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Nutanix Prism vs Pandora FMS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Nutanix Prism
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Data Center Infrastructure Management (3rd)
Pandora FMS
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (45th), Server Monitoring (18th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (43rd), Log Management (36th), Cloud Monitoring Software (28th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Nutanix Prism and Pandora FMS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Nutanix Prism is designed for Virtualization Management Tools and holds a mindshare of 13.9%, up 12.9% compared to last year.
Pandora FMS, on the other hand, focuses on Network Monitoring Software, holds 0.5% mindshare, down 0.6% since last year.
Virtualization Management Tools
Network Monitoring Software
 

Featured Reviews

Khurram Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently manage virtual machines with robust disaster recovery
Nutanix Prism is mainly used for our daily operations, similar to VMware. Despite the lack of extraordinary features, it efficiently manages our daily operations now that we are managing our VMs. One of the most useful features is the disaster recovery setup, which includes two clusters, one for our production server and another for our recovery site.
Gabriel Glusgold - PeerSpot reviewer
Personalized metrics; simplicity of data
My primary use case for Pandora is monitoring This solution has helped us improve our organization by allowing us to create a lot of metrics on several platforms, including Windows, Linux, and Unix. We then use these Pandora metrics to create an interface. We then pass the interface off to the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Nutanix support is excellent, and their response time is extremely fast."
"The solution's technical support is helpful and responsive."
"The recent life cycle management feature is really helpful to us. Before that, we had to do everything manually, but now it's like a one-stop shop. We can upgrade firmware and all of the software from there. Also, managing storage information and other hardware-related resources is easy using Prism."
"Its scalability is valuable. It's scalable and fast."
"Simplicity, automation, and efficiency are some good areas associated with the tool."
"The GUI is user-friendly."
"Because in my role I create a lot of reports, it is very handy to be able to show the customer, "This is your cluster. At the moment, you are using this much CPU, this much RAM, and this much storage." I can give them information on what they're using, how many VMs, and the amount of data they're using."
"Prism's best features include the single point of failure (SPOF) and ease of implementation."
"Features I have found most valuable with Pandora are the personalized metrics and the simplicity of data."
"I like this solution a lot because it has a very large Hispanic community and the platform looks very friendly."
"Pandora's architecture is interesting. It's open so you can easily extend and enhance it. It's simpler to customize Pandora compared to other solutions. It's also scalable enough to support large environments."
"The solution is so lightweight that with only 4GB of ram, it allows keeping track of up to two hundred agents from a single console."
"The administration of the console is very easy. I like that Pandora FMS is interactive and easy to manage."
"The official forum is active enough to answer most of the high-end technical questions that you may have."
"Pandora FMS provides us with a general report (graphical) about all of the connected devices, which helps with planning new stations and tracking them."
"It allows me to quickly see the status of all of my printers, switches, computers, and virtual machines to determine if any system has fallen."
 

Cons

"When we get a request from a user for a file-level recovery, there are self-recovery options, but they only work if the replication is available to that cluster locally... In VMware, we could restore a VM and attach the hard drive to any other server and copy the file easily. But that kind of facility is not available in AHV."
"The replication we have does not have any backup systems built-in. We have to separate license records for backup, like onboard. We would like to have this in a future release."
"The main area where an improvement could be made would be the pricing."
"Nutanix Prism does not have a built-in backup tool."
"Nutanix Prism needs more flexibility commercially and more flexibility with their licensing. Currently they're very fixed on their licensing model, for example, it's based on terabyte calculation."
"I would like to have some cluster management tools included."
"They don't have many organized documents for troubleshooting problems. If you look at the support portal or the website, you will not get detailed information about problems or redirection to more information. They should continue working on the software solution but enlarge the documentation."
"Although this solution has very good analytics capabilities, it can be even more granular."
"Pandora FMS is an overall great monitoring solution, but it does not have a community that is as large as Zabbix or Nagios."
"We would like to see improvement in the mainframe integration that this solution is capable of."
"The price for Pandora FMS is expensive."
"I would like to have a dashboard with all assets displayed, with a quick hover-over status."
"This solution requires proper training to get 100% out of it."
"An update to the Android app would be appreciated."
"Improvements are needed for server and network discovery, including service-based discovery."
"Pandora FMS is relatively new, and the interface with the older version crashes at times. We have several different operating systems, such as Linux and Windows, and Pandora does not run as well in these."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is based on a licensing model and is around $10,000 for a two-year license."
"I rate the product price as an eight out of ten."
"Nutanix Prism's cost is reasonable."
"This product is cheaper than using VMware."
"The pricing was decent, average. It wasn't a Black Friday sale, but it was good."
"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap."
"The pricing is reasonable, approximately $400 to $500 per core."
"The license we bought for Nutanix Prism is perpetual, so once you have it, you can keep on using it. It's a three-year license that's paid one time. The license we have covers the three-node cluster."
"You get the license and it includes updates, new versions, and access to the complete library of modules."
"Pandora FMS is easy to implement and the pricing of licenses is competitive."
"The Open Source Community Edition is great to just explore the software, or use it on medium-sized infrastructures."
"My rule of thumb would be that if you need more than thirty agents, and you lack an automation tool such as Chef or Puppet, you will save a lot of time and money going to the Enterprise edition."
"Only one payment and it includes support, updates, new versions, and access to the complete library of plugins except for SAP and z/OS."
"In terms of money, the Enterprise version is the cheapest that I have found after a market study."
"Growing the solution or migrating to the Enterprise version is easy, and various plans are available."
"The open-source version offers 100% functionality and the hardware requirements for a solution like this one are very modest."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
27%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Nutanix Prism?
Nutanix Prism offers web scaling, which facilitates easy scaling.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Prism?
At first, the cost seemed heavy, but over time, its cost-effectiveness became evident.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Prism?
The lifecycle management and upgrade procedure should be automated. With a single click, all critical upgrades should be completed. Additionally, the presales and marketing team should inform clien...
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