Nutanix Prism vs WhatsUp Gold comparison

The compared Nutanix and Progress Software solutions aren't in the same category. Nutanix is ranked #4 in VM , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 7.8% mindshare in the category. Progress Software is ranked #23 in NMS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Nutanix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 85% of Progress Software users who would recommend it.

Nutanix Prism

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98% willing to recommend

WhatsUp Gold

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85% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Nutanix Prism and WhatsUp Gold based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Virtualization Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Nutanix Prism vs. WhatsUp Gold

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Prism

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Virtualization Management Tools (4th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (5th)

WhatsUp Gold

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (30th), Network Monitoring Software (23rd), Server Monitoring (15th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (18th), Configuration Management (21st), Log Management (41st), Cloud Monitoring Software (22nd), Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Prism and WhatsUp Gold aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Prism is designed for Virtualization Management Tools and holds a mindshare of 7.8%, down 17.7% compared to last year.
WhatsUp Gold, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 2.3% mindshare, up 1.2% since last year.

Virtualization Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nutanix Prism	7.8%
VMware Aria Operations	24.7%
IBM Turbonomic	16.6%
Other	50.9%

Virtualization Management Tools

Network Monitoring Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
WhatsUp Gold	2.3%
Zabbix	4.1%
SolarWinds NPM	3.7%
Other	89.9%

Network Monitoring Software

Featured Reviews

Usha Rani

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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Erik Cheng

Technical Manager at Quan Hung Gourmet

Efficient monitoring with detailed customization, yet complexity remains

The best feature of WhatsUp Gold is the automatic generation of topology and its integration with virtualization and wireless. I have used the automated device discovery with this topology feature. The interactive map feature helps me manage the topology because sometimes we cannot draw the topology correctly, so we need to manually edit the connections. The alerting system is very tunable and customizable, but it's a little complicated to use. Many customers cannot manage it by themselves and need support from us, the provider. We always use the dashboards in the SOC, where we constantly display a dashboard or multiple dashboards. This allows us to know immediately if the connection or bandwidth is full or if the connection is broken.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support is amazing."

"Nutanix Prism is very simple to use compared to other products, and we feel data transfers in it are very fast."

"Nutanix Prism is a very stable solution."

"I think the technical support of Nutanix is one of the best supports I have used."

"The pricing is very good if you compare it to other competitors."

"Nutanix Prism's dashboard is very simple, and you don't need much knowledge to use it."

"I don't know how to explain how much time and effort switching to Nutanix HCI has saved us. It's 80 percent more time-efficient and convenient than having to use multiple interfaces to deal with storage and compute in our hypervisor."

"The logs on the solution are excellent, it gives us very good visibility, the solution is fairly easy to use, especially compared to other solutions Nutanix is very easy to manage, the pricing is very good if you compare it to other competitors, and the solution is stable."

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"This is a good, stable network monitoring solution for devices."

"The most valuable feature is the monitoring of resources."

"It handles the basics of monitoring."

"The installation and configuration process are easy."

"The tool's most valuable feature is the visibility it offers of everything in the network and infrastructure."

"The most valuable features are network bandwidth monitoring and monitoring device health."

"We no longer have to manually search for problems because we are alerted when something in the network goes down."

"The most valuable feature of WhatsUp Gold is NetFlow and the virtualized maps."

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Cons

"I would like to have some cluster management tools included."

"Nutanix Prism needs more flexibility commercially and more flexibility with its licensing. Currently, they're very fixed on their licensing model, for example, it's based on terabyte calculation."

"In our environment we are using it alongside VMware, so some integration with that would be nice. VMware has SHD (Skyline Health Diagnostics) which diagnoses health and gives suggestions. A plug-in for taking information out of it would be helpful."

"The interface is good, but it needs improvements. There are a lot of functions that are only available in the CLI. In addition, some of the hardware components could be improved. We already had some trouble with disks."

"The licensing cost has room for improvement."

"The stability has room for improvement."

"The pricing could be improved."

"It doesn't integrate very well with any backup solution."

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"The licensing model could be improved. Right now, the levels are too far apart. This causes the solution to be more expensive than it needs to be."

"Importing the maps and being able to customize them could be easier."

"I would like to see them do an enhancement to the application monitoring. A lot of other products do better application monitoring so they should do some improvements to the application monitoring."

"My understanding is that there are better products out there that do a better job."

"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality. There should be a quicker turnaround with new versions."

"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user. All the monitoring is from inside out, we need something that also can give us from outside in."

"One of the biggest things that made us start to look at another product is we're not able to have an end to end monitoring from a user perspective throughout the system and back to the user."

"The new release cadence needs to be improved. It takes a while for them to add new features and functionality."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I consider it a worthwhile investment."

"Nutanix is a little pricier, but the features it has are worth it."

"Nutanix Prism's cost is reasonable."

"The license for Prism is costlier than other VMs."

"Compared to VMware, the price of this solution is great."

