MinIO vs Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) comparison

MinIO and Nutanix are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. MinIO is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0, while Nutanix is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.7. MinIO holds a 13.6% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Nutanix’s 3.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of MinIO users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

MinIO and Nutanix Unified Storage compete in the data storage solutions category. MinIO has an advantage in affordability and flexibility, while Nutanix is favored for its robust feature set.

Features: MinIO offers high-performance, Kubernetes-native architecture, and open-source object storage with excellent coding bit rot protection and workload distribution. Nutanix Unified Storage provides a unified platform with block, file, and object storage, enhanced by features like file analytics and data lens for managing unstructured data efficiently.

Room for Improvement: MinIO could enhance its customer support and offer deeper integrations with other platforms. Improvements in security features and easier management tools would be beneficial for enterprises. Nutanix could focus on reducing complexity in its license model and further optimizing integration processes to make scaling and deployment more flexible.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nutanix Unified Storage offers smooth integration into Nutanix environments with strong support, suitable for large organizations. MinIO allows rapid deployment across various environments but could enhance its support services for more comprehensive customer assistance.

Pricing and ROI: MinIO is known for low initial setup costs, ideal for businesses seeking rapid ROI and cost-effectiveness due to its open-source nature. Nutanix, while more expensive initially, promises higher long-term ROI with extensive features and better scalability.

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MinIO vs. Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)

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Everpure FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Everpure FlashBlade is 5.7%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MinIO is 13.6%, down from 20.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is 3.0%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

File and Object Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)	3.0%
MinIO	13.6%
Everpure FlashBlade	5.7%
Other	77.7%

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MikaelHellström

IT Manager at Regin Dalarna

Has handled backup storage needs reliably and supports seamless upgrades

In environments requiring high throughput and low latency, Pure Storage FlashBlade provides high throughput and normal latency, but we do not have any application that requires low latency right now, so the latency of three to five milliseconds is considered kind of high. Pure Storage FlashBlade's ability to integrate with enterprise applications is not important for us, as we only want to present an S3 bucket for our backup, which we have done, and it works very fast. We use the Purity software's data reduction techniques; we have a backup software that compresses everything before sending it to the S3 bucket, achieving a data reduction of 1.1 to one. I would recommend Pure Storage FlashBlade to other companies because it's a very fast and scalable solution for anyone who needs it. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution an 8.

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Abdelrahim-Ahmad

Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

Provides good object storage functionalities

MinIO should provide an easier subscription model for companies that don't have a huge amount of data. Our company has a maximum of 100 terabytes of data. The solution should provide more bugging tools in the open-source version to encourage people to buy the support services. It's not an easy decision. If I go to the management and tell them that I need to buy a service, there should be an easier subscription model for companies that don't have huge amounts of data. For me, getting a subscription for 15,000 a year for a system already in production might be a bit hard. I think MinIO supports a minimum of one petabyte or 100 terabytes of data. Since we don't have such huge amounts of data, buying a subscription for the solution is a bit difficult. Hence, we're only using the open-source version for now. If MinIO becomes really crucial for our business, we could ask the management to get a subscription.

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Amarnath Charugundla

System Engineer at Tata Consultancy

Unified management and cost-effectiveness lead to positive experiences and future savings

Improvement is necessary wherein the memory or storage should not breach 90%, because if breached, it becomes unmanageable. We have to set alerts or CPU triggering for 95% for the first warning. Other activities on nodes or file systems should be properly maintained. We must monitor the dashboard for P1, P2 alerts in the Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) file share system including SMB, NFS, objects, and blocks. Attention should be maintained for any alerts such as CPU, memory, and RAM alerts, as exceeding these creates issues within teams. If triggered to 95% and forgotten, it crosses the SLA breach, causing disturbances to application, web, and platform teams. Continuous monitoring on the Nutanix dashboard is essential. Even a highly experienced person in Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) cannot provide a 10 rating out of 10 because it is a vast system. I would rate it eight from my perspective.

