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High Performance Computing (HPC) vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

High Performance Computing ...
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
199
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Storage (SDS) (4th), HCI (2nd), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of High Performance Computing (HPC) is 3.8%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is 9.3%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)9.3%
High Performance Computing (HPC)3.8%
Other86.9%
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Featured Reviews

MA
Global Datacenter Infrastructure and HPC Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Helps to run simulations and create prototypes which reduces the costs
HPC's neutral configuration is not difficult. The tool's deployment depends on your understanding of its architecture and use cases. I rate it a three out of five. A regular cluster will take two weeks to set up. OEMs helped us with the physical hardware installation. Once the cluster was running, our team configured the software and networks.
JD
Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN
Hyper-converged storage has improved performance and now supports high redundancy for our VMs
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) was transparent because we were on a regular infrastructure before. We went on NCI and were able to improve performance, but it did not really change how things worked. The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data. I regularly looked at the analytics to see what was going on in my servers and what it was saying to optimize performance. It was pretty interesting because it could analyze and give insights on how to get things working better. In the latest versions, the Prism interface has been replaced by Prism Central. This requires another machine to be deployed to manage the servers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"HPC speeds up delivery time and reduces costs. It comes with the capability and flexibility to understand how engineering products work. You can understand the outcome without spending time and money."
"Our customers can publish scientific reports in prestigious magazines. HPC offers strong computing capabilities."
"Nutanix is very powerful."
"General observation, Nutanix documentation is very well written with an elegant font and format; very easy to read and understand."
"Technical support is okay."
"The ease of deployment is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure is its low cost, guaranteed to failover and failback with only a few clicks."
"With the whole rack becoming a 2U Box, we had a smaller data center footprint and power consumption, and compute and storage became one, so it became easier to manage."
"This is so dramatically more stable than other hypervisor solutions I have used its almost hard to believe."
"The most valuable feature I have found to be the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)."
 

Cons

"The solution is expensive."
"There was a buzz around the integration of quantum computing and HPC. However, I don't see a real-life use case for it."
"We would like to see it support other systems outside of the compute stack from which it was built."
"It has the ability to connect to Azure or AWS for storing backups. I would like to have the capability to spin up a backup on Azure or AWS for disaster recovery purposes."
"The product needs improvement in the areas of SAN attachment for high capacity and high I/O profile workloads."
"It is a CentOS-based operating system, but CentOS releases security patches almost every week or every other week. However, Nutanix releases their upgrade at three or four month intervals."
"The technical support is not great, but it's good."
"The technology has a lot of room for improvement. For example, when they want to segment applications in conjunction with NSX, which VMware uses, Acropolis is not compatible with the competitors. The integration in the security layer is not compatible with NSX for the application segmentation that uses VMware."
"The solution doesn't support older systems, which can be a problem for some organizations who wish to implement it. It became a problem for us due to the fact that some of our systems are older."
"There could be better support for high power ESX and other cross platform applications."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of the solution is high."
"The solution could be a little less expensive."
"We have a three-year license for the use of this solution."
"Nutanix Acropolis AOS price includes no additional costs for features."
"Its licensing model is easy, but the bad thing is that we need to pay for the whole capacity at once. With VMware vSAN, we only have to pay for the capacity that we are using, which is not the case with Nutanix. So, we have more overhead for the licensing cost with Nutanix."
"Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment"
"Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's pricing is higher now."
"The overall cost depends on the contract of each customer and the discounts they have, but the price for the three-tier architecture can be slightly lower."
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Comparison Review

it_user244362 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Consultant with 51-200 employees
Aug 30, 2015
Nutanix vs. VMware EVO:RAIL vs. FlexPod
Originally posted at www.storagegaga.com/dont-get-too-drunk-on-hyper-converged/ I hate the fact that I am bursting the big bubble brewing about Hyper Convergence (HC). I urge all to look past the hot air and hype frenzy that are going on, because in the end, the HC platforms have to be aligned…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
University
9%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business93
Midsize Enterprise76
Large Enterprise88
 

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Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis
 

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Sample Customers

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St. Lukes Health System, the City of Seattle, Yahoo! Japan, Sligro, Empire Life, Hyundai AUS, and many others.
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