The full CloudBolt CMP, now free for up to 100 resources 

CloudBolt CMP is a powerful platform, and I would know, I’ve spent the last decade building it. Getting it into more people’s hands, and making it easy once it’s there, is something I’ve wanted for a long time. With this release, we’ve done both. It’s free to start on up to 100 resources, and we rebuilt it around easier workflows, a new UI, and AI as a primary way to interact with the platform. I could not be more excited about it. 

Why we did it

I always like to say that with CMP, the exception is the main use case. It has always spoken to the battle-tested infrastructure practitioner, but all that flexibility and all those hook points could overwhelm anyone who hadn’t yet felt that kind of complexity firsthand. I’ve worked hard with my team to surface the power of CMP in a more guided, intuitive way, so that people without the scars of managing large cloud estates can get it too. It’s still the same product, and the more you use it the easier it gets, but we’ve smoothed the on-ramp considerably. Getting there meant lowering two things, what it costs to try CMP, and what it takes to learn it.  

What’s in the free edition

The free edition is the same CMP we sell, with all the same features, integrations, and resource handler support, nothing held back. Self-service provisioning, governance and role-based access, the full resource lifecycle, and the natural-language MCP interface are all included. The only difference is the license, which caps you at 100 resources.  

And there’s no sales call to sit through. When you’re evaluating a platform for your environment, the last thing you want is to book a demo first. So whether you ‘re scoping a new home for your infrastructure (moving off Broadcom, anyone?) or just trying to abstract away your day-to-day complexity, you have enough here to get far on your own. 

The redesign

We rebuilt the interface from the ground up. It has a refreshed look and feel, more flexibility over which parts of the UI you can customize for your end users, and in- product onboarding that gets new users going quickly, all while improving the performance across the platform. By default, the dashboard now gives admins quick, actionable insights into what  they need, with customizable views for end users based on their context. 

How to get started

If you live in a world where infrastructure is complex, you’re dealing with tool sprawl, and every solution you try makes the problem worse before it makes it better, this release is for you. It’s a low-stakes way to evaluate a centralized, governed control plane for your cloud and AI infrastructure, whether you’re unwinding a VMware footprint, abstracting away the complexity of running Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet (and throw in Pulumi, because you might as well), or just trying to build the best infrastructure platform you can for your developers. Getting started has never been easier. To try it, sign up here, it won’t take you more than a few minutes.  

I’m always trying to make the product better and adapt as the enterprise infrastructure landscape changes. Let me know what you think, auggy@cloudbolt.com