CloudSphere vs IBM Turbonomic comparison

CloudSphere and IBM are both solutions in the Cloud Migration category. CloudSphere is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.0, while IBM is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.3. CloudSphere holds a 3.0% mindshare in CM, compared to IBM’s 6.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of CloudSphere users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

IBM Turbonomic and CloudSphere compete in cloud management and optimization. IBM Turbonomic has the upper hand in automation and operational efficiency, while CloudSphere leverages data insights for strategic decision-making.

Features: IBM Turbonomic provides automation for resource allocation and workload management, emphasizing real-time performance optimization, efficient IT resource allocation, and operational management. CloudSphere specializes in asset discovery and dependency mapping, offering detailed data analytics, extensive resource management insights, and a unified view of multi-cloud environments.

Room for Improvement: IBM Turbonomic could enhance its data analytics features, expand integration options, and improve scalability for larger enterprises. CloudSphere may benefit from simplifying its modular setup, improving latency issues in certain server tasks, and enhancing user interface capabilities for more intuitive navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Turbonomic offers seamless integration and straightforward deployment with excellent customer support, making it easy to fit into existing workflows. CloudSphere provides a tailored modular approach that can be complex but aligns with specific organizational needs, offering flexible deployment options and support tailored solutions.

Pricing and ROI: Turbonomic features competitive pricing and efficient ROI because of its strong automation capabilities, enabling quick operational improvements. CloudSphere requires higher initial investment due to its modular framework but offers high long-term returns by enhancing strategic IT planning and broader asset management goals.

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Categories and Ranking

CloudSphere

Ranking in Cloud Migration

14th

Ranking in Cloud Management

28th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Turbonomic

Ranking in Cloud Migration

2nd

Ranking in Cloud Management

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

205

Ranking in other categories

Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), IT Financial Management (1st), IT Operations Analytics (10th), Cloud Analytics (1st), Cloud Cost Management (2nd), AIOps (17th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Migration category, the mindshare of CloudSphere is 3.0%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 6.5%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Migration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Turbonomic	6.5%
CloudSphere	3.0%
Other	90.5%

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Asad-Ali

Dev Ops Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Cloud security assessments have improved cost control and vulnerability management across clients

The alerting system could be explored further, as it would help users integrate the alerting system more effectively. Additionally, an AI feature would be beneficial, as AI is prevalent nowadays and could integrate into environments to help customers. I would particularly like to see the AI feature added to CloudSphere so it automatically integrates into our environment and generates comprehensive reports, which would decrease workload from the engineer's perspective. If CloudSphere integrates AI and guides users on which security compliance they need to follow, AI could automatically scan everything and provide a report stating which areas need improvement and what points require attention.

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reviewer1446966

Senior Systems Engineer at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution reduced our operational expenditures and is able to identify points before we even noticed them

The management interface seems to be designed for high-resolution screens. Somebody with a smaller-resolution screen might not like the web interface. I run a 4K monitor on it, so everything fits on the screen. With a lower resolution like 1080, you need to scroll a lot. Everything is in smaller windows. It doesn't seem to be designed for smaller screens. When I change the resolution to 1080, I only see half of what I would on my big 4K monitor. It would be annoying to have to scroll to see the flow chart. They have a flow chart that goes top to bottom like a tree. On a lower resolution, it might be nice if that scrolls horizontally because it's long, narrow, and tall. It's only three icons wide, but it's 15 icons tall. I think it would be helpful to have the ability to change that for a smaller screen and customize the widget.

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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

"When I started using CloudSphere, it wasn't mature, and it had multiple issues. For example, my team experienced server issues while using the solution, but recently, I noticed how much CloudSphere has improved. There used to be some latency issues with CloudSphere. It even gave error messages in the past when you select an option such as "the web server is not responding", but it has improved a lot, and now I don't get any errors from CloudSphere. What I like best about CloudSphere is that it has a lot of beneficial features, and it has a single pane for managing multi-cloud environments, which I find very helpful, and it's the main benefit you can get from CloudSphere."

"For the customers I work with, it provides flexibility as far as storage is concerned, so it's security and access."

"Provides multiple kinds of services for managing the clouds of multiple customers."

"The scalability of the solution is a godsend."

"To others, if a company is looking for a security vulnerability tool or governance and policy tools that help improve their environment, I would recommend CloudSphere because it is very helpful, easy to use, user interactive, and provides many functions and features."

"We do not need to install any appliances or any agents."

