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Nutanix Central vs VMware Cloud Foundation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 16, 2025

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
5.6
Nutanix Central offers significant efficiency and cost-effectiveness in IT management, enhancing restoration and issue resolution compared to VMware.
Sentiment score
5.7
VMware Cloud Foundation promises future returns with potential savings, despite high costs, through increased efficiency and stability.
I have seen measurable outcomes from using Nutanix Central, such as more efficient IT management.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
When an alert appears, Nutanix provides detailed information and resolution steps, making our job easier.
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Managing without Nutanix Central would require significantly more man-hours.
Systems Network Coordinator at a energy/utilities company with 11-50 employees
VMware Cloud Foundation allows cost and time savings by quickly deploying infrastructure requests and integrating automatic ticketing and backup services.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
In terms of ROI, although VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive, it saves time in most cases, which indirectly saves costs for users.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Nutanix Central's support is praised for responsive, knowledgeable service, overcoming initial challenges to achieve high client satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.0
VMware Cloud Foundation's support is generally responsive and professional, but some users seek improvements in speed and issue resolution.
When an issue is reported and reviewed, they provide next steps and work to resolve the issue long term.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Nutanix support is one of the top ones I have dealt with.
Systems Network Coordinator at a energy/utilities company with 11-50 employees
They've always resolved issues in a timely manner.
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
There are times when support is unclear, and even VMware support personnel may lack familiarity with certain parts, causing difficulties.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
Based on my nine years of experience with VMware, I would evaluate their technical support as effective.
VMware Administrator at Infosys
The technical support from VMware Cloud Foundation deserves a nine out of ten rating.
Cyber Security Analyst at Amdari
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
9.1
Nutanix Central scales efficiently with growing needs, allowing seamless expansion and earning high user ratings for scalability.
Sentiment score
7.8
VMware Cloud Foundation offers excellent scalability, adaptable for various businesses, though dependent on licensing and hardware configurations.
It scales efficiently with the growing needs of our company.
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Nutanix Central scales with the growing needs of my company, and we have expanded usage.
Systems Network Coordinator at a energy/utilities company with 11-50 employees
When more hosts are added, performance goes slow.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
VMware Cloud Foundation supports scalability and company growth.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite scalable, receiving a rating of eight and a half to nine out of ten.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Nutanix Central offers stable, reliable performance with high availability, resolving issues through scaling, and automatic alerts enhance reliability.
Sentiment score
7.7
VMware Cloud Foundation is stable and reliable, with high performance and minimal issues, despite some migration complexities.
If one node goes down, it automatically alerts us, but we can always count on the other builds running.
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Nutanix Central is always available, so it's quite stable and reliable.
Cloud Engineer III at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Nutanix Central is available 90% of the time with the ability to log in and manage all resources.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
The stability of VMware Cloud Foundation is very high.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
If one component fails to operate in a timely manner, the entire infrastructure can go down because everything is interconnected.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
I am currently satisfied with the stability of VMware Cloud Foundation, though having started only two to three months ago, I am still in the monitoring phase.
VMware Administrator at Infosys
 

Room For Improvement

Nutanix Central needs improved setup, enhanced permissions, seamless migration, better API compatibility, unified updates, and streamlined task execution.
VMware Cloud Foundation requires improved integration, security, user-friendly features, better pricing, and enhanced support, especially post-Broadcom acquisition.
One of the biggest challenges we have with Nutanix currently is that our Rubrik backups do not work with the Nutanix API.
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
It would be nice to go in and say, 'This VM doesn't need to be in this data center, and we'd prefer to put it in this one,' and have the ability to initiate the migration.
Cloud Engineer III at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
Once it is set up, everything works smoothly, but the initial setup was difficult.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
VMware Broadcom needs to include auto resource allocation at the VM levels.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
The maintenance cost has increased significantly, especially after Broadcom acquired VMware, with a shift from socket-based licensing to core-based licensing.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
Each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization.
Technical Manager at Owens & Minor, Inc.
 