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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

"We haven't had any issues with it, it's easy to use, and the speed is incredible."

"I would rate Pure Storage FlashBlade a ten out of ten."

"The ease of deployment and management has helped us simplify our storage."

"What I like best about Pure Storage FlashBlade is its object storage functionality, plus it has fast underlying hardware. Pure Storage FlashBlade is also very stable. I find its stability one of its valuable features."

"The most valuable features are the Metro clustering, and disaster recovery."

"It's very easy-to-use."

"The number one aspect of FlashBlade is performance; the ability to move large amounts of data through a training array is pretty much unparalleled, and the scalability has been great."

"If you need high throughput the FlashBlade is the best solution for you."

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"The solution has good compatibility with different kinds of storage."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of management and administration."

"Object retrieval with MinIO is much improved over the prior solution, updates are simple to apply, and we anticipate that future capacity requirements will be easier to meet."

"The product does save time for our company."

"Reliable erasure coding."

"I use the solution's basic object storage functionalities, like AWS S3 compatible APIs and creating buckets."

"It performs efficiently compared to other solutions."

"The initial setup was straightforward as MinIO provided good support documentation and took a couple of days to complete."

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"The reliability and availability are the most valuable features. Reliability is important because it can run my workloads. I need to be able to take advantage of the VMs that are executing on the storage. It has to be reliable. It's also important to have the storage available for scaling VMs on demand."

"The inclusion of it in the Nutanix Objects Storage platform simplifies my process as I am no longer required to acquire a separate platform. Instead, I can simply purchase additional licenses as needed. All management can be performed from a single unified interface, making it a convenient and streamlined experience."

"Nutanix Unified Storage does a very good job of unifying our organization's block, file, and object storage. It puts it all in one place. From one platform, we can deploy S3-type buckets. We can provide iSCSI-level block storage if we need to. It does a great job with home folders and departmental shares, which is what we mostly use Nutanix Unified Storage for."

"It is a highly scalable solution."

"It is unified. This is the best thing that Nutanix gave to the world. You can do everything from one point."

"We had three racks full of storage and now it is just half a rack."

"The solution is stable and extremely easy to calibrate."

"The benefit for our customers is cost effectiveness. The customer is spending substantial money refreshing NetApp storage. We identified a use case from a NAS point of view. Using Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) helps in reducing costs, as they are not spending a dedicated cost for storage procurement."

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Cons

"In the realm of micro-services, I think that Pure Storage can do well if they start getting in there and making their arrays more micro-services ready."

"I would like to see more VM-Aware features in the next release of this solution."

"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."

"The features provided for SMB customers are limited."

"The integration with S3 needs some improvement."

"I would like to have Snapshots and Snapmail in the next release. People who came from a NetApp background, especially expect these features."

"The technical support needs to improve. When we open a case, it is auto assigned to a support tech person, and nine out of ten times, we get an email right back saying that person is off until tomorrow."

"I would like to see more deduplication."

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"The monitoring capability is really bad and needs to be improved."

"MinIO has behaved strangely in the past. For instance, the application dropped connection to MinIO. It's not too significant, but it loses connection. We're trying to understand exactly what is happening when this happens."

"On Kubernetes, it wasn't as stable as we wanted it to be."

"With problems, visibility is hard because everything is in containers. Difficult to get to the logs in order to figure out what the problem was."

"The monitoring capability is really bad and needs to be improved."

"We had minor bugs occasionally."

"The solution should have high availability. Also, support should be quick."

"The MinIO dashboard is minimal as there are only a couple of features inside the dashboard for a basic user. I would like this to be more robust with more click-around features."

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"It is challenging to configure access control settings."

"I really want some AI or even basic AI to be included in the Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) license."

"The only thing I would say is missing for us is FTP protocol compatibility."

"One area where Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) has room for improvement is in rollback capabilities. If I update, I cannot roll back to a lower version, which I feel is a major drawback."

"In summary for improvements, I would say stay on the integration path, keep those integrations heavy, and let us use the software and technologies with everybody."

