Google Cloud vs Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) comparison

Google and Nutanix are both solutions in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category. Google is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.6, while Nutanix is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.7. Google holds a 4.4% mindshare in ISI, compared to Nutanix’s 1.8% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Nutanix Cloud Clusters and Google Cloud both compete in the cloud infrastructure category, with Google Cloud appearing to hold the upper hand due to its broader suite of user-friendly features and efficiency.

Features: Nutanix Cloud Clusters offers data integration and hybrid capabilities, robust storage solutions, and cost management to optimize cloud usage. Google Cloud provides auto-scaling, data analytics, and machine learning, appealing to startups and medium-sized enterprises with its straightforward setup and efficiency.

Room for Improvement: Nutanix Cloud Clusters could enhance user adoption through increased awareness, interface optimizations, and clearer deployment guidance while addressing pricing and scalability concerns. Google Cloud can improve by increasing platform flexibility, simplifying documentation, enhancing integration with more platforms, and offering better customer support and competitive pricing.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Cloud is known for its seamless deployment and global resources but has mixed reviews regarding support responsiveness. Nutanix Cloud Clusters excels in hybrid and on-premises deployment with supportive customer service but struggles with initial integration complexity.

Pricing and ROI: Nutanix Cloud Clusters has a complex and high pricing model but offers cost optimization in hybrid environments, despite cumbersome licensing. Google Cloud is competitive at entry-level pricing but becomes expensive at scale, although it offers value with pay-as-you-go options despite hidden advanced usage costs. Both solutions offer good ROI when fully utilized.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

5.0

Users achieved significant ROI from Google Cloud via increased efficiency, cost reduction, faster tasks, and fair pricing for features.

Sentiment score

6.8

Users expect significant ROI from Nutanix Cloud Clusters, citing cost savings, boosted productivity, enhanced management, and future long-term savings.

One task that could be developed in a day, now it could be done in around one or two hours.

reviewer2837757

Data Scientist at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

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In time, it has proven beneficial because we no longer have to have hands-on management of a server environment; really, one engineer does it.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

In comparison, five years ago, we purchased 30 nodes on-prem, and now we are only using six nodes in Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2).

Venu Karate

Global Infrastructure& Cloud Operations at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

I would say our total cost of ownership has been reduced by approximately 30% to 50%.

TomHamilton

Senior IT Engineer at Estes Express Lines

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.2

Google Cloud's support receives mixed reviews, with varying effectiveness depending on service tiers, user experience, and specific needs.

Sentiment score

7.4

Nutanix Cloud Clusters support is praised for expertise and efficiency, though some note response times could improve.

I would rate the customer support a nine on a scale of 1 to 10.

reviewer2837757

Data Scientist at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

I consider them good partners when it comes to support.

RaidHammouri

Presales Engineer at 2P - Perfect Presentation

We have consulted Google support several times, and we received a quick response.

Saurav Singh

Technology Manager at Publicis Sapient

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The people I get are intelligent and know how to fix the issue the first time I call them, so it's been great.

TomHamilton

Senior IT Engineer at Estes Express Lines

The customer service and technical support have been very helpful; they jump on calls with us and stay engaged until any issues are resolved.

ScottMorgan

Director at Lightpath

They're good and help us whenever we need them.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Google Cloud's scalability enables efficient integration and expansion, supporting large workloads with ease and attracting various sectors.

Sentiment score

7.6

Nutanix Cloud Clusters offers efficient scalability, supporting easy expansion and addressing diverse enterprise workload requirements despite configuration challenges.

If I had to rate scalability from one to ten, I would rate it a nine as we have never faced any issues with scalability.

Saurav Singh

Technology Manager at Publicis Sapient

Google Cloud is highly scalable, and we have not faced any issues with its scalability.

Irfan Qureshi

IT Service Delivery Manager at NGK

This solution is suitable for enterprise-level organizations, particularly in finance and healthcare domains where there is substantial data volume.

Yashashvi Dwivedi

RPA developer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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During builds, it was very scalable, and adding or removing nodes was far quicker than if we were to do that on-prem in our own data center.

reviewer2703927

Virtualization engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

In the cloud clusters, we can instantly request a host-level host to add to Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2), and it will automatically expand.

ShyamikaThamel

Associate Tech Specialists at Seatrium

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) scales very effectively with the growing needs of my company, and it does so very fast and quickly.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

Google Cloud is reliable with high user satisfaction, minimal downtime, and consistent performance, despite occasional capacity concerns.

Sentiment score

7.8

Nutanix Cloud Clusters are highly reliable, offer strong performance and support, and are praised for uptime and self-healing.

