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Nutanix Cloud Platform

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4.6
Market Presence: Full-Stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software, Server Virtualization (Transitioning to Server Virtualization Platforms)

Overview

Product Information on Nutanix Cloud Platform

Updated 26th June 2025

What is Nutanix Cloud Platform?

Nutanix provides a modern and secure virtualization platform that powers VMs and containers for applications and cloud-native workloads on-premises and in public clouds.

Nutanix Cloud Platform Pricing

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Overall experience with Nutanix Cloud Platform

Engineer
3B - 10B USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Unified management simplifies daily tasks but licensing complexity persists”

4.0
Jun 15, 2026
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IT Manager
250M - 500M USD, Banking
CRITICAL

“Stable Operations and Integrated Hypervisor Noted, With Some Advanced Feature Difficulties”

3.0
Feb 26, 2026
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 4th June 2025

Nutanix is a provider of cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running applications and managing data, anywhere. Nutanix is focused on reducing complexity and simplifying operations to allow organizations to focus on their business outcomes. Nutanix has built upon their experience in the hyperconverged infrastructure space, now supporting businesses globally with consistent, simple, and cost-effective deployments for hybrid multicloud environments.

Company Details

Updated 4th June 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2009
Head office location
San Jose, United States
Number of employees
5001 - 10000
Website
http://www.nutanix.com

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Nutanix Cloud Platform Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(880 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
72%
4 Star
25%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
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  • Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Unified management simplifies daily tasks but licensing complexity persists

    4.0
    Jun 15, 2026
    As an Infrastructure engineer working with Nutanix Cloud Platform for over a year, the experience has been largely positive. The AHV hypervisor is lightweight and stable, requiring minimal tuning compared to alternatives we have used before. Resource Management Intuitive --> Prism Central gives excellent visibility into cluster health and resource utilization, making capacity planning straightforward. Virtual machine provisioning is fast, and the self-service option has reduced our team's workload noticeably. The network setup with micro segmentation through Flow has improved our security posture without adding complexity. Storage performance has been consistent, and the distributed storage fabric eliminates the need for a dedicated SAN, which has simplified our architecture significantly. The main area for improvement would be the licensing model, which can get complex as you scale. Overall, Nutanix has delivered on its promise of simplifying HCI Operations for team.
  • Engineer
    1B-10B USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Unified management simplifies daily tasks but licensing complexity persists

    4.0
    Jun 15, 2026
    As an Infrastructure engineer working with Nutanix Cloud Platform for over a year, the experience has been largely positive. The AHV hypervisor is lightweight and stable, requiring minimal tuning compared to alternatives we have used before. Resource Management Intuitive --> Prism Central gives excellent visibility into cluster health and resource utilization, making capacity planning straightforward. Virtual machine provisioning is fast, and the self-service option has reduced our team's workload noticeably. The network setup with micro segmentation through Flow has improved our security posture without adding complexity. Storage performance has been consistent, and the distributed storage fabric eliminates the need for a dedicated SAN, which has simplified our architecture significantly. The main area for improvement would be the licensing model, which can get complex as you scale. Overall, Nutanix has delivered on its promise of simplifying HCI Operations for team.
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User Sentiment About Nutanix Cloud Platform
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Nutanix Cloud Platform Likes & Dislikes

Like

The standout strength of the Nutanix Cloud Platform is its unified management through Prism Central, which gives you a single-pane-of-glass view across clusters, making day-to-day operations significantly easier. The AHV hypervisor is included at no extra cost and performs reliably without needing third-party hypervisor licenses. Storage Scalability is seamless -- adding nodes automatically expands capacity without downtime. The one-click upgrade feature for cluster updates has saved our team considerable maintenance time. Finally, Flow Network Security for micro segmentation is well-integrated and doesn't require additional hardware or complex configurations.

Like

The standout strength of the Nutanix Cloud Platform is its unified management through Prism Central, which gives you a single-pane-of-glass view across clusters, making day-to-day operations significantly easier. The AHV hypervisor is included at no extra cost and performs reliably without needing third-party hypervisor licenses. Storage Scalability is seamless -- adding nodes automatically expands capacity without downtime. The one-click upgrade feature for cluster updates has saved our team considerable maintenance time. Finally, Flow Network Security for micro segmentation is well-integrated and doesn't require additional hardware or complex configurations.

Like

The standout strength of the Nutanix Cloud Platform is its unified management through Prism Central, which gives you a single-pane-of-glass view across clusters, making day-to-day operations significantly easier. The AHV hypervisor is included at no extra cost and performs reliably without needing third-party hypervisor licenses. Storage Scalability is seamless -- adding nodes automatically expands capacity without downtime. The one-click upgrade feature for cluster updates has saved our team considerable maintenance time. Finally, Flow Network Security for micro segmentation is well-integrated and doesn't require additional hardware or complex configurations.

Dislike

1. AHV still has limitations compared to competitor 2. rebuilds and maintenance can be time-consuming 3. limited legacy support

Dislike

1. AHV still has limitations compared to competitor 2. rebuilds and maintenance can be time-consuming 3. limited legacy support

Dislike

1. AHV still has limitations compared to competitor 2. rebuilds and maintenance can be time-consuming 3. limited legacy support