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

"Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) can be improved in the area of big data workloads, as we still need to improve performance there."

"For P1 and P2 alerts in the Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) file share system, including SMB, NFS, objects, or blocks, we must maintain vigilant monitoring. This is crucial because system downtime can disturb the entire ecosystem and impact all applications."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO."

"Our licensing is renewed annually."

"The pricing is relatively expensive due to the FlashBlade technology. However, for companies needing quick and reliable data access, the cost is justified."

"The price of this solution could be made more affordable."

"We used a reseller for the purchase."

"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."

"I have seen ROI. It has allowed me to increase the density of my VMs without having to purchase anything additional."

"It's a costly solution, but Pure Storage FlashBlade doesn't require additional licenses. All of the software is combined into one bundle."

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"We use the solution's open-source version."

"This solution is open source so it is free."

"We use the solution's open-source version."

"MinIO is a free open-source solution."

"This is an open-source solution but I am using the licensed version."

"My company hasn't tried the version of the solution where we need to pay to use it."

"The solution’s pricing could be cheaper."

"The product has an annual licensing fee."

"With all of the Nutanix equipment, the licensing is expensive. We operate in the enterprise space, but we're a midsized company. At times, the price tag is a little bit shocking for a company with only 35 employees. We're not a Fortune 500 company, but we deal with Fortune 500 drug and energy companies. We have to play in that enterprise space if we're going to have enterprise customers. I'm very price-conscious, but I understand that if I want the best, I've got to pay the price."

"It is competitive with other vendors, but you get more for your dollars. It is fairly priced, but not cheap."

"The cost of Nutanix Unified Storage can be prohibitive for some small and medium-sized businesses, making it challenging for them to adopt the product."

"Nutanix Unified Storage is competitively priced. There aren't any competitors that can do much better for the same price."

"The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."

"Nutanix is priced a bit higher than some of its competitors. A lot of Chinese companies like Huawei are entering the Saudi Arabian market trying to provide similar solutions for a lower price. It offers a good value, especially the support. Nutanix has a highly competent team. The after-sales support is excellent."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	21

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	31
Large Enterprise	68

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

Regarding pricing, it is okay; we needed exactly this in size, and the price was a lot lower than competitors, making...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

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How does Red Hat Ceph Storage compare with MiniO?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MinIO?

We use the solution's open-source version.

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What needs improvement with MinIO?

* Rolling upgrades, vs. upgrading and restarting all daemons at the same time, which is risky and impactful. * Remov...

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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 (NUS) helps to reduce the total cost of ownership in general. However, I am getting complaint...

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Unified Storage?

I hope Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) will improve the clarity of the licensing uses and enhance the reporting and ana...

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

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Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage

Overview

Everpure Storage FlashBlade offers reliable and high-performance data management with ease of use, speed, and scalability. Its seamless integration ensures efficient data handling and management, addressing diverse industry needs.

Everpure Storage FlashBlade is designed to cater to demanding operational requirements, delivering high performance and low latency. Its simplicity in management, along with effective data replication, enhances usability. Predictive performance analytics, inline deduplication, and disaster recovery capabilities further enrich user experience. Despite its strengths, improvements are needed in public cloud integration, UI complexity, and documentation. Users suggest enhanced deduplication and hybrid solutions, better configurations, dashboard metrics, and S3 integration. Feedback also highlights the need for features like snapshots, expanded file storage, and performance upgrades.

What are the most important features of Everpure Storage FlashBlade?

Ease of Use: Simplifies data management with intuitive controls.
High Performance: Delivers exceptional speed for data-intensive tasks.
Scalability: Expands effortlessly to meet growing data demands.
Seamless Integration: Works well with existing systems for efficient operation.
Predictive Analytics: Provides insights to optimize performance proactively.
Inline Deduplication: Reduces storage footprint without compromising speed.
Disaster Recovery: Ensures data availability during disruptions.

What are the potential benefits or ROI in choosing Everpure Storage FlashBlade?

