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Lenovo XClarity Administrator vs Nutanix Prism comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 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

Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Ranking in Data Center Infrastructure Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Prism
Ranking in Data Center Infrastructure Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Center Infrastructure Management category, the mindshare of Lenovo XClarity Administrator is 15.1%, up from 14.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Prism is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Center Infrastructure Management
 

Featured Reviews

Gerges Ghaly - PeerSpot reviewer
Report and remote desktop features come in handy; price could be lower
When it comes to improving XClarity, I'd like to be able to log in and have it all centralized instead of logging into a specified server and IP. I want to be able to log in and see all servers. I'd also like to improve the pricing as some of the features are quite expensive.
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 most valuable features I have found are the report and remote desktop features."
"The features that I have found the most useful are the reliability of the system and the simple way to upgrade. They're also moving to a more comfortable user interface."
"The most valuable feature is the solution's single-pane-of-glass approach to consolidating all of the various metrics and interfaces that I would typically have to access via multiple screens in other products. The ease of use would probably be the single biggest selling point."
"Before implementing Prism, we had an issue with too many alerts for similar issues, so it was difficult to maintain them. The alerts kept coming, and we had a hard time keeping track of everything. We had multiple alerts about CPU, RAM, and storage. Prism helps us identify and eliminate false alerts because most of them were redundant."
"Nutanix Insights... does analytics on resource usage for all virtual machines to determine if they are using the allocated resources efficiently or if they are wasting them. It gives us insights into which virtual machines are using the resources over the past months or weeks or days, and which ones are not using them. That way, we can rearrange resource usage for the virtual machines."
"The automation part for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is great."
"The Clone and Snapshot features are two of the most valuable aspects of the solution for our organization. Rather than simply one-click automation the Snapshot and reverse Snapshot are great."
"Nutanix Prism is very fast compared to VMware and whatever you need to do, you can do it quickly."
"The solution's technical support is helpful and responsive."
"Prism provides us with insights and the ability to access all the sub-components of Nutanix's hyperconverged platform."
 

Cons

"They can move to something even more simple for daily user management. The way to upgrade the framework is not so simple at the moment. They can make it better in the future. These changes would require a complete redesign of the infrastructure and rethinking of the interface."
"When it comes to improving XClarity, I'd like to be able to log in and have it all centralized instead of logging into a specified server and IP. I want to be able to log in and see all servers."
"There are no firewall policies."
"The simplicity that Prism provides is something of a dual-edged sword. It can be almost too simple at times. When there is an issue and something is really wrong, it can make it a little more difficult to track it down because the Prism interface is very limited for drilling down into those highly technical or highly complicated errors."
"Nutanix does not support all of the Linux distributions, so we have to use VMware in some cases."
"Nutanix Prism can be more stable because it's not as stable as VMware."
"Does not yet have micro application using a company's provider."
"Some of the products are not interoperable for multi-cloud or multi-site tasks."
"The three clusters we have at our remote offices are just one-node clusters. If there were an easier way to upgrade items such as the BIOS, SATA drives, the BMC, et cetera, on those, that would be helpful."
"It doesn't integrate very well with any backup solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are some services that need to be purchased in addition to the license."
"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."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap."
"A lot of my customers complain about the price of renewals, so I think that this can be improved."
"...we use it for small and medium-sized businesses. For those companies, Nutanix is too expensive, it's for bigger businesses..."
"I rate the product price as an eight out of ten."
"Nutanix have bundles for pricing. On a single bundle, we get everything including vSAN or VMware and there are no additional costs. It is just a single license that is needed."
"The cost for the licenses was a bit expensive."
"The licensing is fairly high in price. If someone can get over the fact that the licensing is fairly expensive, I would say Nutanix is the way to go. It is expensive, but to me, it's worth it."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Educational Organization
12%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
27%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

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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?
The lifecycle management and upgrade procedure should be automated. With a single click, all critical upgrades should be completed. Additionally, the presales and marketing team should inform clien...
 

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