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Google Cloud Billing vs Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Billing
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
35th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)
Ranking in Cloud Cost Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
126
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (5th), Cloud Management (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (1st), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Cost Management category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Billing is 1.9%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is 2.5%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Cost Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)2.5%
Google Cloud Billing1.9%
Other95.6%
Cloud Cost Management
 

Featured Reviews

AshirbadDasmohapatra - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Engineer - Work Modernization at Searce Inc
A cloud-based solution that can be used to pay for or renew the license of Google Workspace products
We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface. I have been working with Google Cloud Billing for more than five years. Google’s customer support is very good. Google Cloud Billing is…
Vijaykumar Talreja - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Group CIO, CTO, Cdo & CISO at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees
Centralized multi-cloud management has simplified automation and boosted operational efficiency
Some downsides of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) are that it has very high cost and licensing complexity, particularly for smaller environments, making it more suited for larger environments. On the learning curve and support, while Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is user-friendly in some areas, the initial setup is complex and sometimes requires very specialized expertise, creating a steep learning curve. There is also limited third-party integration, as it has very limited non-native integrations compared to competitors. The documentation has gaps, particularly for advanced features, requiring some improvement, and certain advanced configurations and troubleshooting still require heavy reliance on the command-line interface rather than having a GUI.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a stable product."
"What I like most about this solution is that it's easy."
"We use Google Cloud Billing to pay for or renew the license of our Google Workspace products."
"We are using Google Cloud instances and Google Cloud Functions, which are great, and we've been using BigQuery, Pub/Sub, and Firebase, making it very helpful for cost management."
"First of all, the product is very stable."
"As an example, we recently had to stand up an environment for a new project and we were able to do that in under two weeks, including deploy and deliver, whereas in the past that same project would have taken two or two and a half months."
"The unified platform is also very user-friendly and clickable, similar to the Windows environment, making it easier for users to navigate and maintain."
"I like being able to expand my workload with Nutanix Cloud Manager at the best cost."
"Nutanix has been a great company to work with."
"Nutanix Cloud Manager is a stable product compared to other vendors."
"The file server feature in Nutanix is very good, offering a solution-worthy feature that can host files, blocks, and object storage in the same cluster."
"Using these features in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) reduces time in my daily operations."
 

Cons

"At times you will find that the computer engines are freezing or it's about to freeze without any notification or information and it's unable to diagnose where it is hung."
"When I want to analyze the information, it would be better, since Google knows what I have used, to only show those items for analysis purposes."
"The billing process is strange. It should be automatic."
"Google Cloud Billing should have a more user-friendly interface."
"In terms of how Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) can be improved, there are some functionalities in the newer releases and upgrades that are not available in Prism Central, which lacks the newest versions."
"I would appreciate improvements in handling pre-check failures for beginners, particularly compatibility mismatches and issues with unsupported driver versions during upgrades or patches."
"There have been bugs. We've seen what looked like some storage inefficiencies in reports and, when we went in to look, we found they were false alarms. That was something they corrected on the fly."
"We have some Oracle systems. The licensing is a big challenge over here because it will be very costly if we go with Nutanix."
"There are some cases when there are multiple alerts for the same issue. For example, if I forget to put it in hosting maintenance mode, then I start getting multiple, duplicate alerts for the same host, which we don't want. If I have already received an alert, I don't want another alert. So, there are sometimes false positive alerts because of update activity where we forgot to put it in maintenance mode, then we get multiple alerts or emails."
"In the next release, I would like to see more cloud providers like Micro BH or local providers."
"We have faced some issues during operations, but when we log a case with Nutanix support, they help us to resolve them."
"In some ways, Nutanix Cloud Manager abstracts out certain items in a simplified manner, which makes it good for training. At other times, to get to the next technical level, we want to actually dive in, and Nutanix Cloud Manager sometimes restricts us from actually diving into the deeper technical pieces. There's no advance button that lets us do more advanced things without having to drop out to the CLI to do the command line piece."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees are monthly and cost approximately $100.00."
"It is a nightmare to keep up with all the licensing. I would prefer everything to be in one price."
"In my opinion, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is expensive."
"The product is very cheap."
"In Brazil, Nutanix Cloud Manager is not cheap. However, Nutanix offers different options such as long-term contracts."
"The pricing is less compared to Hyper-V."
"Don't unlicense your Prism licensing. Pro is the strict minimum for real infrastructure. Go with at least Pro and not with the starter. Ultimate was the best choice for me."
"Nutanix changes its licensing models frequently, and it is difficult to figure out how and what is included in which package."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

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Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise75
 

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Which set of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) features do you find to be the most useful?
For me, the features related to cost savings are the best part of NCM. Of course, the whole product is worth using and when it comes to cloud management, there is a reason why it is favored by so m...
Are the setup process and further maintenance of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) difficult?
When I came into my current organization, NCM was already set up. According to the team that dealt with it, the product was fairly easy to set up. Compared to other products, our IT rates are set u...
Is Nutanix Cloud Manager’s Intelligent Operations feature effective?
Yes, this is a highly effective feature and the rebranding only made things better as they introduced more improvements. You can benefit from Zero coding task automation Automated optimization Tic...
 

Also Known As

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Nutanix Cloud Manager Intelligent Operations, Nutanix Cloud Manager Self-Service, Nutanix Cloud Management Cost Governance, Nutanix Cloud Manager Security Central, Nutanix Software Subscription
 

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JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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