Cost-effectiveness: Provides exceptional performance at a competitive price point.
Minimal Maintenance: Reduces operational overhead with simple management.
Clear Dashboards: Enhances decision-making with accessible performance metrics.
Reliable Performance: Offers consistent output, critical for data-intensive industries.

In data center consolidation, media management, and PACS archiving, Everpure Storage FlashBlade meets specific industry needs. Companies in banking and healthcare leverage cost-effective performance and scalability for efficient data access, supporting AI training, big data analytics, and enterprise workloads with high IOPS requirements. Media and entertainment entities use it for video editing and storage management, benefiting from seamless NAS, file, and object storage.

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage)

MinIO provides high retrieval performance, seamless management, and compatibility with Amazon SDK and S3 APIs, making it a favored choice for efficient data operations within cloud environments.

MinIO, known for its performance and simplicity, stands out with features such as coding bit rot protection, fast operations, and ease of deployment. Its compatibility with data science tools and integration with Kubernetes offers reliability in clustered deployments. While popular in handling document storage and machine learning model storage, improvements can be made in documentation and tuning guides, monitoring capabilities, and multi-tenancy support. Despite these areas for development, and challenges related to scaling and pricing, many benefit from MinIO's scalable and secure platform tailored for high-volume use.

What are MinIO's key features?

High Retrieval Performance: Rapid data access and operations.
Simple Management: Easy handling of data with minimal overhead.
Compatibility with Amazon SDK and S3 APIs: Broad integration capabilities.
Erasure Coding: Advanced data protection and reliability.
Workload Distribution: Optimized for balanced performance.
Open Source: Allows for comprehensive community support and adaptability.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Ease of Deployment: Quick and straightforward setup.
Reliable Security Features: Protect data with robust measures.
Fast Operations: Boosts productivity with less downtime.
Scalability: Grows with data storage needs efficiently.

MinIO is implemented extensively in industries like finance, manufacturing, and software development where storage of unstructured data, document management, and cloud storage are critical. Legal teams and data science teams leverage its capabilities for document retention and machine learning model storage, benefiting from its seamless integration with existing data infrastructures and enhanced performance.

MinIO

Nutanix Unified Storage offers seamless scalability and high availability with a user-friendly interface, supporting multi-protocol operations while integrating effortlessly with cloud platforms. It enhances performance and security with features like ransomware protection and advanced data management.

Nutanix Unified Storage streamlines storage management by consolidating infrastructure and optimizing virtualization. It reduces operational complexity and enhances performance across diverse workloads. Despite feedback on integration challenges and suggestions for improving pricing, API capabilities, and security, it remains a key choice for dependable storage solutions. Calls for streamlined implementation and enhanced AI capabilities reflect its potential to better support evolving organizational strategies, driving cost efficiency and data accessibility.

What are the key features of Nutanix Unified Storage?

Intuitive Interface: Simplifies management with easy navigation.
High Availability: Ensures minimal downtime and reliable performance.
Seamless Scalability: Adapts to increasing data requirements effortlessly.
Multi-Protocol Support: Facilitates comprehensive operations across different systems.
Advanced Security: Offers ransomware protection and secure data backup.
Cloud Integration: Allows smooth interaction with cloud platforms.

What benefits and ROI should users evaluate?

Operational Efficiency: Reduced complexity through streamlined management.
Cost Optimization: Achieved via data compression and consolidation.
Enhanced Data Visibility: Improved insights with advanced data lens.
Performance Improvement: Significant uplift in workload handling and database performance.
Scalable Infrastructure: Enables growth and adaptation to changing demands.

In industries, Nutanix Unified Storage is deployed to centralize storage needs, improve database efficiency, and enhance file sharing and security. Organizations use it to consolidate infrastructure, support virtualization, optimize costs, and facilitate virtual machine hosting. It's instrumental in scalable object storage, ransomware protection, integrating legacy systems, and catering to critical applications.

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Sample Customers

ServiceNow, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Dominos, Man AHL

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

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