We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and Nutanix AHV Virtualization based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This is a good product for virtualization and it is easy to use."
"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"The price is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"Nutanix AHV Virtualization has good performance and can be used for backup and disaster."
"The interface is very good, and quite user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV Virtualization is the user-friendly environment. The integration, implementation, and training for the solution are good."
"You don't need any other instruments for control, AHV. You only need to look at the prism to control all infrastructure."
"The solution scales very well."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"With AHV, you can run micro-segmentation, which is, on the network security level, to have network virtualization across clouds."
"The most valuable feature is manageability."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"It worked well in the beginning but after using it for some time, we found some limitations in terms of compatibility with other software."
"The management console needs to improve to make it easier for administrators. For example, to be able to reorganize our VMs, folders, and subfolders, similarly as it is provided in VMware. We can sort, manage, and organize VMs, folders, or subfolders in 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."
"If you have the need for special hardware like FibreChannel-Cards or such and there is no networked-way around it (such as you could work with USB Dongles via an HW-Dongle-Server of network), you have to use a separate hypervisor."
"Nutanix’s support team is not very efficient compared to others."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for containerization."
"The price of Nutanix AHV Virtualization could improve."
"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."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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