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
Not offered — 30-day trial only, then $200/mo starting at 25K Configuration Items.
Commitment planner
Pump optimizes commitments for your ever-evolving cloud requirements. Faster than AWS, CE, & CUR
Not offered — Cloudaware surfaces recommendations but does not automate RI or SP purchases.
Idle instance detection
Quickly identify & shut down idle instances
Cost Explorer flags idle EC2 and underutilized resources.
Autopilot continuous monitoring
Around the clock analysis of your cloud usage
Not offered — Cloudaware surfaces optimization recommendations but does not execute.
Rightsizing
Match instance size to real usage patterns
Not offered — Cloudaware provides rightsizing recommendations but does not execute.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Cost Explorer includes budget threshold alerts.
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 — Cloudaware provides Kubernetes visibility but no autoscaling.
Zero lock-in period
Zero days lock-in period for ultimate flexibility
Month-to-month plans available on smaller tiers.
Cloud Visibility
100% virtual tagging coverage
Auto-tag every untagged resource across your accounts, even retroactively
CMDB tag inheritance provides full tag propagation across cloud resources.
Single-lens global overview
One dashboard for every cloud, account, & region — no more toggling consoles
CMDB-driven dashboards unify cost, security, and asset views.
Customizable reports
Build the exact view you need with drag-and-drop dimensions, filters, & grouping
Custom reports via Salesforce native reporting engine.
Kubernetes deployment reports
See cost per deployment, namespace, & pod
Kubernetes resources tracked in CMDB with cost breakdown.
CFO level financial forecasting
Board-ready spend forecasts you can deliver with confidence
Cost Explorer includes spend forecasting.
Top movers alerts
Whose spend on which instances is changing the most?
Anomaly detection flags cost spikes across cloud resources.
Multi-channel notifications
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, Salesforce Chatter, and PagerDuty notification channels.
Annotations & teams tagging
Associate people & notations to cloud instances for greater insights
CMDB-native tagging and annotation for all cloud assets.
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
Supports AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and Alibaba; visibility only, no execution.
Cloud Security
Overcommitment insurance
Pump actually underwrites your RI's & SP's. You CANNOT lose money by working with Pump!
Not offered — Cloudaware has no execution engine, so no insurance concept applies.
Team and product permissions
RBAC to define who is allowed spend what, where
Salesforce roles plus native RBAC for team permissions.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Cost Explorer includes budget threshold alerts.
Multi-channel alerts
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, Salesforce Chatter, and PagerDuty notification channels.
3 dedicated support staff
2 dedicated technical account managers, plus a dedicated solutions architect
Enterprise CSM available on paid tiers.
Bank, med-tech, fin-tech compliance
Pump.co is SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, GDPR, AWS Well-Architected, Gov Cloud compliant, & more
AWS Security Competency (2025); HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and PCI compliance.
