Hyper-V vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) comparison

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The compared Microsoft and Nutanix solutions aren't in the same category. Microsoft is ranked #2 in SVS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 18.6% mindshare in the category. Nutanix is ranked #2 in HCI , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 8.9% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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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

7.1

Hyper-V is cost-effective, offering significant savings and efficiency with multiple VMs included in Windows Server 2019.

Sentiment score

6.9

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure users achieve ROI within 2-3 years, citing cost, energy savings, and operational efficiencies with stable infrastructures.

You need only one physical server that can host several virtualized servers within the same physical server instead of having multiple physical servers.

Malline Ligawa

Network and Infrastructure Manager at Sonysugar

It saves us money compared to VMware because we still need to pay Microsoft licenses, but in addition to that we need to pay for VMware for virtualization.

Tomas Basus

IT Professional at NIPOS

After we set up the environments in the Microsoft ecosystem with part of the production environments in Azure and part of the development, test, and staging environments on-premises, all synchronized using Hyper-V to manage these VMs, we had this payback.

Marcelo Siqueira

Especialista de Infraestrutura at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.0

Microsoft’s Hyper-V support receives mixed reviews, with varied experiences in efficiency, response times, and preferred support levels.

Sentiment score

8.1

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure support is praised for quick, knowledgeable service, resolving issues swiftly with multilingual capabilities and proactive monitoring.

Technical support from Microsoft is excellent, rated ten out of ten.

Ananth Narayana Rao

Vice President Hybrid Cloud Operations at Accenture

Normally in 90 percent of cases, there is always a resolution to our problems.

Marcelo Siqueira

Especialista de Infraestrutura at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The technical support for Hyper-V is excellent

NagendraC

Head it at Ace Designers Limited

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When we send an email, an engineer is assigned within 15 to 20 minutes, and we get on a call to resolve the issue.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

The second one was a licensing issue because when I switched from the SMB package to another package, I had to change the way of licensing, and that was horrendous.

Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.5

Hyper-V offers scalable flexibility for varying workloads, suitable for smaller setups, but VMware is preferred for larger enterprises.

Sentiment score

7.9

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers exceptional scalability, allowing seamless expansion, dynamic growth, and effortless workload management for enterprises.

There is a redundancy cost for high availability because data are stored mirroring on two nodes.

Tomas Basus

IT Professional at NIPOS

The environment does not stop growing, and it grows not only in the production context but also in the test, development, and staging context.

Marcelo Siqueira

Especialista de Infraestrutura at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Hyper V can support over two hundred virtual processors and around 12 TB of memory.

Ananth Narayana Rao

Vice President Hybrid Cloud Operations at Accenture

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The scalability of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) deserves an eight out of ten rating, as there is no solution that is 100% efficient and there is always room for improvement.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Hyper-V is generally stable, especially in clusters, with occasional I/O issues and some users preferring VMware for stability.

Sentiment score

8.2

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers stable, reliable performance with minimal downtime, efficient workload handling, and high user satisfaction.

Automation is unavailable, and reporting is difficult.

UdaySiddu

Software Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Once very well configured, it is completely stable.

Marcelo Siqueira

Especialista de Infraestrutura at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Frequent Windows updates can impact stability compared to VMware ESXi.

Ananth Narayana Rao

Vice President Hybrid Cloud Operations at Accenture

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Regarding stability, I would rate Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) a seven out of ten.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

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Room For Improvement

Hyper-V requires better licensing, security, user-friendly management, performance improvement, compatibility, virtualization, error messaging, and integration features.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure needs improvements in setup cost, storage, integration, compatibility, networking, oversight, and pricing transparency for competitiveness.

Hyper-V should ensure the features of VMware are covered within its platform.

NagendraC

Head it at Ace Designers Limited

Hyper-V could be improved by implementing the same set of features that other tools provide.

UdaySiddu

Software Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

In future updates, I would like to see improvements in reporting and a resolution to some security weaknesses.

Shashika Rathnayaka

Technical Manager at OAK integrated System Pvt Ltd

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I would suggest that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) should develop their own P2V (physical to VM) tools instead of requiring users to rely on third-party solutions.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

They should add AI features in the future.

JUNGKEUM SHIN

Manager at Seoul Institute of the Arts

It could be interesting to offer back another small business pricing that would be more suitable for small companies.

Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

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Setup Cost

Hyper-V is cost-effective for smaller workloads, despite mixed environment complexities, offering enterprise agreements for potential savings.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers cost-effectiveness with comprehensive solutions, despite initial costs, appealing to enterprises for long-term ROI.

