Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Reviews

We use the Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) tool to do the data analysis of all of the VMs that we have provisioned, and just report and support our decisions.

We primarily use it to measure the efficiency of our organization. We have a large application, so we have to keep an eye on that. We closely monitor storage, memory, CPU, and all these different resources and their operating efficiencies.

We haven't used the cost governance feature yet, and it's something we're looking to implement in the future, but it's not a use case for us right now. 

It allows us to optimize our workload and manage our day-to-day operations.

The runbooks feature has had a significant impact on automating our IT process as we are getting ready to add new hardware to our clusters, and it will allow us to see how much we need to add and where we need to add it in terms of our growing infrastructure. 

Self-service has improved our ability to manage, deploy, or scale our applications as we allow our software development infrastructure team to use self-service to deploy their own VMs or manage their own VMs. They don't always have to reach out to us. While we control the base hardware, they still get to manage the VMs.

It has helped my team have visibility into security posture across our infrastructure as we work with our Cyber Ops team to provide them information out of it so that they can come back and provide us with recommendations.

What I like the most about it is how intuitive it is to use. It's easy for users to use and provides the data we want. 

The core feature I mainly use in Intelligent Operations is the cluster runway and the analytics features. I have not faced any challenges with ease of use with the product itself.

The biggest issue we've run into is not being able to quickly share information. More sharing features outside of just the standard reporting, where I can export something to a PDF, would be more helpful. 

I've been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for about a year.

The stability and reliability of the platform have been great, as we use it all the time and really show the use cases.

Right now, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) matches where we're at as an organization, and I don't necessarily know for the future as I don't see us having a huge amount of growth from where we are now.

I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten because I've never had an issue reaching out to support and getting any issues resolved very quickly. Even the technical account manager has helped whenever I have issues, making it easy to escalate and get somebody to take care of it.

I've only ever worked with Nutanix.

The biggest return on investment when using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for me is optimizing our resources so that we are not buying hardware or additional resources that we don't need. We are able to scale things appropriately and make sure that we are using our resources to their best abilities.

We are definitely not going to add as much hardware as we originally thought, just because we were able to scale back some of the VMs and resources that we were using.

I have spent quite a bit of time with the tool myself, getting measures for efficiency, and it's probably helped us to be 10%-15% more efficient on average in information gathering.

We are getting ready to do a renewal, and that's been one of the topics that has arisen around the licensing and the cost of it. At the end of the day, the product justifies the cost, and it leads to a conversation with management over whether we actually need this feature and if there are any use cases for why we would want to keep it.

We did not consider other solutions before choosing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM). We went straight to Nutanix, that's what we wanted.

I would rate Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) a nine out of ten, as I don't have a lot of comparison. I don't rate anything a ten, but what could make it a ten is me learning how to better use the tool and ensuring that I'm using it the way that I need to. It falls back on me not understanding the full breadth and scale of the tool. As we're not using cost governance and the cost visibility yet, it's hard for me to say whether or not those are helpful.

We actually use Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for reporting and analysis on VM performance, particularly what is over-provisioned. 

I am currently using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) to manage our infrastructure. The specific functionalities we are utilizing in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) include the automation piece. We do the monitoring analysis, and we are using some of the automation and playbooks to categorize our VMs as they're being created so they can go into the right security zones. 

The benefits of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) are still in progress since we don't have all the buy-in. Our hope is this type of information will help us be able to right-size these environments with easy conversations. Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has handled the growing needs of our company effectively so far. We're only a year into it, however, we have started deploying additional clusters for our company and haven't had any issues.

What I appreciate about Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is that it gives us a good, simple view that really plays effectively when we're trying to talk to other teams to show them their VM has too many resources. It's cut and dry, without a bunch of deep dive metrics to give them and discuss.

The impact of the Runbooks feature on automating our IT processes is significant. We didn't think we would use it much. We have many automation products in our environment, however, when a VM is created, it automatically adds the right categories and policies. It worked effectively in the Runbooks piece due to the native integration with Nutanix. It already knew that VM was being created without needing another platform to monitor for those events.

The core feature we use in Intelligent Operations is the analysis of the VMs to determine what's over-provisioned, providing that simple snapshot.

I would appreciate seeing more in-depth features in the Intelligent Operations piece. For VM and over-provisioning, we could include financial numbers or estimates around that piece. That would be beneficial when talking to managers in different verticals, showing resource usage and potential cost savings. This might already be possible and I haven't discovered it yet.

