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Seamless onboarding with good after sales support
What do you like best about the product?
I was easily able to convert the IAM permissions into terraform policies for controlled deploys, rather than using cloudformation.
Achieving what we set out to, by not having to manage savings plans to get maximum utlilisation.
Achieving what we set out to, by not having to manage savings plans to get maximum utlilisation.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not having an alternative integration option with accounts.
- I had to start the cloudformation process to get the generated IAM name and the connection ID.
- Would be nice to have another way to get this if not using cloudformation
- I had to start the cloudformation process to get the generated IAM name and the connection ID.
- Would be nice to have another way to get this if not using cloudformation
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- Managed savings plans for compute
- Less time spent calculating savings plan commitment requirements.
- Increased savings
- Less time spent calculating savings plan commitment requirements.
- Increased savings
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Smart & easy way for cost optimization on AWS
What do you like best about the product?
Zesty is a completely automated platform for managing RI's and the team is extremely proactive and helpful in onboarding and helping us track to achieve cost optimization.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish they have support for RDS and other managed services.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automating entire cost management & optimization of resources on AWS.
The tool is easy to implement and use.
The tool is easy to implement and use.
AWS cost savings with No Risk
What do you like best about the product?
The cost savings with 0 risk is fantastic. When I first got the cold call from them, I thought this is too good to be true; there has to be a catch. I did several reference checks and all said it was great with no downside, so I pitched it to the board. Because we work with HIPAA data, it took several weeks to clear legal and validate all of the permission sets they would be using. In the end, they are doing exactly what they committed to doing, saving us money each month. With the permissions they have, there is no access to HIPAA data or systems, so it is 100% secure and safe on that front. Additionally, their reporting system is easy to navigate and find where your costs are coming from. In my case, we were able to locate 200TB+ of S3 storage that was lost in the subfolders that we were able to delete and save $1500 each month with no cost from them as that is just part of the included reporting module.
Setup and onboarding was a breeze and exactly as advertised. If they don't save you money your don't pay anything.
Setup and onboarding was a breeze and exactly as advertised. If they don't save you money your don't pay anything.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish there were additional options to export the graphical reports and slice them differently. They are constantly adding to the reporting, so I am sure it will be there soon. Because we are mostly a Windows shop with MS SQL Enterprise being 40% of our spend, our EC2 savings is a bit lower than some of their other clients; however, we are still seeing around 35% savings on average.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Zesty has helped us control our AWS EC2 cost and provided additional visibility into where the spend is. After several months with them, we are seeing on average around a 35%+ savings each month on our EC2 spend.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just do it, they are a great company. There is no risk and no long-term contract.
Amazing savings, completely automated
What do you like best about the product?
It’s fast, simple, and does what it says it does. We saved significantly on EC2 with no effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
There have been some minor bugs/UX issues, but they usually get fixed fast.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Prior to Zesty, we were relying too heavily on on-demand resources and oftentimes, overprovisioned our EC2 commitments since our needs were so unpredictable. Zesty automatically purchases and sells RIs and Savings plans according to our real-time needs so this is no longer an issue.
Zesty : Better Cloud Savings, Zero Effort !
What do you like best about the product?
Zesty is amazing to optimize the cost of EC2 OnDemand workloads. It is not easy to predict, plan & maintain the use-cases for a year with a highly Dynamic Scale, but same time we wish to get the best pricing. Zesty helps here.
No Commitments, Automated Procurement/Decommissioning of Saving Plans, Maximised Coverages, High Visibility of Profits on Savings, Benefits of 3year commitments these all without any effort. What more one can expect!
No Commitments, Automated Procurement/Decommissioning of Saving Plans, Maximised Coverages, High Visibility of Profits on Savings, Benefits of 3year commitments these all without any effort. What more one can expect!
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing, but a recommendation towards betterment that -
- Billing & Invoices should be part of the Zesty Dashboard, I hope it will get added soon.
- Billing & Invoices should be part of the Zesty Dashboard, I hope it will get added soon.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Maximized Savings.
Benefits of long-term commitments without any commitment.
Freedom from managing Reserved Instances.
Benefits of long-term commitments without any commitment.
Freedom from managing Reserved Instances.
Great savings with low risk
What do you like best about the product?
We've made some massive savings to our AWS bill with low risk and not much ongoing effort on our side. Zesty has done as promised, and we're happy with the service!
What do you dislike about the product?
The dashboard is inadequate and cannot be relied upon; we still have to use AWS Cost Explorer to understand what is going on
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have reduced our EC2 spend a lot without having to make commitments or to spend time managing our reservations. We now have almost zero on-demand EC2 spend.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure you can use AWS Cost Explorer to understand your EC2 usage before and after getting Zesty.
Zesty helped us improving our cost savings with AWS.
What do you like best about the product?
Once set up, fully automated, and nothing else to do.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing, all good to me, I don't see any drawback.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Avoid reviewing our Savings Plans coverage and getting approval for placing extra commitments.
significant savings
What do you like best about the product?
Fully automated, allows us to benefit from long-term commitment discounts without taking on the commitment. No risk with the buy-back guarantee.
What do you dislike about the product?
on boarding process takes time with root account signing to your aws account
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We want to save as much money as we can without having to devote resources. Zesty has generated savings off of our EC2 bill without changing our workloads. We only pay a percentage of the savings.
AWS Opex Optimization
What do you like best about the product?
The cost savings are outstanding, and the dashboard is simple yet, communicates the essentials. The implementation was speedy. The staff are very engaged and work to ensure you have a successful implementation.
What do you dislike about the product?
It would help to know what is part of the coverage, for instance. listing the RIs to existing workloads. But overall, I am pleased with the output.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The corporate business needs are dynamic, and using the traditional method of purchasing RIs was not efficient. In some cases, buying an RI using traditional AWS methods created some waste, as the workload became inappropriate for the business requirements. The dynamic nature of Zesty's platform removed the hassle and allowed us to focus on rightsizing the workloads, and Zesty took care of the savings for us. Within the 1st month we saw excellent results!
Cloud Cost Optimization
What do you like best about the product?
Zesty provides us with significant savings off our EC2 bill in a completely automatic fashion, basically without our team having to spend any time on it.
Onboarding was very quick and from that point on the system works on it's own.
Onboarding was very quick and from that point on the system works on it's own.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing, the product is easy to use and works great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cost optimization. We're seeing more than 30% cost reduction in our EC2 bill.
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