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IBM Turbonomic vs Nutanix Prism comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 13, 2024

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
7.2
IBM Turbonomic offers quick ROI by reducing hardware costs, optimizing resources, and decreasing operational expenses through automation and efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.8
Nutanix Prism enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and optimizes resources with centralized management, lowering both energy and maintenance expenses.
Initially, the CapEx was higher than VMware's, but considering the operational cost over time, it has been beneficial.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
You will get 60% ROI with Nutanix Prism on-premises.
Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.9
IBM Turbonomic's customer service is highly rated for its responsiveness, knowledge, and effectiveness, despite some mixed post-acquisition experiences.
Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Prism support is effective, providing knowledgeable, proactive engineers, 24/7 availability, though response times and documentation can improve.
Basic means standard business hours support, Production means 24/7, Mission Critical means faster SLA with technical account managers connectivity, and Ultimate means full white-glove support with a dedicated team.
Director at Eglobe infra solutions
If there is any hardware issue with HP or Dell, customers don't need to raise tickets with the hardware OEM. They can raise tickets on the Nutanix portal itself.
Lead Solutions Architect at Team Computers
Nutanix support is excellent, and their response time is extremely fast.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
IBM Turbonomic is scalable, seamlessly integrating with various environments while its licensing supports expansion, focusing on additional requirements.
Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Prism is praised for its scalability and adaptability, allowing seamless expansion and support for diverse environments.
Nutanix Prism is completely scalable; you can add nodes and disks without using downtime, allowing for easy scaling.
System and Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
IBM Turbonomic is praised for stability and robust performance, with minor update issues swiftly resolved by support.
Sentiment score
7.8
Nutanix Prism is highly reliable, with consistent performance and minimal downtime, though slower occasional upgrades require attention.
The entire Nutanix solution is stable.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
I have not experienced any downtimes, crashes, or performance issues with Nutanix Prism.
System and Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
 

Room For Improvement

IBM Turbonomic needs an improved interface, better reporting, clearer documentation, more integrations, and a stable, mobile-compatible platform.
Nutanix Prism needs improvements in interface, automation, stability, backup, management, licensing, multi-cloud features, and resource management.
The presales and marketing team should inform clients about resource requirements, such as RAM used by CVM, to help manage expectations.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
Regarding Nutanix Prism's single pane overview, the limitation is that you cannot troubleshoot all errors from Prism Central; you sometimes need to log into the CLI to change settings such as the IP address of the CVM in the AHV.
System and Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
 

Setup Cost

IBM Turbonomic offers flexible, competitive pricing models, providing value through resource optimization and reducing hardware expenses effectively.
Nutanix Prism is costly yet considered a worthwhile investment for its features in hyperconverged infrastructure by many enterprises.
At first, the cost seemed heavy, but over time, its cost-effectiveness became evident.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.
System and Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
 

Valuable Features

IBM Turbonomic enhances efficiency through automation, capacity management, reporting, and planning, optimizing resource allocation and infrastructure decisions.
Nutanix Prism offers a user-friendly interface with centralized management, seamless integration, advanced analytics, and robust performance optimization features.
Nutanix Prism is completely scalable; you can add nodes and disks without downtime, allowing for easy scaling.
System and Cloud Engineer at DeliverICT
One of the most useful features is the disaster recovery setup, which includes two clusters, one for our production server and another for our recovery site.
Head of Infrastructure Operations Security at Gulf Cable & Elec. Ind. Co.
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Turbonomic
Ranking in Virtualization Management Tools
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
205
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Management (4th), IT Financial Management (3rd), IT Operations Analytics (9th), Cloud Analytics (1st), Cloud Cost Management (3rd), AIOps (18th)
Nutanix Prism
Ranking in Virtualization Management Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Data Center Infrastructure Management (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Virtualization Management Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Turbonomic is 17.1%, up from 14.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Prism is 7.3%, down from 13.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Turbonomic17.1%
Nutanix Prism7.3%
Other75.6%
Virtualization Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Dan Ambrose - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer 4 at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Helps visibility, bridges the data gap, and frees up time
We use IBM Turbonomic in a hybrid cloud environment. Although it supports multi-cloud capabilities, we currently operate in a single-cloud setting. Turbonomic offers visibility into our environment's performance, spanning across applications, underlying infrastructure, and protection resources. The visibility and analytics help to bridge the data gap between disparate IT teams such as applications and infrastructure. This is important for awareness collaboration, cost saving, and helping to design and improve our application. Enhanced visibility and data analytics have contributed to a significant reduction in our mean time to resolve. Tools like Turbonomic provide crucial visualization and insights, empowering us to make data-driven decisions instead of relying on assumptions as we did before. This newfound transparency translates to a massive improvement, going from complete darkness to having a clear 100 percent view of the situation. Although our applications are not optimized for the cloud we have seen some improvement in response time. IBM Turbonomic empowers us to achieve more with fewer people thanks to automation. Previously, customers frequently contacted us requesting resource increases to resolve issues. Now, we have a tool that allows us to objectively assess their needs, leading to a deeper understanding of our applications. This solution also generates significant cost savings in the cloud and optimizes hardware utilization within our data centers. Its AI algorithm intelligently allocates servers on hosts, maximizing efficiency without compromising performance. By fine-tuning resource allocation without causing performance bottlenecks, Turbonomic extends the lifespan of existing hardware, postponing the need for new purchases. This effectively stretches our capital expenditure budget. We started to see the benefits of IBM Turbonomic within the first 60 days. IBM is a fantastic partner. Their tech support has been outstanding, and the product itself is excellent - a very solid offering. By automating resource management with Turbonomic, our engineers are freed up to focus on more strategic initiatives like innovation and ongoing organizational projects. Previously, manually adding resources was a time-consuming process that interrupted workflows. Now, automation handles scaling efficiently, saving us thousands of man-hours and significant costs. It has illuminated the need for SetOps. It has highlighted areas of overspending, and the actions we've taken have demonstrated significant cost savings. IBM Turbonomic has positively impacted our overall application performance. IBM Turbonomic has helped reduce both CAPEX and OPEX. It has also significantly reduced cloud build times.
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Director at Eglobe infra solutions
Provides comprehensive management with AI-driven insights and predictive analytics for seamless IT operations
The major improvement recommended for Nutanix Prism is more multi-cloud cost optimization. It shows performance and usage but is limited in detailed cross-cloud cost analysis. Improvement is needed for deeper FinOps-style ML insights that compare costs between on-premise, AWS, Azure, etc. Enhancements for the current mobile version of Prism are necessary as its functions are limited. Full mobile native control with real-time alerts and AI suggestions are required for one-click actions. Better integration with third-party tools and predictive maintenance for hardware is needed; currently, the focus is on VM and storage, not hardware life cycle. Predictions for node-level hardware failures or SSD wear-out, fan sensor alerts in advance are essential improvements, as is AI-based security threat detection focusing on unusual login patterns such as ransomware behavior or privilege escalations.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise57
Large Enterprise147
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise29
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Prism?
I hear that Nutanix Prism is more expensive than others, but as a technical person, I don't know the details about the pricing aspect.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?
Regarding Nutanix Prism's single pane overview, the limitation is that you cannot troubleshoot all errors from Prism Central; you sometimes need to log into the CLI to change settings such as the I...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Prism?
I use Nutanix Prism as my HCI product. I work with Nutanix HCI, Hyper-Converged Infrastructure. I use Nutanix Prism, Nutanix Prism Central, and Nutanix Move. As a reseller, we deploy Nutanix platfo...
 

Also Known As

Turbonomic, VMTurbo Operations Manager
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Sample Customers

IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
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