I like that PointFive gives me clear visibility into where our cloud spend is going and shows waste and inefficiencies we might not have found on our own. I can see everything in one place with clear labels, including unused or over-provisioned resources. Its recommendations are specific enough to act on, not just general alerts. That helps us understand and control cloud costs, prioritize cleanup, avoid paying for things we don't need, and save costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think there’s a bit of a learning curve at first to get the most out of the findings, but it gets easier once I’m familiar with the dashboard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Relevant optimization recommendations complete with the resource to be optimized, the rationale, and the expected cost savings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes more optimization recommendations are generated than there is time to review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The work feels very targeted, and I can do it little by little without it ever feeling overwhelming. The support team was very responsive at every step of the process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

there is nothing that I can bring up for the dislikes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is very powerful, and I like how all the data is connected to provide meaningful insights into savings potential, existing inventory, and workflow management. The actionable items and detailed analysis are especially helpful for engineers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

So far, there is limited information about commitment management on the platform, and the dataset needed to create automatic reports on realized savings is missing. This makes it feel a bit less like a complete package for managing FinOps at scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like that PointFive has worked with us directly to solve the problems we have. They've been very receptive to our feedback on user experience and the needs we have as a large enterprise. I value the datasets they have exposed to us the most, as we can build robust tools in-house and display data in ways that matter to us. This saves us both time and money since we don't have to host or maintain the database, allowing us to focus on delivering exactly what our teams need. I also like the extra data breakdowns that PointFive provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the UI functionality could be improved. There are aspects that lack some polishing for a more intuitive experience. Filtering is a big one; it's difficult to search and opt in or out of filter options on the reporting screens. Also, building reports yourself can be cumbersome. I would love to see a text to auto dashboard creator type of interaction for the custom dashboard feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PointFive truly reduces the time it takes to investigate savings. For each item there's a diagnosis followed by a remediation workflow. No longer do I need to spend a ton of time researching savings as they've already done it for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I feel like there's an opportunity to gamify savings a bit more i.e like a "company savings leaderboard" and then work with your customer to actually offer rewards beyond the reward of saving a ton of money! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PointFive does the important data analytics of financial ops behind the scenes and distills their findings down into actionable insights. As a result, Engineers can spend more time resolving cost savings opportunities and less time doing data analytics to try and find the opportunities in the first place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Downsides are limited in comparison to other FinOps tools. They have fundamentally redefined the category and have become the new benchmark by which I evaluate all other tools in comparison. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciated the ease of seeing our missed savings opportunities at one glance, and in a platform that let me quickly categorize and asses. Perhaps the best feature is the detailed information provided for each recommendation. Our infrastructure team can quickly take those details and either act with confidence or have what they need to start a research effort on the more complex changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the moment, not having the ability to provide some granular limitations on what families of SKUs should be recommended. Unfortunately, provider quota or technical limitations sometimes prevent us from moving to the ideal resource family. I do know PointFive is working to add that in the future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PointFive has been easy to administer and integrates smoothly with our systems. Their pace of new feature releases is impressive, and the recent AI-driven capabilities have been genuinely useful — they’ve helped reduce manual effort and improve visibility. The platform feels modern and reliable, and their support team is consistently responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be great if PointFive could connect automatically with GitHub Copilot or similar tools so that AI-generated recommendations could create PRs directly. That would make automation loops even faster, especially when running infrastructure code like Terraform. Some configuration screens could also be more intuitive, but overall usability is strong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saving money in the cloud isn’t simple—at least, it wasn’t for me until I started using Point 5. I now use it a few times a week, especially when we’re downgrading infrastructure to help the company save money.

The user interface is very straightforward, and it’s simple and intuitive to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The poweruser query language can be a bit fiddly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.