"Nutanix have bundles for pricing. On a single bundle, we get everything including vSAN or VMware and there are no additional costs. It is just a single license that is needed."

"...we use it for small and medium-sized businesses. For those companies, Nutanix is too expensive, it's for bigger businesses..."

"Nutanix Prism is not inexpensive but not very expensive, given the features we get. It's cost-effective."

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"The pricing can be on the expensive side when considering competing products."

"There are some subscription charges that are quite heavy. I need to pay for support every year and these charges can be quite expensive. Aside from the initial cost for the tool, you need to pay additionally for support."

"There is a license needed to use WhatsUp Gold."

"The choice of version depends on the number of points, or devices, that you want to monitor, and this makes the product expensive."

"I'm not sure, but it's expensive. We don't pay any additional fees."

"The most valuable feature is the cost compared to other solutions."

"The tool's price is reasonable. WhatsUp Gold is cheaper than SolarWinds."

"This is a well priced solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	25
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	28

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

Questions from the Community

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.

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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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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...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for WhatsUp Gold?

Clients find the licensing calculator confusing, but we simplify this for them by collecting relevant information first. The licensing is based on devices, providing better cost-effectiveness than ...

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What needs improvement with WhatsUp Gold?

It would be great if WhatsUp Gold could add features that simplify management with AI, as it is currently too complicated to manage.

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What is your primary use case for WhatsUp Gold?

My use case for WhatsUp Gold includes all device availability checks, bandwidth usage, CPU, and memory usage, as well as alarm notifications.

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Overview

Nutanix Prism offers a comprehensive management experience, streamlining IT infrastructure tasks with advanced integration and automation capabilities. It supports seamless management across multi-environment setups through its intuitive interface and data protection features.

Nutanix Prism provides centralized control over virtual machines, storage, and networks. Its single-pane-of-glass management allows for efficient handling of virtual desktop infrastructure and hyper-converged infrastructures. The tool is appreciated for its ease in machine learning for performance optimization and seamless virtualization support. However, users mention areas needing refinement include limited third-party integration and intuitive automation.

What are Nutanix Prism's standout features?

Integration: Ensures seamless work across multiple environments and tools.
Performance: Optimizes resources using machine learning.
Centralized Management: Streamlines control of IT infrastructure.
Scalability: Grows with the organizational demand effortlessly.
Automation: Simplifies routine IT tasks.
Visual Dashboards: Provides intuitive, customizable views for monitoring.
Microsegmentation: Enhances security within environments.

What benefits should be expected from Nutanix Prism?

Operational Efficiency: Increases productivity through centralized control and automation.
Cost Management: Reduces costs with efficient resource usage.
Enhanced Security: Offers robust safety features like microsegmentation.
Scalable Solutions: Adapts to growing infrastructure demands effortlessly.

In education and banking sectors, Nutanix Prism facilitates effective management of private cloud environments and supports hybrid solutions. These industries leverage its capabilities for efficient resource allocation and comprehensive monitoring, enhancing IT infrastructure's overall performance and reliability.

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WhatsUp Gold stands out with its comprehensive network monitoring, dynamic mapping, and real-time alerts, offering essential tools for managing extensive IT infrastructures.

WhatsUp Gold provides robust capabilities in network visibility through dynamic mapping and NetFlow analysis. The platform's interactive topology aids in pinpointing issues effectively. Auto-discovery ensures complete network device tracking. While offering an intuitive interface and integration with Cisco ServiceNow, users find server performance monitoring useful for incident handling. However, improvements are anticipated in application monitoring and Active Directory integration. The pricing model and customization options leave room for enhancement. Despite these, users benefit from its integrated dashboards for immediate device health checks and network updates, making it beneficial for large-scale infrastructure management.

What features does WhatsUp Gold offer?

Network Monitoring: Provides continuous oversight of network components
Dynamic Mapping: Offers visual representation of network topology
NetFlow Analysis: Delivers insights into bandwidth utilization
Threshold Alerts: Notifies users upon reaching set performance thresholds
Auto-Discovery: Detects devices automatically for complete network coverage

What benefits should users expect from reviews?

Comprehensive Visibility: Enhanced understanding of network elements
Real-Time Monitoring: Immediate insights into network and device status
Cost-Effectiveness: Competitive solution suitable for expansive networks
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies the management of complex networks

Organizations in sectors like telecommunications, education, and healthcare utilize WhatsUp Gold for their network monitoring needs. Telecom companies track switches and routers, educational institutions manage bandwidth usage, and healthcare facilities monitor device availability to ensure seamless operations.

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Sample Customers

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

Artoni Trasporti, Austin Independent School District, Banca Marche, Burke County North Carolina, Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Clayco, Community Integrated Care, Desca, Deutsche Bergbau, Flexi-Van, Gropper, Hamleys, Hammonds Furniture, Knowledge IT, Idras S.P.A., Sibeg, Swann Engineering, Trivium Lindenhof

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