It's a very comprehensive product that enables many capabilities through micromanagement and micro-segmentation at the security level. If you are running cloud infrastructure, it can manage your cloud operations effectively. It's a vast product with numerous features that can fulfill IT infrastructure requirements under one umbrella. On a scale of 1-10, I rate VMware NSX a 9.
Senior VMware Administrator at Johnson Controls, Inc.
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Jun 18, 2025
I'm currently working with VMware. The deployment was completed in approximately days, though it was a long time ago. I'm on the VMware side of things so I wouldn't know if there are any third-party tools used. Some products are possibly duplicates which can impact how we fully utilize VMware NSX. Some reporting could be easier. It is effective in terms of reducing operational complexity and cost for my organization. However, I can use any other product and the impact is not substantial. I rate VMware NSX a 9 out of 10.
Sr . IT Infrastructure Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
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May 27, 2025
VMware NSX deserves a rating of nine out of ten for stability. For scalability, VMware NSX also deserves a nine out of ten. I would recommend VMware NSX for mid-size to large companies. The pricing for VMware NSX deserves a rating of four to five out of ten. Overall, I would give VMware NSX a rating of eight out of ten. I can definitely recommend VMware NSX to other users.
Senior IT Strategy Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Feb 10, 2025
I would rate the overall solution a seven out of ten. I recommend VMware NSX, depending on the organization's environment. It is often suitable for enterprise-level companies due to deployment complexity and cost considerations.
The main challenge is upgrading from NSX V to NSX T. This upgrade requires considering many parameters that are not known by everyone. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
The micro-segmentation function of VMware NSX is wonderful because this feature allows for the best control of every single entrance point of data packets. I would overall rate VMware NSX a nine out of ten. I would recommend others to use the solution.
VMware NSX has played a significant role in supporting your organization's efforts in automated network provisioning and creating multi-tenant networks, especially when integrated with vRealize Automation or other automation tools. We were able to create an automated orchestrated workload and manage IP assignments. I rate the product a ten out of ten.
Since most people are very much used to physical networking, they find it difficult to use VMware NSX in the initial stage. However, once you start using it, you'll be very much fond of the particular product. VMware NSX is very easy to manage. You can deploy the solution on the cloud or on-prem, depending on the customer's requirement. When changing from the physical to the virtual space, you have to plan the routing part. You'll have a hardening of networks in the physical space. However, when you bring it to NSX, everything is at the hypervisor level in the virtual space. That's one thing you will have to plan because a few critical applications might require a VLAN-backed network. They have a restriction that they can't move it to the overlay networks and must remain in the physical VLAN. We have to plan properly for migrations because improper planning can break the current network or operations. It would be good if users use all the features in the solution to have everything in one place. Users can access the web UI to manage security, load balancer, and VPN protection. Overall, I rate VMware NSX an eight out of ten.
Senior Architect at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
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Oct 13, 2023
This solution is really unusable from my perspective at this point. Overall, I would rate the solution a one of ten. We use so little of Red Hat Satellite. We use it for patching only. And I liked it better when it was the spacewalk equivalent, the informant thing. They're putting too much effort into the Virtu utilization and not enough into the day-to-day operations, for patching and stuff. Patching is a plugin as opposed to, like, the main product. Which is what we use it for. So we're actually writing our own at this point because it's so heavy right now. The old satellite was good. Not great, but good. This one is just way too much overhead and focused on stuff we don't use.
VMware NSX is a comprehensive tool for network virtualization and security, offering advanced features like micro-segmentation and multi-cloud networking to enhance scalability and management efficiency within enterprises.
VMware NSX revolutionizes enterprise networking by integrating security and scalability into one streamlined platform. With capabilities like dynamic policy updates and automation, it simplifies complex configurations and provides robust API integration. Its support for...
It's a very comprehensive product that enables many capabilities through micromanagement and micro-segmentation at the security level. If you are running cloud infrastructure, it can manage your cloud operations effectively. It's a vast product with numerous features that can fulfill IT infrastructure requirements under one umbrella. On a scale of 1-10, I rate VMware NSX a 9.
I'm currently working with VMware. The deployment was completed in approximately days, though it was a long time ago. I'm on the VMware side of things so I wouldn't know if there are any third-party tools used. Some products are possibly duplicates which can impact how we fully utilize VMware NSX. Some reporting could be easier. It is effective in terms of reducing operational complexity and cost for my organization. However, I can use any other product and the impact is not substantial. I rate VMware NSX a 9 out of 10.
VMware NSX deserves a rating of nine out of ten for stability. For scalability, VMware NSX also deserves a nine out of ten. I would recommend VMware NSX for mid-size to large companies. The pricing for VMware NSX deserves a rating of four to five out of ten. Overall, I would give VMware NSX a rating of eight out of ten. I can definitely recommend VMware NSX to other users.
I would rate the overall solution a seven out of ten. I recommend VMware NSX, depending on the organization's environment. It is often suitable for enterprise-level companies due to deployment complexity and cost considerations.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
The main challenge is upgrading from NSX V to NSX T. This upgrade requires considering many parameters that are not known by everyone. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
I recommend NSX because it simplifies IT operations and management, especially for data center network configurations.
The micro-segmentation function of VMware NSX is wonderful because this feature allows for the best control of every single entrance point of data packets. I would overall rate VMware NSX a nine out of ten. I would recommend others to use the solution.
VMware NSX has played a significant role in supporting your organization's efforts in automated network provisioning and creating multi-tenant networks, especially when integrated with vRealize Automation or other automation tools. We were able to create an automated orchestrated workload and manage IP assignments. I rate the product a ten out of ten.
Since most people are very much used to physical networking, they find it difficult to use VMware NSX in the initial stage. However, once you start using it, you'll be very much fond of the particular product. VMware NSX is very easy to manage. You can deploy the solution on the cloud or on-prem, depending on the customer's requirement. When changing from the physical to the virtual space, you have to plan the routing part. You'll have a hardening of networks in the physical space. However, when you bring it to NSX, everything is at the hypervisor level in the virtual space. That's one thing you will have to plan because a few critical applications might require a VLAN-backed network. They have a restriction that they can't move it to the overlay networks and must remain in the physical VLAN. We have to plan properly for migrations because improper planning can break the current network or operations. It would be good if users use all the features in the solution to have everything in one place. Users can access the web UI to manage security, load balancer, and VPN protection. Overall, I rate VMware NSX an eight out of ten.
This solution is really unusable from my perspective at this point. Overall, I would rate the solution a one of ten. We use so little of Red Hat Satellite. We use it for patching only. And I liked it better when it was the spacewalk equivalent, the informant thing. They're putting too much effort into the Virtu utilization and not enough into the day-to-day operations, for patching and stuff. Patching is a plugin as opposed to, like, the main product. Which is what we use it for. So we're actually writing our own at this point because it's so heavy right now. The old satellite was good. Not great, but good. This one is just way too much overhead and focused on stuff we don't use.