Apptio IT Benchmarking provides self-service peer comparisons of your IT spend over time, enabling an ongoing process for tracking performance, validating decisions, and identifying areas for improvement.
- Validate spending levels
Get a view of actuals vs. self-selected benchmarks to know where you stand relative to peers. - Track progress
Identify areas of risk, set targets, and monitor improvement efforts. - Identify improvement areas
Use relevant, credible benchmark data as objective reference points.
Understand how you compare to self-selected peers
- Choose and adjust the peer group that fits your organization.
- Select by industry, revenue, and geography and discover the effects of scale.
- Compare against companies of similar spend characteristics.
Justify current IT spend and defend budgets
- Access the full benchmark data set and understand how each metric is calculated.
- Know where you stand versus the best and worst in class with box plot distributions for each data point.
- Conduct alternate scenario analysis with flexibility to adjust peer benchmarks and estimate actuals.
Explore and uncover insights to inform better decisions
- Compare actual IT costs to benchmarks side-by-side on demand.
- Explore variance drivers with instant access to underlying actuals.
- Set targets and track progress with trending comparisons.
Build confidence with trusted benchmark data
- Peer costs are based on a standard taxonomy.
- Data sourced from trusted partners and the Apptio Community.
- Benchmark data is refreshed annually.
Part of a Comprehensive Suite
| Use Case | ApptioOne | ApptioOne Plus | ApptioOne Billing | ApptioOne Benchmarking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Establish ITFM fundamentals | ||||
| Make informed staffing decisions | ||||
| Manage asset lifecycle cost | ||||
| Optimize vendor spend | ||||
| Grow and optimize investment portfolio | ||||
| Accelerate forecasting cycles | ||||
| Categorize applications and services | ||||
| Optimize application TCO | ||||
| Rationalize your application and service portfolio | ||||
| Manage business consumption | ||||
| Recover costs directly from business units | ||||
| Strategically price services to shape demand | ||||
| Benchmark and optimize spend | ||||
