Nutanix
About
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform and the primary beneficiary of VMware customer exodus following the Broadcom acquisition — NASDAQ: NTNX, ~$2.4B revenue. Nutanix Cloud Platform combines compute virtualization (AHV hypervisor, included at no extra cost), storage (Nutanix Volumes/Files/Objects), and networking in a single software stack. Prism Central provides unified management across on-premises, cloud, and edge deployments. AHV hypervisor is free with Nutanix hardware, undercutting ...
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Ideal Customer
- Nutanix's natural customer is an organization with meaningful infrastructure complexity — not a small business seeking a simple packaged server.
- Its sweet spot is large enterprise and upper-midmarket organizations, with the majority of its converged-infrastructure customers falling in the 1,000–4,999 employee range.
Key Differentiators
- Nutanix's primary differentiator is its fully integrated, software-defined HCI platform — combining AHV hypervisor (included free), AOS storage, and Prism management into a single stack running on commodity x86 hardware with one-click upgrades and a 99.99% availability SLA, eliminating the need for separate SAN or NAS infrastructure.
- It has emerged as the leading VMware/vSAN alternative following Broadcom's 2023 acquisition of VMware, which drove widespread customer re-evaluation due to pricing increases and licensing model changes.
Industries Served
- Nutanix serves a broad range of industries including automotive, consumer goods, education, energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, public sector (federal and state/local government), retail, technology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, legal, and hospitality.
- It also sells to service providers who use the Nutanix Cloud Platform to deliver cloud-based services to their own customers.
Service Coverage
- Nutanix operates globally, with operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
- The company conducts business across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, with key revenue generated from the United States.
Partnerships
- Nutanix has a broad and deep partner ecosystem.
- OEM hardware partners include Cisco, Dell Technologies, Fujitsu, HPE (including via HPE GreenLake), and Lenovo, who pre-install or bundle Nutanix software on their platforms.
Company Size & Ownership
- Nutanix was founded on September 23, 2009, by Dheeraj Pandey, Mohit Aron, and Ajeet Singh, and went public on Nasdaq (NTNX) on September 30, 2016.
- The company has approximately 7,800 employees (as of FY2025) and reported total revenue of $2.538 billion for fiscal year 2025 (ended July 31, 2025), reflecting 18% year-over-year growth, with annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $2.22 billion.
Compliance & Certifications
- Nutanix holds a comprehensive set of compliance certifications including ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701 (privacy), ISO 22301 (business continuity), and ISO 28000 (supply chain security).
- The company also holds SOC 2, SOC 3, HIPAA, and PCI certifications, and its Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP) is Common Criteria EAL2+ certified.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 14, 2026
Offerings
3 offeringsNutanix Cloud Platform
Core HCI software stack — AHV hypervisor (free with Nutanix), Nutanix AOS (storage), and Prism (management) converged on any x86 hardware. Scale-out architecture adds capacity by adding nodes; no storage area network required. 1-click upgrades and 99.99% availability SLA. The primary VMware vSAN alternative post-Broadcom.
Nutanix Data Services (Files/Objects/Volumes)
Software-defined storage services on Nutanix HCI — Files for NAS/SMB/NFS file services, Objects for S3-compatible object storage, and Volumes for iSCSI block storage. Eliminates separate NAS appliances and object storage infrastructure. Deep integration with Veeam and Commvault for backup.
Prism Central
Centralized management for Nutanix deployments across data centers, remote sites, and cloud — single console for VM management, storage operations, network policies, and capacity planning. AI-powered recommendations for performance optimization and capacity forecasting. Free with Nutanix; Prism Pro adds advanced analytics.
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