IBM Turbonomic Reviews & Product Details

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Eric W.

Systems Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/24/2019

"Turbonomic maximizes utilization; reduces waste"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

It prevents over and under provisioning of VM's automatically. It also helps in workload placement and storage optimization. In more than one case it located orphaned, and temporary files in our infrastructure that were consuming an excessive amount of space unnecessarily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

The scheduler for actions that require reboots could be implemented better. Identifying the proper way to handle non disruptable and selectively disruptable workloads can be a challenge. Also, I think the VM targeting could be improved on . Writing queries to target VM's while very powerful, is not the most intuitive method of targeting resources.

While the product now does support cloud platform management, as of the time I wrote this, it only supports VM infrastructure in the cloud. We do not use this currently as we have chose to stick to service offerings only in the cloud and therefor we cannot yet benefit from the cloud and multi cloud offering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Turbonomic:

I would encourage getting additional training and implementation services. The value the Turbonomic team can provide on how to get the most out of the product is well worth the investment. In many cases they can offer additional assistance post implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Turbonomic solving and how is that benefiting you?

We reduce wasteful spending and performance issues by automatically right sizing VM's and optimizing workload placement. This has allowed us to run a more efficient datacenter in many ways, from consumption, to new hardware purchases, to future hardware planning, to labor hours consumed not having many of the aspects managed manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

IBM Turbonomic Product Details

IBM Turbonomic is a real-time application resource management platform designed to help users optimize and manage resources across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This innovative solution continuously analyzes application performance and resource utilization, automating critical resourcing decisions to ensure optimal application performance while minimizing costs associated with cloud and infrastructure resources. IBM Turbonomic addresses the challenges of managing complex, dynamic environments. As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, the need for effective resource management becomes paramount. Turbonomic provides a comprehensive approach to performance management by analyzing the entire technology stack, identifying inefficiencies, and uncovering dependencies that can impact application performance. This proactive management capability allows organizations to maintain high service levels while controlling costs. One of the key features of IBM Turbonomic is its ability to continuously adjust application resources in real time. By monitoring resource utilization and application performance, Turbonomic prevents performance degradation and overprovisioning. This dynamic adjustment ensures that applications receive the necessary resources when needed, which is crucial for maintaining optimal performance levels. Additionally, the platform automates resource decisions such as scaling and placement, allowing organizations to focus on strategic initiatives rather than manual resource management tasks. Turbonomic customers report an average 33% reduction in cloud and infrastructure waste without impacting application performance, and return-on-investment of 471% over three years. IBM Turbonomic is also available on AWS Marketplace. By leveraging Turbonomic, businesses can ensure that their applications run smoothly, resources are utilized effectively, and costs are kept in check, all while maintaining a focus on innovation and growth. For further information, please visit www.ibm.com/products/turbonomic

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IBM Turbonomic matches application demand to infrastructure supply to continuously ensure application performance. The software integrates with leading APM and IT service management solutions to form a control plane to automate IT resource management, on-premises and in multi-cloud environments.

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The IBM Turbonomic Application view shows all of the entities in your hybrid cloud organized by application, and their associated optimization actions. This view serves as a spring board to drill into a specific application, or to look at the global Action Center where all of the optimization opp...

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Verified User in Market Research

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/16/2025

"Efficient Cloud Management with IBM Turbonomic, but Steep Learning Curve"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

I really appreciate the ease of use and the frequency of use—it’s become part of our daily workflow. The number of features is impressive, and the platform’s recommendations make resource management much simpler. Ease of integration with our existing systems also saves us a lot of time, and the customer support has been very responsive whenever we had questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

One thing I find a bit challenging about IBM Turbonomic is that there can be a learning curve for new users. It’s very powerful, but it takes some time to fully understand all the features and how to get the most out of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Turbonomic solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Turbonomic helps us solve the challenge of managing complex cloud and on-prem environments. It automatically provides recommendations for resource optimization, helping us reduce costs, prevent performance issues, and avoid over-provisioning. This saves our team time, improves efficiency, and gives us confidence that our infrastructure is always running optimally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Rishabh Kumar m.

Data Analyst l (SME)

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/19/2025

"Proactive Resource Optimization with IBM Turbonomic"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

What I like best about IBM Turbonomic is its ability to automatically analyze real-time application demand and continuously make resource allocation decisions without manual intervention. It doesn't just generate alerts—it takes action based on policies, helping maintain performance while reducing overprovisioning and unnecessary cloud costs. The platform provides deep visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments and integrates seamlessly with tools like Kubernetes, VMware, Azure, and AWS. This level of automation and insight drastically improves operational efficiency and service reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

While IBM Turbonomic is powerful, there are a few areas where it could improve.

First, the user interface can feel overwhelming—especially for new users or teams without prior AIOps experience. Navigating through dashboards and interpreting all the metrics can require a learning curve.

Second, while the platform offers strong automation, customizing those policies or integrating with external systems often needs scripting or more advanced configuration, which may not be ideal for less technical users.

Lastly, the pricing structure may not scale well for smaller organizations or teams with limited IT budgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Turbonomic solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Turbonomic helps us solve the challenge of ensuring application performance while keeping infrastructure costs under control—especially in complex, hybrid cloud environments.

