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CloudBolt vs Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.9
CloudBolt delivers significant ROI with automation, faster provisioning, reduced costs, and enhanced integration for consistent, efficient infrastructure management.
Sentiment score
6.6
Organizations using Nutanix Cloud Manager achieve efficiency, scalability, and cost savings through streamlined operations and improved resource optimization.
I have seen a return on investment in terms of time saved as faster infrastructure deliveries.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Anything that reduces bandwidth and reduces the brain work that our teams have to do to maintain systems across all environments is time-saving and cost-saving.
Vice President at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Quantifying to a 425% three-year return on investment, a 21% higher developer productivity, and 88% less planned downtime.
Global Group CIO, CTO, Cdo & CISO at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees
When comparing pricing between cloud and on-premises Nutanix cluster with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) and all these setups, that represents huge savings.
IT Lead at Meditab Software, Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
CloudBolt's customer service is praised for responsiveness, effective communication, swift issue resolution, and high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.2
Nutanix Cloud Manager's customer service is praised for rapid issue resolution, knowledgeable support, and proactive, professional assistance.
We have a weekly sync-up call to get a new feature request or if we have any questions regarding it.
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Customer support for CloudBolt is good.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
There is a feature that allows you to escalate the call.
Team Lead, IT Infrastructure at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
The handoff with support and the knowledge of the support engineer is significantly better than experience with other vendors.
Citrix & IT Operations Manager, Cloud at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Even when a node goes down, it doesn't impact our infrastructure because it gets load-balanced between the available nodes.
Technology Lead at Thomson Reuters
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.2
CloudBolt effectively handles scalability with numerous virtual machines, though predefined blueprints and support delays are occasionally noted.
Sentiment score
7.4
Nutanix Cloud Manager offers scalable management of multiple clusters, integrating easily with automation tools for flexible and seamless operations.
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) scales well.
Citrix & IT Operations Manager, Cloud at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
The key aspects include mix-match hardware and hyper-converged infrastructure, combining compute, storage, and network in a single platform.
Senior Information Technology Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
With that, you can do it without any downtime or affecting your current setup.
Assistant Consultant ( Technical Lead) at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
CloudBolt offers stable performance with high user satisfaction, quick support resolutions, and personalized assistance for optimizing deployment practices.
Sentiment score
7.9
Nutanix Cloud Manager is renowned for its stability, reliable performance, proactive support, and seamless updates for mission-critical applications.
We've never had any downtime related to the Nutanix product itself.
Sr. Network Systems Administrator at Moda Health
I would rate the stability a nine out of ten.
Sr System Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The stability and reliability of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) have been excellent.
Director, Information Technology at a government with 201-500 employees
 

Room For Improvement

CloudBolt needs enhancements in scheduling, integration, UI/UX, setup simplicity, container support, reporting, cost optimization, and customization.
Nutanix Cloud Manager needs better documentation, UI design, platform compatibility, and more cost-effective tools and features.
To improve CloudBolt, I believe the user experience needs enhancement as some users find it somewhat dated compared to newer cloud management platforms.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
CloudBolt can be improved. It needs way more customizations when it comes to provisioning itself.
IT Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
If that can be integrated and all the workflows can be managed and customized using the MCP agent, that would be a really good feature to add.
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It supports different hardware types without vendor lock-in, which is an advantage over Azure Stack HCI, which may only work with specific vendors such as HP or Dell.
Technology Lead at Thomson Reuters
Our primary reason for choosing Nutanix was for mission-critical applications and Kubernetes.
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Implementing MFA would enhance security and usability.
Manager (cyber security) at Yotta datacenter pvt ltd
 

Setup Cost

CloudBolt offers cost-effective pricing for small setups but can be expensive for large infrastructures; upfront purchases provide savings.
Nutanix Cloud Manager balances cost and value with flexible licensing, often offering cost savings and efficient deployment for enterprises.
CloudBolt currently offers a free version of its cloud management platform for up to 100 managed resources; this was announced on August 31, 2026.
Cloud Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
It's not cheap, but there are savings and return on investment when coming from a non-Nutanix shop.
Citrix & IT Operations Manager, Cloud at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
In comparison, Nutanix's pricing is significantly higher than that of other setups.
Cloud Engineer at CtrlS Datacenters Ltd
While VMware costs depend on ESXi hypervisor pricing, the AHV hypervisor for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is free.
Senior Information Technology Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

