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Nutanix Central vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 10, 2025

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
5.6
Nutanix Central offers significant efficiency and cost-effectiveness in IT management, enhancing restoration and issue resolution compared to VMware.
Sentiment score
6.1
ServiceNow IT Operations Management delivers ROI with enhanced efficiency, visibility, reduced staffing needs, but initial returns may vary.
I have seen measurable outcomes from using Nutanix Central, such as more efficient IT management.
When an alert appears, Nutanix provides detailed information and resolution steps, making our job easier.
Managing without Nutanix Central would require significantly more man-hours.
It reduced staffing needs from four full-time staff to fewer due to automation.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Nutanix Central's support is praised for responsive, knowledgeable service, overcoming initial challenges to achieve high client satisfaction.
Sentiment score
6.1
ServiceNow IT Operations Management support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with quick responses for some and delays for others.
When an issue is reported and reviewed, they provide next steps and work to resolve the issue long term.
Nutanix support is one of the top ones I have dealt with.
They've always resolved issues in a timely manner.
They respond promptly when we call to open a ticket.
For minor issues, the team takes a month's time to provide a fix.
The response time of technical support could be improved.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
9.1
Nutanix Central scales efficiently with growing needs, allowing seamless expansion and earning high user ratings for scalability.
Sentiment score
7.5
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is scalable, integrates easily, ideal for large enterprises, but incurs substantial licensing costs.
It scales efficiently with the growing needs of our company.
Nutanix Central scales with the growing needs of my company, and we have expanded usage.
ServiceNow ITOM scales very well to small and medium businesses.
It integrates with every single tool, even external tools.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Nutanix Central offers stable, reliable performance with high availability, resolving issues through scaling, and automatic alerts enhance reliability.
Sentiment score
7.7
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is reliable and efficient, praised for stability but minor performance issues occur with complex setups.
If one node goes down, it automatically alerts us, but we can always count on the other builds running.
Nutanix Central is always available, so it's quite stable and reliable.
Nutanix Central is available 90% of the time with the ability to log in and manage all resources.
Since it is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, I consider the stability to be very high, rating it ten out of ten.
It helps us create custom dashboards and provides excellent search functionality where we can search for any issues or errors that have occurred and take corrective action before it impacts the users.
 

Room For Improvement

Nutanix Central needs improved setup, enhanced permissions, seamless migration, better API compatibility, unified updates, and streamlined task execution.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management needs improvement in affordability, integration, AI capabilities, user interface, automation, customization, and simplicity.
One of the biggest challenges we have with Nutanix currently is that our Rubrik backups do not work with the Nutanix API.
It would be nice to go in and say, 'This VM doesn't need to be in this data center, and we'd prefer to put it in this one,' and have the ability to initiate the migration.
Once it is set up, everything works smoothly, but the initial setup was difficult.
A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial.
It provides many out-of-the-box functionalities along with customization options.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable for SMB customers.
 

Setup Cost

Nutanix Central offers budget-friendly integration with cost governance, enhancing resource planning and financial management across existing licenses.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is costly but valued for its benefits, offering customizable and negotiable pricing models.
We do not incur additional costs for using Nutanix Central.
Nutanix Central's cost visibility feature helps with resource planning and budget preparation.
We tie in with cost governance in Nutanix Central, which helps us identify other products and determine whether we need to increase our licensing or reduce it.
The pricing model offers scaling where not everything consumes a license equally, providing more value across different business areas.
ServiceNow's pricing is expensive.
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
 

Valuable Features

Nutanix Central centralizes multi-cluster management, enhancing efficiency and decision-making with integrated tools and insightful analytics dashboards.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management streamlines operations with Discovery, Service Mapping, and strong CMDB integration for efficient asset management.
The visibility we get from Nutanix Central—seeing it all in one spot—primarily gives us significant time savings.
It allows us to know what groups, such as application groups, servers belong to, so we can group them appropriately in consistency groups for DR purposes.
Before an issue becomes critical, it sends us an email notification with warning status information.
The performance analytics of ServiceNow was especially beneficial for setting thresholds, aggregating, and correlating infrastructure data.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management influences ITSM processes by automating them and aiding in detecting and resolving IT issues to improve performance, reliability, and uptime.
They provide seamless integration of ITOM with their other modules such as ITSM, where we can leverage the AIs for discovery, perform impact analysis, which essentially helps to enhance the overall IT operations and reduce the downtime and MTTR.
 

Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Central
Ranking in Cloud Management
17th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (6th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (7th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (8th)
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in Cloud Management
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (9th), AIOps (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2703777 - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us get ahead of potential problems, and their support has been phenomenal
I don't think there's much improvement needed in Nutanix Central. Maybe there are different tools I haven't discovered yet that may bring everyone on the same page. I am still in the process of researching them and providing feedback to Nutanix. For what we use it for, it runs efficiently. What I think is missing in Nutanix Central to make it the best product ever is compatibility with our backups. One of the biggest challenges we have with Nutanix currently is that our Rubrik backups do not work with the Nutanix API. That would be great to resolve, as it would reduce the time spent resolving the issue.
PriyankaBachu - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides templates which reduces duplications in rule configuration
Currently, we are integrating LogicMonitor with ServiceNow IT Operations Management to manage IT event management and auto-ticketing for alerts from the monitoring tool to ServiceNow The solution is saving time by providing templates, reducing duplication in rule configuration, and offering…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Wholesaler/Distributor
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Central?
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is limited as I don't manage that part. However, I know it has been within budget and hasn't impacted our financial planning.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Central?
One area of improvement could be from the AI side, as the industry shifts and grows. If we could get workflow mechanisms built into Nutanix Central, we could define workflows to solve known issues ...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Central?
We use Nutanix Central for our hybrid cloud management because we have our on-premises Nutanix clusters and AWS cloud resources.
What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
ServiceNow's pricing is expensive. We consider it a Tier 1 product, but it requires significant investment.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
ServiceNow ( /products/servicenow-reviews )'s pricing is expensive. A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial. We needed some external help to ...
 

Also Known As

No data available
ServiceNow ITOM
 

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Sample Customers

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servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
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