CloudBolt vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
CloudBolt
cloudbolt.ioHPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
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| Figure | CloudBolt | HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 10 |
| Spec score · FinOps Software | 7.9 (#1) | 7.9 (#2) |
| Spec score · Cloud Automation Software | 8.0 (#8) | 8.1 (#7) |
| Spec score · Cloud Management Software | 7.9 (#13) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Spec score · Multi-Cloud Management Software | 8.0 (#10) | 8.1 (#7) |
| Governance | CMP includes role-based access control, granular permissions, approval workflows, policy enforcement, and audit trails. | VM Essentials includes core access control for users and VM-level permissions. |
| Integrations | The CMP page describes a library of more than 200 integrations, including ITSM, infrastructure-as-code, identity, security, and backup tools. | HPE says the product supports 90+ integrations; its VM Essentials ecosystem includes HVM and VMware vSphere, among other listed integrations. |
| Security | CloudBolt’s site displays AICPA SOC and GDPR badges and says CloudBolt is powered by AWS. | HPE describes role-based access policies and governance controls for managing access to IT resources. |
| Support | CloudBolt lists Standard, Advanced, and Premium support packages, plus professional services, customer acceleration, and training. | HPE says VM Essentials is backed by its global enterprise support. |
Plans
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
- 1-year E-LTUPriced on request
- Enterprise Software per Socket — 1-year New InstallPriced on request
- 3-year E-LTUPriced on request
- Enterprise Software per Socket — 3-year New InstallPriced on request
- 5-year E-LTUPriced on request
- Enterprise Software per Socket — 5-year New InstallPriced on request
- Enterprise Software per Socket — 1-year RenewalPriced on request
- Enterprise Software per Socket — 3-year RenewalPriced on request
- Enterprise Software per Socket — 5-year RenewalPriced on request
- VM Essentials$600 a year
In their own words
CloudBolt
CloudBolt provides cloud management and Kubernetes rightsizing for teams governing and optimizing hybrid environments. CloudBolt CMP offers self-service provisioning under policies and standardized workflows. It supports more than 25 cloud providers and hypervisor platforms, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, OpenStack, OpenShift and Kubernetes. Its integration library contains more than 200 tools spanning IT service management, infrastructure-as-code, identity, security and backup. CMP governance includes role-based access, granular permissions, approvals, policy enforcement and audit trails. For cost oversight, it offers cross-environment visibility, budgets, quota enforcement, forecasts and optimization recommendations, along with cost allocation, budget alerts and commitment management. StormForge checks Kubernetes optimization recommendations against performance data and can apply validated changes automatically, with health checks and rollback. Its free trial covers full optimization on one cluster for 30 days. CMP Free costs nothing and includes core CMP capabilities for up to 100 resources, forever. CloudBolt also lists custom billing, paid support packages and professional services.
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software manages virtual machines across HPE’s HVM hypervisor and VMware, with provisioning and automation in a governed control plane. It is aimed at lower-cost virtualization and VMware coexistence: guided workflows support moving VMs from VMware to HVM, and both environments can operate side by side during a phased transition. VM features include high availability, live migration within HVM clusters, workload placement, policy-driven provisioning, and external storage support for NFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel. Basic scripting covers VM lifecycle tasks, while access controls include user access and VM-level permissions. An MCP server extends automation workflows with AI integration. HPE lists more than 90 integrations, including HVM and VMware vSphere, and describes role-based access policies and governance controls. VM Essentials runs on Linux, web, and self-hosted deployments. The listed VM Essentials plan is $600 a year per CPU socket, including support, with 1-, 3-, or 5-year licensing options; actual end-user price may vary.