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Foglight for Virtualization vs Nutanix Prism comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 19, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Foglight for Virtualization
Ranking in Virtualization Management Tools
9th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Prism
Ranking in Virtualization Management Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Data Center Infrastructure Management (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Virtualization Management Tools category, the mindshare of Foglight for Virtualization is 2.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Prism is 13.0%, down from 14.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtualization Management Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Nutanix Prism13.0%
Foglight for Virtualization2.0%
Other85.0%
Virtualization Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Waleed Masad - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy-to-setup product with efficient data migration features
Many customers consider Quest Foglight for Virtualization a critical tool for migrations or new projects. In particular, one noteworthy case involved a bank that made Foglight integration a prerequisite. Some customers now rely 100% entirely on Foglight for their daily operations The product is…
Khurram Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently manage virtual machines with robust disaster recovery
Nutanix Prism is mainly used for our daily operations, similar to VMware. Despite the lack of extraordinary features, it efficiently manages our daily operations now that we are managing our VMs. One of the most useful features is the disaster recovery setup, which includes two clusters, one for our production server and another for our recovery site.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is stable and easy to set up. It provides minimum false alarms."
"It's easy to spin up VMs and makes cluster maintenance easy, especially with the LCM (Life Cycle Manager) that is built-in. That helps do installs of AHV or even ESXi. You can also upgrade the AOS software that runs the Nutanix clusters. And you can upgrade the firmware, which is nice."
"It provides a single pane of glass and the graphics and the presentation are quite good. It's quite exciting for me. I would rate it 10 out of 10. The user interface is pretty easy to use for compute and storage."
"Simplicity, automation, and efficiency are some good areas associated with the tool."
"Nutanix Prism's dashboard is very simple, and you don't need much knowledge to use it."
"In the six years we have been using Nutanix Prism, we have never had a problem with stability."
"The most valuable feature is that, when you log in, you have customized dashboards. You can add widgets to those dashboards and you can change the density of certain data points in the dashboards. When I log in, I quickly see where the cluster lies, as far as memory and CPU resources go."
"Prism provides us with insights and the ability to access all the sub-components of Nutanix's hyperconverged platform."
"Aside from ease of use, scalability is one of the key points of this solution."
 

Cons

"Quest Foglight for Virtualization's integration needs enhancement."
"Some of the products are not interoperable for multi-cloud or multi-site tasks."
"Nutanix Prism does not have a built-in backup tool."
"The process of converting and importing virtual machines to the Nutanix environment is quite complicated."
"Nutanix Prism can be more stable because it's not as stable as VMware."
"I would like to see the capability to use FC SAN storage."
"We definitely have some issues with Nutanix Prism. Our main issue is that we cannot operate the database. It would seem that less configuration would be desirable, because between Nutanix and the Oracle database on Windows, there tends to be problems."
"The VM backup could be better, and its licensing could be better. We have had some licensing issues with Nutanix Files. The default license should be 1 TB or more. Currently, for Nutanix Files sharing, we can only use 500 Gigabytes."
"The interface is good, but it needs improvements. There are a lot of functions that are only available in the CLI. In addition, some of the hardware components could be improved. We already had some trouble with disks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is affordable."
"Nutanix Prism is affordable. It depends on the category of license you select. They have multiple options, and we selected the one that was suitable for our infrastructure and requirements. The licensing model worked for us."
"As far as pricing goes, it's competitive for what you get. There are probably less expensive hyper-converged solutions, but I don't think they're as mature or have the feature set that we get with Nutanix."
"The pricing was decent, average. It wasn't a Black Friday sale, but it was good."
"Sangfor is cheaper than Nutanix."
"Nutanix Prism's cost is reasonable."
"The good thing about Nutanix Prism is that we don't have to pay for a hypervisor, but their licensing cost is a little bit on the high side."
"The license we bought for Nutanix Prism is perpetual, so once you have it, you can keep on using it. It's a three-year license that's paid one time. The license we have covers the three-node cluster."
"A lot of my customers complain about the price of renewals, so I think that this can be improved."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
27%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Quest Foglight for Virtualization?
The product is stable and easy to set up. It provides minimum false alarms.
What needs improvement with Quest Foglight for Virtualization?
Quest Foglight for Virtualization's integration needs enhancement.
What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?
Nutanix Prism offers web scaling, which facilitates easy scaling.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Prism?
At first, the cost seemed heavy, but over time, its cost-effectiveness became evident.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?
I have not noticed any downsides or drawbacks in Nutanix Prism. However, if you want to manage multiple clusters, you need Prism Center. The Prism Element and Prism Center versions are available. P...
 

Also Known As

VKernel vScope Explorer, vOPS Server, Vizioncore
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Sample Customers

Unimat, AeroM_xico Delta TechOps
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
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