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Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) pros and cons

Vendor: Nutanix
4.4 out of 5
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PROS

Nutanix Prism Pro enhances IT operations with intuitive interfaces, reducing complexity through advanced automation and machine learning capabilities.
Nutanix provides efficient centralized management, allowing users to update and manage their entire infrastructure with ease.
Nutanix Prism Pro enables significant time savings in deploying and managing virtual environments, improving efficiency and productivity.
Nutanix Cloud Manager offers comprehensive cost governance tools, assisting businesses in optimizing cloud performance and achieving cost savings.
Nutanix facilitates seamless disaster recovery processes through Xi Leap, offering integrated DR management without additional software costs.

CONS

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) could improve its integration with different cloud providers and infrastructures, such as multiple clouds and GCP.
Licensing and pricing models for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) are often considered complex and expensive, requiring more flexibility and cost-effectiveness.
The stability and operational reliability of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) have been cited as concerns, with frequent bugs and false positives reported.
Integration capabilities of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) with third-party tools like Splunk and Terraform need enhancement to offer smoother compatibility.
There is a need for Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) to present clearer analytics and reporting tools to prevent over-provisioning and provide accurate resources analysis.
 

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Pros review quotes

Phani Venkata Sai BKD - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Lead at Thomson Reuters
Jun 16, 2025
The most important aspect of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) is that it helps us manage the infrastructure as a hyperconverged infrastructure in HCI mode.
Vijaykumar Talreja - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Group CIO, CTO, Cdo & CISO at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees
Feb 8, 2026
On the cost management side, we realized it has a stronger ROI, being very cost-effective, with pricing models beneficial for multi-cloud environments, quantifying to a 425% three-year return on investment, a 21% higher developer productivity, and 88% less planned downtime.
DhananjaySingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager (cyber security) at Yotta datacenter pvt ltd
Mar 10, 2026
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has positively impacted my organization through cost-cutting, significantly reducing the need for manual interruptions, and allowing us to schedule VM backups during disasters.
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Kumargaurav Kadam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Technology Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aug 24, 2025
Most customers are transferring to Nutanix infrastructure because it is scalable, reliable, and performance-focused.
SD
IT Consultant at Terraforge
Feb 12, 2026
One of the biggest outcomes from using Nutanix Cloud Manager is operational efficiency.
AJ
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Infosys
Mar 6, 2026
Using the built-in playbooks in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) has freed up a lot of time for my IT team and me, allowing us to focus on other tasks.
Rajesh Gaikwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Service Delivery Manager (Lead Sdm) at ATOS
Feb 25, 2026
One of the best features of NCM is that it provides a very stable environment, where, from a security point of view, it is extremely good with minimal downtime.
Vishnu Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager Cloud And Datacenter Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 16, 2026
I am quite happy with the outcomes we have received using Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) so far.
MA
Cloud Specialist Global IT at Al Dahra
Mar 11, 2026
Centralized multi-cloud management is available in Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), which is very friendly, allowing me to manage all the application, infrastructure, and security in one console, which is a significant advantage for an infrastructure professional.
Sasikiran Sakalabattina - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
Mar 4, 2026
I particularly appreciate the life cycle management feature of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM), which allows for one-click upgrades of firmware, the system, hypervisor, and AOS components, simplifying patching and reducing risks compared to traditional environments.
 

Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Cons review quotes

Phani Venkata Sai BKD - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Lead at Thomson Reuters
Jun 16, 2025
Earlier versions could be buggy, and new versions improve the experience.
Vijaykumar Talreja - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Group CIO, CTO, Cdo & CISO at a real estate/law firm with 201-500 employees
Feb 8, 2026
Some downsides of Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) are that it has very high cost and licensing complexity, particularly for smaller environments, making it more suited for larger environments.
DhananjaySingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager (cyber security) at Yotta datacenter pvt ltd
Mar 10, 2026
Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) can be improved by ensuring updates align with new circumstances.
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Kumargaurav Kadam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Technology Advisor at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Aug 24, 2025
Integration with the Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) Unified Storage or Nutanix cloud platform should be improved for better containerization.
SD
IT Consultant at Terraforge
Feb 12, 2026
I do not see many opportunities in the market for Nutanix.
AJ
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Infosys
Mar 6, 2026
In terms of areas for improvement, I believe there is a need for redesigning some aspects on the storage level, as physical and virtual storage currently operate under different parameters in Nutanix.
Rajesh Gaikwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Service Delivery Manager (Lead Sdm) at ATOS
Feb 25, 2026
I would rate the technical support from NCM at a five.
Vishnu Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager Cloud And Datacenter Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 16, 2026
Using the built-in playbooks with Nutanix has not freed up time for our IT, as while the feature exists, the knowledge seems to be lacking with our integration partners.
MA
Cloud Specialist Global IT at Al Dahra
Mar 11, 2026
I rate this area a seven because this technology is new to the vendor as well, so for them, it takes time to reach out to developers and check everything in their test environment before providing a solution.
Sasikiran Sakalabattina - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Infrastructure engineer at TechMahindra
Mar 4, 2026
I would appreciate improvements in handling pre-check failures for beginners, particularly compatibility mismatches and issues with unsupported driver versions during upgrades or patches.