CloudBolt enhances multi-cloud management with automation, governance, cost efficiency, and improved ROI, streamlining enterprise workflows and processes.
Nutanix Cloud Manager offers intuitive management, robust automation, self-service capabilities, centralized monitoring, and cost-efficient scalability with seamless integration.
From an integration standpoint, CloudBolt works well with various public and private cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Nutanix, as well as different virtualization software, infrastructure as code templates such as Ansible and Terraform, ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, and CMDB platforms.
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
The best features CloudBolt offers are its speed, which is very fast in terms of provisioning compared to traditional ISO-based methods.
IT Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
We are able to do a lot of customization in CloudBolt specific to our use case.
Infrastructure Engineering Senior Advisor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It's easy to control resources and govern the resources, and it frees up support to focus on other things without having to help developers.
Citrix & IT Operations Manager, Cloud at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would approximate the cost savings to be in the 20% to 25% range since we can optimize our resources and avoid the need to purchase more hardware or reuse resources in the infrastructure from one implementation.
Sr. Network Systems Administrator at Moda Health
The importance of faster outcomes for their environment is significant; for example, when I delivered the Disaster Recovery solution, we included automation for auto-configuration of VMs and resizing of VMs, which replaced many tasks that were previously done manually.
Spécialiste VMware at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

CloudBolt
Ranking in Cloud Management
21st
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
31st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
Ranking in Cloud Management
1st
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (4th), Virtualization Management Tools (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of CloudBolt is 1.8%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is 2.4%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)2.4%
CloudBolt1.8%
Other95.8%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

AbhishekGupta2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr PreSales Cloud Architect at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Centralized self-service has unified hybrid clouds and has improved governance and cost control
The best features CloudBolt offers include governance and policy control, allowing security teams to set up their specific guardrails with governance at scale. Multi or hybrid cloud abstraction provides a single pane of glass for different types of environments, and self-service catalogs enable technical or business users to request services without multiple tickets. CloudBolt also offers strong integration capabilities that work well with existing tools without disrupting the current environment. From an integration standpoint, CloudBolt works well with various public and private cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, and Nutanix, as well as different virtualization software, infrastructure as code templates such as Ansible and Terraform, ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, and CMDB platforms. CloudBolt has positively impacted my organization by managing multiple cloud environments for thousands of users with a complex enterprise workflow that has helped reduce man-hours required for provisioning resources. We have achieved faster delivery through standardized operating procedures and reduced reworks due to automation. The chargeback and showback mechanisms allow us to charge different business units according to their consumption, providing better governance, lower risk, and lower cost, resulting in a good return on investment. Since using CloudBolt, I have seen a 25 to 30 percent reduction in service delivery time and an improvement in efficiency of almost 20 to 25 percent within a timeframe of approximately 8 to 10 months.
Phani Venkata Sai BKD - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Lead at Thomson Reuters
Manages hybrid infrastructure seamlessly with flexible cluster scaling and comprehensive oversight
The most important aspect of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is that it helps us manage the infrastructure as a hyperconverged infrastructure in HCI mode. If I have different physical servers, I can map them into a cluster and manage the storage together. It provides flexibility to make use of storage in a clustered format instead of using it in an individual storage endpoint. We have the flexibility to have Nutanix-based licensing based on the core model, instead of having a specific cost on the cluster. The costing on a core model gives customers flexibility to add multiple cores to a single physical host and adjust the infrastructure accordingly, and we can scale up the cluster as needed. While other cloud providers, AWS or Azure, are mostly into cloud-based solutions, and Azure has introduced Azure Stack HCI for managing on-premises infrastructure, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) provides flexibility from day one. We can manage both on-premises and Azure solutions using a single pane of glass, eliminating the need to navigate different windows or screens. It provides a comprehensive view of the infrastructure and highlights specific areas through alerts, giving us good visibility of infrastructure conditions.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise75
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudBolt?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing includes that CloudBolt currently offers a free version of its cloud management platform for up to 100 managed resources; this was announced on...
What needs improvement with CloudBolt?
CloudBolt can be improved in areas such as initial workflow design, product complexity, and customization.
What is your primary use case for CloudBolt?
I have been using CloudBolt for nearly one year. My main use case for CloudBolt is as a centralized cloud management and orchestration layer for provisioning and managing infrastructure across diff...
Which set of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) features do you find to be the most useful?
For me, the features related to cost savings are the best part of NCM. Of course, the whole product is worth using and when it comes to cloud management, there is a reason why it is favored by so m...
Are the setup process and further maintenance of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) difficult?
When I came into my current organization, NCM was already set up. According to the team that dealt with it, the product was fairly easy to set up. Compared to other products, our IT rates are set u...
Is Nutanix Cloud Manager’s Intelligent Operations feature effective?
Yes, this is a highly effective feature and the rebranding only made things better as they introduced more improvements. You can benefit from Zero coding task automation Automated optimization Tic...
 

Also Known As

No data available
Nutanix Cloud Manager Intelligent Operations, Nutanix Cloud Manager Self-Service, Nutanix Cloud Management Cost Governance, Nutanix Cloud Manager Security Central, Nutanix Software Subscription
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

WM, CyWest, Panic, Camden, University of Maryland, Xerox, Neustar, Medidata, Continu, Aruba Networks, Neuberger Berman, Peak6, EverBank, Ascensus, Hosting Edge
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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