Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Nutanix solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #9 in CS , with an average rating of 8.4. Nutanix is ranked #5 in SDS , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (9th)

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (6th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), Public Cloud Storage Services (6th), File and Object Storage (4th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (4th)

Featured Reviews

Alex Kabugo

System Engineer at Wipro Limited

Aug 21, 2023

Highly stable solution and offers various volume types

When it comes to development environments, we have some applications that we deploy from those volumes. Sometimes, we use them for backups mainly due to limitations. So there are some clients who listen to set up that kind of structure in one availability zone. One of the examples I can use is…

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Tejas Patil

Systems Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees

Aug 17, 2024

It's easy for users to access and saves us a significant amount of money

We use Nutanix Unified Storage for file storage and SMB sharing. My company has around 2,000 to 3,000 users on the platform We have massive storage needs and currently have 20 terabytes of storage Nutanix. We are storing around 10 or 11 terabytes of data on NUS. The cost would be huge if we…

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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 tool's most valuable feature is reliability."

"The most valuable features of Amazon EBS are the ease of mounting any file system and good for block storage. We can use secondary storage for our difficult instances and it performs well."

"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."

"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."

"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."

"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."

"When it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one."

"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."

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"It gives more security that the data isn't going to get lost."

"They have well-documented best practices and the interface is good."

"Nutanix Objects is reliable."

"The best Nutanix Unified Storage features are its recovery and data speeds. It has resolved the issue of accessing information quickly."

"The solution's most valuable features are its support and speed."

"The most valuable features of Nutanix Unified Storage are the unified dashboard and the ease of administration."

"The most valuable feature is the unified dashboard, as it allows us to easily observe everything from a single location."

"Nutanix's analytics provide better insights into all of our files."

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Cons

"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."

"The features could be improved."

"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."

"In Amazon EBS, it is difficult to reduce the space chosen by the customer. The cost increases the moment the size of the storage increases, and I will have to pay for two TB of the tool instead of one TB."

"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."

"I think performance can be improved."

"It would be good if the solution added a button to increase the size and make the EC2 machine recognize the increased capacity of the EBS."

"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."

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"Some of the new features in the tool cannot be used with just one click, as was possible in the past."

"The implementation is a little bit complex and should be made easier."

"The solution should include more protocols to access data."

"There should be more information. If it gets used more by more people, they will have a bigger community to share ideas. It is still kind of newer. It is not as big as Dell and other companies."

"We have some problems with Nutanix Unified Storage's support because they asked us to change our hardware."

"The solution's monitoring and security features could be improved."

"We have had to deal with some infrastructure and general cluster issues but these issues don't impact storage."

"The solution should keep adding new features to be competitive in the market."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"The solution is quite costly."

"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."

"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."

"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."

"You need to pay additional costs for support."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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"I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."

"Nutanix Unified Storage pricing is reasonable."

"Nutanix is very competitive."

"Nutanix offers different pricing options, including Ultimate and Ultimate Pro."

"The price can always be improved. As a customer, you always seek reasonable solutions within your budget, and they give us little to do a lot. My IT team always has to justify that we are choosing an optimal solution, so the price could be a little lower Maybe the prices could be a little bit lower."

"From what I hear from the management, Nutanix Unified Storage has comparatively decent pricing."

"For clients running Nutanix, the licensing cost for Files is a small add-on cost."

"Its pricing is good to okay. It is not super inexpensive, but it is still competitive. Everything could always be lower."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

51%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

30%

Computer Software Company

30%

Manufacturing Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...

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What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

On a scale of one to ten, if one point is a cheap solution and ten points is very expensive, I rate the product price an eight.

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What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Unified Storage?

Nutanix Unified Storage isn't expensive.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?

The dashboard could be more customizable

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Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is a software-defined storage solution that consolidates seamless access and management of siloed block, file, and object storage into a single platform. Leveraging the Nutanix Cloud Platform, NUS is built for scale, performance, and integrated data security requirements of modern applications deployed on core, cloud, or edge.

Sample Customers

Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco

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March 2024

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