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Compare Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and VxRail 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Star Rating
(270)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(41)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
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- Users report that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) excels in Ease of Use with a score of 9.3, while VxRail trails behind at 8.5. Reviewers mention that the intuitive interface of NCI significantly reduces the learning curve for new users.
- Reviewers say that NCI's Quality of Support is outstanding, scoring 9.4 compared to VxRail's 8.3. Users on G2 highlight the responsiveness and expertise of Nutanix's support team, which they find crucial for troubleshooting.
- G2 users note that both products score well in High Availability, with NCI at 9.4 and VxRail at 9.0. However, users mention that NCI's proactive monitoring features provide an edge in maintaining uptime.
- Users say that NCI shines in Dynamic Scaling with a score of 9.1, while VxRail's score is 8.3. Reviewers mention that NCI's ability to seamlessly scale resources on-demand is a game-changer for growing enterprises.
- Reviewers mention that both products have similar scores in Data Security (9.0 each), but users on G2 highlight that NCI offers more comprehensive security features, including advanced encryption options that are easier to implement.
- Users report that in terms of Backup and Recovery, VxRail scores slightly higher at 8.8 compared to NCI's 8.5. However, reviewers say that NCI's backup processes are more flexible, allowing for customized recovery points that suit various business needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
No pricing availableVxRail
No pricing availableFree Trial
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
No trial information availableVxRail
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.1
196
8.9
25
Ease of Use
9.3
197
8.5
25
Ease of Setup
8.8
175
8.4
20
Ease of Admin
9.1
180
8.5
20
Quality of Support
9.4
192
8.3
25
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
174
8.5
21
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
190
8.5
23
Features by Category
Core Functions
9.4
147
8.8
20
9.4
144
8.9
19
8.4
132
8.6
18
General Functionality
9.1
138
8.3
18
9.4
141
9.0
19
9.0
134
9.0
18
8.5
127
8.8
18
Configuration
8.9
132
8.8
19
9.0
137
8.9
19
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and VxRail are categorized as Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Solutions
Unique Categories
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) has no unique categories
VxRail has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
VxRail
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
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%
Information Technology and Services
34.4%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
9.4%
Higher Education
6.3%
Government Administration
6.3%
Telecommunications
3.1%
Other
40.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Government Administration
The NDSF (Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric) stores user data (VM disk/files) across different storage tiers (SSDs, HDDs & CloudS) on different nodes. NDFS also can support almost any workload from VDI to mixed server workloads, like file, block, business...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Abinaya H.
Verified User in Higher Education
It challenges so many pre-conceived notions for networking, storage, HA, virtualization that it makes it like you're learning it all new. A good new but it can be hard breaking out of old habits
VxRail
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Youssef B.
Verified User in Computer Hardware
scale-out, easy to manage/ implement and user-friendly solution
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Government Administration
There were so many hoops to jump through in trying to purchase the product - it took several weeks, emails and phone calls to get a purchase order created and approved.
Verified User in Government Administration
The NDSF (Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric) stores user data (VM disk/files) across different storage tiers (SSDs, HDDs & CloudS) on different nodes. NDFS also can support almost any workload from VDI to mixed server workloads, like file, block, business...
Youssef B.
Verified User in Computer Hardware
scale-out, easy to manage/ implement and user-friendly solution
Abinaya H.
Verified User in Higher Education
It challenges so many pre-conceived notions for networking, storage, HA, virtualization that it makes it like you're learning it all new. A good new but it can be hard breaking out of old habits
Verified User in Government Administration
There were so many hoops to jump through in trying to purchase the product - it took several weeks, emails and phone calls to get a purchase order created and approved.
Alternatives
Discussions
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1 comment
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
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
What are the advantages of VxRail?
1 comment
SK
No SAN environment.
No Storage administrator require.
Easy management
No hardware failures, comparing with all other product VxRail hardware failure...Read more
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