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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS Director and CloudBolt based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Cisco UCS Director vs. CloudBolt Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity.""The product is flexible and compact. It has a lot of features.""Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product.""I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director.""The main feature of this solution is the integration with all the Cisco solutions and other vendors.""The solution is helpful for centralized management.""An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution.""This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."

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"Role-based access control and application blueprinting.""The initial deployment was super easy.""The solution's biggest advantage is flexibility""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."

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Cons
"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API.""Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable.""We cannot depend on this solution to manage all of the data center's infrastructure.""Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand.""The product's pricing needs to improve.""There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies.""I would like to see more integration with other solutions.""There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."

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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.""The scheduling feature of CloudBolt needs improvement because sometimes, it doesn't work.""The area of integrating on-prem and cloud needs improvement.""The management of SaaS must be improved.""Could increase the number of integrations and add more out-of-the-box work flows."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The cost of this solution is significant."
  • "Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
  • "I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."
  • "The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."
  • "I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."
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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
    Top Answer:I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product… more »
    Top Answer:Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand. If Cisco UCS Director is able to integrate with another product or with a server from… more »
    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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    Overview

    Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.

    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
    Entel, Data#3, Cegal, NESIC, LightEdge
    WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Energy/Utilities Company25%
    Retailer13%
    Government13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Government11%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government7%
    University6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise64%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise69%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco UCS Director vs. CloudBolt
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco UCS Director vs. CloudBolt and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Cisco UCS Director is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 13 reviews while CloudBolt is ranked 21st in Cloud Management with 8 reviews. Cisco UCS Director is rated 7.2, while CloudBolt is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS Director writes "A compact and flexible solution with a lot of features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of CloudBolt writes "Should be made considerably easier to use, though it offers much flexibility". Cisco UCS Director is most compared with Cisco Intersight, VMware Aria Automation, vCenter Orchestrator, VMware Aria Operations and Cisco CloudCenter, whereas CloudBolt is most compared with Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations, VMware Aria Automation, IBM Turbonomic and BMC Helix Cloud Security. See our Cisco UCS Director vs. CloudBolt report.

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