Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) vs Oracle VM comparison

The compared Nutanix and Oracle solutions aren't in the same category. Nutanix is ranked #5 in HCI , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 8.8% mindshare in the category. Oracle is ranked #5 in SVS , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 5.9% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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ROI

Sentiment score

6.9

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure users achieve ROI within 2-3 years, citing cost, energy savings, and operational efficiencies with stable infrastructures.

Sentiment score

5.5

Oracle VM provides cost savings and scalability, but ROI varies with mixed user experiences and sometimes challenging value quantification.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

8.1

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure support is praised for quick, knowledgeable service, resolving issues swiftly with multilingual capabilities and proactive monitoring.

Sentiment score

6.4

Oracle VM support is generally rated positively, despite some initial issues and varying user experiences with response times.

The second one was a licensing issue because when I switched from the SMB package to another package, I had to change the way of licensing, and that was horrendous.

Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

The technical support from Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is excellent, deserving a nine out of ten rating.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

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The response time and quality of support could be improved.

Nitin Singh

Architect at Infinite Computer Solutions

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.9

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers exceptional scalability, allowing seamless expansion, dynamic growth, and effortless workload management for enterprises.

Sentiment score

6.9

Oracle VM provides scalability and adaptability, though licensing and configuration challenges persist despite supporting diverse CPU generations.

The scalability of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) deserves an eight out of ten rating, as there is no solution that is 100% efficient and there is always room for improvement.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.2

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers stable, reliable performance with minimal downtime, efficient workload handling, and high user satisfaction.

Sentiment score

7.4

Oracle VM is stable in later versions, with issues resolved through certified hardware, enhancing reliability despite upgrade challenges.

Compared to VM, we find it most stable.

Khairul Firdaus

Assistant Manager at Isuzu Hicom Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Regarding stability, I would rate Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) a seven out of ten.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

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Not every upgrade goes smoothly, and after an upgrade, it sometimes stops working.

Robert Jamroży

Owner at Inforex

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Room For Improvement

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure needs improvements in setup cost, storage, integration, compatibility, networking, oversight, and pricing transparency for competitiveness.

Oracle VM users seek enhancements in performance, interfaces, integration, functionality, disaster recovery, user permissions, and Apple compatibility.

They should add AI features in the future.

JUNGKEUM SHIN

Manager at Seoul Institute of the Arts

It could be interesting to offer back another small business pricing that would be more suitable for small companies.

Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

I would suggest that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) should develop their own P2V (physical to VM) tools instead of requiring users to rely on third-party solutions.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

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To improve Oracle VM, the configuration needs to be more user-friendly and less rigid.

Chimdi Profitearne

Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking at NUPAT TECHNOLOGIES

Integration with third-party solutions is an area that needs improvement.

Miguel_Ramos

Senior Technical Consultant at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees

If I have limited systems and there is maintenance on the hardware, the Oracle systems are impacted.

reviewer2088135

Senior Infrastructure Specialist at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

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Setup Cost

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers cost-effectiveness with comprehensive solutions, despite initial costs, appealing to enterprises for long-term ROI.

Enterprise buyers find Oracle VM cost-effective with manageable support fees and flexibility in server sizing for IT growth.

It costs more compared to VMware due to different licensing areas.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

At first, it is cheaper than cloud services, so the cost is a major benefit.

JUNGKEUM SHIN

Manager at Seoul Institute of the Arts

The pricing is renewed every year, at almost $100,000 per year.

Khairul Firdaus

Assistant Manager at Isuzu Hicom Malaysia Sdn Bhd

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Oracle VM is not a very expensive solution.

Robert Jamroży

Owner at Inforex

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Valuable Features

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure excels in ease of use, scalability, data protection, and seamless management, enhancing performance and reducing costs.

Oracle VM enhances network, storage, and resource management, supporting diverse OS integration with cost efficiency and high availability.

When technology development or devops teams request server provisioning, the setup time has been reduced from hours to less than 20 minutes.

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

The performance was really better for applications and access times to the data.

Jean Charles

Dsi at OFFICE PUBLIC DE L HABITAT DE ROUEN

It is easy to use, and it's easy to maintain.

JUNGKEUM SHIN

Manager at Seoul Institute of the Arts

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Oracle VM's features perform better on Windows compared to iOS.

Chimdi Profitearne

Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking at NUPAT TECHNOLOGIES

If there is an issue with the operating system running on top of it, there's no primary and secondary domain, rather segregated I/Os, disks, memory, everything assigned to a logical domain.

reviewer2088135

Senior Infrastructure Specialist at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

It is easy to copy or clone one Oracle workstation to another.

Robert Jamroży

Owner at Inforex

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructur...

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

200

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (6th), HCI (5th), Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (1st), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (4th)

Oracle VM

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Virtualization Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is designed for HCI and holds a mindshare of 8.8%, up 8.2% compared to last year.
Oracle VM, on the other hand, focuses on Server Virtualization Software, holds 5.9% mindshare, down 7.0% since last year.

HCI Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)	8.8%
VxRail	13.8%
VMware vSAN	11.4%
Other	66.0%

HCI

Server Virtualization Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle VM	5.9%
VMware vSphere	18.1%
Hyper-V	17.2%
Other	58.8%

Server Virtualization Software

Featured Reviews

Obasanjo Biliaminu

Head Systems Administration/Security at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System PLC

Infrastructure efficiency has improved significantly with quick server provisioning, though physical to virtual migrations need a streamlined in-house tool

From my experience with Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), there is one area that needs improvement. When moving a critical infrastructure from a physical machine to Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), we currently have to use a third-party tool to convert the physical machine to a VM. We have to use VMware converter to perform this conversion before moving it to Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). I would suggest that Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) should develop their own P2V (physical to VM) tools instead of requiring users to rely on third-party solutions.

