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We performed a comparison between Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Container Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The technical support is excellent.""We can add some add-ons and plugins to the product if we need to.""The most valuable features of the Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) are its simplicity and efficiency during the initial cluster creation phase.""The product integrates well with our infrastructure.""The solution is easy to manage. You can get everything in a single platform. It is also easy to work with Terraform as a code.""We can do a lot of provisioning.""Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""The solution is embedded in the hypervisor and there are no deployment costs."

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"It is very lightweight and can be deployed very fast, especially when it comes to containers.""The best feature is the management for the port life cycle, which automatically recycles, pulls, and scales up and down based on needs and requests.""I think it's a pretty scalable tool...The solution's technical support has been pretty good.""The most valuable feature is that the solution can be deployed in the cloud which removes the expense of a server.""The platform is easy to scale as it supports Windows worker node.""The solution is stable. However, it depends on the integrations of the solution on how stable it will be, such as what tools you integrate with.""The software is user-friendly and straightforward to use, which is favorable to a developer.""Everything is packaged into OpenShift Container Platform."

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Cons
"We need a backup of production clusters.""GUI lacks sufficient information to help with understanding the installation and process.""I have issues with the product's interoperability.""In the next release, I would like to have automatic dynamic scaling, both upscaling and downscaling.""Areas for improvement in Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) include upgrading management capabilities and enhancing the user interface for improved usability.""There have been challenges related to software bugs, especially regarding long-term licensing options and issues within our customer network.""I would like to have more nodes for availability and storage.""The product lacks some virtualization capabilities, making it an area for improvement where the solution can focus on providing users with more virtualization capabilities related to disk systems."

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"The complexity of the installation could be reduced. While we got the necessary support, the instructions could be clearer.""The product's interface is a bit buggy.""The stability needs improvement.""The price needs to be improved in OpenShift Container Platform. When I choose this, the product is the first factor that we have to make a long analysis to compare the real cost for the other services. However, price is high.""In my experience, the issues are not always simply technical. They do stem from technical challenges, but they struggle with the topic of adoption. When you encounter all of the customer pull, there are normally several tiers of your client pop that can adopt either the fundamental features or a little more advanced ones. The majority of the time, the challenge is determining how to drive adoption, how to sell the product to the customer, and how much time they can spend to really utilize those advanced features. If we get into much more detail, but this is from my perspective as the platform engineer and not the end customer, the ability of the end user to be able to debug potential issues with their application That is arguably the most important, let's say, work throughput in my area.""There is room for improvement with integration.""Container Platform could be improved if we could aggregate logs out of the box instead of having to do it through integrations with other products.""One area for improvement is that we can't currently run Docker inside a container, as it clashes with security consents. It would be good if we could change that."

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  • "The product's licenses are included in the software version deployed in our data center."
  • "I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."
  • "I rate NKE's pricing a six out of ten."
  • "The platform is averagely priced. I rate the pricing as four out of ten."
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  • "OpenShift with Red Hat support is pretty costly. We have done a comparison between AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Services) which provides fully managed services from AWS. It's built on open-source-based Kubernetes clusters and it is much cheaper compared to Red Hat, but it is a little expensive compared to ECS provided by AWS."
  • "It depends on who you're talking to. For a large corporation, it is acceptable, other than the significant infrastructure requirements. For a small organization, it is in no way suitable, and we'd go for Amazon's container solution."
  • "The license to use the OpenShift Container Platform is free. If you are capable with Java you can modify it."
  • "The price is slightly on the higher side. It is something that can be worked on because most of the businesses now have margins."
  • "The pricing is a bit more expensive than expected."
  • "We paid for Cloud Pak for integration. It all depends on how many VMs or how many CPUs you are using. They do the licensing based on that."
  • "We currently have an annual license renewal."
  • "It largely depends on how much money they earn from the application being deployed; you don't normally deploy an app just for the purpose of having it. You must constantly look into your revenue and how much you spend every container, minute, or hour of how much it is working."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) are its simplicity and efficiency during the initial cluster creation phase.
    Top Answer:Areas for improvement in Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) include upgrading management capabilities and enhancing the user interface for improved usability. While basic tasks like cluster creation and… more »
    Top Answer:We utilize NKE to create these clusters, configuring components to meet specific business requirements.
    Top Answer:Red Hat Openshift is ideal for organizations using microservices and cloud environments. I like that the platform is auto-scalable, which saves overhead time for developers. I think Openshift can be a… more »
    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable features include high availability, scalability, and security. Other features like advanced cluster management, advanced cluster security, and Red Hat Quay make it powerful… more »
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive, and I rate it an eight out of ten. There is a subscription called OpenShift Plus, which offers additional features and products the vendor provides to complement the… more »
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    Overview
    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE) is an enterprise Kubernetes management solution that simplifies provisioning, operations, and lifecycle management of Kubernetes.

    Red Hat® OpenShift® offers a consistent hybrid cloud foundation for building and scaling containerized applications. Benefit from streamlined platform installation and upgrades from one of the enterprise Kubernetes leaders.

    Sample Customers
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
    Edenor, BMW, Ford, Argentine Ministry of Health
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Retailer13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Insurance Company13%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Financial Services Firm36%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Manufacturing Company5%
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    Financial Services Firm21%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise20%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is ranked 11th in Container Management with 9 reviews while Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is ranked 1st in Container Management with 37 reviews. Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is rated 7.6, while Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE writes "Stable platform with an easy initial setup process ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform writes "Provides automation that speeds up our process by 30% and helps us achieve zero downtime". Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE is most compared with VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Kubernetes, Rancher Labs, NGINX Ingress Controller and Docker, whereas Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is most compared with Amazon EKS, VMware Tanzu Mission Control, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Rancher Labs and Kubernetes. See our Nutanix Kubernetes Engine NKE vs. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform report.

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