Setup Cost

Nutanix Central offers budget-friendly integration with cost governance, enhancing resource planning and financial management across existing licenses.
VMware Cloud Foundation is costly but valued for comprehensive features, despite post-acquisition price hikes; bundles offer savings.
We do not incur additional costs for using Nutanix Central.
IT Infrastructure Engineer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Nutanix Central's cost visibility feature helps with resource planning and budget preparation.
Systems Network Coordinator at a energy/utilities company with 11-50 employees
We tie in with cost governance in Nutanix Central, which helps us identify other products and determine whether we need to increase our licensing or reduce it.
Cloud Engineer III at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
The cost has become very high, especially after Broadcom's acquisition, altering the licensing model to a more expensive core-based system.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
When comparing prices of both clouds, AWS is cheaper because they offer a free section for practice.
Cyber Security Analyst at Amdari
The price is quite higher than some other vendors.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
 

Valuable Features

Nutanix Central centralizes multi-cluster management, enhancing efficiency and decision-making with integrated tools and insightful analytics dashboards.
VMware Cloud Foundation offers scalable automation, disaster recovery, and seamless management, enhancing operational efficiency and infrastructure modernization.
The visibility we get from Nutanix Central—seeing it all in one spot—primarily gives us significant time savings.
Cloud Engineer III at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
It allows us to know what groups, such as application groups, servers belong to, so we can group them appropriately in consistency groups for DR purposes.
Works at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Before an issue becomes critical, it sends us an email notification with warning status information.
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
The solution now offers auto-deployment of VMs.
VMware Administrator at Infosys
All features of VMware Cloud Foundation are valuable to us, as it covers every industry standard protocol and requirement protocol.
Deputy Manager, Customer Services at Jaffer Business Systems
VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.
Credit Analyst - Risk Management at Boubyan Bank
 

Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Central
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (15th), Virtualization Management Tools (6th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (3rd)
VMware Cloud Foundation
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (9th)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2703777 - PeerSpot reviewer
S30290139 Infrastructure Administrator II at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees
Helps us get ahead of potential problems, and their support has been phenomenal
I don't think there's much improvement needed in Nutanix Central. Maybe there are different tools I haven't discovered yet that may bring everyone on the same page. I am still in the process of researching them and providing feedback to Nutanix. For what we use it for, it runs efficiently. What I think is missing in Nutanix Central to make it the best product ever is compatibility with our backups. One of the biggest challenges we have with Nutanix currently is that our Rubrik backups do not work with the Nutanix API. That would be great to resolve, as it would reduce the time spent resolving the issue.
Narasimha Reddy Illuri - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware Administrator at Infosys
There is progress in performance and stability, but further advancements are needed for end-user satisfaction
VMware Cloud Foundation's best features include its advanced capabilities, security purposes, and performance levels. The solution offers efficient licensing options. Previously, vSphere essential was available, but now it has moved to VMware Cloud Foundation 8.0. It includes advanced features such as lifecycle manager, patching level, and cluster level patching options. The solution now offers auto-deployment of VMs. Previously, I had to use the content library, right-click, and create VMs manually. With VMware Cloud Foundation, auto-deployment is possible by simply right-clicking and assigning a specific DHCP IP, enabling physical to vCenter level communication for automatic VM deployment. The workload portability feature in VMware Cloud Foundation provides good workload balance. For instance, in a cluster level with four to five ESXi hosts, each host has minimum resources allocated for CPU and memory, resulting in significantly reduced utilization at the VMware Cloud Foundation level.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise27
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Central?
My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing is limited as I don't manage that part. However, I know it has been within budget and hasn't impacted our financial planning.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Central?
One area of improvement could be from the AI side, as the industry shifts and grows. If we could get workflow mechanisms built into Nutanix Central, we could define workflows to solve known issues ...
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Central?
We use Nutanix Central for our hybrid cloud management because we have our on-premises Nutanix clusters and AWS cloud resources.
What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?
VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your inf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foundation?
The price for VMware Cloud Foundation is not cheap, as the market is competitive with AWS cloud. When comparing prices of both clouds, AWS is cheaper because they offer a free section for practice....
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?
In VMware Cloud Foundation, areas that have room for improvement include the experience between VMware Cloud Foundation and the cloud. I prefer working with the cloud due to my study with the archi...
 

Overview

 

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