Nutanix Prism vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

The compared Nutanix and Progress Software solutions aren't in the same category. Nutanix is ranked #5 in VM , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 7.8% mindshare in the category. Progress Software is ranked #21 in NMS , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

Nutanix Prism

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98% willing to recommend

WhatsUp Gold

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Nutanix Prism and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Virtualization Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Nutanix Prism vs. WhatsUp Gold

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Prism

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (4th)

WhatsUp Gold

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (29th), Network Monitoring Software (21st), Server Monitoring (15th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (18th), Configuration Management (20th), Log Management (35th), Cloud Monitoring Software (22nd), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Prism and WhatsUp Gold aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Prism is designed for Virtualization Management Tools and holds a mindshare of 7.8%, down 15.0% compared to last year.
WhatsUp Gold, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 2.4% mindshare, up 1.2% since last year.

Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nutanix Prism	7.8%
VMware Aria Operations	24.1%
IBM Turbonomic	14.3%
Other	53.8%

Virtualization Management Tools

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
WhatsUp Gold	2.4%
Zabbix	4.3%
SolarWinds NPM	3.6%
Other	89.7%

Network Monitoring Software

Featured Reviews

Usha Rani

Director at Eglobe infra solutions

Provides comprehensive management with AI-driven insights and predictive analytics for seamless IT operations

The major improvement recommended for Nutanix Prism is more multi-cloud cost optimization. It shows performance and usage but is limited in detailed cross-cloud cost analysis. Improvement is needed for deeper FinOps-style ML insights that compare costs between on-premise, AWS, Azure, etc. Enhancements for the current mobile version of Prism are necessary as its functions are limited. Full mobile native control with real-time alerts and AI suggestions are required for one-click actions. Better integration with third-party tools and predictive maintenance for hardware is needed; currently, the focus is on VM and storage, not hardware life cycle. Predictions for node-level hardware failures or SSD wear-out, fan sensor alerts in advance are essential improvements, as is AI-based security threat detection focusing on unusual login patterns such as ransomware behavior or privilege escalations.

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Erik Cheng

Technical Manager at Quan Hung Gourmet

Efficient monitoring with detailed customization, yet complexity remains

The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless. I have used the automated device discovery with this topology feature. The interactive map feature helps me manage the topology because sometimes we cannot draw the topology correctly, so we need to manually edit the connections. The alerting system is very tunable and customizable, but it's a little complicated to use. Many customers cannot manage it by themselves and need support from us, the provider. We always use the dashboards in the SOC, where we constantly display a dashboard or multiple dashboards. This allows us to know immediately if the connection or bandwidth is full or if the connection is broken.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The logs on the solution are excellent, it gives us very good visibility, the solution is fairly easy to use, especially compared to other solutions Nutanix is very easy to manage, the pricing is very good if you compare it to other competitors, and the solution is stable."

"The solution is a high-performance platform that effectively handles three-layered issues like SA and network fiber cables."

"The auto-update option is a valuable feature for us."

"In the six years we have been using Nutanix Prism, we have never had a problem with stability."

"I like the general usability for general configuration. It is sufficient for everyday operations."

"Nutanix Prism is very simple to use compared to other products. I have tried a number of tools, including VMware ESXi. Nutanix Prism is much simpler to use and we feel data transfers in it are very fast."

"Nutanix Prism's dashboard is very simple, and you don't need much knowledge to use it."

"One valuable aspect of Nutanix Prism is how easy it is to set up."

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"The installation and configuration process are easy."

"It's a good product, and if one has the expertise to use it, it will be a good investment and it will help IT to save and plan for the future."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the visibility it offers of everything in the network and infrastructure."

"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."

"There is a flow monitor option, so we can trace the source IP, the destination IP, and top talker feature in this."

"The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless."

"The documentation is very good."

"Overall, we have been satisfied with the functionality of the product."

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Cons

"There are some things that you can only do via the command line. Over the years that I've been using Nutanix, they've slowly integrated those into Prism, but they're still trying to catch up with a solution that has been around longer, like VMware."

"There can be some constraints on how it scales, making granular scaling difficult with the product."

