Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure
Shares rank 9 of 16 hypervisors by recommenders
Recommended as a viable on-prem VMware alternative with stable uptime. Main caveat: expensive, mostly suited to companies with big IT budgets.
Recommended as a viable on-prem VMware alternative with stable uptime. Main caveat: expensive, mostly suited to companies with big IT budgets.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 47%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Viable alternative to VMware workloads
“Now Nutanix seems like a viable path for on-prem VM workloads that need a new home”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Oxide raises $200M Series C” “Nutanix is probably the closest true solution to VMware, although not 1:1.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloads” Long track record with customers
“Have lots of customer who run it and would echo your same positive review.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” “In this particular case several years ago, Nutanix did good.”
Comment from 10 May 2026 in “I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left” “Nutanix has served us well over the last 8 or so years.”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” Stable uptime and good support
“uptime/stability has been rock solid”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” “Nutanix for those who want support”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Expensive and costs rising
“They are pretty notoriously expensive so only really used by companies with big IT budgets.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Oxide raises $200M Series C” “the price of enterprise software (VMWare, Nutanix, etc.) has increased an insane amount in the last 12 months”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “I Moved My Digital Stack to Europe” “Nutanix and Citrix is just as expensive, and another platform capture”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” - Comment from 20 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct”
Lock-in across hypervisor and storage
“from whom they need to buy the hypervisor, the compute stack, the storage stack, etc.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Proxmox virtual environment 9.1 available” “Nutanix and Citrix is just as expensive, and another platform capture”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” Software seen as average, little changed
“they pioneered hyperconverged hardware but the firmware/software was extremely average.”
Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Oxide raises $200M Series C” “we did a poc with them 10 years ago and i dont believe much has changed since”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Oxide raises $200M Series C” Difficult and painful to operate
“they're all... big, expensive and difficult”
Comment from 20 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” “Nutanix has been a royal pain.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct”
Other hypervisors people recommend
The four most recommended other hypervisors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE | 208 | 60 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs16 owners | Approved |
| Incus | 90 | 8 | 92% | 12 | 6 mo5 owners | Approved |
| KVM | 32 | 9 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Hyper-V | 17 | 9 | 65% | 9 | — | — |
| Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructureThis page | 8 | 9 | 47% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
18 of the 19 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Nutanix is probably the closest true solution to VMware, although not 1:1.”
“they're all... big, expensive and difficult”
“probably nutanix if your budget is big enough.”
“Nutanix has been a royal pain.”
“Nutanix and Citrix is just as expensive, and another platform capture”
“uptime/stability has been rock solid”
“Nutanix for those who want support”
“Have lots of customer who run it and would echo your same positive review.”
“Nutanix has served us well over the last 8 or so years.”
“the price of enterprise software (VMWare, Nutanix, etc.) has increased an insane amount in the last 12 months”
“In this particular case several years ago, Nutanix did good.”
“Nutanix has also been making some fairly solid kubernetes plays”
“their website does an extremely poor job of explaining their business”
“we did a poc with them 10 years ago and i dont believe much has changed since”
“They are pretty notoriously expensive so only really used by companies with big IT budgets.”
“Now Nutanix seems like a viable path for on-prem VM workloads that need a new home”
“they pioneered hyperconverged hardware but the firmware/software was extremely average.”
“from whom they need to buy the hypervisor, the compute stack, the storage stack, etc.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.