| Machina | Nutanix | |
|---|---|---|
| Hypervisor | Yes. KVM/QEMU via libvirt | AHV (KVM-based) or ESXi |
| Hyperconverged storage | Partial. Delegated to Atlas (Ceph, NFS, ZFS); no built-in distributed storage | Built-in distributed storage fabric |
| Management | Yes. Web UI, REST, EC2 API, CLI, Terraform | Prism Central |
| HA and balancing | Yes. HA with fencing, DRS | AHV HA and ADS |
| Network microsegmentation | Yes. Native eBPF VM edge with evidence export | Flow microsegmentation |
| Disaster recovery | Partial. Backups plus Atlas RBD mirroring with failback and async cross-cluster replication, plus size-verified copies of backups to S3-compatible storage at another site (C64); no orchestrated failover | Async/sync replication and DR orchestration |
| Kubernetes | Partial. eBPF CNI and k3s bootstrap; Kairon for VMs as Kubernetes resources | Nutanix Kubernetes Platform |
| Migration from Nutanix | Yes. Transiva has a Nutanix provider (export, convert with h2kvm, deploy); GuestKit repairs the guest offline | N/A |
Status: Yes = shipped; Partial = part of the capability ships; Planned = on the roadmap, not available; No = not offered. Each statement traces to the claims ledger.
Choose Machina when
- You already have Ceph or NFS and want just the control plane.
- You want eBPF enforcement and an EC2-style API.
Choose Nutanix when
- You want one vendor for compute, storage and DR with built-in replication.
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Nutanix, AHV, Prism and Flow are trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. The Nutanix column reflects public documentation at the time of writing; check the vendor's current documentation and pricing before you decide.