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March 2024
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  • "The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."
  • "I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."
  • "If we compare the cost of Nutanix Objects Storage to other solutions such as VMware licenses, our current choice is Nutanix Objects Storage. This solution is more cost-effective. However, adding VMware to Nutanix would not be a cost-efficient decision, which is why we do not use it anymore."
  • "It is quite expensive otherwise as it comes with three-tier peer underlying hardware."
  • "For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."
  • "With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees. We're not a Fortune 500 company, but we deal with Fortune 500 drug and energy companies. We have to play in that enterprise space if we're going to have enterprise customers. I'm very price-conscious, but I understand that if I want the best, I've got to pay the price."
  • "It's not the cheapest solution. It's in line with other solutions, but it offers features that the competitors don't have at any price point, especially with regard to analytics and ransomware prevention. No one else has any sort of object-based storage available. Nutanix Unified Storage is a lot more feature-rich. This is a situation where you get what you pay for."
  • "The product is pricey."

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    What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?
    Top Answer:Currently, the most valuable aspect of our Nutanix implementation is its file storage functionality.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Unified S...
    Top Answer:Unified Storage is reasonably priced compared to other platforms. The license is neither costly nor cheap, but it's reasonable.
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    What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?
    Top Answer:One thing I'd appreciate is having a desktop application similar to what VMware offered. With VMware, I could download a separate client program onto my computer, allowing me to log in directly rather… more »
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    Ranking
    25th
    out of 49 in File and Object Storage
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    56
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    4th
    out of 49 in File and Object Storage
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    3,021
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    1,112
    Reviews
    29
    Average Words per Review
    772
    Rating
    9.1
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    Also Known As
    Active Archive System, ActiveScale P100, ActiveScale X100
    Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage
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    Overview

    Big Data insights enable Fast Data applications. Your data can generate value when it’s aggregated, analyzed, and applied to business decisions. We live for long-term data preservation, and our ActiveScale object storage systems are changing the economics of data. The ActiveScale system architecture is designed for petabyte-scale datasets, facilitates storing data forever, and takes full advantage of our component-to-system vertical innovation.

    Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

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    EPFL, Illumination Mac Guff
    JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Healthcare Company16%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Construction Company9%
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    Educational Organization32%
    Computer Software Company29%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Financial Services Firm4%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise44%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise49%
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    HGST ActiveScale is ranked 25th in File and Object Storage while Nutanix Unified Storage is ranked 4th in File and Object Storage with 39 reviews. HGST ActiveScale is rated 0.0, while Nutanix Unified Storage is rated 9.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix Unified Storage writes "Provides good performance, longer uptime, and an easy way to manage our data". HGST ActiveScale is most compared with , whereas Nutanix Unified Storage is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Red Hat Ceph Storage, MinIO, Dell ECS and Qumulo.

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