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At a Glance
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Star Rating
(270)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Star Rating
(596)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.6% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs VMware vSphere

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) overall.

  • Reviewers felt that VMware vSphere meets the needs of their business better than Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI).
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) over VMware vSphere.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
No pricing available
VMware vSphere
No pricing available
Free Trial
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
No trial information available
VMware vSphere
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
196
9.2
297
Ease of Use
9.3
197
8.9
460
Ease of Setup
8.8
175
8.6
404
Ease of Admin
9.1
180
9.0
239
Quality of Support
9.4
192
8.5
275
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
174
8.6
245
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
190
8.1
296
Features by Category
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) SolutionsHide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
9.0
1,232
Not enough data
Core Functions
9.4
147
Not enough data
9.4
144
Not enough data
8.4
132
Not enough data
General Functionality
9.1
138
Not enough data
9.4
141
Not enough data
9.0
134
Not enough data
8.5
127
Not enough data
Configuration
8.9
132
Not enough data
9.0
137
Not enough data
Server VirtualizationHide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
9.0
938
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
134
Not enough data
8.9
132
Not enough data
8.7
135
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
134
Not enough data
9.1
134
Not enough data
9.0
134
Not enough data
8.9
135
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and VMware vSphere share no categories
Unique Categories
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is categorized as Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Solutions
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere is categorized as Server Virtualization and Container Orchestration
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
10.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
41.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
47.2%
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
13.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
43.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
42.7%
Reviewers' Industry
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Information Technology and Services
16.6%
Government Administration
5.2%
Hospital & Health Care
4.4%
Higher Education
4.4%
Financial Services
4.4%
Other
65.1%
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Information Technology and Services
16.2%
Government Administration
6.0%
Hospital & Health Care
5.7%
Telecommunications
5.3%
Financial Services
4.7%
Other
62.1%
Most Helpful Reviews
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Simon L.
SL
Simon L.
Verified User in Food & Beverages

One click upgrade and single glass of pane for managing our infrastructure

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
GI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

the price little bit higher in my country

VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Matthew G.
MG
Matthew G.
Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

This is the industry standard virtual server management system. It runs on a custom Linux OS (VMWare ESX) which eliminates the overheard hits you would get with Microsoft's Hyper-V offering. However, as opposed to Hyper-V, vSphere is not free. The increased...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Parag V.
PV
Parag V.
Verified User in Computer Software

Need improvement in terms of resource planning and allocations. It should allow the user to make changes for the resource allocation without switching off the virtual machines.

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Discussions
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) Discussions
easier way to migrate linux and also machines that cannot see move via networking on a different vl
1 comment
Norm D.
ND
While the Linux VM is powered off copy the virtual disk into Nutanix images. Most likely format is VMDK and then just make a new VM from that disk image and...Read more
How we can explore more in AHV
1 comment
MA
Would like to learn more about your use case. Since you mentioned DR, however, you might want to look into Xi Leap for cloud-based DR, or our native...Read more
Is there an option to produce reports on access levels within flow?
1 comment
Laura J.
LJ
Hi Andy, if you're referring to audit logs, Flow provides both a policy change audit log and packet hit log, which could be sent to a log aggregator or...Read more
VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere Discussions
Is ESXi software free?
4 comments
Narendra A.
NA
ESXi has a free version! Basic features, perfect for personal use or testing. No advanced features or official support, but it's free forever. Paid editions...Read more
What is VMware vSphere standard?
2 comments
Ashwin S.
AS
vSphere 7 has been rearchitected with native Kubernetes for application modernization. Developers can’t afford infrastructure that slows them down –...Read more
What is VMware vSphere Hypervisor used for?
2 comments
ABDUL H.
AH
Virtual platform to host multiple images on a single machine which has limited resources.Read more