CloudBolt vs IBM Kubecost comparison

CloudBolt and Apptio are both solutions in the Cloud Cost Management category. CloudBolt is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.3, while Apptio is ranked #16 with an average rating of 9.3. CloudBolt holds a 1.3% mindshare in CCM, compared to Apptio’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of CloudBolt users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Apptio 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 IBM Kubecost 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

18th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (19th)

IBM Kubecost

Ranking in Cloud Cost Management

16th

Average Rating

9.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of CloudBolt is 1.3%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Kubecost is 0.2%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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DIRK UYTTERHOEVEN

Senior Enterprise Architect at DV Consulting

Identifies and eliminates overprovisioning of expensive resources like storage, highly scalable and offers performance

I like the overall product because I can select what monitoring should be enabled and whatnot. In our case, we really focus on performance because it's clear that the price is related to most performance setups. So the more performance, the more expensive. So we look into the performance that the customer needs, and then based upon that feedback from the remote control, we change the parameters. And even the end user will not notice it is not using it, so we just make money without any impact on the end users.

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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

"I find the self-service features valuable."

"The solution's biggest advantage is flexibility"

"Role-based access control and application blueprinting."

"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."

"It offers a detailed examination of your cluster, including the types of instances utilized, allocated CPU and RAM, and resource distribution for specific applications."

"The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers."

"I mostly like the dashboards."

Cons

"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 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."

"Faster monitoring could potentially improve overall stability in the production environment."

"There is a significant potential for enhancing it through the incorporation of advanced technologies like AI and generative AI."

"The integration with other solutions could be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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

"The real savings come from using Kubecost features like autoscaling and serverless functions to optimize your resource usage. If you treat it like a data center migration without fine-tuning, it might cost more."

"The cost of the tool may seem nominal compared to the potential savings in infrastructure expenses."

"The cost is cheap. Kubecost has an open-source core."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

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Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CloudBolt?

I find the self-service features valuable.

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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.

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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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What do you like most about Kubecost?

The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kubecost?

The price is reasonable, considering the value it delivers. In all honesty, once you have your optimal design, you could just turn it off and then activate it maybe once every six months or once ev...

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What needs improvement with Kubecost?

In future releases, I would like to see faster monitoring because it could potentially improve overall stability in the production environment.

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Kubecost - Amazon EKS cost monitoring

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

Kubecost provides real-time cost visibility and insights for teams using Kubernetes, helping you continuously reduce your cloud costs.
Breakdown costs by any Kubernetes concepts, including deployment, service, namespace label, and more. View costs across multiple clusters in a single view or via a single API endpoint.
Receive dynamic recommendations for reducing spend without sacrificing performance. Prioritize key infrastructure or application changes for improving resource efficiency and reliability.
Quickly catch cost overruns and infrastructure outage risks before they become a problem with real-time notifications. Preserve engineering workflows by integrating with tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack.

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Sample Customers

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

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