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Mindtickle vs Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 10, 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

Mindtickle
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Revenue Enablement Platforms (2nd)
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
125
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (4th), Cloud Management (2nd), Virtualization Management Tools (2nd), Cloud Cost Management (2nd), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Mindtickle and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Mindtickle is designed for Revenue Enablement Platforms and holds a mindshare of 9.3%.
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Management, holds 2.6% mindshare, down 6.3% since last year.
Revenue Enablement Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Mindtickle9.3%
Highspot27.2%
The Seismic Platform8.8%
Other54.7%
Revenue Enablement Platforms
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)2.6%
VMware Aria Automation5.8%
IBM Turbonomic4.7%
Other86.9%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Garima Vyas Purohit - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr manager Corporate Training and Placement at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Structured training has improved placement readiness and supports data‑driven shortlisting
Mindtickle brings an important level of consistency across the different batches. When you are handling a large group of students, it is very easy for training quality to vary depending on session or timing. With Mindtickle, once a structure is set, that consistency is maintained, and it reduces a lot of manual dependency. That said, one thing I do feel could be better is the ease of customization on the go. Sometimes during placement season, requirements change quickly. Perhaps a company has a different expectation or timelines shift. At that moment, making quick edits or restructuring the learning paths is not always as smooth as I would prefer. A bit more flexibility there would really enhance the experience. It would also be great if there were more intuitive or student-friendly dashboards. While the back-end analytics are strong, a simpler view for students to clearly understand where they stand and what exactly they need to improve could make it even more impactful. Overall, these are more refinements, because in terms of core features, Mindtickle is already doing a solid job. Mindtickle is doing an amazing job. While my overall experience with Mindtickle has been positive, there are definitely a few areas where I feel it can improve further. One area is flexibility and speed of customization. During the placement season, things can change very quickly with new companies, new requirements, different role expectations, and tighter timelines. In those situations, I sometimes feel that modifying an existing learning path or restructuring modules could be more intuitive and faster. Another aspect is the student-side experience. While the back-end analytics and admin control are quite strong, the learner interface could be made more engaging and simpler. If students had a clearer, more visual view of where they stand and what exactly they need to improve, it would drive even better participation. I also feel there is room for improvement in real-time feedback and interaction. Currently, most feedback is structured around assessments, but adding more instant or interactive feedback elements, especially during practice scenarios, would make the learning experience more dynamic. Lastly, the integration with other tools we commonly use in training and placements, such as communication or scheduling platforms, could be smoother. It would help in creating a more connected ecosystem rather than switching between multiple tools. That said, these are more enhancements rather than major gaps. Mindtickle's core functionality is strong, and it is just about making the experience more agile and user-friendly, especially in a fast-paced environment such as placements.
Phani Venkata Sai BKD - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Lead at Thomson Reuters
Manages hybrid infrastructure seamlessly with flexible cluster scaling and comprehensive oversight
The most important aspect of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is that it helps us manage the infrastructure as a hyperconverged infrastructure in HCI mode. If I have different physical servers, I can map them into a cluster and manage the storage together. It provides flexibility to make use of storage in a clustered format instead of using it in an individual storage endpoint. We have the flexibility to have Nutanix-based licensing based on the core model, instead of having a specific cost on the cluster. The costing on a core model gives customers flexibility to add multiple cores to a single physical host and adjust the infrastructure accordingly, and we can scale up the cluster as needed. While other cloud providers, AWS or Azure, are mostly into cloud-based solutions, and Azure has introduced Azure Stack HCI for managing on-premises infrastructure, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) provides flexibility from day one. We can manage both on-premises and Azure solutions using a single pane of glass, eliminating the need to navigate different windows or screens. It provides a comprehensive view of the infrastructure and highlights specific areas through alerts, giving us good visibility of infrastructure conditions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If users employ Mindtickle correctly, it significantly transforms how their organization approaches training and readiness."
"Overall, Mindtickle has made the entire training-to-placement journey more structured and outcome-driven rather than just activity-based."
"Mindtickle stands out as a well-rounded and mature platform in the sales readiness space, effectively combining training, coaching, and analytics into a single ecosystem, which makes it highly valuable for organizations looking to scale their enabling programs."
"Mindtickle offers impressive speed, specifically how it loads quickly, which helps me find what I need faster than other tools."
"The ability to cross between different clouds is a valuable feature of Nutanix Cloud Manager Intelligent Operations."
"Centralized multi-cloud management is available in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), which is very friendly, allowing me to manage all the application, infrastructure, and security in one console, which is a significant advantage for an infrastructure professional."
"Overall, we've gone from deploying workloads in 45 minutes or 90 minutes and we've taken that down, in some cases, to seven minutes."
"Nutanix gives us access to a single pane of glass by which we're able to see everything."
"Nutanix is a company that cares about your experience and your thoughts and improving things."
"IT doesn't have to be super complicated."
"We use Calm's one-click self-service feature and it's really transforming the team's efficiency. The teams are used to being reactive, which is typical of what you find in IT organizations and service providers. Customers run into problems and teams react. What we're trying to do is reduce that slope and be more proactive in approach. The one-click ability is enabling us to take some of those activities and put them into operation, versus people manually responding."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Prism Pro are the user interface is quite easy to understand and it provides easy management for administrators."
 

