We performed a comparison between Nutanix Prism and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Virtualization Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Nutanix is a HCA product and includes VMware called Nutanix Express that has been fantastic for us. We have about 100 plus VMs without any trouble and we have VCDR."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Prism is the single location management. You can manage everything from one location HTML5 web interface which is highly intuitive. The solution is easy to use, you do not need to be an expert in storage."
"Prism provides us with insights and the ability to access all the sub-components of Nutanix's hyperconverged platform."
"It can combine computing, storage and networks in a single location."
"Because in my role I create a lot of reports, it is very handy to be able to show the customer, "This is your cluster. At the moment, you are using this much CPU, this much RAM, and this much storage." I can give them information on what they're using, how many VMs, and the amount of data they're using."
"The solution is a high-performance platform that effectively handles three-layered issues like SA and network fiber cables."
"The centralized management of Nutanix Prism is the best feature."
"For me, the speed of cloning virtual machines and the hyper-convergence feature are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"I love the GUI. Almost everything is accessible through the web interface. It is very user-friendly. It is easy to drag and drop resources wherever you want them."
"The people in technical support are very good."
"SolarWinds' network and server application monitoring features are strong."
"It is considerably cheaper compared to other tools."
"It is scalable."
"I believe the ease of setup and use, including everything, from the initial installation to the discovery of devices is the most valuable."
"SolarWinds NPM is a scalable solution since it can handle a huge number of users."
"Network performance is the main issue clients are facing. SolarWinds checks if a node is down, and we can set thresholds for performance metrics. For example, we set it up to get an alert automatically if a value is over 80 percent. It has a full dashboard that covers CP, hard disk, and node monitoring."
"The dashboard visibility could be improved."
"One thing I would like to see is one-click migration. I know that's on the roadmap, but we don't have it yet."
"With our previous storage solutions or hardware platforms, when there was a failing component, the replacement component was shipped out the next day. There was no user interaction needed for that process. With Nutanix, sometimes I have to open the ticket to begin the hardware issue... The process itself is not extremely clear and I've been assured that that process will be improved in the very near future."
"Nutanix Prism can be more stable because it's not as stable as VMware."
"Nutanix is a great product, but I won't say it is a data center product. If it could leverage or work with non-Nutanix infrastructure, it would be a total data center solution. Right now, with Prism Central, we can only manage Nutanix clusters."
"No integration of commands to manage AHV."
"On the technical side, although you don't need a shutdown to upgrade Nutanix, for downgrading you do. If it were possible that when downgrading CPU or memory you didn't have to reboot the VM, that would be very helpful for us."
"The VM backup could be better, and its licensing could be better. We have had some licensing issues with Nutanix Files. The default license should be 1 TB or more. Currently, for Nutanix Files sharing, we can only use 500 Gigabytes."
"SolarWinds NPM could improve the graphics of the interface and more customized reporting."
"This product could improve by adding cloud monitoring. I want SolarWinds NPM to do much more integration, and have more involvement in cloud monitoring, like AWS or Google, or Azure. I feel like it requires lots of improvement for cloud monitoring in NPM."
"It would be nice if SolarWinds could have a polling engine on the site that would collect the reporting and then manage everything itself."
"The integration needs to be improved."
"It is difficult for stakeholders to translate technical requirements, which results in difficulties selecting a platform or implementing a solution."
"The improvement would be that SolarWinds NPM thoroughly checks its patches before releasing them to the market. Better testing, alpha testing, and then releasing it to the market."
"Better offline license management. I’ve had to get in touch with customer support several times simply to remove an expired license from our NPM servers."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
Nutanix Prism is ranked 4th in Virtualization Management Tools with 57 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in Network Monitoring Software with 147 reviews. Nutanix Prism is rated 8.8, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix Prism writes "Having a centralized platform for infrastructure information has helped us with capacity planning". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". Nutanix Prism is most compared with VMware Aria Operations, Zabbix, Cisco UCS Manager, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) and Veeam ONE, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Entuity. See our Nutanix Prism vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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