# AWS Reserved Instance Reporting Reviews **Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS) **Category:** [Other IT Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-it-management) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 6 ## About AWS Reserved Instance Reporting AWS provides a number of RI-specific cost management solutions out-of-the-box to help you better understand and manage your RIs. Using the RI Utilization and Coverage reports available in AWS Cost Explorer, you can visualize your RI data at an aggregate level or inspect a particular RI subscription. ## AWS Reserved Instance Reporting Reviews ### 1. Amazing Reservation Management Tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Swapnil J. | Senior Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 25, 2024 **What do you like best about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** 1. Shows the current RI Pool across service types 2. Use cost explorer with RI reporting to identify services which can be converted to RI from PAYG and quantify savings 3. RI coverage alert in case of expirations to purchase more RI. 4. Easy to use portal leading to frequent use 5. Amazing customer support in case of query for enterprise customers. **What do you dislike about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** 1. The unused capacity reporting can be better. 2. Since the org uses RI and Savings plan (SP), the combined/unified reporting could save us some time spent on analyzing them together, **What problems is AWS Reserved Instance Reporting solving and how is that benefiting you?** AWS Reserved Instance Reporting tool enabled us to get a holistic view of all the purchased RIs, inventory pool, their allocations and gave us alerts in case of lower coverage because of expirations. We used the data from the reporting tool to quantify savings that we could achieve because of reservations and impart those cost/savings as chargebacks to the user accounts. ### 2. Easily Check Reservation Usage **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Austin H. | Director of Technology, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** How easy it is to check on your RI Utilization to make sure you're using it to it's full potential **What do you dislike about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** If you have a new RI, it may say you aren't using it at 100% if the report you're looking at starts before the instance was created. **Recommendations to others considering AWS Reserved Instance Reporting:** If you plan on using AWS infrastructure for a long time, go ahead and request a RI with no upfront commitment and it'll save a lot of money. **What problems is AWS Reserved Instance Reporting solving and how is that benefiting you?** We went from an effective hourly rate on our RDS instance of 52 cents down to 38 cents with no money down. ### 3. Absolutely need to know utilizatino **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** I am able to quickly see "yes/no" on whether i'm using the reserved instanced I've purchased. I can integrate with my cost explore dashboard and see everything in one place. I have the ability to use roles to allow finance team to get information directly. **What do you dislike about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** Would like more granularity out of the box. It is getting better though as updates come in. I would like to eventually get to more of a "applet" design where there is more out-of-the-box style reports. I don't mind having to set things up, but it would be a lot easier to just click and go., **Recommendations to others considering AWS Reserved Instance Reporting:** If you are utilizing reserved instances, you have to be using the product to fully justify your usage and understand where you are going. **What problems is AWS Reserved Instance Reporting solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have to be able to report each month to the finance team our utilization and "justification" of purchases. The University is under state requirement to be migrating to the cloud and utilizing resources efficiently. Reserved instances are key to this, and understanding our usage is critical! This allows me to get that information to them. Eventually I hope to be able to have them do it themselves. ### 4. Reasonable product, could have more detail **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2019 **What do you like best about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** Reserved instances allow us to have capacity set in advance so that we are able to save money on non-ad hoc projects. Reporting helps us understand the utilization levels to cut or up capacity. **What do you dislike about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** Our data science and DevOps leads were often at odds about reporting accuracy. Would like to have been able to see more of who was doing what related to instances to help settle disputes. **What problems is AWS Reserved Instance Reporting solving and how is that benefiting you?** Management of AWS costs is an extremely important task for software or data crunching companies. It's hard to find cheaper processing than AWS and reserved instances and knowledge of their use help us optimize it as best as possible. Knowing what we can get in advance helps us predict costs for budgeting and planning in more stable ways. ### 5. Best Report Creating Software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christopher C. | Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 23, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** Reserved Instance Reporting is extremely user friendly and my team is able to integrate data in a smooth manner. **What do you dislike about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** The software was difficult to understand at first but with time, it is actually extremely easy to use! **Recommendations to others considering AWS Reserved Instance Reporting:** Try it and you just might decide that Reserved Instance Reporting is right for you! **What problems is AWS Reserved Instance Reporting solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to visualize RI data at an aggregate level or inspect a particular RI subscription with Reserved Instance Reporting! ### 6. Loved it **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kelsi H. | Sterile Processing Assistant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 22, 2018 **What do you like best about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** What I like best about the program, is how easy and versatile the program itself is. It’s easy to navigate and easy to do reporting on. Loved it **What do you dislike about AWS Reserved Instance Reporting?** There isn’t much that I dislike. It does have a tendency to not be user friendly, but overall it’s a great program. **What problems is AWS Reserved Instance Reporting solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are able to do more reports with our healthcare system due to this program - [View AWS Reserved Instance Reporting pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-reserved-instance-reporting/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-22+14%3A21%3A03+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=f571a448-72eb-408c-a86e-0ccd9e13e274&secure%5Btoken%5D=c70e5629fa9479f9ab231aba9fd1ea344b0a87f2318e26370bba1e0deea96157&format=llm_user) ## Top AWS Reserved Instance Reporting Alternatives - [IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-cloud-pak-for-aiops/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (57 reviews) - [BMC AMI Ops](https://www.g2.com/products/bmc-ami-ops/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (27 reviews) - [Google Cloud Shell](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-shell/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (27 reviews)