We performed a comparison between Nutanix AHV and Proxmox VE based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are comparable and receive similar ratings in most categories. However, users feel that Proxmox VE is more affordable than Nutanix AHV.
"The solution scales very well."
"The setup is efficient."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"The feature that has had the most impact is data locality. That is a feature that makes Nutanix different from other hypervisors. It helps us to get application performance that is probably double what we got with the legacy, three-tier architecture."
"It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works."
"Nutanix AHV Virtualization is a private cloud platform offering integration with various public cloud providers. This integration allows for a multi-cloud approach. In my opinion, Nutanix AHV Virtualization's strength is its storage. It innovates and excels in the hyper-converged storage segment, making it the number one choice in this area."
"The interface is very good, and quite user-friendly."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"The virtualization is good."
"We now have the ability to quickly build and deploy VM desktops for application testing with the snapshot ability to rollback, as required."
"The most valuable features of Proxmox VE are the ease of containerization. Overall the solution is generic, feature-rich, and has compatibility."
"That the product is free and still has all the features you expect is a huge benefit."
"The tool has very good performance."
"Saves a lot of time compared to imaging physical desktops."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for containerization."
"The price of Nutanix AHV Virtualization could improve."
"To face no complications in our company, we had to switch off virtual machines one after the other before heading to Nutanix platform and going to edge services to switch off and turn off everything, making it a challenging process for me."
"The solution can be pricey."
"They need to work on the deployment of virtual machines. They need to streamline the process of templates and deploying virtual machines."
"The initial installation is complex. It took approximately four days."
"I haven't come across any limitations. Nutanix doesn't support externally attached storage through Fibre Channel. However, Nutanix doesn't support Fibre Channel connectivity. This, in my opinion, is a weakness of Nutanix. For instance, it does not support Cyber Talent. To clarify, you cannot connect external Fibre Channel storage or NAS storage resources with Nutanix. However, VMware vSAN supports such solutions."
"The solution should work to improve its stability."
"We are using servers individually, and we are looking for a reliable application that allows us to hop between servers with high availability."
"A feature which should be added is the ability to encrypt the main installation."
"We find it difficult to find the root cause of the issues."
"It is a good solution, but it is very complicated in some ways. It is not easy. You must have experience in the console mode to do some configurations. A lot of documentation and YouTube videos are available that you can use to learn about it."
"The product is still a little young so it is maturing, but new features are coming out all the time."
"The compatibility with non-English operating systems needs to be improved."
"Proxmox VE can improve by importing OVF or OVA files directly from OVA. I need to convert all the images to raw images before importing them to Proxmox VE. If there is a solution that I can import directly from VMDK, it would be better."
"Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation."
Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and RHEV, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor. See our Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. Proxmox VE report.
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