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Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

 

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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
4.5
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform simplifies deployment and management, showing potential returns despite being early in its production phase.
Sentiment score
7.4
Red Hat OpenShift boosts ROI with enhanced productivity, scalability, and security, offering efficient integration and modernization despite initial costs.
Centralizing everything on a single platform provides us with comprehensive monitoring, management, and centralization, which signifies value for money.
Windows Redhat Linux Vmware & Azure & Cloud & Nutanix Ahv-Vmware & Backup Senior System Administrator at AlDawaa Medical Services
You can easily say twenty to thirty percent based on the small footprint to manage and maintain it.
Consultant at KubeEdge
With OpenShift combined with IBM Cloud App integration, I can spin an integration server in a second as compared to traditional methods, which could take days or weeks.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Moving to OpenShift resulted in increased system stability and reduced downtime, which contributed to operational efficiency.
Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group
It is always advisable to get the bare minimum that you need, and then add more when necessary.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform is praised for excellent customer service, quick responses, and effective communication, despite variable engineer expertise.
Sentiment score
6.8
Red Hat OpenShift support is praised for expertise and community support but criticized for delays and complex documentation.
I would rate Nutanix support as a 10 because they are very quick to respond whenever I open a case, usually providing support within an hour or two.
Windows Redhat Linux Vmware & Azure & Cloud & Nutanix Ahv-Vmware & Backup Senior System Administrator at AlDawaa Medical Services
We prefer to go directly to Nutanix senior technicians instead of going through a local integrator, as it saves time.
Head of Data Center at National Center of Informatics
Regarding Slack, it is very good, and I would rate it 10 out of 10.
Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Red Hat's technical support is responsive and effective.
Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group
Customer support is really good because so far in our case, we have always received a prompt response, and they have been really helpful to us.
ML Engineer - Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have been pretty happy in the past with getting support from Red Hat.
Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform excels in scalable, automated expansion, offering flexibility and stability despite higher costs for larger scales.
Sentiment score
7.4
Red Hat OpenShift efficiently scales nodes and applications, supports large operations, but some desire improved on-premise capabilities.
We can configure auto-scaling for particular nodes and worker types.
Technology Head Of Delivery at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is easy to scale.
Windows Redhat Linux Vmware & Azure & Cloud & Nutanix Ahv-Vmware & Backup Senior System Administrator at AlDawaa Medical Services
If we scale more, it goes towards a slightly expensive side, but still not too bad.
Senior Project Lead at Tetra Pak
The on-demand provisioning of pods and auto-scaling, whether horizontal or vertical, is the best part.
Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
OpenShift's horizontal pod scaling is more effective and efficient than that used in Kubernetes, making it a superior choice for scalability.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Red Hat OpenShift scales excellently, with a rating of ten out of ten.
System Analyst at Freelancer
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform is stable and reliable, though its "black box" nature complicates issue diagnosis for some users.
Sentiment score
7.7
Red Hat OpenShift is praised for high stability, efficiently handling production, with improvements minimizing external-impact issues.
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is stable; we have not faced any issues until now, and it is running fine for us.
Windows Redhat Linux Vmware & Azure & Cloud & Nutanix Ahv-Vmware & Backup Senior System Administrator at AlDawaa Medical Services
The platform eases management for a Kubernetes platform in a stable environment.
Key Account Manager at Sofor
This is a problem because it operates as a black box, and we can't diagnose issues as easily as on older platforms.
Head of Data Center at National Center of Informatics
It provides better performance yet requires more resources compared to vanilla Kubernetes.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I've had my cluster running for over four years.
Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group
It performs well under load, providing the desired output.
System Analyst at Freelancer
 

Room For Improvement

NKP needs improved documentation, ease of use, and support, facing stability, integration, and upgrade challenges for full functionality.
Red Hat OpenShift requires improvements in documentation, security, integration, support, GUI, scalability, resource demands, and user experience.
The platform would benefit from a simplified installation process with a one-click deployment option and basic configuration questions.
Infrastructure Tech Director at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
There were some shortcomings in the design that we had to customize ourselves to achieve, especially integration with Azure Cloud.
Senior Project Lead at Tetra Pak
For Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), to unlock all the features and capabilities, it requires an upgrade to the ultimate edition because I use Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Basic, or it's called Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Starter, which does not have all the features; it has some very basic functions.
Head Of Platform Engineering at Ascend Group Co., Ltd.
Learning OpenShift requires complex infrastructure, needing vCenter integration, more advanced answers, active directory, and more expensive hardware.
Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
We should aim to include VMware-like capabilities to be competitive, especially considering cost factors.
System Analyst at Freelancer
 