I have been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for about a year now.

The stability and reliability of the Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) platform have been consistent. There were some issues at one point with microservices when using bleeding edge versions. Nutanix has done a good job correcting that and I'm looking forward to continued improvement.

Our current challenge with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is the overwhelming amount of VMs being shown as over-provisioned. For example, out of approximately 1,000 VMs on the platform, 800 of them are indicating over-provisioning. We anticipated this situation. Addressing it is an ongoing process.

The customer service and technical support of the platform has been great. We don't need to use it very often, however, when we have, they've been very responsive and have stayed with us through longer issues.

We came from VMware, where we had reporting pieces that were rarely utilized due to their complexity and overly detailed numbers. In contrast, Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) presents information simply and directly on the dashboard, making it easier for engineers and managers to understand without requiring platform changes for reports.

I can't say much about the deployment as it's just kind-of there. It doesn't add anything in complexity to how we put it out. It's just part of the platform and doesn't seem to take any significant overhead that we've seen. So the implementation seemed pretty simple and straightforward.

The biggest potential return on investment with the platform will be through right-sizing VMs. As our data center gets smaller, we will be able to utilize space more efficiently, and the reporting capabilities will be crucial in achieving this.

Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing, the company seems satisfied. It caught us off guard since we didn't realize that type of reporting was part of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), which we had received during our POC. When we went to deploy to production, we realized we needed to add it, however, the add-on cost seemed reasonable and management approved it.

I did not consider other solutions before choosing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM). We saw it as part of the POC with Nutanix and recognized it as a valuable feature of the whole platform.

Self-service hasn't improved our ability to manage, deploy, and scale applications yet as we haven't used that piece. We haven't had a need for it historically, and being in our first two years with Nutanix, it will be something to explore in the future. 

I haven't seen measurable outcomes from using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), such as reduced costs or a more efficient IT team, as we don't have metrics to measure at this point. 

The solution's cost visibility feature has not affected our company's budgeting or cost management since we haven't implemented that functionality yet.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution an eight.

My main use case for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is for my IT infrastructure both on-premises and in AWS, Azure, and other ways where I can plug in operationally. AI-driven insights are also used for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM); we can go with the playbook, no-code workflow that automates and fixes common problems such as increasing the CPU, RAM, and hitting the limits, and the OS monitoring should be scaled up accordingly. Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) handles governance well, including confidential matters and is certified for compliance audit for ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA, and all, making it quite good compared to VMware.

My use cases highlight that Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is quite good in virtualization, with more RAID configured for their clusters. In case of a disaster affecting any physical instance or server used in virtualization, we can restore all processes within this RAID and other configurations. Additionally, whenever we want quick snapshots or VM backups, it takes only five to ten seconds to process, which is quite good for my use case.

The feature I find myself using the most day-to-day is deploying for any of the customers or internal use for the application team or team members utilizing these services. Any of the VMs or virtualization has a compute dependent on user and developer sides, targeting sectors such as finance, security, or IT operations. This allows us to efficiently use auto-scaling through Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), receiving alerts for workflows not aligning with scenarios, such as new requirements or database interaction compromises, enabling us to analyze through alerts. Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) also has a good support team; we can log cases and have troubleshooting done effectively.

The automation through playbooks and no-code workflows has changed my daily operations because whenever the resource is getting more utilized or peak traffic is coming up, we can go into the playbooks and design workflow to get the virtual scale up and horizontal scaling for that resource. It helps our business impacts and operational activities to function properly while ensuring compliance part due to no manual interruptions and processes being secure under zero trust policies.

The best features Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) offers include AIOps functionality and storage-based capabilities, allowing us to identify seasonal patterns within the database peaks and generate reports to managers for deeper understanding of the solution. It is self-service and orchestrated, enabling the development of application blueprints and a standardized development environment for useful features, including a marketplace where we can access new blueprints, deploying them in just ten minutes. For instance, if we require a Linux VM with an SQL database and web service, we can select the LAMP stack blueprint from the marketplace and deploy it swiftly, surpassing previous traditional days that were tedious and time-consuming.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has positively impacted my organization through cost-cutting, significantly reducing the need for manual interruptions, and allowing us to schedule VM backups during disasters. It essentially focuses on whether our engines are functioning properly and building effective workflows.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) can be improved by ensuring updates align with new circumstances. We should consider integrating shadow AI, as well as addressing CLI gaps; for instance, while using Prisma Central, improvements in CLI commands are needed for seamless operation. I have faced instances where, after several failed password attempts, the account locks, necessitating a CLI login to unlock; implementing MFA would enhance security and usability.

