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HPE Ezmeral Container Platform vs Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE Ezmeral Container Platform
Ranking in Container Management
15th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform...
Ranking in Container Management
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Container Management category, the mindshare of HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is 2.1%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is 6.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Container Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)6.9%
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform2.1%
Other91.0%
Container Management
 

Featured Reviews

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Pre-Sale at Yip Intsoi
Effective cost management achieved with robust storage features but user experience and data management require improvements
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it cannot make a data catalog or process data lineage without third-party support, which increases the cost for development.
RashidAnwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Project Lead at Tetra Pak
Centralized cluster deployment has improved remote site operations and supported hybrid application models
The initial setup was not straightforward. It was challenging, but then it was manageable. It is relatively easy, but we do have challenges. Not everything is straightforward. There are things that can be addressed. In a couple of cases, we needed some third-party expertise to ensure that we did it correctly. In most cases, we were able to do it on our own. When hosting something on Azure and connecting with an HTTPS link, there are some dependencies that need to be tweaked on Nutanix. Otherwise, it does not communicate with the on-premises infrastructure. There were a few tweaks that we struggled with for almost a couple of days. That was not part of the original design manual. We needed to make some tweaks within the cluster ourselves to achieve the goal. There were some shortcomings in the design that we had to customize ourselves to achieve, especially integration with Azure Cloud.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability of the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is good, and I rate it an eight out of ten."
"If customers focus on primary apps or if they are using them for data science, this is a good solution."
"Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is a centralized platform that allows us to deploy different clusters from a centralized location."
"Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) has very good customer support, the product is very stable and resilient, and I did not find any lags or system failures."
"By managing multiple clusters this way, it is used for monitoring their health, and a single dashboard is sufficient for oversight."
"The stability of Nutanix is exceptional; when operational, it performs flawlessly and demonstrates remarkable resilience."
"What I like the most about Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) are the catalog applications, which provide an internal Git repo with logging and backup operators that are pre-integrated in the Kubernetes cluster itself, making it a simple plug and play feature where we can enable any operators we want to use in Kubernetes in a simple way."
"Migration from public cloud to private cloud and vice versa is actually seamless using Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), making it very handy when providing a Kubernetes platform for customers needing on-premises solutions during application modernization."
"Compared to Azure or Amazon, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is not as secure, but the new edition may improve these functionalities."
"It helped me to orchestrate the microservice architecture on Kubernetes easily, without spending a lot of time to implement Kubernetes myself."
 

Cons

"The modernization in Ezmeral could be improved."
"HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management."
"In Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), I believe the migration process needs to be much simpler, similar to other Kubernetes platforms we are using, with all steps being clear and direct to facilitate an easier experience for everyone."
"So it's not user-friendly; it's still not easy for a junior engineer, as it still requires some experienced engineer."
"One drawback was that Nutanix required a higher number of nodes compared to VMware."
"Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Kubernetes dashboard itself needs improvement."
"Currently, I believe the main area for improvement is that the team needs to focus on their proper official documentation."
"They have to improve their marketplace offering for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) which is currently limited."
"A significant limitation of the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) is its requirement for extensive Kubernetes knowledge."
"Regarding the stability and reliability of Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP), I sometimes worry about incidents that occur, but we don't receive a clear explanation of what happened."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
HPE Ezmeral Container Platform is not user-friendly and has many parts that are more difficult than Cloudera. It is also a complex solution and has low features for data management. For example, it...
What is your primary use case for HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
We want to replace the existing Cloudera data lake with HPE Ezmeral Container Platform ( /products/hpe-ezmeral-container-platform-reviews ).
What advice do you have for others considering HPE Ezmeral Container Platform?
I rate the HPE Ezmeral Container Platform seven out of ten because it has strong features for storage but lacks certain data management functionalities, requiring additional investments for third-p...
What needs improvement with Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
It's easy enough for deploying and managing Kubernetes using this product, but not that easy. It still requires the command line CLI to deploy via scripting, so it should be improved. In terms of d...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
I use Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) as an exit solution from VMware. I'm running almost 100% container workloads, so I chose Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) for those purposes. It's enabling ...
What advice do you have for others considering Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)?
I use a private cloud on-prem and co-location with my True IDC, which is my partner company, and build my own private cloud. I have both; I'm running the core service on AWS and also purchased some...
 

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