Nutanix Database Service vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

"It has wizards that are very helpful in the installation, and it handles automation as well as virtualization once deployed."

"The solution enables us to speed up the creation of new instances."

"We use the solution to save costs and simplify operations."

"The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools."

"The patching is the most valuable feature. We spent a lot of time and effort on the patching of our SQL instances after hours. With Nutanix Era, you can schedule and automate them during your normal operational hours (during the day). You schedule all the patching, then everything happens automatically with minor tickets from the engineer. So, our patching, which took four hours, went down to an hour for the engineer. This is much better for us from a return on investment perspective."

"It has some very good features. It really works with multiple silos in terms of infrastructure, database updates, and migration. So many things are easy with Era."

"It is also a single platform, all in one place, and that is a reason we went for this solution. Earlier, we had multiple platforms, the database and the OS, but this is a single platform that helps us with what we are doing."

"The solution provides easy deployment of databases, easy snapshots, and easy disaster recovery."

"Very sophisticated routing control and priority messaging capabilities"

"Companies can scale the solution, so long as they have server room."

"A very good, open-source platform."

"The solution has really cool features to use. Its management console is excellent. You can utilize plugins to view the performance of the whole service on one network."

"The solution improved our site reliability."

"It is easy to use. The addition of more queues and more services can be managed very easily."

"The most valuable feature for me is that it is open source. The licensing costs are really low and they are transparent."

"The message routing is the most valuable feature. It is effective and flexible."

"The patching should be a one-button function. Also, it works about 80 percent of the time, but 20 percent of the time it requires manual intervention. And sometimes, until you understand the technical underpinnings of that process, you can't fix it. I thought we would move past that. In the last version, they broke a big chunk of that for me, and that's why I'm waiting for the new release because they promised me it would fix the problem."

"We have a regular license program because it's really expensive."

"The updating of the database engine is something that can be improved. For example, assume that we are using PostgreSQL out of the box, and it is version 10. If we want to migrate to version 11, 12, or 13, then it is not very easy to do that using Nutanix Era."

"I would like to see the SQL compatibility enhanced."

"We faced some performance issues with Nutanix."

"There is room for improvement in the pricing structure."

"The downside of this solution is that it's more expensive than its competitors."

"It would be helpful if Nutanix added a billing system for databases. We need to automate this with a separate solution. We are service providers, so it would be easier for our customers if there were a built-in system that we could use for billing."

"The availability could be better."

"There are some security concerns that have been raised with this product."

"they need to interact more with customers. They need to explain the features, especially when there are new releases of Greenplum. I know just from information I've found that it has other features, it can be used to for analytics, for integration with Big Data, Hadoop. They need to focus on this part with the customer."

"Initial setup is a little complex. It took around two weeks to deploy."

"I saw some limitation with respect to the column store, and removing this would be an improvement."

"The product needs to focus on offering more use case documentation because browsing the internet to find it can be a process filled with struggles."

"Some integration with other platforms like design tools, and ETL development tools, that will enable some advanced functionality, like fully down processing, etc."

"I would like to see the performance of the administration portal improved and additional messaging protocols."

"Not everyone can afford it. It's a bit expensive, so the price has to be improved."

"It's priced fairly... It's a good value. When you go looking for something from Oracle that automates things and makes your life easier, it's always going to be a minimum of $500,000. Era's nothing like that."

"The tool is expensive."

"The pricing is competitive."

"Licensing costs will be the main scalability problem."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"The licensed-based pricing is confusing and too high."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"It is an open-source product."

"On a scale of one to five, with five being the most competitive pricing, I would rate this solution as a four."

"It’s an open-source solution."

"Tanzu Greenplum's pricing is really competitive and gives excellent value for money."

"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."

"We are using the open-source version of this solution."

"It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."

"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."