Cisco Piston Enterprise OS vs CloudBolt comparison

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"It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device."

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"The initial deployment was super easy.""Hybrid cloud platform for VM and app deployment and management, with very good stability. It's customizable, easy to set up, and can be deployed within half an hour.""I find the self-service features valuable.""Role-based access control and application blueprinting.""The solution's biggest advantage is flexibility"

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"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."

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"The solution is not easy to use. It's not intuitive enough to click anywhere in the solution and make it work.""Could increase the number of integrations and add more out-of-the-box work flows.""The scheduling feature of CloudBolt needs improvement because sometimes, it doesn't work.""The management of SaaS must be improved.""The area of integrating on-prem and cloud needs improvement."

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  • "The system is cheaper if a customer has fewer servers since you pay by the node."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced."
  • "I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because the solution is expensive."
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    Top Answer:I find the self-service features valuable.
    Top Answer:I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because the solution is expensive. The license is expensive to acquire.
    Top Answer:The area of integrating on-prem and cloud needs improvement. Another area that the solution needs to improve on is the UI. The UI can be much better.
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    Piston Enterprise OS
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    Overview

    Piston Enterprise OS (pentOS) is an enterprise grade cloud operating system meeting the security and governance needs of enterprises wanting to use OpenStack for their infrastructure services. pentOS is an OpenStack distro that builds on top of the OpenStack codebase adding some proprietary features to meet the security and governance needs of the enterprise customers.

    CloudBolt supports a variety of cloud technologies, from on-premises virtualization and private cloud to a wide range public and hybrid cloud configurations.

    No need to rip-and-replace. CloudBolt provides easy import, syncing, and management of legacy deployments even as it helps you build out new cloud environments.

    CloudBolt lets administrators create and maintain configuration standards while developing a reusable library of service and application templates.


    Sample Customers
    Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government7%
    University6%
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is ranked 50th in Cloud Management while CloudBolt is ranked 21st in Cloud Management with 8 reviews. Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is rated 9.0, while CloudBolt is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Piston Enterprise OS writes "A simple interface and helpful support for a solution that grows with us". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CloudBolt writes "Should be made considerably easier to use, though it offers much flexibility". Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is most compared with , whereas CloudBolt is most compared with Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations, IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Automation and BMC Helix Cloud Security.

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