Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure vs. V2 Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Nutanix in San Jose, California offers their software-defined Enterprise Cloud as a hyper-converged infrastructure solution. The Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure solution combines the Nutanix Acropolis virtualization solution, Nutanix AHV hypervisor (though Acropolis works with other hypervisors), Prism cluster manager, Nutanix Calm and Nutanix Flow server management, and is available on the Nutanix NX series of server hardware appliances, as well as third-party OEM appliances.N/A
V2 Cloud
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Desktop virtualization doesn't have to be complicated. And V2 Cloud aims to make it simple. As a fully integrated Desktop-as-a-Service solution, V2 Cloud states they focus on speed and simplicity—so users can work faster from anywhere. V2 Cloud offers a free trial.
$40
per installation
Pricing
Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureV2 Cloud
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic VM
$40
per installation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureV2 Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureV2 Cloud
Best Alternatives
Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureV2 Cloud
Small Businesses
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.5 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
StarWind HCA
StarWind HCA
Score 9.5 out of 10
Omnissa Horizon
Omnissa Horizon
Score 7.1 out of 10
Enterprises
VMware vSAN
VMware vSAN
Score 8.7 out of 10
Omnissa Horizon
Omnissa Horizon
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureV2 Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(75 ratings)
8.9
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(6 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(7 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.5
(51 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(54 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.2
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureV2 Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Nutanix
For an organization that requires top-notch performance HCI, Nutanix is the best. You may start with 3 nodes and expand the cluster as required. The management through Nutanix Prism Central and Element was so easy that even a Junior Engineer was able to handle it. The Nutanix platform is not suitable for organizations with a small budget and fewer requirements for high-performance infrastructure, as the Nutanix solution itself is suited for enterprises.
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V2 Cloud
It is suited for multiple users in different locations all working virtually. Not too great where it does not have a server close to the timezone of these users.
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Pros
Nutanix
  • One-click upgrades; whether it's hypervisor, firmware, disk or other updates. This feature has drastically decreased complexity and administration time.
  • Data Locality. Not all hyperconverged technology is created equal. When I first purchased Nutanix they were the only vendor (and as far as I know, still are) that made sure the storage a VM used was on the same host that VM was running on. Given a normal operating state, the [storage] network is literally only used for replication data.
  • They got rid of traditional RAID. Nutanix uses software to determine where a VM's storage should be written and replicated to. This dramatically decreases I/O when changing the number of nodes in a cluster, be it on purpose or during a failure scenario. Ex. adding a new node: If one uses RAID arrays then enough space has to be set aside to create a new array that includes the new node, then all the information has to be copied over, and the old array destroyed. RAID arrays do not grow and shrink gracefully so Nutanix has designed a better solution.
  • The Nutanix management interface was built on HTML5. No more flash headaches!
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V2 Cloud
  • Reliability.
  • Speed.
  • Support.
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Cons
Nutanix
  • Can be priced high at times.
  • The one downside I have working with Nutanix is the sales team. They seem to try to add in extra goodies to sales quotes or push for extras that you don't really need and you have to tell them to take them out. Don't be afraid to push back on them.
  • Need to analyze sizing with sales team to ensure right sizing.
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V2 Cloud
  • Had issues with iOS application for connecting to the VM; however, I prefer using remote desktop connection
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Likelihood to Renew
Nutanix
AOS definitely make our dev/test virtual environment management much easier than before. And the consolidation the test/dev environment from Azure and Cisco UCS, we have less need to transfer large amount of data between different hardware platforms which was very big challenge. To expand the capacity is very easy to archive as well.
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V2 Cloud
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Usability
Nutanix
It's not out of the box easy, but once you get the fundamentals the steep learning curve flattens out and the processes to get things done and how it works becomes very apparent. It's wrapping the slight change in workflow from prior VM management methods took time to unbox and apply the Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure way
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V2 Cloud
This is a well-refined product. I like that it was extremely easy to provision and set up. The price is very competitive and also does not have a bandwidth limit, which is really awesome. Once connected, it is like you are using any normal desktop computer.
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Reliability and Availability
Nutanix
So far no issue on availability during no issue on network or power outage
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V2 Cloud
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Performance
Nutanix
The performance is nothing short of amazing. This is an HCI solution, and as any all-flash HCI solution is amazingly fast, Nutanix AOS fills local IO requests until its local IO is saturated before reaching out over the network. This lowers latency substantially compared to vSAN.
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V2 Cloud
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Nutanix
Our implementation team were great and worked with us and got the program up and running very easily. Every time we called post implementation we immediately talked to an Engineer, which is so unusual in dealing with companies. Everything they have promised they have full filled. I think their support is top notch.
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V2 Cloud
Excellent support; they are available 24/7 and you will get a response within minutes
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In-Person Training
Nutanix
We requested more training than typical which was very in depth
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V2 Cloud
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Nutanix
A lot of online training courses, most of them are free.
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V2 Cloud
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Nutanix
IPv6 is needed for link local discovery. We do not have IPv6 configured on our network so the easiest way to get our nodes configured and discovered by foundation was to configure the IPv4 addressing within the node prior to trying to discover with foundation.
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V2 Cloud
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Alternatives Considered
Nutanix
Nutanix integrates very well with Rubrik for backup and protection of the environment. Nutanix gave us simplicity and scalability compared to VMware and allowed us to extend our infrastructure into the cloud using EC2. One unified management pane for all our workloads, unlike VMWare.
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V2 Cloud
V2 is user friendly and easy to manage.
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Scalability
Nutanix
We have scaled our products over the years and continue to do so very easily.
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V2 Cloud
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Nutanix
  • We find that return on investment is probably a better metric in most cases.
  • ROI analysis is more than an exercise. Companies must outline what their future looks like, even if it’s vastly different from what they’re used to and comfortable with.
  • As good as your financial analysis might be, displacing status quo infrastructure has a lot of emotions tied to it.
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V2 Cloud
  • Improves efficiency.
  • I would say that it will save me money on hardware.
  • I do not think overall it will save much money.
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