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
Free tier caps at 20 nodes; above that, $500/mo base + $5 per managed vCPU on Kompass.
Commitment planner
Pump optimizes commitments for your ever-evolving cloud requirements. Faster than AWS, CE, & CUR
Commitment Manager automates AWS Savings Plans on a 25% share-of-savings basis.
Idle instance detection
Quickly identify & shut down idle instances
Kompass rightsizing surfaces idle/underutilized workloads for consolidation.
Autopilot continuous monitoring
Around the clock analysis of your cloud usage
Multi-Dimensional Autoscaling continuously adjusts pod resources and node placement.
Rightsizing
Match instance size to real usage patterns
Native rightsizing across pods, nodes, and workloads via Kompass.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Insights layer includes budget and spend 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
Kompass provides Kubernetes pod and node autoscaling; AWS-only for commitments.
Zero lock-in period
Zero days lock-in period for ultimate flexibility
AWS Marketplace listings typically require annual $5K+/mo commitments to unlock pricing.
Cloud Visibility
100% virtual tagging coverage
Auto-tag every untagged resource across your accounts, even retroactively
Supports native cloud tags plus Zesty-specific labels for allocation.
Single-lens global overview
One dashboard for every cloud, account, & region — no more toggling consoles
Zesty Insights provides a unified spend dashboard across managed services.
Customizable reports
Build the exact view you need with drag-and-drop dimensions, filters, & grouping
Custom reports available via Insights and Kompass reporting.
Kubernetes deployment reports
See cost per deployment, namespace, & pod
Cluster, namespace, and pod-level Kubernetes cost reports.
CFO level financial forecasting
Board-ready spend forecasts you can deliver with confidence
Insights includes cost forecasting based on Kompass and Commitment data.
Top movers alerts
Whose spend on which instances is changing the most?
Not offered as a documented named feature.
Multi-channel notifications
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, and Jira notification channels.
Annotations & teams tagging
Associate people & notations to cloud instances for greater insights
Native cloud labels supported for cost allocation and reporting.
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
K8s Kompass supports multi-cloud; Commitment Manager is AWS-only (Savings Plans/RIs).
Cloud Security
Overcommitment insurance
Pump actually underwrites your RI's & SP's. You CANNOT lose money by working with Pump!
Not offered — Zesty executes commitments but does not insure against overcommitment loss.
Team and product permissions
RBAC to define who is allowed spend what, where
RBAC included on paid tiers.
Automatic budget alerts
Get notified before you overspend via Slack and Email
Insights layer includes budget and spend alerts.
Multi-channel alerts
Receive notifications in the way you're most likely to actually see them
Slack, email, and Jira notification channels.
3 dedicated support staff
2 dedicated technical account managers, plus a dedicated solutions architect
Enterprise support tier includes dedicated CSM.
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.
