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Nutanix Flow Network Security pros and cons

Vendor: Nutanix
4.5 out of 5

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PROS

Nutanix Flow Network Security offers a wide range of data protection features and seamless integration with different solutions, accommodating most business needs.
Users find Nutanix Flow Network Security to be highly stable, rating it ten out of ten for stability.
Installation of Nutanix Flow Network Security is straightforward, requiring only a checkmark to enable.
Nutanix Flow Network Security enables cost-effective management compared to multiple VLANs and firewalls.
It provides cloud-like segmentation in a hybrid environment, enhancing network security management.

CONS

Nutanix Flow's networking features need improvement, particularly in load balancing.
Documentation has shortcomings and requires improvement.
Reporting functionality needs enhancement.
Stability is rated seven out of ten, indicating room for improvement.
Threat hunting, compliance, and policy optimization need enhancement.
 

Nutanix Flow Network Security Pros review quotes

Vishnu Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager Cloud And Datacenter Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 13, 2026
What I like about Nutanix Flow Network Security is that it features cloud-like segmentation, which is available in a hybrid environment for us.
Mohammad Jundiah - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Qatar Datamation Systems
Oct 9, 2025
The micro-segmentation feature helps to manage network security effectively because it helps the virtual machines that are already on the cluster and the applications inside the cluster itself, protects them and helps them communicate with each other without needing a complex external or internal firewall in this use case.
Gus Thompson - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Principal Analyst at Pima Community College
Mar 1, 2024
It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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Lipaz Hessel - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Manager at Gilat Satellite Networks
Feb 21, 2024
Nutanix Flow Network Security is a simple solution that is usable, easy to understand, and easy to deploy.
JT
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 8, 2023
The network view was excellent as it allowed us to expand the server view and visualize all connections it made within the environment. This was particularly useful in identifying the path of our data and not just its location within the data center.
SuchitPatel - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solutions Architect for Cloud and Data Center Group at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Feb 28, 2023
Flow Network Security's most valuable features are user-friendliness, the console, and policy creation.
Infraprojman677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Project Manager at CDM
Aug 10, 2022
We appreciate the fact that this solution allows us to segregate two virtual machines that are in the same cluster.
Hamada Farag - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant at Beta Information Technology
Oct 26, 2021
Nutanix Flow has a lot of data protection features. It's also valuable for operations and management. It's a big solution that works well with different solutions and is suitable for most business cases.
reviewer2516739 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 22, 2024
They also introduced that they develop API first and the rest follows.
Eduardo-Penedos - PeerSpot reviewer
Telcommunications Expert at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 10, 2022
Nutanix Flow is straightforward to install. You only need to select a checkmark that you want to enable Nutanix Flow.
 

Nutanix Flow Network Security Cons review quotes

Vishnu Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager Cloud And Datacenter Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 13, 2026
I would like to see better micro-segmentation capabilities in Nutanix Flow Network Security.
Mohammad Jundiah - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Qatar Datamation Systems
Oct 9, 2025
Nutanix Flow Network Security needs to improve threat hunting, compliance, and policy optimization - these things that security officers would use.
Gus Thompson - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Principal Analyst at Pima Community College
Mar 1, 2024
The documentation offered by the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.
Learn what your peers think about Nutanix Flow Network Security. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
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Lipaz Hessel - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Manager at Gilat Satellite Networks
Feb 21, 2024
The solution’s pricing could be improved.
JT
Senior Systems Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 8, 2023
While the graphical interface of Nutanix Flow Network Security could have been improved, and some of the reporting features needed extra work, the product's features were similar to VMware's NSX. The difference lay more in the presentation and user interface.
SuchitPatel - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solutions Architect for Cloud and Data Center Group at Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
Feb 28, 2023
I would rate Flow Network Security's stability seven out of ten - it could be improved.
Infraprojman677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Project Manager at CDM
Aug 10, 2022
We would like the reporting functionality of this solution to be improved.
Hamada Farag - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant at Beta Information Technology
Oct 26, 2021
Nutanix Flow's networking features could use some improvement. Also, I don't know if it's currently supporting load balancing or not.
reviewer2516739 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 22, 2024
Last time I used it, it was not handy to see or to analyze traffic logs.
Eduardo-Penedos - PeerSpot reviewer
Telcommunications Expert at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Apr 10, 2022
For customers who are running Nutanix Flow and AHV, the largest area for improvement is in the disaster recovery environments. To automate the populate of rules from one side to the other side in case of disaster you report everything on the disaster recovery site, and you have all the rules automatically applied. This was something that was being built when I left Nutanix. It might already be available. Additionally, the usability of the rules editor could improve.