Minimum Complexity, Maximum Flexibility
Whether you choose Nutanix software as part of a turnkey appliance solution or to run on your own installed platforms, Acropolis and Prism editions provide a range of capabilities to match your needs.
AOS Software Editions
| STARTER | PRO | ULTIMATE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core set of software functionality | Rich data services, resilience and management features | The full suite of Nutanix software capabilities to tackle complex infrastructure challenges | |
| Ideal For | Small-scale deployments with a limited set of workloads | Running multiple applications or large-scale single workload deployments | Multi-site deployments and advanced security requirements |
| Enterprise Storage | |||
| Cluster Size | 12 | No theoretical limits* | No theoretical limits* |
| Heterogeneous Clusters | |||
| VM-centric Snapshots & Clones | |||
| Data Tiering | |||
| Inline Compression | |||
| Inline Performance Deduplication | |||
| Online Cluster Grow/Shrink | |||
| Nutanix Karbon™ | |||
| Nutanix Volumes™ | |||
| Compression | |||
| Deduplication | |||
| Erasure Coding (EC-X) | |||
| VM Centric Storage QoS | |||
| VM Flash Mode | |||
| Infrastructure Resilience | |||
| Data Path Redundancy | |||
| Tunable Redundancy Factor | 2 | 2 or 3 | 2 or 3 |
| Availability Domains - Block/Rack Awareness | |||
| Data Protection and Disaster Recovery | |||
| Async Replication (RPO = 1 hr or greater) | |||
| Application Consistent Snapshots | |||
| Local Snapshots | |||
| Self Service Restore | |||
| Cloud Connect | |||
| Multiple Site DR (many to one, one to many, many to many) 1 | Add-on license available | ||
| Metro Availability 1 | Add-on license available | ||
| Sync or NearSync Replication (RPO = 0 or RPO = 1-15min) 1 | Add-on license available | ||
| On-premises Leap: Advanced Orchestration (Multiple Boot Phases, Script Execution, Re-IP, Test Failover)1 | Add-on license available | ||
| Security | |||
| Client Authentication | |||
| Cluster Lockdown | |||
| Data-at-Rest Encryption (Software-based & SED)2 | Add-on license available | ||
| Native KMS2 | Add-on license available | ||
| Management & Analytics | |||
| Prism Starter | |||
| Pulse | |||
| Cluster Health | |||
| One-click Upgrades (Nutanix OS & Hypervisor) | |||
| Rest APIs | |||
| Supported Hypervisors | |||
| Nutanix AHV | |||
| VMware ESXi | |||
| Microsoft Hyper-V | |||
| XenServer for Citrix workloads | |||
| Built-In Virtualization (Nutanix AHV) | |||
| VM Management | |||
| Intelligent VM Placement | |||
| VM Automated Resource Scheduling | |||
| VM Affinity Rules | |||
| Virtual Network Configuration | |||
| Host Profiles | |||
| VM High Availability | |||
| Open Stack Drivers | |||
| Hypervisor Conversion | |||
| Cross Hypervisor DR | |||
| Self Service Portal | |||
| * Please refer to official documentation for best practices and maximum tested limits. Note that multiple clusters can be managed centrally through Prism Central. | |||
Nutanix AOS Software Licensing Models
Select a Nutanix AOS license model based on the needs of your organization. You can license by capacity, by appliance, or by specific use cases and workloads. All licensing models include product entitlements for AOS, AHV, and Prism.
Capacity-based licensing
Capacity-based licensing allows you to purchase and apply licenses based on the number of physical CPU cores and total SSD capacity in your cluster. You can purchase software separately from your hardware with a license that is portable across hardware platforms, giving you additional flexibility for budgeting and planning.
- Term license: 1 through 7-year options
Appliance-based licensing
Appliance-based licensing is tied to the underlying hardware and the life of your device and is non-transferable. You can license Nutanix NX appliances or OEM appliances this way and benefit from a packaged single-purchase approach. Term-based licensing is only available for Pro and Ultimate upgrades on NX appliances.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Per User
The VDI per user model offers product entitlement for AOS, AHV, and Prism with pricing on a per concurrent user basis. VDI per user is an alternative to capacity-based and appliance licensing options and is designed to provide simple, transparent licensing for all VDI users, regardless of the underlying hardware.
