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CloudBolt vs Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure 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
6.4
Sangfor HCI offers cost-effective management and better returns, but ROI varies based on usage and user experience.
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
7.0
Sangfor HCI customer service is largely praised for responsiveness but occasionally faces language barriers and documentation concerns.
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
7.4
Sangfor HCI is praised for scalability and adaptability, though faces challenges with power consumption and component mismatches during updates.
 

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
7.5
Sangfor HCI is highly stable with minimal downtime, though some report compatibility issues and occasional crashes, depending on implementation.
 

Room For Improvement

CloudBolt needs enhancements in scheduling, integration, UI/UX, setup simplicity, container support, reporting, cost optimization, and customization.
Sangfor HCI needs improvements in performance, compatibility, security, interface, third-party integration, ERP compatibility, and support services.
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.
Sangfor HCI offers cost-effective pricing and comprehensive features compared to VMware and Nutanix, with straightforward licensing.
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.
Sangfor HCI offers scalability, data protection, and user-friendliness with robust features, enhancing security and simplifying management through its GUI.
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
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Cost Management (33rd)
Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converg...
Ranking in Cloud Management
30th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
HCI (10th)
 

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 Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure is 1.4%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CloudBolt1.7%
Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure1.4%
Other96.9%
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.
Zaid Farooqui - PeerSpot reviewer
CIO at Indus Motor Company
Enhanced private cloud flexibility with superior native backup capabilities
Sangfor HCI provides the flexibility of building our own private cloud. It has also enhanced our infrastructure management by enabling single-window operations for managing all the HCI clusters, including applications, and offers excellent reporting and visualization capabilities. Furthermore, it supports our AI-driven projects, which involve machine learning and computer vision analytics.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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 Business23
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise3
 

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sangfor HCI?
I rate the pricing of Sangfor HCI at a five, as it is thirty to thirty-five percent more efficient than other solutions in terms of total cost of ownership.
What needs improvement with Sangfor HCI?
I would like Sangfor to have a presence on some public cloud offerings, such as Azure or AWS, to build disaster recovery sites. This functionality is currently missing in the Pakistani market.
What is your primary use case for Sangfor HCI?
The primary use case for Sangfor HCI involves running all workloads that were not for SAP on conventional servers using Hyper-V. We migrated all of these instances from Hyper-V to Sangfor HCI. We a...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
TOSHIBA TEC Singapore, J&T Express Indonesia, Crowne Plaza Vietnam, Hermina Hospital Indonesia
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