We performed a comparison between Azure Stack and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use Azure Stack for migration, application modernization, and cloud-native modernization."
"Azure Stack is stable."
"This solution is highly scalable, with both direct and indirect users numbering over fifty thousand within my business."
"The best thing about this product is that it is user-friendly and intuitive."
"The most valuable features are the control and flexibility that we have, where we can build our own solutions from scratch."
"Its customer service is good."
"It's not as complex compared to Amazon or AWS products. Azure Stack is easier to use within the cloud."
"We have found the Kubernetes version is one of the key components which we are using heavily."
"Its most valuable feature is simplicity. It is so easy to use. Upgrades are easy. It is easy in terms of disaster recovery, failover, database provisioning, and reporting. Everything about it is just simple."
"It has a user-friendly dashboard and interface."
"Flexibility. We're able to mix performance nodes with storage nodes easily. Unlike other vendors where, if we start a hyperconverged solution with them, we have to stick to a specific model, to a specific series with specific capabilities, with Nutanix it's very easy to mix and match the best solution, especially for a dynamic infrastructure like ours."
"It has a single pane of glass and you don't have to jump around various toolsets."
"Karbon is a must-have as it drastically simplifies the deployment of Kubernetes."
"The snapshots, cloning, and replication are all effective in helping to reduce downtime. It can replicate cluster data for disaster recovery and it provides high availability in case a node or a disk fails."
"The most valuable features are simple management and one-click upgrades."
"This operating system offers stability. Setup is straightforward."
"If you look at the documentation set, there are rims and rims of it. You try to drive something from the console, and it's quite complex. It's not it's not easy and straightforward. You've gotta sit down and review it, look at the documentation, and work your way through it. It's not intuitive."
"The solution could use more training materials to help users understand how to use the product effectively. Online training would also be a beneficial addition to the product."
"The visibility of its SDN feature needs improvement."
"PaaS is not ready because they are only offering MS SQL as a service, web applications as a service, and containers as a service."
"I feel that Azure Stack has so many different variables which are not very clear...In general, the initial setup phase of Azure Stack is an area with concern that needs improvement."
"Azure Stack could use some improvement when it comes to seamless support for disaster recovery scenarios of higher availability regarding multi-regions."
"Certain elements are difficult to deploy."
"It is not easy to set up. Technical expertise is required."
"The only problem is that not many operating systems are supported on the AOS hypervisor. They need to probably increase the support on multiple operating systems. As of now, a very limited number of operating systems and patch levels are supported on AOS."
"The One-Click Upgrade process could/should offer the ability to integrate with 3rd party drivers. For example, we use NVIDIA Grid graphics cards. It would be amazing if, during the One-Click Upgrade process, we could "slipstream" additional VIB drivers for ESXi into the upgrade process."
"The product could be improved with more security. The product needs a bit more experience in the market. I think you don't have the possibility to add other hardware. It could be improved with the ability to add and extend."
"Reduce its power consumption."
"They have offered some new features that I have not deployed so I assume that these issues might have been addressed already, but, at my time there was a networking problem."
"I would like to see more Kubernetes and container-related workflows and multiple cloud-partner management. I would also like to see how they will synergize all these AI/ML functionalities that are available on other platforms."
"I think some of the tasks that must be done using CLI could be added to the web interface."
"They need to improve the look and feel of the interface. The functionality is fine, but the appearance could be better."
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Azure Stack is ranked 1st in Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) with 61 reviews while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) with 194 reviews. Azure Stack is rated 8.0, while Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Azure Stack writes "Effective tool for cloud and on-premise environments that offers seamless deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". Azure Stack is most compared with VMware Cloud Foundation, AWS Outposts, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), Google Anthos and VMware Software Defined Data Center, whereas Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V. See our Azure Stack vs. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) report.
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