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Updated on Sep 5, 2022

We performed a comparison between Nutanix AHV and Proxmox VE based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

  • Ease of Deployment: Users of both solutions report that their deployment is easy.
  • Features: Users of both products are happy with their stability and scalability.

    Nutanix AHV users like the solution’s manageability and its ease of troubleshooting and investigating problems. Reviewers mention that there are limitations with the compatibility of other software.

    Proxmox VE users like that the solution is easy to use, has good performance, and has a good backup service. Users don’t like that certain processes are automatic. They also mention that moving things to the cloud can be difficult and, because it's a young solution, there are some bugs.
  • Pricing: Nutanix AHV users feel the solution is expensive, but competitively priced. Users of Proxmox VE consider the solution affordable.
  • Service and Support: Nutanix AHV users are extremely satisfied with the technical support. Most users of Proxmox VE are happy with the support, though there are a few who think it needs to be improved.
  • ROI: Users of both solutions report a positive ROI.

Comparison Results: The two solutions are comparable and receive similar ratings in most categories. However, users feel that Proxmox VE is more affordable than Nutanix AHV.

To learn more, read our detailed Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. Proxmox VE Report (Updated: March 2023).
688,083 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is that it can be managed through Hyper-V, which is Microsoft's hypervisor, VMware, and Citrix XenServer.""It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works.""You don't need any other instruments for control, AHV. You only need to look at the prism to control all infrastructure.""The storage features and volume system are great.""If we want to move the virtual machine from one host to another, it's simple, straightforward, and stable.""The setup is efficient.""The solution is stable.""The solution is user-friendly and provides good virtual machine backups. The user interface gets updated when there is a new release."

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"It's very user-friendly.""Its compatibility is most valuable.""The whole solution is good. It has good tools that help me in managing the servers. It is also stable.""The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the linked clone.""The virtualization is good.""The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the speed. Additionally, I can modify the solution if needed because it is open-source and the integration of any kind of API and monitoring is hassle-free.""The solution has good high availability.""The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is its ease of use."

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Cons
"If we have to opt for a high level of capacity planning and need more analytics—like deciding on new purchases or budgeting, or if we need additional resources in the near future—we need to pay for Prism Central. I would suggest that Nutanix improve a bit on the analytics part of Prism Element so we can calculate those kinds of things within that flavor.""The solution could improve the call logging system to HPE, it is a bit tedious.""The management console needs to improve to make it easier for administrators. For example, to be able to reorganize our VMs, folders, and subfolders, similarly as it is provided in VMware. We can sort, manage, and organize VMs, folders, or subfolders in VMware.""The software based controller has high consumption. This could be improved.""VMware does tend to have more features than AHV. It's more of the leader in this space.""The price of Nutanix AHV Virtualization could improve.""I would like to see more automation of Day One operations, such as DRS, and HA.""If you have the need for special hardware like FibreChannel-Cards or such and there is no networked-way around it (such as you could work with USB Dongles via an HW-Dongle-Server of network), you have to use a separate hypervisor."

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"My impression is that currently, this solution is not stable even after multiple versions of improvements.""A feature which should be added is the ability to encrypt the main installation.""Backup and recovery could be better. It's a bit problematic. If you're not well-versed with Linux, it tends to be a bit of a challenge when setting up and recovering. It's not really GUI-based, and if you're not a good Linux user, it becomes a bit difficult. In the next release, I would like to have something like Hyper-V's Data Protection Manager, where you could do an offsite backup and keep a copy. I haven't seen that incorporated yet, but I'm sure they will do that.""It's one of those things for me to move things on to the cloud. It's not so easy. I am always on the laptop and have to monitor that because if you want to make strides; you need to stay online.""The only issue I have with Proxmox VE is updating it. You have to manually update it or you have to have a way to update it automatically.""We find it difficult to find the root cause of the issues.""One issue with Proxmox is that some processes are not automatic. For some processes, you have to do it manually by command line.""Proxmox VE can improve by importing OVF or OVA files directly from OVA. I need to convert all the images to raw images before importing them to Proxmox VE. If there is a solution that I can import directly from VMDK, it would be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of the solution is fair and if you want support there are additional fees."
  • "The price of the solution can always be lower. However, the price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "Nutanix AHV is free."
  • "The price of Nutanix AHV is reasonable."
  • "The licensing overall from Nutanix AHV is very good compared to other solutions."
  • "Nutanix AHV is low cost."
  • "I would rate the pricing a three out of five. It is expensive, but it also provides the value for money and performance that you require as a hyperconverged and virtualization software."
  • "When comparing this solution to others on the market, such as VMware and Citrix, the price could be reduced."
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  • "Because I'm using Proxmox VE for personal use and it's an AGPL license project, I can use it at home for free."
  • "Proxmox is free."
  • "The way the licensing of Proxmox is structured, you can use it for free. It is an open-source solution, and you can use it for free, but if you do need support, then you have to pay for the support. So, you can use it in a way that you don't have to pay anything, which is a plus point for me. For people or users who have huge and more intense use cases, the advice or the recommendation is to always pay for support. In case something goes wrong, you can fall back on the team that will attend to your request. For me, at the moment, the cost is zero."
  • "To use Proxmox VE there is not a license required. However, you can purchase a support license, which you access, but it doesn't change the functionality of the solution."
  • "Proxmox VE is affordable. It's cheaper than Hyper-V, Huawei Desktop Protocol, and Huawei Desktop Cloud."
  • "There is an annual license to use Proxmox VE and it is approximately $90. There are not any additional costs."
  • "This is a free open-source solution."
  • "We are using the free community version of Proxmox VE."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:To understand which is better - Nutanix AHV or VMware vSphere - you need to do a product comparison. Both products support hypervisors. However, Nutanix supports some of the most popular ones and more… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is manageability.
    Top Answer:We don't have to pay extra for Acropolis because it is built into Nutanix. If we were using another product, like VMware, then we would need to have a separate license for the hypervisor.
    Top Answer:For me the biggest impact is the cost of licensing in the case of VMware despite its overall intuitiveness and ease of handling and management. However, KVM-based Open Source solutions are becoming… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:I use Proxmox VE and have been very happy with it. In my opinion, it is a complete and stable solution with excellent tools for managing servers. It has a lot of different features, and I also love… more »
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    Overview
    Nutanix AHV is a secure, enterprise-grade solution for intuitive virtualization and container management. It streamlines operations and simplifies management for all your workloads and environments.

