We performed a comparison between Nutanix Flow Network Security and VMware NSX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Microsegmentation Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Nutanix Flow Network Security is a simple solution that is usable, easy to understand, and easy to deploy."
"The network view was excellent as it allowed us to expand the server view and visualize all connections it made within the environment. This was particularly useful in identifying the path of our data and not just its location within the data center."
"It allows for policies that enable complete visibility and traffic control."
"We appreciate the fact that this solution allows us to segregate two virtual machines that are in the same cluster."
"Nutanix Flow is straightforward to install. You only need to select a checkmark that you want to enable Nutanix Flow."
"It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Flow Network Security's most valuable features are user-friendliness, the console, and policy creation."
"Nutanix Flow has a lot of data protection features. It's also valuable for operations and management. It's a big solution that works well with different solutions and is suitable for most business cases."
"The product has valuable features for security and network extension."
"It's very important for them to have small footprints and have as much services in their servers, as possible."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the high bandwidth."
"Over the last two years, they've enhanced a lot, especially in regard to integration with OpenStack."
"The dashboard is comprehensive and easy to use."
"The micro-segmentation and the ability to create policy rules are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of VMware NSX is the load balancing and routing of firewall rules. Many of the features are beneficial."
"The ability to scale from different clouds. At the moment, the scalability of the product is the number one thing that I saw."
"While the graphical interface of Nutanix Flow Network Security could have been improved, and some of the reporting features needed extra work, the product's features were similar to VMware's NSX. The difference lay more in the presentation and user interface."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"For customers who are running Nutanix Flow and AHV, the largest area for improvement is in the disaster recovery environments. To automate the populate of rules from one side to the other side in case of disaster you report everything on the disaster recovery site, and you have all the rules automatically applied. This was something that was being built when I left Nutanix. It might already be available. Additionally, the usability of the rules editor could improve."
"Nutanix Flow's networking features could use some improvement. Also, I don't know if it's currently supporting load balancing or not."
"The most difficult part is the configuration of the initial blueprints."
"The documentation offered by the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"I would rate Flow Network Security's stability seven out of ten - it could be improved."
"We would like the reporting functionality of this solution to be improved."
"The vendor should integrate a basic load balancer in future versions"
"They could branch out to the physical layer."
"The training costs a minimum of $3,000, which is expensive and should be reduced."
"The support needs improvement."
"The price could be better. The non-enterprise version of the product should also be improved. I would like VMware to expand beyond the network and provide some VLAN technologies and more. I think we have one, but it's more on the distribution side because it's more on the upper side of the network. I'm looking forward to that."
"We have been satisfied with the technical support. They were able to solve our problems. However, they could be faster."
"VMware NSX can improve the migration tools from the older environments to the new environment. For example, the NSX-V has become a legacy solution, it's out of support, but customers are able to keep using it. For migration purposes, it's better for them to provide a proper tool. It will be easy to migrate from an old environment to a new one."
"The next release of NSX should try to make Kubernetes and container integration a little easier than it is now. It's quite a complicated process."
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Nutanix Flow Network Security is ranked 4th in Microsegmentation Software with 8 reviews while VMware NSX is ranked 1st in Microsegmentation Software with 94 reviews. Nutanix Flow Network Security is rated 9.2, while VMware NSX is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Nutanix Flow Network Security writes "Offers great integration capabilities and helps design a disaster recovery plan". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware NSX writes "Allows for seamless micro-segmentation and the support is exceptional". Nutanix Flow Network Security is most compared with Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Meraki SD-WAN, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco Secure Workload, whereas VMware NSX is most compared with Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco ACI, Cisco Secure Workload and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security. See our Nutanix Flow Network Security vs. VMware NSX report.
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