Google Anthos vs Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) comparison

Google and Nutanix are both solutions in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category. Google is ranked #13, while Nutanix is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8. Google holds a 2.6% mindshare in HCCP, compared to Nutanix’s 13.7% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

Google Anthos

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50% willing to recommend

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

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92% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Google Anthos

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

13th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (9th), Cloud Management (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Google Anthos is 2.6%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is 13.7%, down from 14.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AlbertoPascoe

Independent consultant at Freelance

Quick time to market; great return on investment

Now everything is always changing and getting more performance and getting better and I think that, this is my sense of the answer, I mean, everything is working well, comparing with other products. I don't remember any kind of set down of course or something like that I can mention. That's my understanding, yeah. The Google Anthos business model could improve. As I understand, Google Anthos is not an internal part of the ecosystem. In fact, the Google sales effort and technical team are separated. In other words, the DCP was not voluntarily talking to the GCP. For example, if you need to talk to someone inside GCP about the connection or the integration with Anthos, the person who can help you is not in GCP. You would need to speak with someone inside Google. From the client perspective, this is not good. Overall, the management of the solution could be improved. The initial Google Anthos setup could be improved.

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Panomporn_Meesangeam

Tech Sales at AWN

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…

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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 Google Anthos feature I find the most valuable is the easy of use. In Google Anthos, you don't need to move along too many screens and so on. The interface is really helpful and understanding of the tool comes easily."

"In terms of dealing with our business-critical workloads, Nutanix is a highly scalable, highly resilient, and very high-performing solution."

"Customer service and technical support are definitely shining stars for Nutanix."

"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Clusters is its storage infrastructure."

"Nutanix has the best customer service."

"Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) benefits my company as it reduces administration work, allowing me to spend more time away from hardware issues."

"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."

"Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is a great product and it's a good option for companies that want to be both in the cloud and have a physical data center."

"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."

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Cons

"The initial Google Anthos setup is not easy. Nothing is truly easy in the Google Anthos world."

"Quality control needs to regulate the price-quality ratio."

"I don't have the expertise to build a hybrid cloud. We are starting to build one and haven't tried that part yet. I want to try because that is the most critical part for us. I want to see what, if anything, could be improved. The product is fantastic locally. Now, I want to try it in the cloud. My problem is not in the infrastructure; it is in the application, a different thing."

"Having compatible feature sets between Azure and AWS would go a long way to improving the overall NC2 experience."

"From an operational and cost perspective, for me, it is really expensive."

"Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) could be improved with some more tools that could help synchronize on-prem and cloud stuff better."

"Improvement is obviously needed in pricing; I cannot pinpoint where else I would suggest improvements."

"Some features that people say Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) lacks could be simplified to make it easier, such as a single pane of glass, and getting more into Google Cloud would be very helpful for our team as we're working on GCP interfaces."

"I believe that networking is one of the biggest improvements. They have a great stock already, but some use cases, particularly around incrementally spinning up workloads, haven't been considered closely enough. As we're putting workloads on there by adding a few VMs at a time, there are networking aspects that need to be considered more closely. It's great once everything's there, but incrementally getting things there is what's difficult."

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"The price is high."

"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."

"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 licensing model of Nutanix is complex."

"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."

"The solution has been more costly at this point. We do not see any cost savings."

"The transition from the perpetual license to what they have now is, from a business perspective, understandable, but from an operational and cost perspective, for me, it is really expensive. However, our partners at Nutanix did work with us recently and reduced a huge licensing cost for us."

"I'm not familiar with the contracts, but I thought the process was pretty seamless. Licensing for the Nutanix part was the same as licensing something on-prem, and since it runs on bare metal EC2, there was no new process we had to go through—it fits into our existing procurement processes nicely. I appreciate Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)'s license portability."

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What do you like most about Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

The overall infrastructure is the most valuable part of Nutanix Cloud Clusters.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

I'm not familiar with the contracts, but I thought the process was pretty seamless. Licensing for the Nutanix part was the same as licensing something on-prem, and since it runs on bare metal EC2, ...

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

We've been told some of these things are on the road map. I believe that networking is one of the biggest improvements. They have a great stock already, but some use cases, particularly around incr...

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Overview

Anthos lets you build and manage modern hybrid applications on existing on-premises investments or in the public cloud. Built on open source technologies pioneered by Google - including Kubernetes, Istio, and Knative - Anthos enables consistency between on-premises and cloud environments. Anthos helps accelerate application development and strategically enable your business with transformational technologies like service mesh, containers, and microservices.

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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) provide essential capabilities for managing cloud migration, infrastructure, disaster recovery, and data center replacement. They enable seamless application transfer between cloud and on-premises, ensuring redundancy and handling large-scale operations across multiple locations.

With NC2, users manage server virtualization, web access, and email services while implementing robust failover solutions into public cloud environments like Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. The service offers full cloud capability for on-premises applications, strong technical support, and effective integration with existing environments. However, pricing, interface intuitiveness, initial setup, and AI enhancements are areas for improvement. Issues like alert false positives and the cost of necessary blocks and nodes have been noted. Enhanced multi-tenant features, detailed configuration information, and better VM organization are also desired by users.

What are the key features of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)?

Cloud Capability: Full cloud capability for on-premises applications
Storage Flexibility: Flexible storage pools, replication, and snapshot technology
Scalability: Scale operations efficiently across multiple locations
Reliability: High reliability and performance
Cost Management: Tools to minimize cloud waste
Unified Management: Centralized console for managing cross-cloud resources
Rapid Deployment: Quick configuration and installation
Software-Defined Storage: Simplified IT operations

What benefits should you look for in reviews?

Ease of Migration: Simplified migration process and data portability
Performance: High-speed performance and redundancy
Technical Support: Strong customer support and integration assistance
Flexibility: Effective flexibility in storage and replication capabilities
Centralized Management: Unified management of resources across clouds

Organizations utilize Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) in industries like sports betting, where they manage web access and handle server virtualization. It is also implemented for email services, security measures, and as a failover solution into public cloud environments. The system's flexibility and strong support make it valuable across various large-scale operational needs.

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HSBC, Target, 20th Century Fox, Twitter, American Cancer Society, PayPal, Bloomberg, Nielsen, McKesson

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