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.
"We use Prism Central, the centralized management console for AHV clusters. It allows administrators to manage multiple clusters from a single interface and provides a unified view of the entire infrastructure."
"The solution is user-friendly and provides good virtual machine backups. The user interface gets updated when there is a new release."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV Virtualization is the user-friendly environment. The integration, implementation, and training for the solution are good."
"Nutanix AHV virtualization requires little disk size for a huge number of servers. We can do everything from a single dashboard, monitoring performance, and single-task boxes."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"Using AHV, we have a built-in VR solution. It operates using a reduplication-based unique package transfer process."
"Nutanix's customer support is good, one of its biggest selling points."
"We are happy with Proxmox VE. We use it as part of a cluster."
"The whole solution is good. It has good tools that help me in managing the servers. It is also stable."
"The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the linked clone."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that its storage container, LVM, and everything else work out of the box."
"The solution's compatibility is very good with multiple operating systems. The moving systems are very good and migration is excellent. These are the most valuable features for us."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"Proxmox VE is simple to use and it is feature rich. The fact is that it performs,"
"It is a community-based solution."
"There are some issues with the interface and integration."
"When we need to share, publish, or encrypt something, we still need to perform it using the command line."
"Adding even more integrations would be an improvement."
"If we have to opt for a high level of capacity planning and need more analytics—like deciding on new purchases or budgeting, or if we need additional resources in the near future—we need to pay for Prism Central. I would suggest that Nutanix improve a bit on the analytics part of Prism Element so we can calculate those kinds of things within that flavor."
"Nutanix misses alerts sometimes."
"The solution can be pricey."
"The price of Nutanix AHV Virtualization could improve."
"They need to work on the deployment of virtual machines. They need to streamline the process of templates and deploying virtual machines."
"The virtualizer in Proxmox VE could improve."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"It would be nice to have total CPU and RAM allocations show for all VMs/CTs to avoid overloading an individual hypervisor."
"Proxmox needs to improve the integration of its network, machines, and virtual machines."
"Its performance and support can be improved. Currently, there is a cost for support."
"A feature which should be added is the ability to encrypt the main installation."
"Proxmox VE needs improvement in cloud computing."
"The facility of deployment is an area that needs to improve."
Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 48 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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