Cisco UCS Director vs CloudBolt comparison

Cisco and CloudBolt are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Cisco is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.7, while CloudBolt is ranked #21. Cisco holds a 1.4% mindshare in CM, compared to CloudBolt’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 73% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of CloudBolt users who would recommend it.

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73% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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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.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS Director

Ranking in Cloud Management

20th

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

21st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Cost Management (34th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudBolt is 2.5%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco UCS Director	1.4%
CloudBolt	2.5%
Other	96.1%

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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

"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."

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

"Feature-wise, the solution helps one to add multiple environments in one place...It is a scalable product."

"Cisco's knowledge base is extensive."

"An easy and strong configuration, along with its low cost, are some of the features of the solution."

"Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate."

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

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"Role-based access control and application blueprinting."

"I find the self-service features valuable."

"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."

Cons

"The product's pricing needs to improve."

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

"The areas where this product can be improved are the integrations and the UI. These features are not as friendly compared to VMware products."

"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 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."

"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."

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"The scheduling feature of CloudBolt needs improvement because sometimes, it doesn't work."

"The management of SaaS must be improved."

"Could increase the number of integrations and add more out-of-the-box work flows."

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

"The solution is not easy to use. It's not intuitive enough to click anywhere in the solution and make it work."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The cost of this solution is significant."

"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."

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

"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 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

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS Director?

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

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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.

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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 ...

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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.

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