Google Anthos vs Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) comparison

Google and Nutanix are both solutions in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category. Google is ranked #13, while Nutanix is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Google holds a 2.5% mindshare in HCCP, compared to Nutanix’s 13.1% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

Google Anthos

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50% willing to recommend

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Google Anthos and Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Anthos

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

13th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (9th), Cloud Management (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Google Anthos is 2.5%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is 13.1%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AlbertoPascoe

Independent consultant at Freelance

Quick time to market; great return on investment

Now everything is always changing and getting more performance and getting better and I think that, this is my sense of the answer, I mean, everything is working well, comparing with other products. I don't remember any kind of set down of course or something like that I can mention. That's my understanding, yeah. The Google Anthos business model could improve. As I understand, Google Anthos is not an internal part of the ecosystem. In fact, the Google sales effort and technical team are separated. In other words, the DCP was not voluntarily talking to the GCP. For example, if you need to talk to someone inside GCP about the connection or the integration with Anthos, the person who can help you is not in GCP. You would need to speak with someone inside Google. From the client perspective, this is not good. Overall, the management of the solution could be improved. The initial Google Anthos setup could be improved.

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Panomporn_Meesangeam

Tech Sales at AWN

Integrated with the personal files and knowledge management processes but is expensive

The customer is a company in Thailand. They use Nutanix Cloud Clusters for file sharing and integrate with personal file share and knowledge management. Our customer attaches a file service with a login and connects with WiFi for cloud content, such as second documents or email access files…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The Google Anthos feature I find the most valuable is the easy of use. In Google Anthos, you don't need to move along too many screens and so on. The interface is really helpful and understanding of the tool comes easily."

"The most valuable features of Nutanix Clusters are Prism Central, Micro-segmentation, and cluster scaling automation."

"It's easy to use, the UI is easy to configure, and it supports snapshots and backup integration."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Clusters is to protect the data."

"Nutanix benefits my company as it reduces administration work, allowing me to spend more time away from hardware issues."

"What I admire most about Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is its scalability; that option that everybody seems to eventually go to is cloud, and we're ready for that when we decide. This feature of scalability has improved my company because we can grow at the speed of business, and that's very important."

"Its performance and speed are valuable. Its performance has helped me reduce costs."

"In terms of dealing with our business-critical workloads, Nutanix is a highly scalable, highly resilient, and very high-performing solution."

"The solution can scale well."

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Cons

"The initial Google Anthos setup is not easy. Nothing is truly easy in the Google Anthos world."

"In the current version, we've noticed many false positives when we check the alerts in the morning. For example, it told us that services stopped working, but there was nothing wrong when we checked it out. We've already raised the issue with support. They told us it's a bug in the version we use. We're about to upgrade to the recommended version, so it should be fine."

"Quality control needs to regulate the price-quality ratio."

"We've had some challenges with the implementation."

"I believe that networking is one of the biggest improvements. They have a great stock already, but some use cases, particularly around incrementally spinning up workloads, haven't been considered closely enough. As we're putting workloads on there by adding a few VMs at a time, there are networking aspects that need to be considered more closely. It's great once everything's there, but incrementally getting things there is what's difficult."

"The pricing can be better."

"Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) could be improved with some more tools that could help synchronize on-prem and cloud stuff better."

"Some features that people say Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) lacks could be simplified to make it easier, such as a single pane of glass, and getting more into Google Cloud would be very helpful for our team as we're working on GCP interfaces."

"Our biggest complaint is that we constantly need to open support tickets about bugs when we upgrade to the latest version. For example, our static IPs failover into Azure but switch to DHCP."

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"The solution's licensing can be very pricey."

"There are positives and negatives to licensing. It all makes sense now, but it took a while. When the licenses first changed, it was a bit confusing."

"I feel that the prices could be improved, but the truth is that I am very happy. The license price keeps increasing, but I am confident that it is much more reasonable than other brands."

"I am working on one configuration that is priced at $50,000 USD, whereas another one that I'm working on is estimated to cost $250,000 USD."

"The licensing model of Nutanix is complex."

"The transition from the perpetual license to what they have now is, from a business perspective, understandable, but from an operational and cost perspective, for me, it is really expensive. However, our partners at Nutanix did work with us recently and reduced a huge licensing cost for us."

"The solution has been more costly at this point. We do not see any cost savings."

"I'm not familiar with the contracts, but I thought the process was pretty seamless. Licensing for the Nutanix part was the same as licensing something on-prem, and since it runs on bare metal EC2, there was no new process we had to go through—it fits into our existing procurement processes nicely. I appreciate Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)'s license portability."

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Financial Services Firm

19%

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What do you like most about Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

The overall infrastructure is the most valuable part of Nutanix Cloud Clusters.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

I'm not familiar with the contracts, but I thought the process was pretty seamless. Licensing for the Nutanix part was the same as licensing something on-prem, and since it runs on bare metal EC2, ...

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

We've been told some of these things are on the road map. I believe that networking is one of the biggest improvements. They have a great stock already, but some use cases, particularly around incr...

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Overview

Anthos lets you build and manage modern hybrid applications on existing on-premises investments or in the public cloud. Built on open source technologies pioneered by Google - including Kubernetes, Istio, and Knative - Anthos enables consistency between on-premises and cloud environments. Anthos helps accelerate application development and strategically enable your business with transformational technologies like service mesh, containers, and microservices.

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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) provide essential capabilities for managing cloud migration, infrastructure, disaster recovery, and data center replacement. They enable seamless application transfer between cloud and on-premises, ensuring redundancy and handling large-scale operations across multiple locations.

With NC2, users manage server virtualization, web access, and email services while implementing robust failover solutions into public cloud environments like Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. The service offers full cloud capability for on-premises applications, strong technical support, and effective integration with existing environments. However, pricing, interface intuitiveness, initial setup, and AI enhancements are areas for improvement. Issues like alert false positives and the cost of necessary blocks and nodes have been noted. Enhanced multi-tenant features, detailed configuration information, and better VM organization are also desired by users.

What are the key features of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

Cloud Capability: Full cloud capability for on-premises applications
Storage Flexibility: Flexible storage pools, replication, and snapshot technology
Scalability: Scale operations efficiently across multiple locations
Reliability: High reliability and performance
Cost Management: Tools to minimize cloud waste
Unified Management: Centralized console for managing cross-cloud resources
Rapid Deployment: Quick configuration and installation
Software-Defined Storage: Simplified IT operations

What benefits should you look for in reviews?

Ease of Migration: Simplified migration process and data portability
Performance: High-speed performance and redundancy
Technical Support: Strong customer support and integration assistance
Flexibility: Effective flexibility in storage and replication capabilities
Centralized Management: Unified management of resources across clouds

Organizations utilize Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) in industries like sports betting, where they manage web access and handle server virtualization. It is also implemented for email services, security measures, and as a failover solution into public cloud environments. The system's flexibility and strong support make it valuable across various large-scale operational needs.

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HSBC, Target, 20th Century Fox, Twitter, American Cancer Society, PayPal, Bloomberg, Nielsen, McKesson

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