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 — enterprise-only, sales-led contracts starting ~$100K/yr with multi-year commitments.
Commitment planner
Pump optimizes commitments for your ever-evolving cloud requirements. Faster than AWS, CE, & CUR
Flexera Commitments (formerly ProsperOps, acquired Jan 2026) automates SP/RI purchasing.
Idle instance detection
Quickly identify & shut down idle instances
Cloud module (ex-CloudCheckr) surfaces idle and underutilized resources.
Autopilot continuous monitoring
Around the clock analysis of your cloud usage
Commitments Optimizer continuously manages AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances.
Rightsizing
Match instance size to real usage patterns
Kubernetes rightsizing via Chaos Genius module (acquired Jan 2026).
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Cloud module 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
Kubernetes autoscaling via Chaos Genius module and Spot Ocean module (acquired mid-2026).
Zero lock-in period
Zero days lock-in period for ultimate flexibility
Multi-year enterprise contracts are standard.
Cloud Visibility
100% virtual tagging coverage
Auto-tag every untagged resource across your accounts, even retroactively
Full native cloud tag support across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Single-lens global overview
One dashboard for every cloud, account, & region — no more toggling consoles
Flexera One console unifies ITAM, SaaS, FinOps, and security modules.
Customizable reports
Build the exact view you need with drag-and-drop dimensions, filters, & grouping
Custom cost reporting via CloudCheckr module.
Kubernetes deployment reports
See cost per deployment, namespace, & pod
Kubernetes reports via Chaos Genius and Spot Ocean dashboards.
CFO level financial forecasting
Board-ready spend forecasts you can deliver with confidence
Financial forecasting included in Cloud module.
Top movers alerts
Whose spend on which instances is changing the most?
CloudCheckr anomaly detection surfaces cost spikes.
Multi-channel notifications
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, Teams, ServiceNow, and PagerDuty channels.
Annotations & teams tagging
Associate people & notations to cloud instances for greater insights
Full tag and label support across all modules.
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 + Azure + GCP + on-prem via Flexera One's ITAM heritage.
Cloud Security
Overcommitment insurance
Pump actually underwrites your RI's & SP's. You CANNOT lose money by working with Pump!
Not offered — Flexera manages commitments but does not insure against overcommitment loss even post-ProsperOps acquisition.
Team and product permissions
RBAC to define who is allowed spend what, where
RBAC, SSO, and SCIM included on all enterprise tiers.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Cloud module includes budget threshold alerts.
Multi-channel alerts
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, Teams, ServiceNow, and PagerDuty channels.
3 dedicated support staff
2 dedicated technical account managers, plus a dedicated solutions architect
Dedicated Professional Services and Customer Success Manager on all contracts.
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, HIPAA, FedRAMP, and PCI compliance available.