Regarding the stability of the product, it is the best one.

AnjaneyaVara Prasad

Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is very reliable with 99.99% uptime.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

The stability and reliability of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) are commendable.

TomHamilton

Senior IT Engineer at Estes Express Lines

I have found Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) to be stable and reliable.

Venu Karate

Global Infrastructure& Cloud Operations at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

Google Cloud requires improvements in usability, analytics, pricing, security, integration, and reliability for better user experience and database management.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters needs better pricing, interfaces, scalability, and enhanced tools for setup, integration, and cross-platform compatibility.

If the hierarchy or similarities were the same, that would help developers more conveniently migrate from a traditional SQL server to BigQuery.

Yashashvi Dwivedi

RPA developer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Providing more hypervisors would be beneficial.

RaidHammouri

Presales Engineer at 2P - Perfect Presentation

The logging could be improved; there's currently no intuitive way to filter logs on the Google console, especially for individuals who are not familiar with query languages.

Saurav Singh

Technology Manager at Publicis Sapient

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The one thing that stands out is the costing, especially if you check the NCM module, where you see the cost of the VM, which is defined by the customer rather than how the calculations work if that VM is a reserved instance.

Venu Karate

Global Infrastructure& Cloud Operations at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

My suggestion would be getting up to speed on ransomware and evolving, as attackers are always one step ahead of what's out there.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

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.

Bill Illis

Vice President, Technical Operations at The IT Group, LLC

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Setup Cost

Google Cloud offers competitive pricing with flexible billing, though some find costs higher than alternatives like Azure.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters pricing is costly but fair, with migration challenges, license portability, and expense optimization benefits.

As far as I know, it is a little more expensive compared to other cloud options.

RaidHammouri

Presales Engineer at 2P - Perfect Presentation

Compared to buying new hardware, Google Cloud offers flexible options for scaling up or down, making it more convenient.

Irfan Qureshi

IT Service Delivery Manager at NGK

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Our partners at Nutanix did work with us recently and reduced a huge licensing cost for us.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

For us, the pricing and costs have been fair.

TomHamilton

Senior IT Engineer at Estes Express Lines

When working with my sales representatives, everything is included, they've been very helpful, and it's been within our price range for the most part.

Bill Illis

Vice President, Technical Operations at The IT Group, LLC

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Valuable Features

Google Cloud offers seamless scalability, robust security, user-friendliness, efficient integration, and excellent technical support, enhancing business efficiency.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters provide efficient management, scalability, cost optimization, and seamless integration across hybrid environments, enhancing disaster recovery.

The most valuable features of Google Cloud for us are the integration with Kubernetes, IAM, Istio integration, and Terraform capabilities.

Saurav Singh

Technology Manager at Publicis Sapient

When you need to handle not 10, but 50 per week, and this could be done within one or two hours, that saves a lot of time.

reviewer2837757

Data Scientist at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

If customers use different technologies within their environment, GCP cannot offer a full performance analysis covering all the disclosures.

RaidHammouri

Presales Engineer at 2P - Perfect Presentation

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We're not limited based on the hardware that we have. We allow ourselves room for growth, and we can literally grow from today to tomorrow to ensure that we're handling our growth.

Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

We used to have a light-for-light kind of build-out in another data center in a different location. Now, we can pare that down to just a couple of nodes and know that we can burst it out when we need to.

TomHamilton

Senior IT Engineer at Estes Express Lines

Nutanix's license portability is a very valuable tool for us because we were building our own data center, so we've bought on-prem licenses and then utilize that for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2).

ScottMorgan

Director at Lightpath

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

PaaS Clouds (4th)

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (5th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud is 4.4%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is 1.8%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Google Cloud	4.4%
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)	1.8%
Other	93.8%

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

Featured Reviews

AnjaneyaVara Prasad

Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Cloud services have reduced on‑prem hardware costs and now support flexible microservices workloads

Regarding potential areas of improvement for Google Cloud, considering that they are providing 300 plus services, some services could be improved. For example, if I am facing some network troubleshooting issue in GKE in Google Cloud, I have to dig deeply and enable some special logs, such as flow logs. To enable that, it is chargeable. At least for basic services, they should give end-to-end support. In terms of end-to-end support, if I am purchasing one firewall from Google and using that firewall, all firewall-related services should be free. If I want to troubleshoot something deep and perform deep troubleshooting, you have to enable some additional logs. That is not that good. If I have to enable additional logs and want to store them into Google Cloud storage, which is similar to an S3 bucket, it is again chargeable. Those kinds of things should be given as part of the package. If you take firewall, all firewall-related logs, activities, and diagnostics everything should come as one package. If you want to do some deep analysis, you have to enable these logs, and for that you have to store them in the cloud storage, which is again chargeable. We should not have those kinds of things.Regarding additional costs, it can vary case by case. If I want to do deep analysis, I have to enable some logs, and for those logs, Google is charging. I am already paying for my virtual firewall from Google, and I am paying the cost for that. If I want to do some further troubleshooting and enable some low-level logs, they are charging for that. So these are the kinds of things I am talking about. To do very deep-level troubleshooting and enable additional logs, they will be charging. Not only Google, but all clouds are charging for this. Functionality-wise, Google Cloud is fine. In terms of virtual machine deployment or VM instance, the functionality is good.

