Flexera isn’t built for FinOps – Ternary is

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Ternary vs. Flexera

While Flexera has deep roots in IT Asset Management and has expanded into cost management through acquisitions like RightScale and CloudCheckr, its FinOps offering remains stitched together from legacy tools. Ternary is the best Flexera alternative because it was purpose-built for FinOps from day one, delivering a unified, cloud-native experience without the complexity of agent-based integrations. With agentless Kubernetes monitoring, multi-cloud support, and a proven track record of enabling high-performing MSPs, Ternary offers faster time-to-value, modern collaboration workflows, and the flexibility today’s FinOps teams need to scale. For organizations ready to move beyond legacy platforms and build a future-ready FinOps practice, Ternary is the clear choice. Below, you can compare the key features of Ternary vs. Flexera.

Flexera

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Headquarters

San Mateo, California, U.S.

Itasca, Illinois, U.S.

Relationship with the FinOps Foundation

FinOps Foundation Premier Member

Cloud spend under management

$7.5B+

Not disclosed.

PLATFORM

Deployment method(s)

SaaS and Self-Hosted

SaaS

Built for

FinOps teams, Finance, Engineering, and MSPs

IT Asset Managers, FinOps teams, Engineering, and MSPs

Multi-cloud support

PARTNER

Customer management

Website mention lacks documentation.

Partner billing rules engine

Website mention lacks documentation.

MSP-level dashboard

No supporting documentation available.

FEATURES

Budget management

Anomaly detection

Custom reporting and dashboards

Reporting is a weaker area based on customer feedback. Source: GigaOm Radar Report for Cloud FinOps

Unit economics

No supporting documentation available.

Kubernetes optimization recommendations

Industry news suggests that Flexera is acquiring Spot by NetApp to augment its Kubernetes capabilities.

Commitment-based discount management

Shows existing coverage, but it’s unclear if purchase modeling is available based on the lack of documentation.

PRICING

Offering type

Single product

Flexera One consists of multiple integrated (but individually packaged) modules: IT Visibility, IT Asset Management, FinOps, and SaaS Management.

Subscription model

Fixed rate based on annual
cloud spend.

Flexera’s FinOps/Cloud Cost Optimization offering is based on a simple flat fee per year, according to a customer’s public cloud spend. Discounting is available as part of multi-product bundling options.

Capabilities to support all phases of your FinOps journey

Ternary empowers teams at all stages of their cloud journey to reach their most ambitious goals.

Data analysis and reporting

Build tailored reports and dashboards using custom labels and scoped views
Forecast with confidence by comparing budgets to historical spend
Assign shared costs fairly with precise reallocation rules
Measure impact by defining unit metrics tied to business outcomes

Ternary's solutions for engineers include anomaly alerts

Cost and usage efficiency

Rightsize resources across compute, databases, storage, and Kubernetes
Manage commitments to maximize discount coverage
Detect anomalies with ML-powered, human tunable alerting
Create Jira cases for investigations and optimization actions

Integrations and deployment

Agentless setup with a cloud-native data pipeline
Flexible API to build custom workflows on top of Ternary
Prebuilt integrations with Jira, Datadog, Snowflake, etc.
SaaS or self-hosted deployment to meet compliance needs

Don’t overpay for your FinOps platform

Flat-rate pricing includes all capabilities

No additional fees for professional services
No fees for overages

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Ternary platform fundamentals

Support for all major cloud providers

SaaS or self-hosted deployment

SSO integration and role provisioning

Agentless Kubernetes monitoring

Enterprise-ready API

Enterprise-grade security, compliance, and scalability

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

Thinking about change?

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