The best CloudZero alternative

Customers and partners who trust our multi-cloud platform

The future is multi-cloud

CloudZero provides cost visibility geared primarily toward engineering teams, but it falls short when it comes to financial depth, multi-cloud support, and collaborative FinOps workflows. Ternary delivers a true FinOps-native platform designed for engineering, finance, and operations to work together seamlessly. With comprehensive support for AWS, GCP, and Azure, advanced shared cost modeling, and built-in Slack integration, Ternary empowers organizations to move beyond siloed reporting and take meaningful action on cloud costs.

For teams looking to scale FinOps maturity across the organization, Ternary is the best CloudZero alternative for delivering accountability, transparency, and results. Below, compare key features of Ternary vs. CloudZero.

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

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

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

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