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CloudBolt vs IBM Turbonomic comparison

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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
6.9
CloudBolt delivers significant ROI with automation, faster provisioning, reduced costs, and enhanced integration for consistent, efficient infrastructure management.
Sentiment score
7.2
IBM Turbonomic offers quick ROI by reducing hardware costs, optimizing resources, and decreasing operational expenses through automation and efficiency.
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved as faster infrastructure deliveries.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
CloudBolt's customer service is praised for responsiveness, effective communication, swift issue resolution, and high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.9
IBM Turbonomic's customer service is highly rated for its responsiveness, knowledge, and effectiveness, despite some mixed post-acquisition experiences.
We have a weekly sync-up call to get a new feature request or if we have any questions regarding it.
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Customer support for CloudBolt is good.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.2
CloudBolt effectively handles scalability with numerous virtual machines, though predefined blueprints and support delays are occasionally noted.
Sentiment score
6.9
IBM Turbonomic is scalable, seamlessly integrating with various environments while its licensing supports expansion, focusing on additional requirements.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
CloudBolt offers stable performance with high user satisfaction, quick support resolutions, and personalized assistance for optimizing deployment practices.
Sentiment score
7.4
IBM Turbonomic is praised for stability and robust performance, with minor update issues swiftly resolved by support.
 

Room For Improvement

CloudBolt needs enhancements in scheduling, integration, UI/UX, setup simplicity, container support, reporting, cost optimization, and customization.
IBM Turbonomic needs an improved interface, better reporting, clearer documentation, more integrations, and a stable, mobile-compatible platform.
If that can be integrated and all the workflows can be managed and customized using the MCP agent, that would be a really good feature to add.
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
When we are provisioning servers, it should also be able to do application installations as part of my post-steps.
IT Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
CloudBolt can be improved in areas such as product complexity.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

CloudBolt offers cost-effective pricing for small setups but can be expensive for large infrastructures; upfront purchases provide savings.
IBM Turbonomic offers flexible, competitive pricing models, providing value through resource optimization and reducing hardware expenses effectively.
CloudBolt currently offers a free version of its cloud management platform for up to 100 managed resources; this was announced on August 31, 2026.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

CloudBolt enhances multi-cloud management with automation, governance, cost efficiency, and improved ROI, streamlining enterprise workflows and processes.
IBM Turbonomic enhances efficiency through automation, capacity management, reporting, and planning, optimizing resource allocation and infrastructure decisions.
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.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
CloudBolt has positively impacted my organization by reducing the manual provisioning effort, enabling faster environment delivery, and improving governance, standardization, and visibility.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
When we are using CloudBolt, the user just goes and requests, and the entire workflow automation happens in CloudBolt.
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

CloudBolt
Ranking in Cloud Management
26th
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
33rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Turbonomic
Ranking in Cloud Management
4th
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
205
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), IT Financial Management (1st), IT Operations Analytics (9th), Cloud Analytics (1st), AIOps (17th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of CloudBolt is 1.7%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 4.4%, down from 5.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Turbonomic4.4%
CloudBolt1.7%
Other93.9%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
reviewer1446966 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution reduced our operational expenditures and is able to identify points before we even noticed them
The management interface seems to be designed for high-resolution screens. Somebody with a smaller-resolution screen might not like the web interface. I run a 4K monitor on it, so everything fits on the screen. With a lower resolution like 1080, you need to scroll a lot. Everything is in smaller windows. It doesn't seem to be designed for smaller screens. When I change the resolution to 1080, I only see half of what I would on my big 4K monitor. It would be annoying to have to scroll to see the flow chart. They have a flow chart that goes top to bottom like a tree. On a lower resolution, it might be nice if that scrolls horizontally because it's long, narrow, and tall. It's only three icons wide, but it's 15 icons tall. I think it would be helpful to have the ability to change that for a smaller screen and customize the widget.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise57
Large Enterprise147
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CloudBolt?
We are doing a lot of customization. For example, if I want to do a custom scheme or if I want to do a static IP, these kinds of flows I still need to do very manually or through a script, so it wo...
What is your primary use case for CloudBolt?
My main use case for CloudBolt is provisioning servers. We have a VM environment, so we would use a CloudBolt template and then map it to CloudBolt environment and provision the server for our prod...
What advice do you have for others considering CloudBolt?
My advice for others looking into using CloudBolt is that if you are a server admin, it is very useful. I would advise you that CloudBolt will be very useful for your needs.
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Also Known As

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Turbonomic, VMTurbo Operations Manager
 

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Overview

 

Sample Customers

WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
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