We performed a comparison between Nutanix AHV Virtualization and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."The solution is user-friendly and provides good virtual machine backups. The user interface gets updated when there is a new release."
"For our markets here in Morocco, we are mainly working with server virtualization, and the most valuable feature is the software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"You don't need any other instruments for control, AHV. You only need to look at the prism to control all infrastructure."
"The solution scales very well."
"Using AHV, we have a built-in VR solution. It operates using a reduplication-based unique package transfer process."
"This product stands out for its user-friendly interface, intuitive design, and responsive UI. It offers AVH features comparable to Nutanix but at a more cost-effective price point."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"It's easy to use and has a very smooth onboarding process."
"The solution offers impressive performance."
"Some of the most valuable features of Nutanix Acropolis are that it's free from Nutanix and it's very stable."
"The most valuable feature is Move, which allows you to migrate virtual machines from VM to AHV."
"Single click actions is definitely the most important. They were not even aware that they wanted this."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure has a simple, user-friendly GUI, and I also like the remote recovery capabilities. It provides a single platform for managing databases."
"The tool is simple, stable, and easy to upgrade. It also requires few resources to manage, which simplifies our work. The solution's ease of upgrading is its valuable feature. AHV, provided by Nutanix, is excellent in performance and ease of use. It's based on an open-source product called KVM, which I also use for other services."
"We have had good feedback from our customers about this solution."
"The solution can be pricey."
"Although AHV has many advantages, some drawbacks need to be mentioned. Compared to established hypervisors like VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V, AHV has a limited ecosystem and smaller community support."
"The licensing costs are a little bit expensive."
"VMware does tend to have more features than AHV. It's more of the leader in this space."
"If you have the need for special hardware like FibreChannel-Cards or such and there is no networked-way around it (such as you could work with USB Dongles via an HW-Dongle-Server of network), you have to use a separate hypervisor."
"The solution is very expensive."
"They need to work on the deployment of virtual machines. They need to streamline the process of templates and deploying virtual machines."
"It worked well in the beginning but after using it for some time, we found some limitations in terms of compatibility with other software."
"The pricing of the solution is too high. It needs to be adjusted or lowered to be more competitive."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's cloud platform management software could be improved so that I can manage my load between the cloud and on-premises."
"The GUI of Nutanix Acropolis AOS could be improved that can be done from the OEM side. It's a very basic stable web browser that they're using. It is not very inclusive."
"One thing to keep in mind is that only experts can use it. It has to be in the proper hands, instead of going to XYZ people just for some cost savings. So lift-and-shift and migrations might be tricky, because it is not like a VMware."
"We ran into an issue as a managed service provider because Acropolis isn't designed to be used the way we are running it. For example, if we want to deploy a Kubernetes service, the customer networks need to reach our protected cluster network. We have isolated our customers in separate VLANs. However, our customers' networks must access our cluster network to get features like iSCSI or Kubernetes to run. It's challenging."
"The licenses for Nutanix are very complicated."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure can be improved in terms of the sizing of the solution."
"It would be great if it could emulate some of the features that their competitor VMware has, for example port mirroring or Netflow output at hypervisor level."
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Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in HCI with 194 reviews. Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere and KVM, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VMware vSAN, VxRail, HPE SimpliVity, VMware vSphere and Dell PowerFlex.
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