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Jose Ybarra

Manager, Information Technology Engineers at IBC Bank

Enables us to grow at the speed of business and be ready for whatever is coming

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 scalability feature has improved my company because we can grow at the speed of business, and that's very important. We're not limited by the hardware that we have. We allow ourselves room for growth, and we can literally grow from today to tomorrow to ensure that we're handling our growth. The scalability is critical for us, especially in the banking industry, where we just get bigger every year.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

University

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	42
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	38

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Cloud?

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What is your primary use case for Google Cloud?

The main requirement from my clients to Google Cloud is to reduce the on-prem footprint or to minimize the maintenance cost of the on-prem data center. Those who are looking for a scalable solution...

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What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud?

The AutoML feature of Google Cloud is really good. Google is providing good AI features. We have been leveraging ServiceNow integration through API. Whatever knowledge base articles are stored in S...

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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)?

From an improvement perspective, I cannot see anything at this point because I used those Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) at that moment, but I am currently not using it. The pricing could be lower.

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What is your primary use case for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

I use the workload migration feature between clouds, such as migrating from VMware to Nutanix. I use Nutanix Move to migrate workloads from Nutanix Move. However, in some cases with our failover cl...

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Also Known As

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Overview

Google Cloud offers a comprehensive platform renowned for cost-effectiveness, scalability, robust security, and seamless integration with tools such as Kubernetes, making it suitable for various business functions.

Google Cloud stands out for its ease of setup, stable infrastructure, and user-friendly interface. It provides essential features for AI, data analytics, and reliable storage, supporting multi-regional deployments for diverse applications. While maintaining minimal operational costs, it ensures simplified deployment and comprehensive application capabilities. However, improvements are needed in monitoring tools, customer support, documentation, and pricing options. Enhancements in stability, integration, and workload management are also required.

What are the essential features of Google Cloud?

Cost-effectiveness: Enables budget-friendly operations and reduced operational costs.
Easy Setup: Offers a straightforward and quick setup process.
Scalability: Supports growing business needs with vast resources and infrastructure.
Robust Security: Provides strong protection and compliance measures.
Seamless Integration: Effective integration with tools like Kubernetes and other applications.

What benefits and ROI can be observed?

Reduction in Operational Costs: Minimizes infrastructure and maintenance expenses.
Global Reach: Allows businesses to expand operations across multiple regions.
Flexibility: Adapts to different business models and rapid scaling needs.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: Facilitates integration with existing tools and platforms.

Industries leverage Google Cloud for infrastructure management, analytics, application hosting, and development environments. Entities utilize its cloud network, machine learning support, disaster recovery solutions, and big data handling. Many rely on Workspace tools for communication and virtual machine applications for efficient IT infrastructure deployment.

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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) provide scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure management across cloud and on-premises environments. With features like data portability and ease of setup, NC2 enables seamless migration without application refactoring.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) supports businesses in managing hybrid IT environments, enhancing disaster recovery, and optimizing workloads. Users value NC2 for its unified management platform and redundancy features, facilitating cloud migration and integration with major cloud providers. Challenges include pricing and initial setup complexity, as well as feature parity between different cloud services.

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

Scalability: Easily scales resources to meet business demands.
Cost Management: Controls and reduces cloud-related expenses.
Data Portability: Ensures seamless migration between environments.
Unified Management: Manages both cloud and on-premises platforms from one place.
Integration: Connects efficiently with multiple cloud providers.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Redundancy: Enhances disaster recovery capabilities and operational resilience.
License Portability: Simplifies license management across different environments.
Optimized Workloads: Maintains performance and reduces unnecessary costs.
Efficient Setup: Simplifies initial adjustments, ensuring quick deployment.

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) find application in industries requiring reliable infrastructure management, like finance and healthcare, to safeguard critical systems. Organizations leverage NC2 for virtual desktops, application modernization, and smooth transition to cloud operations, improving data security and replication processes.

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The Home Depot, JetBlue, Hyundai, ShiftLeft

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