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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

CloudBolt and Cisco UCS Director compete in the cloud management and data center automation landscape. Data indicates that CloudBolt has more favorable pricing and support, while Cisco UCS Director justifies its higher cost with a superior feature set.

Features: CloudBolt offers seamless integrations, self-service portals, and robust multi-cloud management capabilities. Cisco UCS Director provides comprehensive automation capabilities, extensive data center management tools, and exceptional integration with Cisco solutions.

Room for Improvement: CloudBolt can enhance its deep customization options, expand its feature set to compete with enterprise-level tools, and improve its user interface for better usability. Cisco UCS Director could improve its ease of use, offer better support for non-Cisco environments, and enhance its pricing model to be more competitive.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CloudBolt is known for its straightforward deployment and efficient customer support, making it ideal for organizations seeking quick implementation. Cisco UCS Director has a complex deployment process tailored for larger enterprises, with in-depth technical support.

Pricing and ROI: CloudBolt is perceived as cost-effective with a compelling ROI due to lower setup costs and rapid deployment benefits. Cisco UCS Director involves higher initial expenses but offers long-term savings and optimized data center performance that justify its ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Cisco UCS Director vs. CloudBolt Report (Updated: July 2025).

Cisco UCS Director vs. CloudBolt

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Director

Ranking in Cloud Management

21st

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

CloudBolt

Ranking in Cloud Management

19th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Cost Management (18th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.4%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudBolt is 2.7%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management

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Sunny Nair

Solution Architect and Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies

Good multi-cloud management capability, but third-party and legacy integration needs improvement

Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems. I feel that more development or a more integrated road map should be set up so that it becomes a common platform for any infrastructure. In the next release of this solution, I would like to see changes in the navigation controls of UCS Director. That would be helpful. Modifying the icons that are available for use, as well as virtualization aspects.

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AdeolaEkunola

Director at NIGERCUBES LTD

The solution offers reliable resource control but needs to improve its UI

Cloudbox is just an abstraction software. There is no need for scalability. It's quite a simple solution. You might only need to increase the resources you apply to the CloudBold deployment. If, for example, the number of users increases, you might have to check the recommendations from CloudBolt and act accordingly. We have over 100 internal users. Regarding the infrastructure it sits on, the solution sits on the private of the on-prem, a VMware infrastructure that stands across two sites, the DR and the main production. We have over 60 ESXi of Asterisk and about 500 or 1,000 virtual machines.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."

"I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director."

"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."

"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."

"The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the fabric sharing."

"The solution is helpful for centralized management."

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"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."

"The initial deployment was super easy."

"The solution's biggest advantage is flexibility"

"Role-based access control and application blueprinting."

"I find the self-service features valuable."

Cons

"Currently, Cisco UCS Director is unable to integrate with another product or with a server from another brand."

"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems."

"Simplifying the user interface would go a long way to making it more usable."

"The product's pricing needs to improve."

"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."

"It is not easy to add or expand the product."

"There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."

"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."

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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 area of integrating on-prem and cloud needs improvement."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."

"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"The cost of this solution is significant."

"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 system is cheaper if a customer has fewer servers since you pay by the node."

"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because the solution is expensive."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

25%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Director?

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Director?

While the pricing might be seen as expensive, it provides value for money due to reliable service and excellent technical support.

What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Director?

It should be more of a cloud-based architecture for Cisco UCS Director, and it should be affordable to small customers as well because the pricing is a major challenge when we talk about Cisco UCS ...

What do you like most about CloudBolt?

I find the self-service features valuable.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudBolt?

I rate the pricing an eight out of ten because the solution is expensive. The license is expensive to acquire.

What needs improvement with CloudBolt?

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.

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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

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