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1,286 views|723 comparisons
90% willing to recommend
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40% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between CloudBolt and IBM Spectrum Computing 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 CloudBolt vs. IBM Spectrum Computing Report (Updated: March 2024).
769,236 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"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.""Role-based access control and application blueprinting.""The initial deployment was super easy.""I find the self-service features valuable."

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"The most valuable aspect of the product is the policy driving resource management, to optimize the computing across data centers.""Spectrum Computing's best features are its speed, robustness, and data processing and analysis.""Easy to operate and use.""We are satisfied with the technical support, we have no issues.""The most valuable feature is the backup capability.""This solution is working for both VTL and tape."

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Cons
"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.""The scheduling feature of CloudBolt needs improvement because sometimes, it doesn't work.""The area of integrating on-prem and cloud needs improvement."

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"We'd like to see some AI model training for machine learning.""We have not been able to use deduplication.""Spectrum Computing is lagging behind other products, most likely because it hasn't been shifted to the cloud.""SMB storage and HPC is not compatible and it should be supported by IBM Spectrum Computing.""Lack of sufficient documentation, particularly in Spanish.""This solution is no longer managing tapes correctly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "This solution is expensive."
  • "Spectrum Computing is one of the most expensive products on the market."
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    Questions from the Community
    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.
    Top Answer:This solution is too expensive for a lot of our customers.
    Top Answer:The biggest problem is the lack of documentation in general, and documentation in Spanish, in particular.
    Ranking
    21st
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
    Views
    1,286
    Comparisons
    723
    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
    605
    Rating
    7.5
    9th
    out of 75 in Cloud Management
    Views
    4,061
    Comparisons
    3,763
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    240
    Rating
    9.0
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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.


    IBM Spectrum Computing uses intelligent workload and policy-driven resource management to optimize resources across the data center, on premises and in the cloud. Now up to 150X faster and scalable to over 160,000 cores, IBM provides you with the latest advances in software-defined infrastructure to help you unleash the power of your distributed mission-critical high performance computing (HPC), analytics and big data applications as well as a new generation open source frameworks such as Hadoop and Spark.

    Sample Customers
    WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
    London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government7%
    University6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider31%
    Media Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise68%
    Buyer's Guide
    CloudBolt vs. IBM Spectrum Computing
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about CloudBolt vs. IBM Spectrum Computing and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    769,236 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    CloudBolt is ranked 21st in Cloud Management with 8 reviews while IBM Spectrum Computing is ranked 9th in Cloud Management with 6 reviews. CloudBolt is rated 8.4, while IBM Spectrum Computing is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of CloudBolt writes "Should be made considerably easier to use, though it offers much flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Computing writes "Provides stable backup for our databases and has good technical support ". CloudBolt is most compared with Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations, IBM Turbonomic, VMware Aria Automation and ServiceNow, whereas IBM Spectrum Computing is most compared with Apache Spark, HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric and IBM Turbonomic. See our CloudBolt vs. IBM Spectrum Computing report.

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