We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) and vCloud Director based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I've been very pleased with their support overall."
"The scalability is good."
"The solution can scale well."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Clusters are Prism Central, Micro-segmentation, and cluster scaling automation."
"Having a single pane of glass where you can have both your on-prem and anything else that you spin up within AWS is useful."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Clusters is to protect the data."
"The overall infrastructure is the most valuable part of Nutanix Cloud Clusters."
"In terms of dealing with our business-critical workloads, Nutanix is a highly scalable, highly resilient, and very high-performing solution."
"It helps ensure security across our cloud environments."
"Working with VMware has supported us especially in terms of building a very powerful cloud for our customers."
"I have found the solution scales well."
"The most valuable features are the UI, the interface, and accessibility."
"We can run it on self-hosted systems, and we are happy with the stability of vCloud Director."
"The initial setup was complex. There's a lot of things you have to factor in, like security, backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, and how to maintain the platform. It's something we still struggle with, but it's getting better."
"We were using VMware, also combined with AirWatch and Boxer. We configured corporate emails on mobiles and used them for MDM applications on tablets, like the launcher."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"We've had some challenges with the implementation."
"The biggest weakness with Clusters at this point is that the adoption rate is low because customers don't know enough about it."
"The pricing can be better."
"The technical support for Nutanix Clusters could be better."
"Perhaps the one thing that could be improved is the documentation around the solution."
"I'd like more flexible options to get in and out of migration modes."
"The reporting has room for improvement."
"Some of the interfaces aren't as intuitive as they should be."
"The initial setup of the vCloud Director was not complex and not easy, it was in the middle range of difficulty. It could be made easier."
"If you have a deployed environment and lose it, you can't easily deploy it back with vCloud Director. Because of this reason, we don't have the data protection, disaster recovery, and container features."
"There didn't seem to be any type of integrated path on how to do the initial setup. There seemed to be different bits of paperwork or instructions available from various places. We always had to go looking for what to do next."
"What could be improved in vCloud Director, particularly from the networking side, is its integration with other network devices. It also needs a more simplified installation because the process is a little bit complicated."
"vCloud Director should improve by having support with other cloud providers, such as Microsoft Azure and Google cloud."
"The solution should integrate with other cloud systems such as Azure ARC and OpenStack."
"The initial setup is not straightforward; it can be complicated. The deployment can take one to two weeks."
"There are new updates every quarter, so we need to purchase new support deployment services and some new products."
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is ranked 19th in Cloud Management with 9 reviews while vCloud Director is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 61 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is rated 8.6, while vCloud Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) writes "Helps manage costs, eliminates waste, and has excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCloud Director writes "Offers flexibility of handling workloads and good scalability". Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is most compared with VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure Stack, AWS Outposts, VMware Cloud on AWS and Azure NetApp Files, whereas vCloud Director is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), Morpheus and VMware Aria Operations. See our Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) vs. vCloud Director report.
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