# IBM Turbonomic Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is IBM Turbonomic the right Cloud Management solution for you? Explore 14 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/241992/Turbonomic/reviews --- IBM Turbonomic 4.4 (14) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/241992/Turbonomic/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of IBM Turbonomic Ease of use 3.8 Customer Service 4.3 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-14 of 14 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Gaurav B. Sr. Cloud engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Ibm turbomonic a easy solution for optimization for cloud " February 7, 2025 4.0 For my team in my company it works very well easy to adapt Pros It's automaton and resources management, optimize cloud operations and and significant cost savings Cons I think it's complex for new user They need documentation to use this service Review Source DG Dale G. Manager - Cloud and Platform Services Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Product" March 13, 2025 4.0 It’s been a very solid product that has paid for itself several times over Pros The long term insights for right sizing workloads Cons Lack of HCI target support, if more HCI targets were supported it would make the solution perfect. Specifically Dell PowerFlex Alternatives considered [VMware Aria](https://www.capterra.com/p/264863/vRealize-Cloud-Management/) Reason for choosing IBM Turbonomic Turbonomic was cheaper and the feature set met what we needed at the time while also adding features we knew we would use in the future Review Source Chris S. Lead System Engineer Higher Education Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "It does resource management well; but that's about it" December 10, 2018 4.0 It is a nice product. I used there new HTML5 interface and it presented data very nicely. The ability to enforce policies without managing individual VMs is nice, but could not justify its cost. Our system administrators will simply need to manage resources manually. Pros It does resource managment, allocation, forecasting, and policies better than something like DRS and sDRS native to vCenter, but that is about it. It's nice that it also does it for resources in the cloud. Cons The cost is pretty hard to justify for any organization on a budget. You could get close to the same results by simply buying more hardware resources or administrative personnel to manage resources more closely. Review Source AM AMAR M. Lead System Engineer Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Steep learning curve but beneficial in the long run" March 19, 2020 4.0 It was a little costly but overall we did bring client issues down by identifying where we were over utilizing resources and where we needed to add more. Pros We would constantly run out of resources on our VMware 5.5 environment. Turbonomic ran for about a week and was able to extrapolate where we could shrink resources and where we needed to add more resources so we don't have slowness. Cons The VM appliance is linux based and a bit hard to manage but the web client interface is easier to manage. Alternatives considered [PRTG](https://www.capterra.com/p/21581/PRTG-Network-Monitor/) Reason for choosing IBM Turbonomic It also monitored our VMs along with running analytics. Review Source AG Amit G. Architect Semiconductors Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "IBM Turbonomic Key Features " March 6, 2025 5.0 Overall experience is excellent and it's an scalable platform with perfect ROI Pros Cost optimization along with comprehensive view into the health of IT Infra Cons As of now I can't see any dislikes in the platform Review Source SK Sanjeev K. Technical Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "A Superior IBM Turbonomic" March 13, 2025 4.0 Overall, IBM Turbonomic is considered a valuable tool for improving the performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of IT infrastructure Pros Cost Optimization: Appreciate how Turbonomic helps in reducing cloud expenses by optimizing resource utilization. Cons Learning : The platform can have a steep learning curve, making it challenging for new users to get accustomed to its feature. Review Source Ben L. Server and Storage Engineer Law Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great software for automating your virtualization environment" August 17, 2018 5.0 I keep finding new things that I can gather information for. From finding out when I'm going to need to add resources to an environment, to planning a workload migration from one datacenter to another, or even automating the vMotion of VMs to better balance a cluster. Great tool! Pros The wide range of things this product can do. From reporting on the performance of an environment, to automating the migration of VMs, to planning workload migrations, to planning deployments, the list goes on and on! Cons When they upgraded to a new version, they dropped several built-in dashboards. Although you can still login to the old interface and access them, I'd like the dashboards to be available in the new version as well. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Consultor Senior en Telecomunicaciones Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The Operations Manager Killer!" June 12, 2018 5.0 Easy installation and use, multi cloud integration, and automatized solution, the best monitoring software that i worked Pros It is the bestMonitoring and Planing virtualization infraestructure, have a fresh and easy dashboard view, and automaticed improviments to the infraestucture, connection with cloud enviroments Cons I don't have anything to say in cons, may be the support because i don't use yet, it is a simple product and works fine. Review Source Eric W. Systems Administrator Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Turbonomic automates right sizing my VM workloads" March 13, 2018 4.0 The software assisted us in getting the most life our of our aging equipment as possible, giving us time to upgrade and making our upgrade process a little easier. Pros Helps make sure my VM's are allocated the correct amount of resources at any given time. It also assists in regular maintenance components such as regular scheduled reboots to apply updates after hours without having to be present to do them myself for our non critical systems. Cons The interface can be fairly complicated, especially writing queries and getting scheduling correct. The interface feels rudimentary and there is no automatic updates. the name change from VMTurbo to Turbonomic was an awful decision. I can't say it outloud and expect people to take me seriously. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Server Manager Higher Education Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Turbonomic REview" January 17, 2019 4.0 This package has done a great job of helping to visualize resource usage in our VMWare Environment Pros This package has done a great job of helping to visualize resource usage in our VMWare Environment Cons We have not used it long enough to have a LEAST yet. Review Source DR Dhanush R. Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Smart Automation for Cloud Efficiency" June 9, 2025 5.0 powerful tool, saves cost, needs training initially. Teams may hesitate to enable full automation and it may lead Trust Barrier. Pros Al powered automation, multi cloud and hybrid support, agentless integration, cost optimization, Actionable insights Cons Initial setup complexity, small cap teams might feel expensive, Teams may hesitate to enable full automation. Review Source MH Marty H. Lead Software Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Future with IBM Turbonomic " March 6, 2025 5.0 I am learning more about it. I am getting more experience working with key associates and support sides. Pros Using AI to save costs and improve productivity. Cons It can be difficult to set up. Staffs aren't train to support it. Review Source CC Chris C. Used the software for: ### "VMware Automation and Monitoring Made Easy" February 10, 2017 5.0 Turbonomic was a product we reviewed for over a year along with some other competitors. Installation was very easy and data was collected within minutes, where other solutions took longer to populate information. Once data was collected we turned on automated vMotion to allow our clusters to further be balanced. Reporting has been great and shows us where in our Clusters we can improve and recover resources. Also planning for new projects with servers to be deployed takes 15 minutes now versus 5 business days with spreadsheets and calculations. The planning module is what help sell the product even showing us that we can turn a host off and get away with 4 instead of 5. Product Support is very proactive and the ability to have tickets auto created for issues is a plus within the appliance configuration. Also follow up from Support is top notch even if the issue has not been addressed. Would highly recommend this product. Review Source RAB Rafael Alejandro B. systems engineer Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Workload automation for hybrid cloud!!!" March 16, 2018 4.0 Pros Provides analytics on the current state of the enviroment, provides recommendations about performance adjustments and optimization. Cons Could improve in the presentation of the reports and in its graphic interface as well as improve the way you work with hyper-v. Review Source Similar Products Featured