"One problem I faced when creating a VM and adding a hard disk is that Nutanix Prism did not allow me to reduce that VM's hard disk."

"The dashboard visibility could be improved."

"Sometimes the life cycle management function of Nutanix can't find the latest version of the firmware. The lifecycle management product could be more up-to-date."

"We definitely have some issues with Nutanix Prism. Our main issue is that we cannot operate the database. It would seem that less configuration would be desirable, because between Nutanix and the Oracle database on Windows, there tends to be problems."

"The interface is good, but it needs improvements. There are a lot of functions that are only available in the CLI. In addition, some of the hardware components could be improved. We already had some trouble with disks."

"The solution should offer the ability to change network settings without removing the network card from the virtual machine."

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"Improvements are needed in integration, especially for WhatsApp call and messages."

"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."

"This product should add other options for monitoring. It does not currently meet the broader needs of the banking industry in the version we have deployed."

"I would like to see them do an enhancement to the application monitoring. A lot of other products do better application monitoring so they should do some improvements to the application monitoring."

"You have to invest a few days to become an expert in this solution, but after that, it's possible to do almost anything with it."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive."

"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Nutanix Prism is quite an expensive solution compared to VMware."

"The pricing was decent, average. It wasn't a Black Friday sale, but it was good."

"I consider it a worthwhile investment."

"Nutanix Prism is priced better than some of the competing solutions."

"Prism is cheaper compared to competitors like Cisco HyperFlex or HP vSAN."

"It's expensive in comparison to the rest of our infrastructure. But the quality is there."

"Nutanix have bundles for pricing. On a single bundle, we get everything including vSAN or VMware and there are no additional costs. It is just a single license that is needed."

"The pricing is comparable to other software initiatives."

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"It is per device, per year. The pricing is very clear. If you have a service agreement, you get all of your major upgrades and minor upgrades. It was under $10,000 to go all-in with all of the different add-ons for it."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."

"This is a well priced solution."

"The price of WhatsUp Gold is good."

"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."

"The choice of version depends on the number of points, or devices, that you want to monitor, and this makes the product expensive."

"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?

Nutanix Prism offers web scaling, which facilitates easy scaling.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Prism?

I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?

Regarding Nutanix Prism's single pane overview, the limitation is that you cannot troubleshoot all errors from Prism Central; you sometimes need to log into the CLI to change settings such as the I...

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What do you like most about WhatsUp Gold?

The interactive mapping interface for scrolling, zooming, and drilling down on an element to learn about a network issue is good. When we see a network there will sometimes be a spot that has one l...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

It would be great if WhatsUp Gold could add features that simplify management with AI, as it is currently too complicated to manage.

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Overview

Nutanix makes infrastructure invisible, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that power their business. The Nutanix enterprise cloud platform leverages web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute, virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined solution with rich machine intelligence. The result is predictable performance, cloud-like infrastructure consumption, robust security, and seamless application mobility for a broad range of enterprise applications.

Nutanix

Explore and manage your entire network infrastructure effortlessly with WhatsUp Gold's robust layer 2/3 discovery, creating a detailed interactive map from the edge to the cloud. Monitor devices, wireless controllers, servers, virtual machines, applications, and traffic flows across various environments. Real-time alerts ensure optimal performance, allowing you to meet or exceed SLAs. The platform offers customizable maps, dashboards, and alerts for easy network management. Quickly resolve issues with intuitive workflows, reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR). WhatsUp Gold's integrated log management provides easy visibility and control of device log data, allowing monitoring, filtering, searching, and alerting on syslogs or Windows logs. Archive logs to comply with regulatory requirements and preserve historical data, all through a user-friendly interface. Streamline network monitoring and issue resolution with WhatsUp Gold, making network management efficient and hassle-free.

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Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

Artoni Trasporti, Austin Independent School District, Banca Marche, Burke County North Carolina, Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Clayco, Community Integrated Care, Desca, Deutsche Bergbau, Flexi-Van, Gropper, Hamleys, Hammonds Furniture, Knowledge IT, Idras S.P.A., Sibeg, Swann Engineering, Trivium Lindenhof

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