We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and VMware Cloud Foundation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It has a single pane of glass and you don't have to jump around various toolsets."
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure has a simple, user-friendly GUI, and I also like the remote recovery capabilities. It provides a single platform for managing databases."
"The fact that there is only one interface to deploy a complete solution for maximum storage is fantastic."
"Being able to upgrade our entire cluster with the click of a button during business hours with zero downtime has made managing our infrastructure so easy."
"The best feature of Nutanix Acropolis AOS is the central management of all of our resources. Additionally, it is easy to use"
"Their Google operating system is more mature, so their results are much better."
"The product is easy to manage."
"It's much easier and faster even when you want to create a server from a template or clone."
"I like that VMware Cloud Foundation reduces both the installation and setup time from a matter of weeks to hours."
"The mission aspect of the solution is the most valuable feature."
"I'm able to deploy many platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle, and Azure on VMware."
"You can use VMware Cloud Foundation with hyper-converge."
"The initial setup is straightforward and easy."
"The ability to auto-scale is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable aspect of VMware Cloud Foundation is you can manage everything from area."
"The most valuable area is the ECS environment which includes many features."
"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."
"Make it easier to manage."
"I think some of the tasks that must be done using CLI could be added to the web interface."
"In the future, I would like to see multi-tenancy in Nutanix Acropolis AOS."
"Could have better visibility with the main OEM backup integrators."
"It would be fantastic if there was a built-in layer, in Nutanix, that acted like a cloud interface. So far, we need to integrate a cloud interface on top of Nutanix for billing the usage for specific customers' domains. It would be great if a cloud gateway was built-in, inside Nutanix."
"Notifications could be improved as they're not currently very useful."
"The new features are not free. You need to pay for each feature."
"From a stability perspective, there may be some issues."
"The customization has room for improvement."
"VMware Cloud Foundation could be more flexible in terms of supporting other integration and components."
"Working on features that could include the capability to migrate workflows from non-VMware environments would be highly beneficial."
"The platform needs improvement in terms of troubleshooting."
"We would like the ability to write to both sites at the same time, in a synchronous fashion."
"They should provide integration with Azure VMware Solution."
"VMware Cloud Foundation can improve the process of upgrading. For example, if you want to upgrade or migrate any component it is very complex."
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is ranked 3rd in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms with 194 reviews while VMware Cloud Foundation is ranked 2nd in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms with 23 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is rated 8.6, while VMware Cloud Foundation is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) writes "A powerful solution with easy deployment, upgrades, and management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Cloud Foundation writes "Offers automated deployment features that enhances operational efficiency and simplifying complex tasks ". Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is most compared with VxRail, VMware vSAN, VMware vSphere, Dell PowerFlex and Hyper-V, whereas VMware Cloud Foundation is most compared with Azure Stack, Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), AWS Outposts and Google Anthos. See our Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs. VMware Cloud Foundation report.
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