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Lenovo XClarity Administrator vs Nutanix Prism comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Ranking in Data Center Infrastructure Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Prism
Ranking in Data Center Infrastructure Management
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
63
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Center Infrastructure Management category, the mindshare of Lenovo XClarity Administrator is 7.7%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Prism is 1.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Center Infrastructure Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Lenovo XClarity Administrator7.7%
Nutanix Prism1.8%
Other90.5%
Data Center Infrastructure Management
 

Featured Reviews

Gerges Ghaly - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology System Administrator at Arabi Company W.L.L. Kuwait
Report and remote desktop features come in handy; price could be lower
When it comes to improving XClarity, I'd like to be able to log in and have it all centralized instead of logging into a specified server and IP. I want to be able to log in and see all servers. I'd also like to improve the pricing as some of the features are quite expensive.
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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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The features that I have found the most useful are the reliability of the system and the simple way to upgrade. They're also moving to a more comfortable user interface."
"The most valuable features I have found are the report and remote desktop features."
"The GUI is user-friendly."
"Nutanix Prism is very fast compared to VMware and whatever you need to do, you can do it quickly."
"The Clone and Snapshot features are two of the most valuable aspects of the solution for our organization. Rather than simply one-click automation the Snapshot and reverse Snapshot are great."
"I like the general usability for general configuration. It is sufficient for everyday operations."
"The ability to do snapshots is fantastic. It does a great job. Not only do snapshots work great, but you can take a snapshot on the fly. The snapshot takes a second to complete. You can then make a change and test it out to see if it works. If you have any problem, just roll it right back."
"Nutanix support is excellent, and their response time is extremely fast."
"Everything is available within one console."
"Since it includes everything in AI and machine learning, it surfaces issues, recommends exact solutions, often with a single click, and reduces costs too, optimizing resource usage, moving or resizing VMs to reduce over-provisioning, delaying or avoiding unnecessary hardware purchases through smarter capacity planning."
 

Cons

"When it comes to improving XClarity, I'd like to be able to log in and have it all centralized instead of logging into a specified server and IP. I want to be able to log in and see all servers."
"They can move to something even more simple for daily user management. The way to upgrade the framework is not so simple at the moment. They can make it better in the future. These changes would require a complete redesign of the infrastructure and rethinking of the interface."
"There are a few areas related to visibility on the dashboard that can be improved. It's good, but the visibility can be improved in terms of single locations."
"The main area where an improvement could be made would be the pricing."
"There are some things that you can only do via the command line. Over the years that I've been using Nutanix, they've slowly integrated those into Prism, but they're still trying to catch up with a solution that has been around longer, like VMware."
"Nutanix Prism can be more stable because it's not as stable as VMware."
"Performance metrics and analytics could be improved."
"Nutanix Prism needs more flexibility commercially and more flexibility with their licensing. Currently they're very fixed on their licensing model, for example, it's based on terabyte calculation."
"No integration of commands to manage AHV."
"Some of the products are not interoperable for multi-cloud or multi-site tasks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are some services that need to be purchased in addition to the license."
"The pricing is one factor that could be better. The cluster licensing and how it works is another."
"As far as pricing goes, it's competitive for what you get. There are probably less expensive hyper-converged solutions, but I don't think they're as mature or have the feature set that we get with Nutanix."
"Nutanix Prism is quite an expensive solution compared to VMware."
"Nutanix is a little pricier, but the features it has are worth it."
"The pricing is comparable to other software initiatives."
"The licensing aspect is painful. We are told, "This is when you have to renew. This is the serial number and the part number," et cetera. But it's difficult to know where something belongs unless you dive into the portal and search in multiple areas for a particular serial number."
"...we use it for small and medium-sized businesses. For those companies, Nutanix is too expensive, it's for bigger businesses..."
"Compared to VMware, the price of this solution is great."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
25%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?
Nutanix Prism offers web scaling, which facilitates easy scaling.
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...
 

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JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
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