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 most valuable feature of the solution is the built-in data protection, that helps with backup in a matter of minutes."
"The most valuable feature is manageability."
"Nutanix's customer support is good, one of its biggest selling points."
"The most valuable feature is the integration between storage and compute services."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"If we want to move the virtual machine from one host to another, it's simple, straightforward, and stable."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is that it can be managed through Hyper-V, which is Microsoft's hypervisor, VMware, and Citrix XenServer."
"It's been a stable solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the speed. Additionally, I can modify the solution if needed because it is open-source and the integration of any kind of API and monitoring is hassle-free."
"The initial setup was really straightforward and easy."
"Ease of use, HA, internal 100gbps Virtio network, built-in backup (don't pay $1200 Veeam licence), support for multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM, no need to RDP in the VMs to do your stuff (Win, Linux and Mac with SPICE and using 6 screens here (11520*2160)."
"That the product is free and still has all the features you expect is a huge benefit."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that its storage container, LVM, and everything else work out of the box."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"An improvement would be for Nutanix AHV to support VMDK, AOS, Hyper-V, and VMware."
"Honestly, there's a lot to work on the product, especially for someone like me who has worked on VMware. VMware offers a significant level of customization when configuring virtual machines, and that level of detail is not as pronounced on Nutanix AHV Virtualization."
"The technical support for this solution needs to be improved in terms of response time."
"Nutanix misses alerts sometimes."
"The licensing costs are a little bit expensive."
"Adding even more integrations would be an improvement."
"My storage use is doubled; if I am creating a one TB virtual machine then my storage policy will take two TB from my cluster."
"I would like to see more automation of Day One operations, such as DRS, and HA."
"It could have more security updates such as when a new threat is coming into market."
"Since I face issues importing Windows OVA inside Proxmox VE, a clickable button should be added to select the OVA format and import it inside Proxmox VE."
"It might be interesting to have the ability to integrate with other cloud solutions."
"The management can be better. It's not like VMware where you can get all clusters on a single dashboard. In VMware, you can literally see all the VMs running in one cluster regardless of the host."
"A feature which should be added is the ability to encrypt the main installation."
"The only disadvantage of Proxmox VE is that it is a young solution so it does have some bugs."
"If this solution could import directly from OVS format then it would make migration much easier."
"We are using servers individually, and we are looking for a reliable application that allows us to hop between servers with high availability."
Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 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 VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, 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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