    Proxmox VE is a complete virtualization management solution for servers. It is a powerful open-source platform and supports two virtualization technologies - KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) for virtual machines and LXC for containers. Proxmox VE has a central user interface that allows you to manage not only VMs and containers, but also storage resources, network configuration, and high availability for clusters. It is enterprise-ready and is valued for its scalability and maximum flexibility, enabling you to virtualize very demanding workloads. Proxmox VE makes it possible for you to easily install, manage, and monitor hyper-converged (HCI) data centers.

    Proxmox VE Key Features

    The Proxmox VE platform has many powerful features, including:

    pen-source software, high-available clusters, command line, fencing, a web-based management interface, flexible storage options, REST API, live/online migration, storage replication stack, software defined storage, virtualized networking, backup and restore, two-factor authentication, role-based administration, and VM templates and clones.

    Proxmox VE Benefits

    Some of the biggest benefits of Proxmox VE are:

    • Central management: To manage all tasks of your virtual data center, you can use the central, web-based management interface.

    • Unique multi-master design: Proxmox VE allows you to carry out maintenance tasks cluster wide, from any node.

    • Minimize downtime: With the integrated live/online migration feature, you can move running virtual machines from one Proxmox VE cluster node to another, without any downtime or noticeable effect from the end-user side.

    • Granular access: Using Proxmox VE’s role-based permission management system helps you define granular access to all objects.

    • Multiple authentication sources: Proxmox VE supports multiple authentication sources, including Linux PAM, an integrated Proxmox VE authentication server, LDAP, Microsoft Active Directory, and OpenID Connect.

    • Several storage options: The Proxmox VE storage model is very flexible and the web interface allows you to add multiple storage types (LVM Group, iSCSI target, NFS Share, SMB/CIFS, Ceph RBD, Direct to iSCSI LUN, GlusterFS, CephFS).

    • Collaboration with Ceph: Proxmox VE fully integrates Ceph, giving you the ability to run and manage Ceph storage directly from any of your cluster nodes.

    • Scheduled backups: With Proxmox VE, backups can be scheduled so that they automatically run on specific days and times, for selectable nodes and guest systems.

    • IT infrastructure protection: Proxmox VE has a built-in firewall that works to protect your IT infrastructure. The firewall is completely customizable, allowing complex configurations via the GUI or CLI.

    Reviews From Real Users

    Here is some feedback from some of our users who are currently using the solution:

    A PeerSpot user who is a director at a tech services company says, “The most valuable features of Proxmox VE are the ease of containerization. Overall the solution is generic, feature-rich, and has compatibility.”

    Another PeerSpot user who is a head of IT operations at a tech services company mentions that "In addition to the virtualization, the firewall and the routing functions that it provides are valuable."

    Deepen D., director and CTO at TechnoInfotech, expresses that "The feature that I have found most valuable is that its storage container, LVM, and everything else work out of the box."


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    Sample Customers
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
    Municipality of Trento, SwitchMIA, inDenova, Valmeita City Council, Alpha IT AS, Grupo Inversor Veracruzano S.A.P.I. de C.V. (GRIVER), Laut und Schoen, IT-Services - Hamburg e.K., KMI Learning, Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd., Serwise AG
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company33%
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Retailer17%
    Insurance Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Educational Organization9%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Government8%
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    Government18%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Retailer18%
    University12%
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    Comms Service Provider19%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Government9%
    Educational Organization7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business34%
    Midsize Enterprise31%
    Large Enterprise34%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business68%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise53%
    Buyer's Guide
    Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. Proxmox VE
    March 2023
    Find out what your peers are saying about Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. Proxmox VE and other solutions. Updated: March 2023.
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    Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 18 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 22 reviews. Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Feature rich, good compatibility, and impressive fuctionality". Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere and Citrix Hypervisor. See our Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. Proxmox VE report.

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