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Azure Stack vs Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Stack
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (2nd)
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (9th), Cloud Management (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure Stack is 30.3%, down from 32.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is 15.0%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

PuneetKaura - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers seamless transition, integration capabilities of Azure Stack works well and scales easily
For hybrid cloud operations, the seamless transition it enables is key. Most enterprises have a lot of workloads on-premises, and they want a smooth way to move into the cloud. Some things are on-prem, and some things are on the cloud. Azure Stack bridges that gap with solutions that work well for their existing on-premises infrastructure.
Panomporn_Meesangeam - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrated with the personal files and knowledge management processes but is expensive
The customer is a company in Thailand. They use Nutanix Cloud Clusters for file sharing and integrate with personal file share and knowledge management. Our customer attaches a file service with a login and connects with WiFi for cloud content, such as second documents or email access files…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When we engage Azure Stack, it's very easy to lift and shift. That's why we've been successful because we can be clear and fast in understanding workflows from the customer."
"The solution's most valuable features are security, configurability, and recoverability."
"It's more reliable, secure, and easy to deploy. It's much more stable as a platform."
"Technical support is quick and responsive."
"The best thing about this product is that it is user-friendly and intuitive."
"It's not as complex compared to Amazon or AWS products. Azure Stack is easier to use within the cloud."
"Azure Stack is very stable."
"It is probably the best solution out there."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Clusters is its storage infrastructure."
"It's easy to use, the UI is easy to configure, and it supports snapshots and backup integration."
"Our previous solution was inconsistent and took a long time to recover. NC2 consistently delivers full disaster recovery in a few hours. That was a huge selling point. We need to know that our business can be up and running in hours, not days. We didn't have a real disaster recovery plan before NC2. That's a goal we've been trying to achieve, and Nutanix gives us what we need to make that a reality"
"The scalability is good."
"There is ease of use. It is very important for our customers to have one centralized management console. Scalability is also very important for our customers."
"We spent a year on this ASR project and had so many issues when we attempted to do a failover. It took four to 24 hours to failover a couple of SQL VMs. During our first test deployment of NC2, it only took three or four minutes to failover and recover our VMs. This blew the Microsoft platform out of the water."
"The overall infrastructure is the most valuable part of Nutanix Cloud Clusters."
"Its performance and speed are valuable. Its performance has helped me reduce costs."
 

Cons

"Some tools do not run without the internet."
"There are limits to the bandwidth and sizing of the images."
"The licensing model of Azure Stack is complicated."
"The solution is not user friendly. I'd prefer to move over to AWS, which is much easier in this sense."
"Normally, in many countries, especially in the Middle East, there are government regulations for information technology itself. If government organizations want to host the cloud, they cannot take it from Microsoft directly; they must go through the local internet service providers, ISPs, or cloud solution providers locally."
"For some years, Azure has been working on Synapse. It's their big footprint on the analytics stack. It's a little bit heavy right now in the sense that there are too many components and it's too complex."
"The solution's price is high, and the implementation process is difficult. I would like to see a lower price and simpler implementation for Azure Stack."
"Microsoft is changing the Azure Stack interface all the time, so it's sometimes hard to find the functionality or the service you're looking for. A feature was in one place and now it has moved somewhere else."
"The technical support for Nutanix Clusters could be better."
"When you go to the configuration part on the Nutanix site, the information is a bit high-level."
"The most significant improvement would be to streamline the starting point so that we could kick off the deployment with one node and then scan out that deployment without a need to restructure or reformat anything."
"It should not be so expensive. Its price is high, but at the same time, it does give the results it offers."
"The pricing can be better."
"The product could be improved in scalability and support services."
"Perhaps the one thing that could be improved is the documentation around the solution."
"Our biggest complaint is that we constantly need to open support tickets about bugs when we upgrade to the latest version. For example, our static IPs failover into Azure but switch to DHCP."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The people who manage the budgets are satisfied with the solution’s medium pricing, which is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"The pricing is excellent with several options to save you time and money."
"Azure Stack is not a very costly tool. The pricing is according to the services we buy. When compared with AWS, Azure is a bit more costlier."
"We are satisfied with the pricing."
"The solution is expensive."
"When comparing Azure to Amazon and Google, it appears that Azure offers the most cost-effective solution."
"Azure Stack is a medium-priced product, so it is not overpriced, but the prices may be higher for certain services."
"Azure stands out for its flexibility with pay-as-you-go options."
"I feel that the prices could be improved, but the truth is that I am very happy. The license price keeps increasing, but I am confident that it is much more reasonable than other brands."
"The price is high."
"The solution's licensing can be very pricey."
"I am working on one configuration that is priced at $50,000 USD, whereas another one that I'm working on is estimated to cost $250,000 USD."
"There are positives and negatives to licensing. It all makes sense now, but it took a while. When the licenses first changed, it was a bit confusing."
"The licensing portability can be very interesting. At the moment, I am working with Nutanix Appliances with the AHV as a hypervisor. I did not have a chance to ask for portability between platforms, but it will be good if you can have portability between multiple types of platforms."
"The licensing model of Nutanix is complex."
"The solution has been more costly at this point. We do not see any cost savings."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
Computer Software Company
33%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Stack?
For hybrid cloud operations, the seamless transition it enables is key. Most enterprises have a lot of workloads on-premises, and they want a smooth way to move into the cloud. Some things are on...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Stack?
Azure Stack is a very expensive solution. The costs are very opaque and coming out of control quite quickly.
What needs improvement with Azure Stack?
The solution's transparency over cost management could be much easier because it's very difficult to manage costs.
What do you like most about Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?
The overall infrastructure is the most valuable part of Nutanix Cloud Clusters.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?
It is more than five on a scale of price, considering it quite expensive. It's challenging to regulate the price-quality ratio.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?
It's more than expensive. Firecaster cannot limit IOP or throughput reading and writing. Quality control needs to regulate the price-quality ratio.
 

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Sample Customers

Weblink, Fathym, Sage, CFD Support Ltd, The UberCloud Inc.
The Home Depot, JetBlue, Hyundai, ShiftLeft
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