Hyper-V is completely free and requires no licensing fee.

UdaySiddu

Software Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Hyper-V's licensing costs are lower compared to VMware, making it cost-effective for smaller workloads.

Ananth Narayana Rao

Vice President Hybrid Cloud Operations at Accenture

Until 2019, Hyper-V was a cost-effective solution because it was available as a free product.

Jawed Iqbal

IT Consultant at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology

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It costs more compared to VMware due to different licensing areas.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

At first, it is cheaper than cloud services, so the cost is a major benefit.

JUNGKEUM SHIN

Manager at Seoul Institute of the Arts

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Valuable Features

Hyper-V provides cost-effective scalability, seamless Microsoft integration, robust clustering, and high availability, ideal for budget-conscious enterprises.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure excels in ease of use, scalability, data protection, and seamless management, enhancing performance and reducing costs.

It is completely free, which is a significant advantage.

UdaySiddu

Software Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I have seen return on investment with Hyper-V because it is both time-saving and cost-effective.

Malline Ligawa

Network and Infrastructure Manager at Sonysugar

We switched to Hyper-V because it was lower cost than paying for high availability in VMware.

Tomas Basus

IT Professional at NIPOS

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When technology development or devops teams request server provisioning, the setup time has been reduced from hours to less than 20 minutes.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data.

Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

It is easy to use, and it's easy to maintain.

JUNGKEUM SHIN

Manager at Seoul Institute of the Arts

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Categories and Ranking

Hyper-V

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

146

Ranking in other categories

Server Virtualization Software (2nd)

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

199

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (4th), HCI (2nd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th)

Mindshare comparison

Hyper-V and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Hyper-V is designed for Server Virtualization Software and holds a mindshare of 18.6%, up 14.8% compared to last year.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), on the other hand, focuses on HCI, holds 8.9% mindshare, down 9.5% since last year.

Server Virtualization Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Hyper-V	18.6%
VMware vSphere	18.8%
Proxmox VE	10.3%
Other	52.3%

Server Virtualization Software

HCI Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)	8.9%
VxRail	9.6%
VMware vSAN	7.7%
Other	73.8%

HCI

Featured Reviews

Marcelo Siqueira

Especialista de Infraestrutura at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Virtualization has improved proactive maintenance and observability for complex clustered workloads

Hyper-V could be improved in terms of performance of live migrations. I notice that in VMware, vMotion, which is the same concept as live migration, is faster than in Hyper-V. It is not that it does not work, but in terms of performance, VMware ends up being better for these virtual machine moves.I do not think there is anything else I would like to add regarding necessary improvements related to the interface, stability, or support. The interface is great and very intuitive. Support is also very quick and functional from Microsoft when a problem occurs. Once the environment is very well configured, there should not be problems in Hyper-V. The main area I would improve is mostly the performance of virtual machine migrations. If this migration performance were improved, I believe Hyper-V would reach a perfect score.

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Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

Hyper-converged storage has improved performance and now supports high redundancy for our VMs

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) was transparent because we were on a regular infrastructure before. We went on NCI and were able to improve performance, but it did not really change how things worked. The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data. I regularly looked at the analytics to see what was going on in my servers and what it was saying to optimize performance. It was pretty interesting because it could analyze and give insights on how to get things working better. In the latest versions, the Prism interface has been replaced by Prism Central. This requires another machine to be deployed to manage the servers.

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Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

May 10, 2015

Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5

I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

University

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	70
Midsize Enterprise	37
Large Enterprise	47

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	93
Midsize Enterprise	76
Large Enterprise	88

Questions from the Community

How does KVM compare with Hyper-V?

KVM is better. But let's just look at the software instead of judging. Hyper-V was a free solution from Microsoft to virtualize Server or Client OS as it is a feature on Windows Server since 2008 a...

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How does Proxmox VE compare with Hyper-V?

One of the best things about Proxmox VE is that it is open-source and very inexpensive. You get all of the same features as with the more well-known products. Proxmox VE is very easy to deploy - it...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hyper-V?

I think regarding price and license for Hyper-V, it is affordable.

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How do I choose between Cisco Hyperflex HX Series and Nutanix Acropolis AOS?

Cisco HyperFlex HS series vs Nutanix Acropolis AOS Cisco HyperFlex gives extended hyper-convergence functions from core to edge and multi-cloud environments. It helps IT and OT teams deploy hyper...

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What makes Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) worth using?

