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The best CloudZero alternative

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CloudZero

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Headquarters

San Mateo, California, U.S.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Relationship with the FinOps Foundation

FinOps Foundation Premier Member

FinOps Foundation Premier Member

Cloud spend under management

$7.5B+

$14B+

PLATFORM

Deployment method(s)

SaaS and Self-Hosted

SaaS

Built for

FinOps teams, Finance, Engineering, and MSPs

Engineering and DevOps

Multi-cloud support (AWS, Azure, GCP, & OCI)

Primarily an AWS solution.
Visibility for Azure and GCP. OCI not currently supported

Bring your own data

No adaptors required. No data limit.

CloudZero AnyCost requires an adaptor per data source/vendor added

FEATURES

Partner platform
(e.g., MSP dashboards, billing, etc.)

Doesn’t have a channel partner motion based on lack of documentation

Agentless Kubernetes monitoring

Has an agent-based approach

Cost allocation

Unit economics

Azure and GCP usage recommendations

Limited Insights available

Commitment-based discount management

For AWS only via ProsperOps partnership. Caution: ProsperOps was acquired by Flexera.

INTEGRATIONS

Jira Cloud

Snowflake

MongoDB

Databricks

Coming soon

PRICING AND SUPPORT

Subscription model

Fixed rate based on annual
cloud spend

Tiered, consumption-based
pricing model

Overage charges

No

No

Customer Success Manager

Disclaimer: This comparison is based on publicly available information as of the date noted and may change. If you believe any details are inaccurate, please contact us with supporting documentation. Last updated: January 2026

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Collaboration that delivers results

Report from a FinOps team.

FinOps teams

Standardize reporting using FOCUS-compliant billing data.

The FinOps team providing a report to Finance

Finance

Reduce budget variance with cost visibility and forecasting.

An engineer writing code

Engineering

Eliminate waste faster with tailored recommendations.

A FinOps service provided to an end customer.

MSPs

Deliver higher client ROI through cost optimization.

BetterCloud drives gross-margin reduction with Ternary

“Our cloud infrastructure costs were 17% of non-GAAP revenue. We reduced that down to 8% of non-GAAP revenue with Ternary.”

Rackspace partners with Ternary to deliver value to Google Cloud customers

“Ternary is a very well-thought-out cost management platform for GCP—one of the best, from what I’ve seen in the market, and from a feature set standpoint. Ternary is also a very good relation to have overall, if you’re in the GCP business.”

iOCO UK highlights the value of Ternary’s multi-currency support

“Ternary’s multi-currency support feature has been a game-changer—our customers can now view their cloud spend in their local currency effortlessly. It’s a simple yet powerful enhancement that makes cloud cost management more intuitive, transparent, and accessible for teams across the globe.”

Quilyx praises Ternary’s responsiveness

“At Quilyx we’ve been very impressed with the speed at which new features have been added to Ternary and the response and turn-around time for support and feature requests. The team is continuously working on improving the product and takes their customer feedback very seriously.”

Aztek offers multi-cloud FinOps services to help customers optimize cloud costs

“Partnering with Ternary enables us to deliver unmatched multi-cloud support and FinOps expertise. Together, we will help customers achieve enhanced financial control, scalability, and efficiency.”

The Linux Foundation drives operational efficiency with Ternary

“The Ternary team has been great to work with. From the early days of contract discussions to providing product feedback and requests, they act as an extension of our team. Being able to partner at that level is really beneficial to us. Our partnership with Ternary has been successful from an ROI standpoint, because we don’t have to invest in hiring a full-time team for FinOps.”

Decisions uses Ternary for a single source of truth across AWS, GCP, and Azure

“Before using Ternary, it would take me hours to analyze our cloud costs. Now, I have a single source of truth for all my cloud spending across Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS. With Alert Tracking, I can instantly identify and investigate cost changes, saving me valuable time and ensuring we meet our growth and margin objectives.”

SHI partners with Ternary for multi-cloud cost control

“Partnering with Ternary was an easy decision for us. Their multi-cloud support, combined with a partner-first approach, ensures we can deliver tailored, scalable FinOps solutions that meet our clients’ diverse needs while maintaining full cost visibility and control. Additionally, Ternary’s unique capabilities, such as case management, empower our clients to efficiently manage complex workflows and capitalize on optimization opportunities.”