort, and ensure consistent governance across distributed environments.

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Harness Cloud Cost Management

By Harness

4.2
(14 Ratings)

Harness Cloud Cost Management is a software designed to help organizations manage and optimize their cloud expenses across various environments and cloud service providers. The software offers visibility into cloud usage, spending trends, and cost allocation, enabling teams to monitor budget compliance and identify resource inefficiencies. It assists with forecasting costs, automating cloud savings recommendations, and generating detailed reports for financial analysis. This software addresses the business challenge of controlling cloud expenditures and maximizing resource utilization by providing actionable insights into cloud infrastructure costs and usage patterns.

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CoreStack

By CoreStack

4.7
(13 Ratings)

CoreStack is a cloud governance software that enables businesses to proactively manage their cloud infrastructure across various providers. The software offers features such as compliance management, cost optimization, security monitoring, resource automation, and operational visibility. CoreStack is designed to assist organizations in automating governance and regulatory compliance tasks, reducing operational costs by identifying inefficiencies, and maintaining security standards through ongoing monitoring. By providing a unified view of cloud operations, the software addresses challenges related to managing multi-cloud environments while supporting scalability, audit readiness, and policy enforcement.

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Centilytics

By Centilytics

4.9
(12 Ratings)

Centilytics is a cloud management software that provides organizations with tools to optimize cloud usage, monitor expenditures, and manage security and compliance across public cloud environments. The software enables users to gain visibility into cloud infrastructure by delivering detailed insights into resource allocation, cost trends, and usage patterns. Centilytics offers features such as real time monitoring, automated cost allocation, resource tagging, and reporting to assist organizations in identifying inefficiencies and optimizing resource utilization. The software also includes policy engines to support governance and compliance with various standards. Centilytics addresses the business problem of uncontrolled cloud spending, resource sprawl, and compliance risks by centralizing cloud management and providing analytics to support informed decision making.

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