NCI is a product with many tools and services but the one that, in my opinion, makes it better than similar products and worth using, is the full-stack lifecycle management. This capacity allows u...

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Have you received reliable help from Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's support when you contacted them?

NCI is one of the best out there. For any software, no matter how good it is, technical support makes it or breaks it for me. You may have an amazing product but if there is not anyone to help you ...

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Comparisons

VMware vSphere vs Hyper-V

Compared 46% of the time

KVM vs Hyper-V

Compared 7% of the time

VMware Workstation vs Hyper-V

Compared 6% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Hyper-V

Compared 6% of the time

Oracle VM VirtualBox vs Hyper-V

Compared 4% of the time

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VMware vSAN vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 7% of the time

VxRail vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 6% of the time

HPE SimpliVity vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 5% of the time

Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 3% of the time

VMware Cloud Foundation vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 3% of the time

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Overview

Hyper-V delivers scalability, cost-effectiveness, and seamless Windows integration with dynamic memory, live migration, and replication capabilities. Its interface and automation tools optimize resource management, enhancing operational efficiency in virtualized settings.

Hyper-V stands out for its advanced networking features, offering proactive VM replication and high availability. Simplified setup alongside built-in Powershell scripting boosts automation capabilities, while Virtual SAN Manager aids in reducing hardware investments. However, improvements are needed in cloud platform integration and operational interface to enhance user experience. Licensing costs are significant, and support for diverse OS remains limited. Networking and live migration require fine-tuning to improve performance. Despite challenges in deployment and compatibility, Hyper-V remains a preferred choice for hosting vital production servers and providing robust virtualization solutions across diverse environments.

What key features does Hyper-V offer?

Scalability: Supports flexible resource allocation for growing environments.
Seamless Windows Integration: Easily integrates with Windows-based systems.
Dynamic Memory: Efficiently manages memory allocation in real time.
Live Migration: Allows live transfer of VM workloads with minimal impact.
Hyper-V Replica: Provides robust VM replication for high availability.

What are the anticipated benefits of using Hyper-V?

Cost-Efficiency: Reduces operational costs through effective virtualization.
Resource Optimization: Efficiently utilizes existing hardware and software.
High Availability: Ensures ongoing service delivery and data protection.
Operational Efficiency: Enhances productivity with robust automation tools.

Organizations in education, finance, and IT sectors deploy Hyper-V for virtualization, using it to consolidate servers and manage infrastructures efficiently. Its integration with platforms like Microsoft Azure facilitates cloud solutions, supporting applications like SQL Server, Exchange, and Linux in diverse operational settings.

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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure delivers high performance and scalability with central management and one-click upgrades. It enhances data protection and reduces deployment complexities, perfect for businesses seeking efficient virtualization.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers a comprehensive platform integrating compute, storage, and network for optimal infrastructure management. It supports multiple hypervisors, offering flexibility, efficiency, and ease of use. With features like Prism for centralized management, organizations can manage resources effectively while benefiting from data protection enhancements such as deduplication and compression. Hyper-convergence enables seamless integration, reducing operational costs and increasing scalability. Though the pricing is high, and setup and administration can be complex, the ability to support hybrid cloud implementations and critical infrastructures like VDI and databases provides notable advantages.

What are the key features of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure?

Prism for Centralized Management: Simplifies resource management with a single control interface.
High Performance: Offers efficient I/O operations to enhance processing efficiency.
Scalability: Easily adjusts to growing business needs with one-click upgrades.
Data Protection: Uses deduplication and compression for secure data handling.
Hyper-Convergence: Integrates compute, storage, and network to optimize infrastructure.
Multi-Hypervisor Support: Provides flexibility to choose preferred hypervisors.

What benefits should users look for in Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure?

Cost Effectiveness: Reduces operational costs through resource optimization.
Ease of Management: Centralized control enhances administrative efficiency.
Scalability: Grows seamlessly with business demand.
Data Protection: Increases security and reliability of data management.
Performance Improvement: Streamlines server provisioning and resource management.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure finds adoption across industries for virtualization, cloud services, and infrastructure consolidation. Organizations utilize it for hybrid clouds and virtual server hosting, supporting applications like databases and virtual desktop infrastructures. They report enhanced data protection, disaster recovery capabilities, and improved performance, facilitating effective resource management.

Nutanix

Sample Customers

Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.

St. Lukes Health System, the City of Seattle, Yahoo! Japan, Sligro, Empire Life, Hyundai AUS, and many others.

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