CIO COCKPIT vs SHG ITFM

CIO COCKPIT provides IT budgeting, cost tracking, controlling, cloud cost management and financial planning. It combines capacity and cost planning for Business, IT, Finance, HR and Marketing, with role-based dashboards for CIOs, CFOs and business units. Users can configure multi-dimensional cost models with scenario planning, direct forecast entry, versioning and audit trails. ERP integration consolidates data from financial and project management systems. A web frontend and Data Collection Management system gather hardware and software usage and inventory information. Documented collectors cover Azure, Hyper-V, Veeam, Druva Insync, MSSQL and Windows hosts. Background services expose REST APIs documented with OpenAPI 3 and Swagger UI, using OAuth2 authentication and authorization. An integrated AI chatbot supports natural-language interaction with COCKPIT data. The product supports API, Linux, self-hosted, web and Windows deployments. A free trial plan lists one module and one user. Paid plans are listed at €799 a year for a five-year contract, €899 a year for three years, and €999 a year for one year. CIO COCKPIT is headquartered in Essen, Germany, and was founded in 1995.

SHG ITFM helps organizations connect IT spending with business goals by modeling service costs, allocating expenses, and reporting on cost patterns. It uses cost data, service structures, and allocation logic to model IT services, with primary and secondary allocations based on percentages, dollar amounts, or total-cost-of-ownership drivers. Budgeting, forecasting, and showback are supported. Reporting and Analytics presents KPIs and total-cost-of-ownership breakdowns by service and cost center, with filters and Excel export. The solution can connect through standard APIs or custom connectors to Oracle, SAP, Azure, AWS, and ServiceNow. Cost models can span multiple legal entities, currencies, and geographies. SHG offers cloud-hosted and on-premise deployment, depending on data-governance and security requirements. The product is self-hosted in its platform listing, while deployment options include both cloud-hosted and on-premise arrangements. After a demo, SHG offers a test environment and a free trial or pilot, with no duration stated. Pricing is custom and available on request. The product is made by SkyHighGrowth Inc.