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We performed a comparison between Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and OpenShift Container Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. OpenShift Container Platform Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The product integrates well with our infrastructure.""We can do a lot of provisioning.""The technical support is excellent.""The solution is easy to manage. You can get everything in a single platform. It is also easy to work with Terraform as a code.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""The solution is embedded in the hypervisor and there are no deployment costs.""We can add some add-ons and plugins to the product if we need to."

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"The auto scalability feature, which is based on smart agendas, determined from pre-prepared rules is the most valuable feature. You can also create different routes for deployment. Deployment types can be provided with an identifier, such as an ARB deployment. This really helped in rolling out releases without disrupting services for the end-users.""The architecture is the best. The solution is scalable if you are on a container-based solution.""I think it's a pretty scalable tool...The solution's technical support has been pretty good.""I have found the ability to scale up is most valuable.""Everything is packaged into OpenShift Container Platform.""The usability and the developer experience. The platform has a centralized consultant that is easy to use for our development, operations and security teams.""The best feature is the management for the port life cycle, which automatically recycles, pulls, and scales up and down based on needs and requests.""It’s user-friendly."

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Cons
"There have been challenges related to software bugs, especially regarding long-term licensing options and issues within our customer network.""I have issues with the product's interoperability.""In the next release, I would like to have automatic dynamic scaling, both upscaling and downscaling.""I would like to have more nodes for availability and storage.""We need a backup of production clusters.""GUI lacks sufficient information to help with understanding the installation and process.""The product lacks some virtualization capabilities, making it an area for improvement where the solution can focus on providing users with more virtualization capabilities related to disk systems."

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"There should be a simplification of the overall cluster environment. It should require fewer resources. Just to run a simple Hello World app, it requires about seven servers, and that's just crazy. I understand that it is fully redundant, but it's prohibitively expensive to get something simple going.""Things are there and the documentation is there, however, there still needs to be quick guides available.""The solution needs to introduce open ID connect integration for role-based access control.""Getting the solution quickly and troubleshooting quickly are both areas where I think it needs some work.""The UI could be more user-friendly to drive tasks more effectively through the interface.""Setting up OpenShift isn't easy. I rate it three out of ten for ease of setup. We're deploying it in three phases. They're in the second phase now. The total deployment time will be five months. We expect to complete the deployment this March. There are 13 people on three teams working on this deployment.""The solution does not work on a route-wise NFS.""Another thing that bugs me is that they removed the software in NFS storage. I don't understand why because this is a common type of storage. I am having problems with that, so I wish they would put it back."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The product's licenses are included in the software version deployed in our data center."
  • "I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "I rate NKE's pricing a six out of ten."
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  • "OpenShift with Red Hat support is pretty costly. We have done a comparison between AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Services) which provides fully managed services from AWS. It's built on open-source-based Kubernetes clusters and it is much cheaper compared to Red Hat, but it is a little expensive compared to ECS provided by AWS."
  • "It depends on who you're talking to. For a large corporation, it is acceptable, other than the significant infrastructure requirements. For a small organization, it is in no way suitable, and we'd go for Amazon's container solution."
  • "The license to use the OpenShift Container Platform is free. If you are capable with Java you can modify it."
  • "The price is slightly on the higher side. It is something that can be worked on because most of the businesses now have margins."
  • "The pricing is a bit more expensive than expected."
  • "We paid for Cloud Pak for integration. It all depends on how many VMs or how many CPUs you are using. They do the licensing based on that."
  • "We currently have an annual license renewal."
  • "It largely depends on how much money they earn from the application being deployed; you don't normally deploy an app just for the purpose of having it. You must constantly look into your revenue and how much you spend every container, minute, or hour of how much it is working."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I have issues with the product's interoperability.
    Top Answer:My client uses applications that require large network bandwidth. They use the solution to leverage it.
    Top Answer:Red Hat Openshift is ideal for organizations using microservices and cloud environments. I like that the platform is auto-scalable, which saves overhead time for developers. I think Openshift can be a… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable features include high availability, scalability, and security. Other features like advanced cluster management, advanced cluster security, and Red Hat Quay make it powerful… more »
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten. There is a subscription called OpenShift Plus, which offers additional features and products the vendor provides to complement the… more »
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    Overview
    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) is an enterprise Kubernetes management solution that simplifies provisioning, operations, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes.

    Red Hat® OpenShift® offers a consistent hybrid cloud foundation for building and scaling containerized applications. Benefit from streamlined platform installation and upgrades from one of the enterprise Kubernetes leaders.

    Sample Customers
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
    Edenor, BMW, Ford, Argentine Ministry of Health
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm38%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Insurance Company13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government9%
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    Financial Services Firm42%
    Computer Software Company21%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Government5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise20%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. OpenShift Container Platform
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. OpenShift Container Platform and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is ranked 11th in Container Management with 8 reviews while OpenShift Container Platform is ranked 1st in Container Management with 36 reviews. Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is rated 7.8, while OpenShift Container Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE writes "Stable platform with an easy initial setup process ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenShift Container Platform writes "Provides automation that speeds up our process by 30% and helps us achieve zero downtime". Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Kubernetes, Rancher Labs, Docker and NGINX Ingress Controller, whereas OpenShift Container Platform is most compared with Amazon EKS, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Rancher Labs and Kubernetes. See our Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. OpenShift Container Platform report.

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