"The product is helpful for the management, optimization, and utilization of resources."

"CloudSphere is very mature and very effective."

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"It is like we hired a junior system admin that works 24 hours a day to keep our environment in top form."

"The Turbonomic solution works/performs as advertised and automatically removes a large workload in the day to day care of my virtual environment."

"Provides a level of automation beyond VMware provided DRS."

"The Turbonomics team is always looking for ways to improve their product."

"The most valuable features are the cluster utilization reports and the resource capacity planning. We can simulate how much capacity we can add to the current resources. The individual DM reports and VM-facing recommendations report are also helpful."

"The ability to monitor and automate both the right-sizing of VMs as well as to automate the vMotion of VMs across ESXi hosts."

"The notifications saying, "This is a corrective action," even though some of them can be automated, are always welcome to see. They summarize your entire infrastructure and how you can better utilize it. That is the biggest feature."

"Before implementing Turbonomic, we had difficulty reaching a consensus about VM placement and sizing. Everybody's opinion was wrong, including mine. The application developers, implementers, and infrastructure team could never decide the appropriate size of a virtual machine. I always made the machines small, and they always made them too big. We were both probably wrong."

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Cons

"One of the cons of this product is that it will not discover all the applications running."

"The alerting system could be explored further, as it would help users integrate the alerting system more effectively."

"Their customer support leaves a lot to be desired. The standards are not that great."

"When we start the scanning of, for example, 500 servers, it will not handle the scan. We need to differentiate the jobs - for example, one job for 100 servers, a second job for another 100 servers, et cetera."

"CloudSphere is not keeping up with the pace of the cloud and there are a number of services that can't be deployed using CloudSphere."

"The next feature I would like to have full disclosure of what's being done with the data."

"The main issue I experienced from CloudSphere was recently resolved, but an area for improvement in the solution is that it lacks the functionality of migrating resources from one public cloud to another. If CloudSphere could provide that functionality, that would be very beneficial to users and companies."

"The solution must have a single management console for the resources and VMs."

"It can be more agnostic in terms of the solutions that it provides. It can include some other cost-saving methods for the public cloud and SaaS applications as well."

"Personally, I find the interface, especially for a new user, to be less than user friendly."

"Licensing is easy to understand when you have an existing environment but determining growth or greenfield implementations may be difficult to get the right amount of licensing."

"We did have an issue certain build causing the database to fill up however technical support was very helpful in getting updated to a newer version to correct this issue."

"User interface could use a bit of tweaking."

"There are a few things that we did notice. It does kind of seem to run away from itself a little bit; it does seem to have a mind of its own sometimes, and it goes out there and just kind of goes crazy."

"The interface could be a little cleaner and navigation a little easier."

"I have found the interface not to be intuitive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It depends on how that model will be used. It might be anywhere between $4 and $15 per license per month. It’s less expensive than other options."

"The product is very expensive."

"I'm not involved in any of the billing, but my understanding is that is fairly expensive."

"I have not seen Turbonomic's new pricing since IBM purchased it. When we were looking at it in my previous company before IBM's purchase, it was compatible with other tools."

"The pricing and licensing are fair. We purchase based on benchmark pricing, which we have been able to get. There are no surprise charges nor hidden fees."

"I know there have been some issues with the billing, when the numbers were first proposed, as to how much we would save. There was a huge miscommunication on our part. Turbonomic was led to believe that we could optimize our AWS footprint, because we didn't know we couldn't. So, we were promised savings of $750,000. Then, when we came to implement Turbonomic, the developers in AWS said, "Absolutely not. You're not putting that in our environment. We can't scale down anything because they coded it." Our AWS environment is a legacy environment. It has all these old applications, where all the developers who have made it are no longer with the company. Those applications generate a ton of money for us. So, if one breaks, we are really in trouble and they didn't want to have to deal with an environment that was changing and couldn't be supported. That number went from $750,000 to about $450,000. However, that wasn't Turbonomic's fault."

"It's worth the time and money investment if you can afford it."

"What I can advise is to trial the product, taking advantage of the Turbonomic pre-sales implemention support and kickstart training."

"IBM Turbonomic is an investment that we believe will deliver positive returns."

"You should understand the cost of your physical servers and how much time and money you are spending year over year on expanding your virtual farm."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Outsourcing Company

12%

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	41
Midsize Enterprise	57
Large Enterprise	147

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for CloudSphere?

