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Why Cloud Finance Matters for SMEs

Public cloud is now the engine under many growing businesses. But with flexible pricing and decentralised usage comes a challenge: who’s keeping an eye on your cloud finances?

SMEs often juggle:
– Scattered invoices
– Growing bills they don’t fully understand
– Multiple teams spending unsupervised

The result? Overspend. Wasted budget. Missed targets. The good news? A smart FinOps approach can turn chaos into clarity.

A Tale of Two FinOps Solutions

Let’s look at a well-known player in the FinOps space—Apptio’s Cloud Financial Management (CFM) and IBM Cloudability—and compare it with our Integrated HR and Finance Management Platform.

Competitor: Apptio CFM & IBM Cloudability

Strengths
– Deep insights into application and infrastructure costs.
– Established FinOps phases: Inform, Optimize, Operate.
– Trusted by large enterprises.

Limitations
– Complex setup that can overwhelm small teams.
– Focus on cloud cost only—no HR integration.
– Steeper pricing tiers, geared for big budgets.
– Lacks SME-centric customisation and guided workflows.

Our Unified HR and Finance Management Platform

What you get
– A single cloud dashboard for HR and cloud finance metrics.
– Real-time analytics powered by AI.
– Automated workflows that cut out manual tasks.
– Customisable reports tailored to your industry and team size.
– User-friendly design—no long training sessions.

In short: we bridge the gap between HR and FinOps, so your teams never operate in silos.

Feature Comparison: Close-up on Benefits

1. Cost Visibility

Competitor: Requires multiple integrations to see total cost of ownership.
Our Platform: 100% of cloud costs allocated in one view—plus headcount costs, benefits and payroll all in the same place.

2. AI-Driven Insights

Competitor: Basic dashboards with static thresholds.
Our Platform: AI Analytics highlight usage trends, forecast spend and suggest optimisations before the bill arrives.

3. Unified HR & Finance

Competitor: Purely a financial tool.
Our Platform: Combines HR metrics (hiring velocity, turnover) with cloud finance data. See how headcount shifts impact your tech budget in real time.

4. Automation & Workflows

Competitor: Manual tagging and approval steps.
Our Platform: Guided workflows automate budget approvals, chargebacks and alerts—so your engineering team can focus on building, not billing.

Why SMEs Love Our Solution

Affordable & Scalable: Tiered pricing means you pay for what you use.
Faster Decisions: With accurate, timely insights, you move from guesswork to data-driven action.
Reduced Overheads: Automated tasks free up finance and HR to tackle strategic work.
Better Collaboration: Teams align around one source of truth—no more finger-pointing.

I recently spoke with a founder who shaved 25% off their cloud bills in the first month just by using our AI-led recommendations.

Your Path to Smarter Cloud Finance

Sign up for a free demo.
See your first AI-powered report within 48 hours.
Optimise, automate and grow with confidence.

Our platform is built specifically for SMEs, so you won’t get lost in enterprise features you don’t need.

Ready to optimise your cloud finances and streamline HR at the same time?
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