CloudBolt vs CoreStack comparison

CloudBolt and CoreStack are both solutions in the Cloud Cost Management category. CloudBolt is ranked #45, while CoreStack is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.3. CloudBolt holds a 1.3% mindshare in CCM, compared to CoreStack’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of CloudBolt users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of CoreStack users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CloudBolt and CoreStack based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Cost Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

CloudBolt

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

45th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (29th)

CoreStack

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

20th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of CloudBolt is 1.3%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CoreStack is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Cost Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
CoreStack	1.1%
CloudBolt	1.3%
Other	97.6%

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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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reviewer2783919

Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Cost reports have driven accurate AWS workload optimization and continue to guide savings

I can suggest improvements for CoreStack, especially regarding reporting periods. I noticed that some of the cost optimization reports generated potential savings while considering systems that have only maximum utilization of 1% or 2%. The recommendations made in CoreStack to delete a machine have the potential to generate major cost savings, but such machines should not be listed for deletion if they have maximum CPU utilization of 1%. I have concerns about needed improvements primarily regarding AWS. If a customer is running ten virtual machines and one machine has a maximum of 1% utilization, it is considered as an idle instance in the report, which completely ignores that particular machine. This should not be the approach.

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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

"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"

"I find the self-service features valuable."

"Role-based access control and application blueprinting."

"Mainly through improved cost visibility and optimization with CoreStack, we have achieved a good ROI, and for some customers we were able to achieve more than forty percent cost savings by identifying unused and idle resources in their accounts, leading to significant cost savings after we completed the cleanup of those resources."

"CoreStack has positively impacted my organization by saving hours of time for reporting—for example, the governance report which my employees used to take at least four hours for one customer, and since I'm sending out 20 reports every month, that equates to 80 hours, thus saving me two man-weeks every month and approximately $8,000 in pure savings if I estimate $100 an hour for my architect."

"My advice for others looking into using CoreStack is that anyone who is looking to optimize their workload cost for public cloud services should start using CoreStack because of the reports and granularity it produces to optimize cost, which will benefit them."

"Currently, I think CoreStack is the best FinOps tool available in the market, which is why we are using it."

Cons

"The scheduling feature of CloudBolt needs improvement because sometimes, it doesn't 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 solution is not easy to use. It's not intuitive enough to click anywhere in the solution and make it work."

"The management of SaaS must be improved."

"I noticed that some of the cost optimization reports generated potential savings while considering systems that have only maximum utilization of 1% or 2%. The recommendations made in CoreStack to delete a machine have the potential to generate major cost savings, but such machines should not be listed for deletion if they have maximum CPU utilization of 1%."

"I give it an eight because, as I mentioned, a few things from the billing operations need to be added, and we need more security features, particularly since the market is increasingly demanding better security tools for cloud management platforms, including cloud security posture assessments."

"I believe CoreStack already has very good features in the governance and security parts, but stability can definitely be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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

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

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

University

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Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CoreStack?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is pretty good because we received private pricing, which I cannot disclose. The setup was included as a one-time expense, and licensing is str...

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What needs improvement with CoreStack?

CoreStack can improve by adding a segregation of reserved instances that are shared across child accounts or managed accounts from the parent account, ensuring a cost allocation for all reserved in...

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What is your primary use case for CoreStack?

My main use case for CoreStack is for cost optimization and billing operations, and I'm using it a bit for SecOps and CloudOps, but majorly for FinOps and BillOps. A specific example of how I use C...

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Overview

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.

CloudBolt

CoreStack® Enterprise Enables You to be agile and eliminate waste while proactively mitigating risks by making your cloud governance intelligent and autonomous. It applies Cloud-as-Code™ approach to govern the four critical components of your cloud

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WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge

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