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Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) vs Porter comparison

 

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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

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) (5th)
Porter
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
AWS Marketplace (77th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) and Porter aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is designed for Cloud Management and holds a mindshare of 2.5%, down 6.0% compared to last year.
Porter, on the other hand, focuses on AWS Marketplace, holds 0.2% mindshare, up 0.1% since last year.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)2.5%
VMware Aria Automation5.5%
IBM Turbonomic4.7%
Other87.3%
Cloud Management
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Porter0.2%
Stardog Enterprise Knowledge Graph Platform0.4%
VPN Server Solution using SoftEther VPN Server on Windows Server 20190.3%
Other99.1%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Gaurav-Bansal - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
UI-driven control of container deployments has simplified client operations and built lasting trust
The best features Porter offers are very useful for situations where there are only one or two DevOps members in a team. For example, my client had limited view information on Kubernetes and only one IT engineer, so it has very fast application deployment, and they can use it through the UI without having to run kubectl and other commands through the terminal. The fast application deployment through the UI helped my team and my client because whenever they needed to scale up the containers, they did not go in and use kubectl or kube-admin commands; instead, they used the UI to scale up the application resources, allowing their applications to handle more traffic. Regarding Porter's governance and security, I think they are good; it all depends on the users and roles, and once they are configured correctly, there are no loopholes in the user permissions. Regarding Porter's accuracy and reliability of output, I think they are pretty reliable, including self-healing pods; with Porter, I can set automatic restarts, and for high availability, I can set up replicas. Porter is a reliable platform.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability of the solution is way better than anything else, and everything is plug-and-play, which is pretty awesome."
"The ease of use is a valuable feature. For us, it's a consistent interface. It's very easy to train our employees on it, and it's a newer generation interface. It's homogeneous, and every product and subset tie together, giving a very similar look to everything."
"Its use is fantastic and managed to improve the response times of our IT department, optimize their tasks, achieve more free time to carry out other tasks, and really focus on what is important in the business."
"Since we switched to Nutanix, we have had fewer bottlenecks and issues during the big game nights."
"Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) provides automation capability in multi-cloud management, automation, and security with different use cases depending on the organization."
"The customer service and technical support of the platform has been great."
"We save a lot of time with Calm. It has enabled our company to develop and deploy applications faster and it has reduced the time it takes us to QA applications."
"Stability is not going to be matched by anything else on the market."
"Porter has positively impacted my organization because I cannot give clients access to the back-end and let them use kubectl and everything."
 

Cons

"The list of blueprints and applications could be more configurable so you see all the fields you need and not just some predefined fields which are not customizable now."
"The biggest issue we've run into is not being able to quickly share information. More sharing features outside of just the standard reporting, where I can export something to a PDF, would be more helpful."
"Better AI would be a feature I would want to see in the next update."
"We have faced some issues during operations, but when we log a case with Nutanix support, they help us to resolve them."
"The pricing could have some changes; compared to other platforms, pricing enhancement is important, and Nutanix does enhancements quarterly."
"Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) can be improved by ensuring updates align with new circumstances."
"Few systems are not business-critical, but they run 24/7."
"You can set up DHCP but it's a little bit clunky. I wish they would streamline and centralize the management of DHCP."
"I think it does not have many options for advanced Kubernetes operations, so they could add more features for these advanced operations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In my opinion, the pricing is reasonable."
"We primarily work with mid-level customers in India rather than enterprise clients. These mid-level customers are interested in services that are priced more moderately. In comparison, Nutanix's pricing is significantly higher than that of other setups. As a result, we have approximately 3,000 customers using VMware, while Nutanix has around 1,800 customers."
"The five-year term for NCM's license cost and support was around five million."
"I think it can be more cost-effective."
"The solution is a bit high in price for what we are receiving as features. I feel they are overcharging us at approximately 25 percent. That is something that they should change."
"In Brazil, Nutanix Cloud Manager is not cheap. However, Nutanix offers different options such as long-term contracts."
"The pricing was quite competitive and a lot lower compared to other solutions. It wasn't cheap, but it was not as expensive."
"You will see great value from it if you utilize the self-service part of Calm. The price you pay for it will only give you equal value if you use the self-service part to enable other teams. If you only use it as a deployment mechanism, I think it's rather expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Marketing Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
7%
Construction Company
52%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Insurance Company
7%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise75
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Questions from the Community

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...
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Also Known As

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

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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