This comparison is quite simple: Only Pump.co is 100% FREE.
No percentage fees. No subscriptions. No credit cards. Only savings.
Cloud Savings
Free forever plan
No fees, no invoices, no credit cards, no "percentage off the top" …It truly is 100% free
Start tier is genuinely free forever with no spend cap — Scale ($599/mo) kicks in above $50K/mo AWS spend.
Commitment planner
Pump optimizes commitments for your ever-evolving cloud requirements. Faster than AWS, CE, & CUR
Autopilot autonomously buys and manages AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances.
Idle instance detection
Quickly identify & shut down idle instances
Autopilot flags idle EC2, RDS, and other unused AWS resources.
Autopilot continuous monitoring
Around the clock analysis of your cloud usage
Autonomous continuous monitoring across compute, storage, and database.
Rightsizing
Match instance size to real usage patterns
Rightsizing recommendations for EC2, RDS, and EBS.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Slack and email alerts on budget thresholds and anomalies.
Modernization recommendations
Suggests newer & cheaper instances to meet the same requirements
Not offered — no Graviton or ARM migration recommendations.
Kubernetes auto-scaling
Rightsize pods & workloads automatically
Not offered — Antimetal does not include Kubernetes cost allocation or autoscaling.
Zero lock-in period
Zero days lock-in period for ultimate flexibility
Free Start tier requires no contract; Scale is month-to-month above $50K/mo AWS.
Cloud Visibility
100% virtual tagging coverage
Auto-tag every untagged resource across your accounts, even retroactively
Full AWS tag inheritance for allocation and reporting.
Single-lens global overview
One dashboard for every cloud, account, & region — no more toggling consoles
Antimetal dashboard aggregates cost, savings, and Autopilot activity.
Customizable reports
Build the exact view you need with drag-and-drop dimensions, filters, & grouping
Custom cost views and reports available.
Kubernetes deployment reports
See cost per deployment, namespace, & pod
Not offered — no Kubernetes cost allocation.
CFO level financial forecasting
Board-ready spend forecasts you can deliver with confidence
Autopilot includes spend forecasting based on RI/SP activity.
Top movers alerts
Whose spend on which instances is changing the most?
Anomaly detection flags cost spikes and unusual usage patterns.
Multi-channel notifications
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, and PagerDuty channels supported.
Annotations & teams tagging
Associate people & notations to cloud instances for greater insights
Labels and tags supported for cost allocation.
DeepScan technology
Identify deep inefficiencies like NAT traffic, policy misconfigurations, phantom capacity, & more
Not offered — Pump-exclusive modernization scanner.
Multi-cloud support
Pump supports AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle, & more
AWS-only — no Azure or GCP support.
Cloud Security
Overcommitment insurance
Pump actually underwrites your RI's & SP's. You CANNOT lose money by working with Pump!
Not offered — Antimetal has a secondary RI marketplace but does not insure against overcommitment loss.
Team and product permissions
RBAC to define who is allowed spend what, where
Role-based access control on Scale and Enterprise tiers.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Slack and email alerts on budget thresholds and anomalies.
Multi-channel alerts
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, and PagerDuty channels supported.
3 dedicated support staff
2 dedicated technical account managers, plus a dedicated solutions architect
Dedicated CSM available on Scale ($599/mo) and Enterprise tiers.
Bank, med-tech, fin-tech compliance
Pump.co is SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, AWS Well-Architected, Gov Cloud compliant, & more
SOC 2 Type II compliance.