My company relies on security assessments and vulnerabilities in our cloud environment in Azure, so we scan using CloudSphere. We work in MSP and Azure MSP with multiple clients, using two tools: P...

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What advice do you have for others considering CloudSphere?

To others, if a company is looking for a security vulnerability tool or governance and policy tools that help improve their environment, I would recommend CloudSphere because it is very helpful, ea...

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What needs improvement with CloudSphere?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Turbonomic?

It offers different scenarios. It provides more capabilities than many other tools available. Typically, its price is set as a percentage of the consumption of some of our customers' services. The ...

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What needs improvement with Turbonomic?

The implementation could be enhanced.

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What is your primary use case for Turbonomic?

We use IBM Turbonomic to automate our cloud operations, including monitoring, consolidating dashboards, and reporting. This helps us get a consolidated view of all customer spending into a single d...

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Also Known As

HyperCloud

Turbonomic, VMTurbo Operations Manager

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CloudSphere

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Overview

CloudSphere offers a unique multi-cloud management solution with features like attack path analysis, cost management, and predictive insights designed to enhance infrastructure reliability.

Providing an agent-less SaaS-based discovery tool, CloudSphere simplifies multi-cloud management with its single-pane interface, ensuring seamless data access in hybrid cloud environments. Its predictive insights and improved infrastructure reliability are valuable for both development and operational teams. However, it could improve in application management, real-time monitoring, and resource migration across clouds. Issues like inefficient large server scans and limitations in CI/CD integration and application discovery can be hindrances for some users.

What are CloudSphere's key features?

Attack Path Analysis: Identifies vulnerabilities to improve security.
Cost Management: Optimizes spending across cloud platforms.
Resource Optimization: Enhances operational efficiency using predictive insights.
Asset Discovery: Agent-less discovery tool assists in managing cloud resources.
Multi-Cloud Management: Single-pane interface aids in auditing and resource utilization.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Enhanced Infrastructure Reliability: Predictive insights boost stability.
Improved Collaboration: Single-pane interface supports cross-cloud operations.
Risk Management: Attack path analytics bolster security measures.
Operational Efficiency: Cost management features refine cloud spending.

CloudSphere is widely used in DevOps to manage test development networks, monitor application behaviors, and assess risk levels. Ideal for those managing inventories across public clouds, it's found in hyper-converged infrastructures in industries like healthcare, supporting hospital management and integrated services.

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IBM Turbonomic enhances IT efficiency with automation, capacity planning, and reporting features, enabling organizations to optimize resource utilization and improve performance through advanced workload management and scenario analysis.

IBM Turbonomic equips organizations with robust capabilities for dynamic resource allocation and informed decision-making. Its planning module provides scenario analysis, right-sizing recommendations, and a customizable dashboard for tailored insights. Automation features improve workload placements and resource efficiency, while forecasting capabilities enhance performance. Simulation of environments helps in decision-making, leading to significant savings in cloud and hardware management. There is a need for a more intuitive interface, enhanced navigation, and improved customization in reporting with integration potential with third-party applications. Transition to the HTML5 interface and stronger training resources are among anticipated improvements.

What are the key features of IBM Turbonomic?

Automation: Automates workload placement and dynamic resource allocation to boost efficiency.
Capacity Planning: Provides scenario analysis and right-sizing for optimal resource use.
Customizable Dashboard: Offers tailored insights for organization needs.
Forecasting: Enhances decision-making through resource-use predictions.
Simulation Capabilities: Aids in assessing savings and performance gains.

What benefits and ROI should be evaluated?

Cost Optimization: Reduces spending on cloud and hardware resources.
Enhanced Performance: Promotes consistent application performance and resource efficiency.
Improved Decision-Making: Supports informed choices with scenario simulation.
Flexibility and Scalability: Assists with workload migrations and resource management across environments.

IBMTurbonomic is implemented across industries such as cloud management and virtualization, helping organizations balance clusters, optimize virtual machine performance, and manage Azure configurations. In resource-monitored environments like VMware and XenServer, its features facilitate load balancing, VM rightsizing, and automation shutoffs. Industries can rely on its insights for cost-saving measures, ensuring efficient resource allocation for hybrid and cloud environments.

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Sample Customers

Affymetrix, Bell Helicopter, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, Porterville Unified School District, Interact for Health, VirtueCom, Warren Memorial Hospital, Front Porch, RMH Group, Meyers Nave, Intraworks, Information Technology, ETTE, Clackamas Community College

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