- Term license: 1 through 7-year options
- Must run on a dedicated VDI per user cluster with no capacity-based licensing
- Available in AOS Pro and Ultimate editions
Remote and Branch Office (ROBO) Per Virtual Machine
The ROBO per VM model combines AOS, AHV and Prism together with pricing on a per VM basis. This licensing model is an alternative to capacity-based and appliance licensing and is designed for sites running typically up to 10 VMs.
- Term license: 1 through 5-year options
- Must run on a dedicated ROBO cluster with no capacity-based licensing
- Available in AOS Pro and Ultimate editions
Nutanix Calm
Nutanix Calm is currently licensed on a per virtual-machine (VM) basis and on a per core basis. Calm licenses are required only for VMs managed by Calm, running in either the Nutanix Enterprise cloud or on other supported platforms.
- Calm VM license packs are sold in annual subscription support bundles of 25 VMs per pack, available for all platforms
- Calm Core licenses are sold in annual subscription of per core, available for on-Prem platforms. All cores in a cluster need to be licensed
- For additional question, please reach out to a Nutanix Sales Expert
Nutanix Era
Era is a subscription term-based software license. This product is licensed based on the concept of managed database server vCPUs. vCPU licensing is a consumption-based model that will allow customers to license just the database servers that will be managed by Nutanix Era.
- Licenses are sold in 1 to 5 year subscription terms
Nutanix Flow
Nutanix Flow is sold as an annual subscription licensed on a per node basis. Licenses are needed for all nodes in a cluster where microsegmentation functionality will be used. This option requires a Nutanix cluster managed by Prism Central and using the AHV virtualization solution.
- Licenses are sold in 1 to 5 year subscription terms
- Prism Central with Starter license is needed to manage microsegmentation policy
Nutanix Files
Nutanix Files is sold by capacity under two different licenses. Nutanix Files Add-on License for HCI is for Nutanix Files running on mixed mode clusters. Nutanix Files Dedicated License is for Nutanix Files running on dedicated clusters. Nutanix Files is intended for enterprise file workloads within corporate datacenters and at edge locations including remote/branch offices (ROBO) where there is a mix of VM and file workloads.
Nutanix Objects
Nutanix Objects is sold by capacity under two different licenses, Nutanix Objects for AOS license is for Nutanix Objects running on mixed mode clusters. Nutanix Objects Dedicated license is for Nutanix Objects running on dedicated clusters. Nutanix Objects is intended for object storage use cases such as backup, archive and object storage for development.
Nutanix Prism Pro
Prism Pro enables smart IT operation and automation by optimizing capacity intelligently, monitoring and resolving anomalies proactively, and automating remediation and operations tasks. Prism Pro is available for purchase on a subscription basis. A trial version of Prism Pro is included with every edition of Acropolis.
- Licensing will be on a per-node per year basis with option to purchase for 1/2/3/4 or 5-year term
- One license should be purchased for each node in the cluster that is being “managed” by Prism Pro
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1: For any G6 NX models or later, an Advanced Replication SKU is available as an add-on for the Pro licensing tier. This add-on license is applicable for On-prem Leap: Advanced Orchestration (Multiple Boot Stages, Script Execution, Re-IP, Test Failover) and it includes: Multi-site DR (many to one, one to many, many to many), Metro Availability, Sync or NearSync Replication (RPO = 0 or RPO = 1-15 min.).
Xi Leap subscribers do NOT need to upgrade to Pro or Ultimate AOS License to run this feature.
2: Encryption support is subject to export laws. Contact your account representative to confirm eligibility. For any G6 NX models or later, an Encryption SKU is available as an add-on for the Pro licensing tier. This add-on license includes data-at-rest-encryption required for Self Encrypting Drives (SED) or software-based encryption.
License includes an optional native Local Key Management (LKM) service