Cons

"Currently, feedback can sometimes feel generic or template-driven, so more flexibility to define domain-specific evaluation criteria would enhance relevance."
"One area is performance and responsiveness because at times, especially when dealing with large data sets or complex dashboards, the platform feels slightly slow to me and my team."
"One area is flexibility and speed of customization."
"I would like to see a P2V feature like Move or Xtract."
"In the next release, I would like to see more cloud providers like Micro BH or local providers."
"There have been bugs. We've seen what looked like some storage inefficiencies in reports and, when we went in to look, we found they were false alarms."
"While there are multiple clouds supported, we want less friction around the ease of delivery. We want the ability to integrate other clouds, unify the accounts."
"In Nutanix Cloud Manager, areas that can be improved are AI and cost."
"I think Nutanix Xi Beam can be more cost-effective."
"There have been bugs. We've seen what looked like some storage inefficiencies in reports and, when we went in to look, we found they were false alarms. That was something they corrected on the fly."
"When it comes to integration with Terraform, there is still a lot of improvement needed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I was not involved in purchasing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), so I have no information on its pricing or cost. I do feel that it's fair that Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is a product sold as one but with multiple tiers, though you need to make sure it isn't oversold in terms of client needs."
"Nutanix is really smart to understand that the most important fact is the value to the customer, not the price tag. While you do get some sticker shock sometimes, as soon as you show this and you prove the value, all of a sudden, it looks exceptionally affordable."
"The pricing is less compared to Hyper-V."
"On a scale from one to ten, if one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the solution's pricing a six."
"Its cost is reasonable. The features are very good."
"I think it can be more cost-effective."
"It is expensive when you are looking at small locations that need low-latency workloads, but for larger locations, as compared to other guys, even using VMware, it is not that expensive because if you add it all up, it is going to be pretty much the same value."
"Some people say that Nutanix is a bit more expensive. However, when we were looking at Nutanix versus Cisco and NetApp before deploying this solution, the prices were very similar. Being a government entity, we got a bit more of a discount on Nutanix so it was a bit cheaper. The time savings after the fact has been really worth it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
46%
Healthcare Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Marketing Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise75
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Mindtickle?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was easy and affordable.
What needs improvement with Mindtickle?
Mindtickle brings an important level of consistency across the different batches. When you are handling a large group of students, it is very easy for training quality to vary depending on session ...
What is your primary use case for Mindtickle?
I primarily use Mindtickle to structure and track training for students who are preparing for placements. On a day-to-day basis, for example, if I'm running a placement readiness program, I create ...
Which set of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) features do you find to be the most useful?
For me, the features related to cost savings are the best part of NCM. Of course, the whole product is worth using and when it comes to cloud management, there is a reason why it is favored by so m...
Are the setup process and further maintenance of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) difficult?
When I came into my current organization, NCM was already set up. According to the team that dealt with it, the product was fairly easy to set up. Compared to other products, our IT rates are set u...
Is Nutanix Cloud Manager’s Intelligent Operations feature effective?
Yes, this is a highly effective feature and the rebranding only made things better as they introduced more improvements. You can benefit from Zero coding task automation Automated optimization Tic...
 

Also Known As

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Nutanix Cloud Manager Intelligent Operations, Nutanix Cloud Manager Self-Service, Nutanix Cloud Management Cost Governance, Nutanix Cloud Manager Security Central, Nutanix Software Subscription
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco