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Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) vs VMware Cloud Foundation comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.6
Customers expect significant cost savings, productivity boosts, and reduced overhead with Nutanix Cloud Clusters, even during the POC phase.
Sentiment score
5.7
VMware Cloud Foundation offers cost savings and stability, though full ROI may take time, enhancing infrastructure efficiency and services.
VMware Cloud Foundation allows cost and time savings by quickly deploying infrastructure requests and integrating automatic ticketing and backup services.
In terms of ROI, although VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive, it saves time in most cases, which indirectly saves costs for users.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some note occasional slower response times.
Sentiment score
6.9
Customers find VMware Cloud Foundation support satisfactory, with efficient service, but suggest faster responses and more qualified engineers.
There are times when support is unclear, and even VMware support personnel may lack familiarity with certain parts, causing difficulties.
Support was reliable and responsive before the acquisition by Broadcom.
The technical support from VMware is very good.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Nutanix Cloud Clusters offers excellent scalability, supporting large and small setups, though some users faced performance and connectivity challenges.
Sentiment score
7.8
VMware Cloud Foundation is praised for scalability, especially for large enterprises, despite potential hardware and licensing limitations.
When more hosts are added, performance goes slow.
VMware Cloud Foundation supports scalability and company growth.
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite scalable, receiving a rating of eight and a half to nine out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is highly stable and reliable, though some users report minor hibernation and on-prem issues.
Sentiment score
7.9
VMware Cloud Foundation is stable and reliable, though migration challenges arise; requires skilled teams for optimal performance and updates frequently.
If one component fails to operate in a timely manner, the entire infrastructure can go down because everything is interconnected.
The stability of VMware Cloud Foundation is very high.
 

Room For Improvement

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) requires better adoption, enhanced features, simpler setup, improved support, and reduced costs for greater efficiency.
VMware Cloud Foundation needs improved integration, pricing, and management, while addressing customization, migration, and advanced multi-site challenges.
The maintenance cost has increased significantly, especially after Broadcom acquired VMware, with a shift from socket-based licensing to core-based licensing.
Each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization.
VMware Broadcom needs to include auto resource allocation at the VM levels.
 

Setup Cost

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) pricing ranges from $50K to $250K and is seen as complex and high by users.
VMware Cloud Foundation is costly compared to competitors but offers valuable features that may justify its expense for enterprises.
The cost has become very high, especially after Broadcom's acquisition, altering the licensing model to a more expensive core-based system.
The price is quite higher than some other vendors.
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite expensive when compared to its competitors, but it does save time, which in turn saves money.
 

Valuable Features

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) offer robust on-premises features in the cloud, with excellent scalability, stability, ease of use, and support.
VMware Cloud Foundation simplifies automation, management, and customization, enhancing deployment efficiency and flexibility for comprehensive cloud solutions.
VMware Cloud Foundation is its ability to manage everything from a single console, including network, virtualization, and storage management.
It includes virtualization hardware as compute using vSphere, storage virtualization, network virtualization, and automation all combined in a single solution.
VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.
 

Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2)
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
9th
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (10th)
VMware Cloud Foundation
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
11th
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) is 14.1%, up from 12.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Cloud Foundation is 21.9%, down from 22.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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…
Mangesh  Parjane - PeerSpot reviewer
Experience has improved centralized management through single console operations
There is room for improvement in how section updates are handled. The challenge lies in the difficulty of pinpointing issues when something goes wrong at a single stage. Also, each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization, and the VMware personnel might not fully grasp aspects outside their expertise, requiring the involvement of other professionals.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
32%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?
VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your inf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foundation?
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite expensive when compared to its competitors, but it does save time, which in turn saves money. I see over thirty percent savings.
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?
There is room for improvement in how section updates are handled. The challenge lies in the difficulty of pinpointing issues when something goes wrong at a single stage. Also, each user needs deep ...
 

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Sample Customers

The Home Depot, JetBlue, Hyundai, ShiftLeft
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