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DxEnterprise vs Nutanix AHV Virtualization comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

DxEnterprise
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
High Availability Clustering (7th)
Nutanix AHV Virtualization
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of DxEnterprise is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix AHV Virtualization is 4.5%, down from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Virtualization Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix AHV Virtualization4.5%
DxEnterprise0.6%
Other94.9%
Server Virtualization Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user609366 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup was relatively straightforward for a clustering solution.
SQL patching High availability We were looking for a better-than-Microsoft-SQL clustering solution. The interface can seem a little old school at times. By Old School, I simply mean from a graphics perspective it looks like word 97, not word 2013. I have used it for three years. The team from…
TAIYAB HASAN - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows Redhat Linux Vmware & Azure & Cloud & Nutanix Ahv-Vmware & Backup Senior System Administrator at AlDawaa Medical Services
Has provided seamless virtualization and centralized control with strong security and reliable performance
I find almost every feature of Nutanix AHV Virtualization useful, as it's a very nice HCI solution from Nutanix. AHV is their native product, so it's very integrated with all the hardware they provide. Integration is very nice with the baseline hardware. We are using all built-in security features of Nutanix AHV Virtualization, which include encryption. It is very effective in protecting our VMs, and it is very secure. The impact of AHV, such as micro-segmentation, is very effective for us and it's working as per our requirements. We are very happy with the features. Role-Based Access is also a very nice feature for us to define to whom to give admin access and to whom to give read-only access. This kind of authentication helps us distribute tasks within the teams. Using Nutanix AHV Virtualization in a single management pane is very important to me, as it allows us to see everything related to our hardware, software, servers, and VMs from one console. We can reach everything from this one console, which provides a nice inside view for our software, hardware applications, server details, issues, alerts, or any unwanted activity. We are using the non-disruptive operations feature because Nutanix AHV Virtualization is in our production environment, and this feature helps us perform any activity without any downtime.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Customer service has been excellent so far and technical support has been very helpful, quickly resolving any issues we encountered."
"Customer service is excellent and technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the integration between storage and compute services."
"Nutanix AHV Virtualization is a very good system to approach."
"I will recommend it because it is easy to manage, and you don't need to be skilled for that."
"This solution has very good feedback from our customers in terms of the benefits that it provides."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"It is a stable solution. I haven't faced stability issues in the solution."
"It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works."
"The one-click upgrade is the solution's most valuable feature; it allows you to perform non-disruptive upgrades even when you are in production without having to wait for a maintenance window."
 

Cons

"Upgrading from DxDev to DxEnterprise was a bit more bumpy, but even that was pretty easy to do."
"The interface can seem a little old school at times."
"It should focus on providing more detailed and helpful error messages. One area we'd like to see enhanced is better support for guest VMs, especially in a heterogeneous environment."
"There are times when consultants, construction, or building firms need to use Beam but it can be difficult."
"It worked well in the beginning but after using it for some time, we found some limitations in terms of compatibility with other software."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for containerization."
"To face no complications in our company, we had to switch off virtual machines one after the other before heading to Nutanix platform and going to edge services to switch off and turn off everything, making it a challenging process for me."
"I would like to see more automation of Day One operations, such as DRS, and HA."
"When we need to share, publish, or encrypt something, we still need to perform it using the command line."
"VMware does tend to have more features than AHV. It's more of the leader in this space."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would rate the pricing a three out of five. It is expensive, but it also provides the value for money and performance that you require as a hyperconverged and virtualization software."
"AHV is free, it's an open-source solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that there is no licensing fee."
"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the price as two out of ten. There are no additional costs attached to the tool."
"Nutanix AHV Virtualization is expensive. I rate it a six out of ten."
"We have to pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution."
"I rate the product's price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is costly. I don't think there are any extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees of the solution."
"The solution's pricing is cheap for a new customer but becomes expensive during renewal."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
Government
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise24
 

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How does Nutanix AHV compare with VMware vSphere?
To understand which is better - Nutanix AHV or VMware vSphere - you need to do a product comparison. Both products support hypervisors. However, Nutanix supports some of the most popular ones and m...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix AHV Virtualization?
Regarding the cost, Nutanix AHV Virtualization is not very expensive and not very low-priced. It's reasonable for us, and the budget is there.
What needs improvement with Nutanix AHV Virtualization?
In our comparison during migration from another virtualization platform, we found a limitation with Nutanix AHV Virtualization, which is that physical server migration to the AHV environment is not...
 

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Sample Customers

Asante, Eversheds, Vecima Networks, W&W AFCO Steel, City of Aurora, Menigo, Linn County Sheriff's Office
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
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