Simplifying Kubernetes Across Hybrid and Multicloud Environments

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) speeds your Kubernetes journey with a single, centralized control point to run apps across distributed, diverse infrastructures.

Standardize Kubernetes Across Any Infrastructure

Simplify and scale your organization’s application infrastructure with a unified Kubernetes stack that deploys across clouds.

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Federated Management and Enterprise Access Controls

Centralized governance to control access and maintain security standardization without slowing development.

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Simplify Moving Workloads Across Clouds

Unify operations across from a single point of control, improving portability across disparate environments.

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Optimized for Remote Edge

Develop in the cloud and deploy with ease at the remote edge, even for fully disconnected deployments.

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Granular Cost Control

Out-of-the-box Kubecost integration provides real-time cost management and attribution of costs to the right departments, applications, projects, or other organizational groups, for reduced waste, better forecasting, and lower TCO.

Centralized Observability

Provide instant visibility and operational efficiency from a single, centralized point of control, with comprehensive logging and monitoring across all clusters.

Service Mesh Integration

Add advanced networking capabilities, such as multi-cluster and cross-cluster service discovery, load balancing, and security across a variety of hybrid and multicloud environments.

Cloud Deployment Options

NKP has flexible cloud deployment options to best support your organization’s needs. Choose what works best for each individual project, with flexibility to support all three as part of your NKP deployment.

NKP on Managed Kubernetes (AKS or EKS)

NKP on Managed Kubernetes (AKS or EKS)

Ideal for:

 

EKS/AKS users with security “pre-approved” OS images, or who operate exclusively in the cloud.

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

NKP Managed Kubernetes in the Cloud

NKP Managed Kubernetes in the Cloud

Ideal for:

 

Hybrid users who want OS choice and to use NKP for consistent Kubernetes across cloud and on-prem.

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

NKP on NC2

NKP on NC2

Ideal for:

 

NCI/NC2 users needing full-stack consistency—great for hybrid DR and heterogeneous (VM + Container) deployments.

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

Other Capabilities

Declarative Automated Installer

Accelerate time-to-production with an automated installation process that includes all of the necessary open-source components needed for production.

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

Centralized Authorization

Leverage existing authentication and directory services for secure access and single sign-on to broad cluster based resources.

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

Cluster Autoscaling

Automatically scale up and down infrastructure capacity based on the resource needs of the running workloads.

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

Lifecycle Automation

Ensure consistent upgrades, deployment, and security policies for both infrastructure (through CAPI) and applications (through FluxCD).

  • Products:Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)
  • Use Cases:Cloud Native

July 11, 2025

Test Drive NKP

Take a Test Drive to see how NKP helps you build an enterprise-ready, cloud-native stack at scale—that keeps pace with your developers.