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AWS Control Tower vs CloudBolt comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
AWS Control Tower enhances governance and security, streamlines account management, and reduces costs, providing significant value to organizations.
Sentiment score
7.2
Organizations saw 60% savings and 50% faster deliveries with CloudBolt, benefiting from automation and reduced support costs.
AWS Control Tower significantly reduced the time required to onboard new AWS accounts, as what previously could take days of manual configuration can now be completed in a matter of hours with a standardized setup.
Head Of IT, Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
AWS Control Tower's support is highly rated, despite some delays and self-managed technical issues, with frequent praise for quick responses.
Sentiment score
7.4
CloudBolt offers responsive, efficient customer service with excellent support, fast issue resolution, and highly praised technical assistance.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
AWS Control Tower offers scalable, centralized account management with customizable features, albeit with limitations like single account provisioning.
Sentiment score
6.2
CloudBolt is scalable for varied infrastructures but needs blueprint improvements; ratings range from seven to nine out of ten.
It is beneficial because it is totally managed by AWS, meaning I do not have to worry about scalability or durability.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
The solution is scalable enough; it just has limitations in terms of commercial pricing.
Head Of Platform Engineering at Ascend Group Co., Ltd.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
AWS Control Tower is generally stable and effective but occasionally faces feature malfunctions, security issues, and regional disruptions.
Sentiment score
7.6
CloudBolt is stable and reliable, with effective support, though some face issues due to memory constraints and updates.
It is a stable solution managed by AWS.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
 

Room For Improvement

Users desire enhanced AWS Control Tower features, including security, customization, integration, regional support, and simplified setup with comprehensive guidelines.
CloudBolt needs improvements in cost optimization, UI design, container support, SaaS management, billing, integrations, and feature workflows.
It is important that the system syncs automatically instead of requiring me to manually choose sync options.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
More advanced reporting and governance dashboards.
Head Of IT, Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
To improve CloudBolt, I believe the user experience needs enhancement as some users find it somewhat dated compared to newer cloud management platforms.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Control Tower offers valuable operational and security enhancements, with cost efficiency varying by usage and region.
CloudBolt offers scalable pricing per server, with discounts for upfront purchases, appealing to automation-focused teams despite varying costs.
It is free and does not incur additional charges.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
 

Valuable Features

AWS Control Tower improves governance, security, and efficiency with features like guardrails, SSO, and automated account provisioning across AWS environments.
CloudBolt excels in governance, deployment, provisioning, multi-cloud management, integration, cost management, efficiency, and supports major cloud providers.
The unified security management is a crucial aspect, and whenever an AWS organization is used, Control Tower is typically included to ensure comprehensive compliance fulfillment.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group
The best features AWS Control Tower offers are automated landing zone deployment, Account Factory for standardized account provisioning, preventive and detective guardrails, integration with AWS Organizations, centralized logging and audit capabilities, well-built-in security governance, a dashboard for compliance monitoring, and multi-account management at scale.
Head Of IT, Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
From an integration standpoint, CloudBolt works well with various public and private cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Nutanix, as well as different virtualization software, infrastructure as code templates such as Ansible and Terraform, ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, and CMDB platforms.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Control Tower
Ranking in Cloud Management
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CloudBolt
Ranking in Cloud Management
20th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (32nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of AWS Control Tower is 1.4%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudBolt is 1.9%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CloudBolt1.9%
AWS Control Tower1.4%
Other96.7%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Sharkrit Impat - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Platform Engineering at Ascend Group Co., Ltd.
Streamlines governance and security management but requires effort in managing hidden costs
I believe AWS Control Tower could be improved. I compare it with Huawei Cloud's enterprise project, which is a similar concept but different implementation. In Huawei Cloud, you partition in one single account, but in AWS, you have to separate many accounts. You end up with maybe 20 or 30 accounts if you try to separate. It has limitations; you pay a fixed amount for 15 accounts, but if you exceed that, you have to pay more. It could be useful for implementing a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) for multiple organizations, but for one organization, I would advise against it; it is too much overhead and adds hidden costs. There are limitations on the Landing Zone feature as well. If we implement AWS Control Tower, we need to implement Landing Zone and the security policy, guardrails, and Account Factory; it is not one single product. Using another cloud's enterprise project, you can just create the project and manage it already. It requires some learning curve to get hands-on. For pricing and licensing of AWS Control Tower, it has hidden costs. The Control Tower itself does not cost much, but the child accounts created from AWS Control Tower add costs for checking all configurations, logging, and metrics.
AbhishekGupta2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Centralized self-service has unified hybrid clouds and has improved governance and cost control
The best features CloudBolt offers include governance and policy control, allowing security teams to set up their specific guardrails with governance at scale. Multi or hybrid cloud abstraction provides a single pane of glass for different types of environments, and self-service catalogs enable technical or business users to request services without multiple tickets. CloudBolt also offers strong integration capabilities that work well with existing tools without disrupting the current environment. From an integration standpoint, CloudBolt works well with various public and private cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Nutanix, as well as different virtualization software, infrastructure as code templates such as Ansible and Terraform, ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, and CMDB platforms. CloudBolt has positively impacted my organization by managing multiple cloud environments for thousands of users with a complex enterprise workflow that has helped reduce man-hours required for provisioning resources. We have achieved faster delivery through standardized operating procedures and reduced reworks due to automation. The chargeback and showback mechanisms allow us to charge different business units according to their consumption, providing better governance, lower risk, and lower cost, resulting in a good return on investment. Since using CloudBolt, I have seen a 25 to 30 percent reduction in service delivery time and an improvement in efficiency of almost 20 to 25 percent within a timeframe of approximately 8 to 10 months.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Insurance Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Control Tower?
Control Tower within the AWS Organization does not have a charge. It is free and does not incur additional charges.
What needs improvement with AWS Control Tower?
I believe AWS Control Tower could be improved. I compare it with Huawei Cloud's enterprise project, which is a similar concept but different implementation. In Huawei Cloud, you partition in one si...
What is your primary use case for AWS Control Tower?
I use AWS Control Tower to enhance governance, enhance security, and manage multiple subsidiaries. We sunset the AWS Control Tower that I implemented, but it was a new project that we implemented. ...
What needs improvement with CloudBolt?
To improve CloudBolt, I believe the user experience needs enhancement as some users find it somewhat dated compared to newer cloud management platforms. From a telemetry and analytics perspective, ...
What is your primary use case for CloudBolt?
My main use case for CloudBolt includes having a centralized self-service provisioning and orchestration, allowing me to manage hybrid and multi-cloud provisioning across AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, a...
What advice do you have for others considering CloudBolt?
For others looking into using CloudBolt, I advise defining governance policies early, focusing on building modular automation, and planning integrations in advance, such as IAM, CMDB, or security a...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
Find out what your peers are saying about AWS Control Tower vs. CloudBolt and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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