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Flexera Cloud Management Platform (CMP) vs Nutanix Central comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on May 8, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
9.2
Flexera CMP significantly boosts cost savings, efficiency, resource allocation, and performance, offering flexibility and accurate budget planning for tech management.
Sentiment score
7.2
Nutanix Central boosts efficiency by 70%, simplifying IT management and reducing training needs with centralized access and improved functionality.
When an alert appears, Nutanix provides detailed information and resolution steps, making our job easier.
I have seen measurable outcomes from using Nutanix Central, such as more efficient IT management.
Managing without Nutanix Central would require significantly more man-hours.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Flexera Cloud Management Platform offers expert, efficient support and proactive outreach, enhancing reliability and user satisfaction in cloud management.
Sentiment score
7.5
Nutanix Central support is praised for responsiveness, effective communication, and high user satisfaction despite occasional rushed initial resolutions.
When an issue is reported and reviewed, they provide next steps and work to resolve the issue long term.
Nutanix support is one of the top ones I have dealt with.
They've always resolved issues in a timely manner.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Flexera CMP scales efficiently, managing large workloads and multi-cloud environments with seamless integration and comprehensive visibility and control.
Sentiment score
9.2
Nutanix Central scales efficiently, enabling seamless integration during expansions and reflecting its capability to adapt to growing demands.
It scales efficiently with the growing needs of our company.
Nutanix Central scales with the growing needs of my company, and we have expanded usage.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Users praise Flexera CMP for its stability and reliability, handling multiple cloud environments with minimal bugs and strong uptime.
Sentiment score
8.2
Nutanix Central is a stable, reliable platform with excellent performance, offering consistent operation and effective node failure alerts.
If one node goes down, it automatically alerts us, but we can always count on the other builds running.
Nutanix Central is always available, so it's quite stable and reliable.
Nutanix Central is available 90% of the time with the ability to log in and manage all resources.
 

Room For Improvement

Flexera CMP needs improved automation, third-party integrations, cost management, support, documentation, pricing clarity, and more accurate billing.
Users recommend improving Nutanix Central by enhancing VM migration, IAM documentation, API compatibility, and simplifying update processes.
One of the biggest challenges we have with Nutanix currently is that our Rubrik backups do not work with the Nutanix API.
It would be nice to go in and say, 'This VM doesn't need to be in this data center, and we'd prefer to put it in this one,' and have the ability to initiate the migration.
Once it is set up, everything works smoothly, but the initial setup was difficult.
 

Setup Cost

Flexera Cloud Management Platform offers subscription-based pricing, providing value through features for cost optimization, governance, and automation despite higher costs.
Nutanix Central aids enterprise users in cost governance, resource planning, and aligns with budget constraints without extra fees.
We do not incur additional costs for using Nutanix Central.
Nutanix Central's cost visibility feature helps with resource planning and budget preparation.
We tie in with cost governance in Nutanix Central, which helps us identify other products and determine whether we need to increase our licensing or reduce it.
 

Valuable Features

Flexera CMP excels in cost management, automation, multi-cloud integration, reporting, deployment ease, and scalability, improving efficiency and visibility.
Nutanix Central streamlines resource management, offering centralized visibility, effective cluster control, and proactive hardware insights and alerts.
Before an issue becomes critical, it sends us an email notification with warning status information.
It allows us to know what groups, such as application groups, servers belong to, so we can group them appropriately in consistency groups for DR purposes.
The visibility we get from Nutanix Central—seeing it all in one spot—primarily gives us significant time savings.
 

Categories and Ranking

Flexera Cloud Management Pl...
Ranking in Cloud Management
34th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Central
Ranking in Cloud Management
18th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (6th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (7th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2035479 - PeerSpot reviewer
Good CMPs for cloud provisioning and excellent scalability
There is a problem with integration due to invalid private node security certificates. However, the issue can be resolved by correcting the certificates. Getting OEMs like Huawei or Morpheus to change their products is difficult, but we found a middle ground where both Huawei and Morpheus can integrate seamlessly through Terraform. So far, the integration has been successful, but it may create a problem when the platform is under a huge load of 46 million students. We have already requested the World Bank and universities to build their case. If that kind of situation arises, they can approach Huawei and Morpheus or go with Plexadera in the end. Although the RSP or SMAX are built around Morpheus specifications specifically, we still have more certified engineers in Pakistan to win that project. The higher education commission of Pakistan has already taken up the matter with both Morpheus and Huawei. VMware refused to do anything, but Huawei has agreed to change the certificate if there is an issue. We have already identified the issue, so they will correct it if the cloud solution is finally deployed for that number of students.
reviewer2703777 - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us get ahead of potential problems, and their support has been phenomenal
I don't think there's much improvement needed in Nutanix Central. Maybe there are different tools I haven't discovered yet that may bring everyone on the same page. I am still in the process of researching them and providing feedback to Nutanix. For what we use it for, it runs efficiently. What I think is missing in Nutanix Central to make it the best product ever is compatibility with our backups. One of the biggest challenges we have with Nutanix currently is that our Rubrik backups do not work with the Nutanix API. That would be great to resolve, as it would reduce the time spent resolving the issue.
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Transportation Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Central?
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is limited as I don't manage that part. However, I know it has been within budget and hasn't impacted our financial planning.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Central?
I don't think there's much improvement needed in Nutanix Central. Maybe there are different tools I haven't discovered yet that may bring everyone on the same page. I am still in the process of res...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Central?
My main use cases with Nutanix Central are managing updates, including LCM updates. We also manage all of our clusters and servers with it. It tells us the hardware health, VM health, disk issues, ...
 

Also Known As

RightScale Cloud Management Platform, MultiCloud Platform
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