Additional improvements for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) include the need for better reporting; when VMs are involved, it is essential to have forecasting based on data. Dashboards representing forecasted functions could be developed to monitor or change workflows accordingly, enhancing user potential integrations.

I have used the solution for about five years.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is stable.

The scalability of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is robust, allowing us to integrate and scale as required based on hardware availability.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has a good support team; we can log cases and have troubleshooting done effectively.

Customer support with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is very good.

Positive

Before utilizing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), we used various solutions, including Apache CloudStack and AWS Outposts; we switched due to high costs and inadequate support from those teams, which Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) addresses effectively.

The setup, learning curve, and ease of use of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) were crucial factors in deciding on this cloud management solution; it effectively automates disaster recovery processes, making it the best choice for us.

We did not purchase Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) through the AWS Marketplace; instead, our sales team assists us in the acquisition process by coordinating with account managers.

For return on investment (ROI) from Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), I can quantify it as a reduction of 50% in workload, allowing other resources not to be completely dependent on monitoring and instead work on concurrent projects.

Pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) are contingent on use cases; negotiations with sales representatives can help reduce costs based on whether hardware is supplied by Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) or owned by the customer.

I always consider Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) as my primary option, with no evaluation of other alternatives.

I would rate Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) overall as 9.5, considering the competitive landscape, especially against VMware and others.

The reason I chose 9.5 is due to the limitations in GPU hyperscaler integrations; Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) currently lacks adequate plugins for monitoring GPU aspects, and enhancing this could elevate the rating to a perfect 10.

My advice for others considering Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is to integrate AVH and Prism to enhance cloud management processes effectively.

I think Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is good and strong in the market; my only suggestion is that it should explore possibilities in hyperscaler metrics and work on upgrades for improved functionalities. My overall review rating for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is 9.5.

My main use cases for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) involve managing infrastructure and looking at dashboarding performances.

I am currently using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) to manage my infrastructure.

The specific functionalities I am utilizing with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) include offsite replications, between site replication, load balancing, and regular management creations.

We haven't started with self-service, Intelligent Operations, or cost governance yet; we haven't looked at that too much.

What I find most valuable about Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is the single pane of glass.

A single pane of glass means one place to go look at everything.

The biggest benefit Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has provided my company is a more overall encompassing area where I can go look at and review workloads and get an early jump on any indications of problems.

The biggest case and need regarding full stack visibility for operations to create a single pane for the entire virtual infrastructure, including both Nutanix and non-Nutanix environments, is monitoring, alerts, and reporting.

It makes it easier than having to find the individual servers, and I can have an executive summary for myself.

It cuts down the number of tools that we have to use or go to, allowing us to see anything else that's going on while we're managing our infrastructure, providing a single place where we could start consolidating.

I don't know yet how Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) can be improved; I'm still new enough into it and still reviewing it.

For the use case that I use Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for, it works fine and great; I don't have a specific improvement aside from general feedback.

Better AI would be a feature I would want to see in the next update.

I've been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for about a year.

The stability and reliability of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) have been excellent; we've never had a problem, and we were pleasantly surprised with how well the image upgrades went.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has not had any issues scaling with the growing needs of my company; it's been fine.

I don't know that we're big enough to see that kind of scalability or improvement with self-service because we're such a small shop, but it is nice not having to call an engineer.

The customer service and technical support I've received have been phenomenal.

I would rate the customer service a 10, absolutely.

Positive

Having come from a VMware shop straight over to pure Nutanix, I find Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) to be more intuitive.

The biggest differences between VMware, Cisco, and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is the UI; I feel the UI is more intuitive across the board with Nutanix, and that is the biggest difference.

The initial setup of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) was seamless and perfect.

Nutanix sent their partner to help cut us over and assist with the transition, which was flawless.

We actually saw a decrease in our budgeting and cost management coming from VMware over to Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), with a year-over-year decrease of about 10% to 15%.

For me, the biggest return on investment when using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is product stability, having everything in an all-in-one package with cloud availability there and not having to manage multiple tools.

