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
Included at no charge with any Azure billing account; no separate license or trial period.
Commitment planner
Pump optimizes commitments for your ever-evolving cloud requirements. Faster than AWS, CE, & CUR
Purchase recommendations only, bought manually in the portal. No sell-back or exchange automation.
Idle instance detection
Quickly identify & shut down idle instances
Advisor flags idle VMs after a 7-day lookback. Shutdown needs manual action or a custom runbook.
Autopilot continuous monitoring
Around the clock analysis of your cloud usage
Anomaly alerts only. Stopping a resource requires a separately built Action Group and runbook.
Rightsizing
Match instance size to real usage patterns
Advisor suggests resize or shutdown SKUs. Applying the change means opening the resource directly.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Budget alerts exist, but auto-shutdown requires building a Logic App and Automation runbook.
Modernization recommendations
Suggests newer & cheaper instances to meet the same requirements
Not documented. No Arm SKU migration recommendation is published for Cost Management or Advisor.
Kubernetes auto-scaling
Rightsize pods & workloads automatically
Not offered. AKS cost views report spend by cluster or namespace, not autoscaling or HPA tuning.
Zero lock-in period
Zero days lock-in period for ultimate flexibility
Sign-up is self-service with an Azure account; no sales call needed to view cost data.
Cloud Visibility
100% virtual tagging coverage
Auto-tag every untagged resource across your accounts, even retroactively
Not offered. Cost allocation relies on inherited resource tags and cost splitting, not virtual tags.
Single-lens global overview
One dashboard for every cloud, account, & region — no more toggling consoles
AWS Cost and Usage Report connector was retired March 31, 2025; only Microsoft Cloud spend remains.
Customizable reports
Build the exact view you need with drag-and-drop dimensions, filters, & grouping
Not offered. No per-customer or per-feature unit cost reports beyond tag- and resource-based views.
Kubernetes deployment reports
See cost per deployment, namespace, & pod
AKS add-on shows cost by cluster, namespace, and asset, limited to EA and Microsoft Customer Agreement.
CFO level financial forecasting
Board-ready spend forecasts you can deliver with confidence
Budgets support actual and forecasted thresholds with alert recipients at subscription or RG scope.
Top movers alerts
Whose spend on which instances is changing the most?
Smart views flag daily spend deviating from a 60-day pattern and email an alert; no auto-fix applied.
Multi-channel notifications
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Not offered. Enforcement requires custom Azure Policy or Automation runbooks outside the product.
Annotations & teams tagging
Associate people & notations to cloud instances for greater insights
Shared costs can be split across cost centers or subscriptions using percentage allocation rules.
DeepScan technology
Identify deep inefficiencies like NAT traffic, policy misconfigurations, phantom capacity, & more
Not offered. Advisor lists estimated savings per resource but has no separate waste-impact score.
Multi-cloud support
Pump supports AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Oracle, & more
Limited to Microsoft Cloud. No native AWS or GCP; the AWS CUR connector was retired in 2025.
Cloud Security
Overcommitment insurance
Pump actually underwrites your RI's & SP's. You CANNOT lose money by working with Pump!
Not offered. No reimbursement if a purchased reservation or savings plan goes underutilized.
Team and product permissions
RBAC to define who is allowed spend what, where
Built-in Cost Management Reader and Contributor roles scoped to management group, subscription, or RG.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Budget alerts exist, but auto-shutdown requires building a Logic App and Automation runbook.
Multi-channel alerts
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Not offered. Enforcement requires custom Azure Policy or Automation runbooks outside the product.
3 dedicated support staff
2 dedicated technical account managers, plus a dedicated solutions architect
Not offered. No third-party app marketplace; data exits via Power BI templates or the Cost Management API.
Bank, med-tech, fin-tech compliance
Pump.co is SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, AWS Well-Architected, Gov Cloud compliant, & more
Configuration changes are visible through Azure Activity Log, viewable per subscription or resource group.
