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Move beyond Nutanix Kubernetes.

Nutanix ties Kubernetes to its HCI stack. Qovery frees it - and makes it agentic.

The shift

From legacy platform management
to agentic Kubernetes.

Qovery removes the operational weight of running Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) and the surrounding Nutanix stack, while keeping your clusters standard and portable.

The Nutanix Kubernetes approach

Hardware stack lock-in

NKP is strongest on Nutanix infrastructure, nudging teams to standardize on Nutanix everywhere - limiting cloud portability.

Bundled tier licensing

Kubernetes spend is tied to hardware and core-based licensing tiers, making costs hard to predict and optimize.

Admin-focused Prism UI

Prism Central is built for infrastructure admins, not developers. Developer workflows require additional tooling on top.

No AI integration

Nutanix has no MCP Server, no AI Skill, no agentic workflows. Infrastructure operations remain fully manual.

The Qovery approach

Run anywhere, identically

Identical deployment model on Nutanix, public cloud (EKS, GKE, AKS), or bare-metal. Evolve your infra without re-platforming.

Simple per-cluster pricing

Predictable platform fee on top of any Kubernetes. Costs align with environments and applications, not hardware tiers.

One platform replaces many

Replace the patchwork of NCI, NC2, Prism, LCM, and third-party CI/CD with a single, opinionated platform.

AI-native operations

MCP Server, AI Skill, and CLI agents manage deploy, optimize, and debug workflows - humans and AI working together.

Detailed comparison

How they stack up.

A side-by-side look at what each platform delivers - including the AI capabilities that define modern infrastructure.

Qovery

Nutanix Kubernetes

AI & agent support

MCP Server, AI Skill, CLI agents, agentic workflows.

No AI capabilities.

Core approach

Enterprise Control Plane on any CNCF-compatible K8s.

Kubernetes distribution bundled with Nutanix HCI stack.

Infrastructure

Cloud-agnostic; works on any managed or self-managed clusters.

Best on Nutanix infrastructure; limited portability to public cloud.

Migration effort

Minimal: plugs into existing apps and clusters.

Moderate: requires Nutanix-specific tooling and configuration.

Developer experience

Modern self-service UX with automated guardrails.

Admin-focused Prism UI; developer workflows require additional tooling.

Day-2 operations

Automated lifecycle, cost control, and environment cleanup.

Lifecycle managed through LCM and Prism Central; requires Nutanix expertise.

Vendor lock-in

Low: Kubernetes-first; clusters are portable.

High: tied to Nutanix infrastructure and licensing model.

Stack complexity

Single platform for deploy, observe, optimize, and secure.

Multiple Nutanix products (NCI, NC2, Prism, LCM) plus third-party tools.

Total cost (ROI)

Predictable per-cluster pricing on top of any K8s.

Bundled tiers tied to hardware and core-based licensing.

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No lock-in

Qovery adapts to your stack,
not the other way around.

While NKP ties you to Nutanix infrastructure, Qovery works on any Kubernetes - including Nutanix.

Run on Nutanix or anywhere else

Qovery works identically on Nutanix clusters, public cloud (EKS, GKE, AKS), or bare-metal. Your deployment model stays the same.

No Nutanix lock-in

Evolve your infrastructure strategy without re-platforming apps. Move workloads between Nutanix and cloud providers transparently.

One platform for everything

Replace the patchwork of NCI, NC2, Prism, LCM, and third-party CI/CD with a single, opinionated platform.

Built for what's next

Nutanix Kubernetes Platform was built for the hyperconverged data center.
Qovery is built for 2026.

The world has moved to cloud-native and agentic infrastructure. Qovery's MCP Server, AI Skill, and agentic workflows let your team and AI agents deploy, optimize, and secure workloads from a single conversation - on any Kubernetes, anywhere.

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