I've seen more efficient IT management from using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), with efficiency improvements increased by about 10 to 15%.

Better pricing would help improve Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM).

Having come from a competitor, I appreciate the pricing model of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM); it's very easy to understand, so I wouldn't change anything.

I didn't consider another solution before adopting Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM).

NCM Security Central has helped my team have visibility into our security posture across our infrastructure.

We're just now exploring low-code automation driving remediations, such as Xplay or Crossplay, since we've only had Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for about a year.

The cost governance feature gives me a projected path, allowing me to get ahead of potential cost escalations and understand why they may be happening. I can better manage my budgeting standpoint for the next year and stay on top of those costs.

It's another tool for managing multi-cloud costs; I use it in the same aspect as everything else, as a report I can review to future plan my organization's costs.

Overall, I would rate Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) a nine.

My main use case for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has been around hybrid cloud governance and infrastructure lifecycle management, and I have typically looked at it from an architectural perspective, focusing on things such as centralizing operations, automations, and sometimes capacity planning, simplifying day-to-day management across the on-prem and the cloud environment. This has helped and has especially been useful for me and the organization when we want a single control plane for virtualization and cost visibility.

One of the examples was during a hybrid infrastructure modernization initiative where I had on-prem Nutanix workloads alongside Azure resources, and what we did is we used Nutanix Cloud Manager primarily for lifecycle visibility and governance. This involved monitoring capacity, managing upgrades, and maintaining operational consistency across the clusters. From an architectural perspective, I leveraged it to standardize policies, review the resource utilizations, and help the operations teams plan upgrades while ensuring alignment with our broader cloud governance strategies.

Nutanix Cloud Manager's biggest value has been around simplifying day-to-day operations and giving teams better visibility into the hybrid environment. I have mainly used it for an architectural and governance standpoint, helping standardize lifecycle processes.

From a day-to-day perspective, the self-service automation capabilities of Nutanix Cloud Manager have helped me reduce the dependency on manual provisioning. Instead of the infrastructure teams building the environment each time, it has helped standardize blueprints and automation workflows, allowing me and my team to deploy resources in a controlled way while we still follow the governance and policies.

In our organization, we have a hybrid cloud setup where the main requirement was to have something as a private cloud to connect between our different locations. We also have some on-prem integration with Nutanix, so it is more a private cloud and to some extent a hybrid cloud.

Nutanix Cloud Manager is an intelligent operations platform. The features include self-service automation, cost governance, and centralized security visibility, which I particularly appreciate, and I appreciate how it brings hybrid cloud operations into a single control plane. Additionally, I can also get capacity forecasting, automation workflows, and financial governance without needing to use multiple tools.

Nutanix Cloud Manager has helped us by improving operational visibility and simplifying lifecycle management across cloud environments. I remember that we had 10 different locations and we wanted something for a private cloud, so it gave the teams a more centralized way to monitor capacity and automate routine tasks while maintaining governance policies without adding extra operational overhead.

One of the biggest outcomes from using Nutanix Cloud Manager is operational efficiency. With the self-service automation and centralized lifecycle visibility, routine provisioning and upgrade planning have become more streamlined, and we achieved this goal with less manpower. It also reduced the amount of manual coordination between teams, which was beneficial. In the hybrid projects, this translates into faster turnaround for environment deployments and fewer operational escalations.

The built-in playbooks of Nutanix Cloud Manager definitely help reduce the repetitive operational work and assist with tasks such as routine health checkups and lifecycle actions.

I do not have any inputs for Nutanix Cloud Manager as of now because I understand that it is a different product with different features, and I enjoy working on Nutanix.

I do not see many opportunities in the market for Nutanix. I have been working since 2018, but I hardly find any opportunities for me to work or explore more on Nutanix as of now.

I have been working since 2018.

Nutanix Cloud Manager is stable for us.

Regarding scalability, it is quite scalable because it is built to manage distributed environments through a centralized control plane. As the infrastructure grows, whether adding more clusters or workloads or hybrid cloud integration, Nutanix Cloud Manager scales by extending policy-based automation and governance across the environments.

Customer support is good.

Negative

If I compare Nutanix with Azure, I find that both are different; the concepts are similar, but I enjoy working on both platforms because they provide good learning opportunities. Nutanix is generally much easier for day-to-day operations compared to Azure or other tools, and the GUI is quite good once the environment is set up and running, which simplifies lifecycle tasks and governance. However, the initial setup and learning curve can vary based on the scenario, especially for teams coming from VMware or public cloud.

