We performed a comparison between Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) 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."The Nutanix technical support is very, very good."
"The blueprints and templates are very nice and easy to use. They are very valuable because we can configure the entirety of an environment as a template and reuse it multiple times."
"The most valuable features are the compliance features and the chargebacks."
"I do a lot of tasks via automation which I previously would have to hire people to do. The solution has helped me to eliminate a lot of low-skilled labor. I can put the money required for this job into other things."
"The most valuable feature for me is being able to find a machine, regardless of which cluster it's located in, as quickly as possible, and being able to work on it. A lot of times we are called upon to troubleshoot an issue. That usually means there's a problem that needs quick attention. Being able to find machines, ascertain their status, and do so in a timely manner, are processes that are very critical to our business needs."
"The administration components are the most useful since, with them, we have been able to win and perform preventive measures in the administration of the hyper-converged Nutanix infrastructure."
"The most valuable features of Nutanix Prism Pro are the user interface is quite easy to understand and it provides easy management for administrators."
"I also like the fact that the solution manages itself. It has one interface where you can basically see all your servers. So, you can manage your servers and see whether you are falling short on space or disc usage. Also, in case your RAM is only using four Gigabytes of memory instead of eight, you can extend out the over-provisioned mail and save your cluster for four Giga of RAM."
"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."
"vCloud Director requires less knowledge to get into in the first place. Therefore, when we bring in new members of staff, we can always give them the customer experience straightaway, and they can pick it up quite easily."
"It optimizes the process for cloud structure."
"We consider it intuitive and user-friendly. It offers a variety of functions for the customer to control the networking, virtual workloads, disk snapshots, and all of vSphere's core features."
"So far, we have had no problems at all, as it has been very stable. It is working well."
"The tool is very stable."
"The initial installation and setup are very quick."
"vCloud Director works and makes my life easier. Its self-service capabilities allow us to give resources to our customers. They can spin up as many or as few machines as they like, and it works."
"I would appreciate more advanced networking features in the dashboard."
"The list of blueprints and applications could be more configurable so you see all the fields you need and not just some predefined fields which are not customizable now."
"The pricing of the solution is an area of concern that needs improvement."
"It could maybe have better documentation. Nutanix does have really good documentation, but it could have more details in the future."
"One suggestion is for the Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Prism Pro element to have a built-in support feature that allows you to simply click a button to get support from Nutanix whenever a new alert comes in, rather than needing to call support to ask about the new alert you received."
"We have had our fair share of issues while upgrading early on, but the process now is working flawlessly."
"I think the Prism Center needs to include more functions. I know that they're including the Nutanix Era, which is the database management and disaster recovery tool. I think that Era should include everything on a single tool where you can manage everything you need inside your organization."
"There are some load-balancing features that are currently missing in the flow network security and could potentially be added in the future."
"We are having a bit of a problem with vCloud Availability. We know that vRA has a new product, HCX. We would like to know about it, then migrate to the product."
"Lacking additional services reduces the level of cloud integration companies just love with Amazon and Azure."
"It would be great if Microsoft and VMware come together and become a common tool."
"There are too many errors, it could be more stable."
"The reason we moved to Microsoft Intune was because of the license cost of VMware. It's very expensive."
"There are some shortcomings. There are bugs with opening support."
"If you use it for a lot of customers, it is too heavy for this solution."
"Initially, the setup was complex."
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is ranked 3rd in Cloud Management with 72 reviews while vCloud Director is ranked 5th in Cloud Management with 61 reviews. Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is rated 8.8, while vCloud Director is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) writes "An intuitive and easy-to-learn product that saves cost and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCloud Director writes "Offers flexibility of handling workloads and good scalability". Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is most compared with Morpheus, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), VMware Aria Operations, OpenNebula and Nutanix Prism, whereas vCloud Director is most compared with VMware Aria Automation, Morpheus, VMware Aria Operations, CloudStack and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. See our Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) vs. vCloud Director report.
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