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Chimdi Profitearne

Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking at NUPAT TECHNOLOGIES

Has supported ethical training effectively but configuration needs to be more user-friendly

When evaluating Oracle VM, I have concerns about the configuration being too complex and not user-friendly. It doesn't perform optimally on iOS, which is an Apple laptop, but works very well on Windows. To improve Oracle VM, the configuration needs to be more user-friendly and less rigid. Additionally, compatibility with Apple laptops needs improvement as it currently doesn't work well on that platform.

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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…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	92
Midsize Enterprise	77
Large Enterprise	82

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	38

Questions from the Community

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What makes Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) worth using?

NCI is a product with many tools and services but the one that, in my opinion, makes it better than similar products and worth using, is the full-stack lifecycle management. This capacity allows u...

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Have you received reliable help from Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure's support when you contacted them?

NCI is one of the best out there. For any software, no matter how good it is, technical support makes it or breaks it for me. You may have an amazing product but if there is not anyone to help you ...

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Which is better - Oracle VM or KVM?

I would prefer if KVM was easier to scale and not so limited. Overall the product has been helpful. It is easy to use, and was quite straight-forward to set up. Since I have been using KVM, I have ...

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Which is better - Oracle VM or VMware VSphere?

Oracle VM seems to me to be kind of outdated. Nevertheless, it is fairly straightforward to use and maintain. The solution can just be set and you can forget about it, and the scalability is consid...

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What do you like most about Oracle VM?

If you want to access the VM from anywhere over the Internet, you put it in a public subnet. So, VMs are linked to that. The subnets are linked to it. So, it's perfectly secured if it's a private n...

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Comparisons

VMware vSAN vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 8% of the time

VxRail vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 7% of the time

HPE SimpliVity vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 7% of the time

Sangfor HCI - Hyper Converged Infrastructure vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 6% of the time

Azure Local vs Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

Compared 5% of the time

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VMware vSphere vs Oracle VM

Compared 38% of the time

KVM vs Oracle VM

Compared 16% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Oracle VM

Compared 15% of the time

Hyper-V vs Oracle VM

Compared 8% of the time

Spot by Flexera vs Oracle VM

Compared 1% of the time

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Also Known As

Nutanix Acropolis AOS, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Acropolis

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Overview

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure delivers high performance and scalability with central management and one-click upgrades. It enhances data protection and reduces deployment complexities, perfect for businesses seeking efficient virtualization.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure offers a comprehensive platform integrating compute, storage, and network for optimal infrastructure management. It supports multiple hypervisors, offering flexibility, efficiency, and ease of use. With features like Prism for centralized management, organizations can manage resources effectively while benefiting from data protection enhancements such as deduplication and compression. Hyper-convergence enables seamless integration, reducing operational costs and increasing scalability. Though the pricing is high, and setup and administration can be complex, the ability to support hybrid cloud implementations and critical infrastructures like VDI and databases provides notable advantages.

What are the key features of Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure?

Prism for Centralized Management: Simplifies resource management with a single control interface.
High Performance: Offers efficient I/O operations to enhance processing efficiency.
Scalability: Easily adjusts to growing business needs with one-click upgrades.
Data Protection: Uses deduplication and compression for secure data handling.
Hyper-Convergence: Integrates compute, storage, and network to optimize infrastructure.
Multi-Hypervisor Support: Provides flexibility to choose preferred hypervisors.

What benefits should users look for in Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure?

Cost Effectiveness: Reduces operational costs through resource optimization.
Ease of Management: Centralized control enhances administrative efficiency.
Scalability: Grows seamlessly with business demand.
Data Protection: Increases security and reliability of data management.
Performance Improvement: Streamlines server provisioning and resource management.

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure finds adoption across industries for virtualization, cloud services, and infrastructure consolidation. Organizations utilize it for hybrid clouds and virtual server hosting, supporting applications like databases and virtual desktop infrastructures. They report enhanced data protection, disaster recovery capabilities, and improved performance, facilitating effective resource management.

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Oracle VM for x86

Oracle VM for x86 is a Xen based server virtualization platform for public and private cloud and traditional on premise deployment. Oracle VM offers full lifecycle and application deployment from disk to cloud.

Designed and optimized for security, efficiency and performance Oracle VM supports major hardware vendors x86 and storage platforms and can run workloads on Linux, Windows and Oracle Solaris. Uniquely for our virtualization platform it offers live patching via Ksplice enhancing security and minimizing service disruption. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle VM for SPARC

Oracle VM for SPARC is a firmware based virtualization platform for Oracle and Fujitsu SPARC based servers running Solaris. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

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Sample Customers

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

Ambulance Victoria, Australian Finance Group (AFG), Avnet Technology Solutions, CERN, cloudKleyer, Danish Tax Authority (SKAT), Data Intensity, Dubai World, Engineers Australia, Enkitec, Groupe FLO, Guerra S.A. Implemento, s Rodovišrios, Interactive One, IT Convergence, Jesta Digital, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, KT, Kyoto Prefecture, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / National Ignition Facility, Multinet Pakistan, National Australia Bank (NAB), Navis LLC, Overhead Door, Overstock.com, Paragon Data, Parks Victoria, Pella, Sunway Shared Services, St. Louis Metro, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., University of Massachusetts, Versace,

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