Setup Cost

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform provides cost-effective cloud deployment, offering scalability and persistent storage with moderate pricing for enterprises.
Red Hat OpenShift offers comprehensive features but is criticized for high costs, especially when upgrading to the licensed version.
There is nothing cheap these days in licenses.
Consultant at KubeEdge
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform can also run on the cloud, meaning there are no upfront costs, allowing users to pay for just the capacity they use.
Key Account Manager at Sofor
The pricing for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) rates as seven out of ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price.
Senior Technical Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Initially, licensing was per CPU, with a memory cap, but the price has doubled, making it difficult to justify for clients with smaller compute needs.
Senior Technical Lead at MORO
The pricing for Red Hat OpenShift is considered quite high.
Manager for Middleware at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Red Hat can improve on the pricing part by making it more flexible and possibly on the lower side.
Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform excels in multi-cluster management, cloud integration, and user-friendly interfaces, enhancing productivity, scalability, and flexibility.
Red Hat OpenShift provides fast CI/CD, scalability, security, automation, and integration for seamless, secure, and flexible application deployment.
The web-scale platform enables easy scalability, providing value for both enterprise-level and medium-sized companies.
Key Account Manager at Sofor
Automation in Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is one of the very useful features, as it allows us to define automation, so whether we are there or not, it works as per the requirement.
Windows Redhat Linux Vmware & Azure & Cloud & Nutanix Ahv-Vmware & Backup Senior System Administrator at AlDawaa Medical Services
In the new version, all these functionalities are offered now, allowing us to perform disaster recovery and backup, marking a real improvement in the solution.
Head of Data Center at National Center of Informatics
Because it was centrally managed in our company, many metrics that we had to write code for were available out of the box, including utilization, CPU utilization, memory, and similar metrics.
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
The concept of containers and scaling on demand is a feature I appreciate the most about Red Hat OpenShift.
Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
A valuable feature of Red Hat OpenShift is its ability to handle increased loads by automatically adding nodes.
System Analyst at Freelancer
 

Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform...
Ranking in Container Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat OpenShift
Ranking in Container Management
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (3rd), Server Virtualization Software (9th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (5th), Agile and DevOps Services (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is 6.7%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 4.5%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)6.7%
Red Hat OpenShift4.5%
Other88.8%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

RashidAnwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Lead at Tetra Pak
Centralized cluster deployment has improved remote site operations and supported hybrid application models
The initial setup was not straightforward. It was challenging, but then it was manageable. It is relatively easy, but we do have challenges. Not everything is straightforward. There are things that can be addressed. In a couple of cases, we needed some third-party expertise to ensure that we did it correctly. In most cases, we were able to do it on our own. When hosting something on Azure and connecting with an HTTPS link, there are some dependencies that need to be tweaked on Nutanix. Otherwise, it does not communicate with the on-premises infrastructure. There were a few tweaks that we struggled with for almost a couple of days. That was not part of the original design manual. We needed to make some tweaks within the cluster ourselves to achieve the goal. There were some shortcomings in the design that we had to customize ourselves to achieve, especially integration with Azure Cloud.
Pratul Shukla - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Adopting a flexible and efficient approach with noticeable improvements in operational costs and continued challenges in job management
Currently, one of the biggest challenges we face is with services and jobs. For spawning batches, although it has crons, it is not easy to integrate with enterprise systems such as Autosys. The entire company uses Autosys, but we are not able to integrate it effectively. We need intermediate servers to run OC utility commands and initiate the cron job. We have to do a lot of modifications to ensure our batches work properly. With physical or virtual servers, even in AWS, we are able to write and manage multiple jobs. Managing batches in Red Hat OpenShift has been a significant challenge. Integrating third parties is a challenge with Red Hat OpenShift. For example, with Elasticsearch, onboarding itself was difficult, running file beats and dealing with routing issues. It is not straightforward, especially since we have some components in AWS as. AWS has many capabilities that come out of the box and are easier to work with compared to Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services. The main reason we went with Red Hat OpenShift was because it is a private cloud, and we have regulatory requirements that prevent us from using public cloud.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
While I'm glad to provide good marks, the areas that have room for improvement in Nutanix are the pricing. I believe the pricing will improve over time. The cost is what it is. I would suggest impr...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
My use case for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is to redeploy and migrate existing Kubernetes workloads in the public cloud to on-premises Nutanix.
What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
The maintenance of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is good. My experience with managing applications in production with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is really excellent. It is really stable....
How does OpenShift compare with Amazon AWS?
Open Shift makes managing infrastructure easy because of self-healing and automatic scaling. There is also a wonderful dashboard mechanism to alert us in case the application is over-committing or ...
Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?
Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database...
What needs improvement with OpenShift?
Areas where Red Hat OpenShift can be improved include the licensing being a bit complex and maybe expensive, as that is something in the hands of the organization's higher management, especially wh...
 

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