When asking about return on investment from using Nutanix Cloud Manager, the focus is more on operational efficiency rather than direct cost reduction alone. Automation and lifecycle management help the team spend less time on repetitive provisioning, health checks, and upgrade coordination, which illustrates the value Nutanix Cloud Manager brings.

The main products I have used alongside Nutanix Cloud Manager are AHV for virtualization, Prism Central for centralized management, and Flow for network security and micro-segmentation. These products integrate well with Nutanix Cloud Manager in our operations, and I have seen value in their use and integration.

We use Azure alongside our hybrid or private cloud setup.

Nutanix is good. I have enjoyed working on Nutanix, and as a technical professional, I find it interesting to explore something new, and it has been beneficial for me.

I did not handle the purchase; it was done by the company I am working for, so I am not aware of the marketplace or the procurement process.

Nutanix Cloud Manager did make things noticeably faster for my team with its low-code automation.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is used for infrastructure management of the client environment, where Nutanix hosts are deployed to manage hundreds of thousands of VMs on those hosts.

The best features of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) include the software update functionality that allows managing everything in one place, where you can go to the software and update everything tab by tab, such as LCM, inventory, AOS, hypervisor, and file server. Prism Central and Prism Element allow checking all clusters on one page, and if you want to jump to a specific cluster, you can go into Prism Element. The support that Nutanix provides is also excellent, as they monitor the backend. The type of support depends on the package you select.

Using the built-in playbooks in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has freed up a lot of time for my IT team and me, allowing us to focus on other tasks. In terms of time saved, if I calculate my weekly workload, we save around 70 to 72 hours per week, which allows us to handle other tasks.

The speed of outcomes using low-code automation is very smooth, and I have not found any significant issues while updating the LCM and all the other components. It is really valuable to have the firmware bundled and directly downloaded to the environment without requiring manual intervention. Although other companies have started adopting similar firmware delivery methods, Nutanix has truly revolutionized this.

In terms of areas for improvement, I believe there is a need for redesigning some aspects on the storage level, as physical and virtual storage currently operate under different parameters in Nutanix. The space allocated should be more aligned between physical storage and the initial disk attached to the host, depending on the kind of host being used.

I have been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for six or seven years, and I have worked on Nutanix since 2019.

In terms of stability, I would rate Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) at eight or nine.

For scalability with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), I believe it is a scalable solution, and I would rate it a six or seven.

When it comes to technical support for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), I would rate it as good, around a seven or eight. Since a 7.5 rating is not available, I would say the technical support is between seven to eight.

Positive

I have tested other solutions such as VMware and Azure, but I prefer Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) because it provides a better learning experience, and many things are still under the control of the client using it. This is unlike Azure or AWS, where there is very limited visibility in the backend, with only 50 percent access while more than half of the control is maintained by Microsoft or Amazon. Nutanix Cloud is quite different and more user-friendly, feeling a combination of on-premises and cloud.

When comparing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) to other solutions regarding setup, learning curve, and ease of use, I find it good because it is smoother than other setups and not very complicated. It feels very direct and straightforward.

Deployment with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is easy and not very complex. It takes some time, but it is easy to understand and implement quickly.

The deployment duration for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) depends on the project. It typically takes two to three months to set up from scratch, including all approvals, with timelines ranging from one week to two weeks.

Regarding the pricing of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), I would rate it at a four or five, as it is not very costly and presents good value.

My clients utilizing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) include all types, such as small, medium, and enterprise businesses, depending on the client strength and infrastructure.

Assessing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for helping my team meet current automation needs while planning for future expansion, it depends on the client side regarding their automation requirements, and we move forward accordingly.

I work with various industries while using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), including insurance, FMCG, and banking, depending on the client environment and whether they are using it.

The number of users in my company that work with Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) varies from project to project, with a minimum of 100, but it can go up to 1,000 or 2,000 depending on the project size and client environment.

My overall rating for this review is 7.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is very easy to use. If you want to learn about Nutanix products, it is very easy to access the information. On university.nutanix.com, you can learn about Nutanix and their operations-related training. They have substantial training available on their website.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has positively impacted my organization. I am using it for my Citrix infrastructure. With Nutanix HCI, it is benefiting me in terms of IOPS. I am not experiencing much latency for the IOPS, and the performance is also much better than older traditional infrastructure solutions.