Before using Turbonomic, we often dealt with overprovisioned cloud resources, manual scaling decisions, and reactive responses to performance issues. Now, Turbonomic automatically analyzes real-time application demand and continuously allocates the right resources at the right time.

This proactive resource management has led to:

Improved application performance and stability

Reduced cloud and on-prem infrastructure costs

Less time spent firefighting or tuning workloads manually

Greater visibility into resource utilization across our stack Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Subhash M.

Implementation Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/19/2025

"IBM Turbonomic: Simplifying IT Operations with AI-driven Insights"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

IBM Turbonomic excels at providing real-time, AI-driven recommendations that help optimize both application performance and infrastructure cost. What I like best is its ability to automate resource allocation decisions across hybrid and multi-cloud environments without manual intervention. This not only ensures continuous application health but also significantly reduces operational overhead for IT teams. The platform’s clear visibility into resource utilization across all layers — compute, storage, and network — helps in proactive planning and performance assurance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

While IBM Turbonomic offers powerful optimization capabilities, the initial setup and integration can be complex, especially in large, multi-cloud environments. The learning curve for new users is somewhat steep, requiring time to fully understand and trust the platform’s automation recommendations. Additionally, the user interface, while functional, could be more intuitive and modernized to enhance overall usability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Turbonomic solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Turbonomic helps solve the challenge of managing resource allocation across complex, hybrid cloud environments. By providing real-time insights and automated actions, it ensures that applications always receive the resources they need to perform optimally without overprovisioning. This has led to improved application performance, reduced cloud and infrastructure costs, and decreased manual effort for our operations team. The platform’s proactive recommendations also help us avoid potential performance bottlenecks before they impact end-users, leading to greater system reliability and efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sneha S.

CyberSecurity Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/18/2025

"IBM Turbonomic"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

What I like best about IBM Turbonomic is that it helps keep our applications running smoothly without needing a lot of manual work. It automatically adjusts resources like memory and CPU, so we don’t have to constantly monitor or fine-tune things. This not only saves us time but also helps avoid performance issues before they happen. It works well across different environments—whether it's in the cloud or on-prem—and gives helpful suggestions that are easy to understand and follow. Overall, it makes managing our systems much easier and more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

It can take a little time to learn how to use it, especially in the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Turbonomic solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Turbonomic helps solve the problem of managing resources across cloud and on-prem environments. It automatically makes sure that apps have the right amount of CPU, memory, and storage to perform well. This means we don’t have to guess or over-provision resources, which saves money and avoids slowdowns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Robert N.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/8/2025

"Rightsizing with Turbonomic"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

Turbonomic gives you great insights in the use of resources in your datacenter and give a lot of advices to reduce resources en lower the costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

There are not realy things I dislike about Turbonomic Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Saulo G.

Technical Pre-Sales

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/6/2025

"Optimization done right"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

The tool is capable of generating rightsizing recommendations even when developers and DevOps teams are only estimating resource requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

The product currently only supports AWS, Azure, and GCP, which is limiting for those who use other cloud providers. Additionally, the absence of multi-currency support is a drawback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/19/2025

"IBM Turbonomic - Amazing resource management"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

- Helps automate resource optimisation through all complex, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

- It's always checking the application and infrastructure and decides how to improve performance in terms of demand and supply which ultimately reduces costs.

- It also allows you to check the application manually, despite having a lot of AI recommendations.

- It's easy to use and to integrate with AWS or other cloud platforms, which makes implementation easy whilst encouraging frequent use for admins.

- They provide customer support as well, which is easy to contact through help or their email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

- It requires up skilling as it is difficult to learn at first if you do not have a technical background.

- UI is too complex when onboarding new users.

- Pricing becomes steep when trying to scale especially for smaller businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Turbonomic solving and how is that benefiting you?

- We're able to keep constant check on our databases.

- Monitoring our resources helps us know what performance bottlenecks we're facing and how we can manage how those are allocated.

- Because of the way Turbonomic is set up we can prevent issues before they happen unlike other monitoring tools that alert after the fact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tiago M.

ANALISTA INFRAESTRUTURA TI SR

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/30/2025

"Turbonomic Assessment"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

Turbonomic is a tool that brings automations focused on infrastructures and FinOps and facilitates the creation of guardrails and good governance in the environment, whether cloud or on-premises. This is the first thing we think of when working with Turbonomic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

Widgets and reports can be better handled, with the possibility of an ETL without using ThoughtSpot. And improve the SWAGGER documentation of the Turbonomic API. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Marcelo R.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/7/2025

"We are having great reviews and feedback from our clients using Turbonomic and Cloudability Premium"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

Automation criticals tasks to improve FinOps practice and culture. Is easy to use and implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

The sinergy and dependencies to Cloudability have pros and cons Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kshitij G.

Associate Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/18/2025

"IBM Turbonomic Honest Review"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Turbonomic?

I have used and studied about IBM Turbonomic and one of the best thing that I like about it is scaling of resources and making decision in real-time , which makes the best and judicious use of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Turbonomic?

I thing I faced is that its complex to setup even though if you have basic devOps knowledge. Also another thing I feel that the UI is too much complicated with flood of notifications. This is not personal experience but I think it is bit costly for individual or small teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.