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Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) vs Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 11, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform...
Ranking in Container Management
18th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat OpenShift Container...
Ranking in Container Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Rami Varis - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplifies management for continuous operations with seamless setup and maintenance
The platform is easy to set up, maintain, and update. It is easier to manage compared to other solutions and allows for running in a stable environment. The web-scale platform enables easy scalability, providing value for both enterprise-level and medium-sized companies. It helps businesses solve management and stability challenges in Kubernetes environments.
Vlado Velkovski - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides automation that speeds up our process by 30% and helps us achieve zero downtime
OpenShift has a pretty steep learning curve. It's not an easy tool to use. It's not only OpenShift but Kubernetes itself. The good thing is that Red Hat provides specific targeted training. There are five or six pieces of training where you can get certifications. The licenses for OpenShift are pretty expensive, so they could be cheaper because the competition isn't sleeping, and Red Hat must take that into account. There are a few versions of OpenShift. There is the normal OpenShift and an OpenShift Plus license. Red Hat could think of how to connect those two subscriptions because, with Red Hat Plus, you have one tool called ACM (Advanced Cluster Management), where you can manage multiple clusters from one place. We deployed this functionality by ourselves, but if you don't pay the license for Red Hat OpenShift Plus, you'll lack this functionality. If you have a multi-cloud environment and you have a lot of work to do, it would be a plus if the Red Had OpenShift Plus license came in a bundle with the regular solutions. This ACM tool should be available in the normal subscription, not just the Plus version. There are new versions on an almost weekly basis. I found myself that the upgrading of OpenShift clusters is not a task that will successfully finish every time. It's a simple and quick, but not reliable process. That's why we use multiple clusters. We use v4.10.3, but we want to move to v4.12.X. The upgrade process itself can fail, and we don't have backups of our OpenShift cluster because we have backups of all the Kubernetes manifests on GitHub. We destroy the cluster, bring up a new one quickly, and apply those scripts. The upgrade itself could be more resilient for us as administrators of OpenShift to be sure that it'll succeed and not occasionally fail. They can improve the reliability of their upgrade process. They also have implementations of some Red Hat-verified operators for a lot of products like Elasticsearch. They're good enough for development purposes, but some of the OpenShift operators still lack resilient production-grade configurations. Red Hat says that we have a few hundred operators, but I believe that only half of them are production-grade ready at this moment. They need to work much more on those operators to become more flexible because you can deploy all of them in development mode, but when we go to production grade and want to make specific changes to the operator and configuration, we lack those possibilities.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The platform is stable."
"The platform is easy to set up, maintain, and update."
"I like the Flexibility of the solution."
"Dashboards... give us all the details we need to see about the microservices."
"Autoscaling is an excellent feature that makes it very simple to scale our applications as required."
"OpenShift integrates seamlessly with our CI/CD pipelines, offering robust automation and deployment capabilities."
"The platform has significantly improved our organization by enhancing productivity and reducing the time required to deploy applications."
"OpenShift provides tools that tell me everything I have on a container, and I can make it on-premise or on a cloud infrastructure."
"It’s user-friendly."
"On OpenShift, it's easy to scale applications. We can easily scale up or scale down."
 

Cons

"There are some limitations with the non-air gap version as it requires complete internet access, which poses restrictions due to government regulations."
"My impression is that this solution is pretty expensive so I think the pricing plan could improve."
"We encounter difficulties while accessing the environment and managing the cluster. This particular area needs improvement."
"One area for product improvement is the support limitations within the subscription models, particularly the restricted support hours for lower-tier subscriptions."
"There is room for improvement with integration."
"Things are there and the documentation is there, however, there still needs to be quick guides available."
"I believe OpenShift Container Platform can improve in networking, architecture, and cloud areas by reducing deployment time, lowering costs, and streamlining engineer resources"
"The setup process is not great."
"The solution needs to introduce open ID connect integration for role-based access control."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I'm an architect, so I have no involvement in the pricing and licensing of the platform."
"The pricing is a bit more expensive than expected."
"The license to use the OpenShift Container Platform is free. If you are capable with Java you can modify it."
"The pricing is expensive for licensing."
"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 product is expensive."
"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."
"The price is slightly on the higher side. It is something that can be worked on because most of the businesses now have margins."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
I lack the technical knowledge to identify specific areas of improvement. However, I wonder whether all software currently used by companies supports Nutanix Kubernetes Platform or if they need alt...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
Customers use Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) ( /products/nutanix-kubernetes-platform-nkp-reviews ) to manage the Kubernetes ( /products/kubernetes-reviews ) platform, providing ease of managemen...
What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
I would rate the platform nine out of ten. My expertise in sales limits my technical evaluation capabilities, but based on research, it earns a high score.
Which is better - OpenShift Container Platform or VMware Tanzu Mission Control?
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 b...
What do you like most about OpenShift Container Platform?
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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenShift Container Platform?
OpenShift pricing varies by region. For example, a simple cluster with three nodes in DAL-10 might cost around $560 to $580 per month, subject to specific configurations like memory and CPU cores.
 

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Sample Customers

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Edenor, BMW, Ford, Argentine Ministry of Health
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