I have been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for the last four years. It is a very good product for virtualization and HCI, which is basically a hyper-converged solution they provide.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is a suite of tools for the Nutanix product. You can deploy your virtual machines, analyze them, and protect them with DR. You can also create a self-service portal. Basically, it is a competitor to VMware. Right now, because Nutanix has its own hypervisor, which is AHV, it is pretty competitive with VMware nowadays.

Using these features in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) reduces time in my daily operations. If you were doing some VM deployment manually, you do not have to worry about deploying it yourself. You can create recipes that function as infrastructure as code where you can do the coding, and it will provide the self-service portal to the customer. They can just mention what CPU they want, RAM they want, and what flavor of OS they want. Then, based on approval, it gets automatically deployed in the Nutanix cluster.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is more than just a management tool for daily use. If you try it, it is a very nice product. You do not have to worry about how a virtual machine is getting built or how to manage it. It simplifies the management because it has Prism Central and Prism Element for management. For patching, you do not have to worry. Nutanix has its own patching portal, LCM, where you can do the patching of the hypervisor, HCI, and firmware. Everything gets managed by Prism Central and Prism Element, so you do not have to go anywhere or worry about the process. If you want any detail about how you should go with the patching or what version you should consider before patching, it is very well explained in their portal at portal.nutanix.com. They have all the details there, including libraries and documentation, so it is very simple. Anyone with basic knowledge can deploy and manage it.

The best features Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) offers include two options. One is NCI, which is Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure, and the second is NCM, Nutanix Cloud Manager. In the cloud infrastructure, you will get your hypervisor as AHV, then AOS as a software application, and you can manage the on-premises data center by yourself. But in NCM, you will get a bunch of software including Nutanix Calm, Nutanix Era, Nutanix Objects, and many other bundles they have in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM). You can easily manage your day-to-day data center operations. If you have any issue with the VM or with the host, you can easily analyze it with the application provided by Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM).

Using NCM's low-code automation has made many things faster for my team. It is a really nice product. Using NCM's built-in playbooks has freed up time for my IT team to focus on other tasks or projects. Because many things have gotten automated, my team is more focused on other things rather than just the day-to-day operations.

I do not have anything to add about improvements for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) based on my experience. I choose nine out of ten for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) because I would expect some improvement. There are chances for improvement, and that is my assumption.

I have been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for the last four years.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is very stable.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)'s scalability is very convenient. For example, if you want to add more servers, more disks, or anything else, you can do it very easily. It will not impact your current setup. If you have a two-node cluster in your environment but you want to add two or three more, they have the cluster expansion feature. With that, you can do it without any downtime or affecting your current setup.

Customer support for Nutanix is also pretty good. You just have to create the ticket on portal.nutanix.com with your severity, P1, P2, or P3. Depending on that, they will check your case and contact you as soon as possible.

Positive

I previously used VMware. We were using VMware over the Cisco FlexPod, where we were using the Cisco UCS server with NetApp storage. It was basically a traditional setup with VMware.

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Nutanix is that the licensing is much easier and more flexible than any other competitor available in the market. Many competitors in the market right now are moving from their current hypervisor to Nutanix because it is easy to use and they have very competitive pricing compared to any other solution.

Before choosing Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), we evaluated other options, including many POCs such as Dell VxRail, but we went with Nutanix. We found it very promising and more convenient for us.

Nutanix Files is basically for creating Windows-based file servers. In Nutanix, you do not have to worry about it. It will create it by itself and make a replica of itself. It is managed by itself. If any VM of that file server goes down, it will not matter because there will be two or three more copies of the VM handling that file server.

Nutanix Objects is the same as an AWS S3 bucket. You will get that facility in Nutanix Objects. Other products Nutanix offers include Nutanix Database, and Nutanix Carbon is basically a Nutanix Kubernetes solution. There are many things you can consider. It is a bunch of software you can utilize for your infrastructure and for the application.

The backup solutions and the snapshots are also managed by Nutanix. It has the near-sync, async, and the metro availability feature, which can help you with the backup and recovery of the VM based on your needs. Metro availability is taking the snapshot in real-time. Async is five-minute data, and near-sync is nearly a one-minute delay on the sync of data. It depends on you what you want and how you want to utilize the services.

Right now, I cannot give the details about specific metrics because it is on a real-time basis. But you can absolutely see the result if you move to HCI and Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) rather than the older VMware traditional options.

Right now, in my current organization, I am not using any other Nutanix product. However, I have worked on Nutanix Objects, Files, and Nutanix Carbon. It is good. If you want to go with Nutanix, they have two models of licensing: NCI, which you can use if you just want to deploy your infrastructure and run the VMs without any additional automation. You can go with NCI. But if you want the new automation, the analysis, and a more detailed use of the other Nutanix features, then you have to go with NCM. They have a very simple licensing setup.

I would advise others looking into using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) that it is very competitive in the market. They have been in the market for the last ten to fifteen years, and it is a very good product. They have a very good history with virtualization and management. My review rating for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is nine out of ten.

My main use cases right now involve migrating two of the most critical server VM servers that we have; one is our secure server, which has a lot of data in it, and the other one is an application server that hosts the critical application for my business.

I am currently using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) to manage our infrastructure.

I'm using the local storage in Nutanix, and I'm using the move and the prism sensor to administer the closet.

Regarding specific functionalities, we already have micro-segmentation in Security Central to analyze the traffic that's crossing between those servers to be able to firewall application policy between those applications that are working on those servers.

I really appreciate the console, the centralized administration, and the ability to quickly attach storage between operations.

Management of our infrastructure has improved because it's simpler to administrate, and it's easier to understand what is happening with each server in our environment, allowing us to analyze the data and consumption of each component operating within it.

The cost governance feature allows our CTOs and CEOs to have an overall structure of knowledge about what is functioning and what we are doing in our infrastructure.

We are not using a lot of self-service because we are new in that area, but we understand that we could integrate that feature into our local development to allow us to test and operate our local infrastructure.

Until now, I have not encountered many challenges; during implementation, we had to focus on the data we have, ensuring we validated it to be clear on what we could migrate before and after the migration.

I don't see a need for improvements in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) at the moment; however, I would appreciate better performance.

I would like to see integrated analytics in the dashboard that accurately displays graphics, such as CPU usage, the overall health of the infrastructure, and specific virtual machines that we refer to frequently.

I don't think the solution's cost visibility feature will affect us immediately, but over time I believe it will provide better benefits, help us reduce losses, and allow us to move forward with old projects and servers we are currently using.

I have been using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) for only a month, as I am a new customer in Nutanix, and I already implemented it at the beginning of last month.

I think Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is the most reliable solution in our environment right now, and we are confident that despite any potential losses, we will not experience any downtime in other parts of our environment or services.

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is very good for scalability; we are currently considering introducing Nutanix to other sites, perhaps in our co-location and possibly towards the end of the year for new acquisitions to enhance scalability.

I have received very straightforward and pleasant technical support from our partner so far; I haven't had to escalate any cases, and I am confident that with their and the provider's support, we will get a good response if we encounter any incidents.

I would rate customer service and technical support a 10 right now.

Positive

My deployment experience was very positive, as it was fast and straightforward, allowing simple integration into our existing infrastructure without affecting our operations or causing breakdowns while migrating servers.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good because our partner supported us by explaining the benefits and features of each option and what we could expect from the implementation. I understand that the Nutanix solution is cost-effective.

The biggest return on investment for me when using this product is the fast deployment and the rapid integration and migration without impacting our operations during the migration.

I believe we will see measurable outcomes from using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), including reduced costs and more efficient IT management in the future.

My experience with the pricing, setup costs, and licensing was good because our partner supported us by explaining the benefits and features of each option and what we could expect from the implementation. I understand that the Nutanix solution is cost-effective.

We considered two other products before adopting Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM).

One was from HP, a simpler option, and we also looked at some from Dell.

The main differences between the two options were cost, the full package offered, and the level of support we would receive from the implementation partner.

It has made things much more efficient. I would say efficiency has increased approximately by 80%.

To maintain that rating of 10, it's important for us to receive good responses during any situations and ensure collaboration with the partner and provider while keeping the pricing consistent.

We are analyzing the impact of the Runbooks feature on automating our IT processes, considering that we think we will be working on making some dashboards or using some of them to advance the rest of our Nutanix project.

I rate Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) 10 out of 10.