# VMware NSX Reviews **Vendor:** Broadcom **Category:** [Data Center Networking Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-center-networking) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 80 ## About VMware NSX VMware NSX® is a powerful network virtualization solution for VMware Cloud Foundation™ (VCF) that enables network connectivity, operations, and scale. NSX Network Virtualization brings the simplicity of the cloud operating model to networking, allowing you to streamline, accelerate, and scale both traditional and modern applications in private/hybrid clouds. ## VMware NSX Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users value the **ease of use** of VMware NSX, appreciating its simplicity and effective dashboard for network management. (8 reviews) - Users value the **robust integration and monitoring capabilities** of VMware NSX, enhancing security and simplifying network management. (4 reviews) - Users benefit from the **enhanced security** of VMware NSX, especially with microsegmentation and Zero Trust capabilities. (4 reviews) - Users value the **easy integrations** of VMware NSX, enabling seamless connectivity with multiple solutions for improved network management. (3 reviews) - Users value the **seamless integrations** of VMware NSX with VMware services, improving network management and security. (3 reviews) - Users value the **robust security compliance** of VMware NSX, especially through its impressive micro-segmentation capabilities. (3 reviews) - Deployment Automation (2 reviews) - Deployment Ease (2 reviews) - Network Management (2 reviews) - User Interface (2 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **complex architecture** of VMware NSX difficult to understand, requiring extensive learning for effective use. (3 reviews) - Users find VMware NSX to be **expensive** , making it less accessible for smaller enterprises and budget-conscious clients. (3 reviews) - Users find the **pricing issues** of VMware NSX to be a barrier, particularly for smaller businesses with limited budgets. (3 reviews) - Users face a **steep learning curve** with VMware NSX, making the initial setup and configurations quite challenging. (2 reviews) - Users find VMware NSX's **high costs** limiting for small businesses, making it difficult to justify the investment. (2 reviews) - Upgrade Issues (2 reviews) - Usability Issues (2 reviews) - Automation Issues (1 reviews) - Users experience a **complex setup** process with NSX, often requiring significant time and understanding to configure. (1 reviews) - Users face **configuration difficulties** with VMware NSX, often requiring extensive time and expertise to set up properly. (1 reviews) ## VMware NSX Reviews ### 1. Powerful Micro-Segmentation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ratna P. | Network Engineer , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 09, 2026 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I like the micro-segmentation feature in VMware NSX the most. It helps me secure my network to the VM NIC level, allowing me to specify that even VMs in the same segment cannot communicate with each other, which is really helpful. Additionally, its integration capabilities with almost all public clouds, including AWS and AVS, stand out for me. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Most of the time, there are some bugs in the feature. There are some cosmetic errors which may be improved. We often get alerts which are cosmetic errors, and we can't really do anything about them. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use VMware NSX for network virtualization and securing my network with micro-segmentation, which offers what traditional firewalls can't by segmenting data up to the VM NIC level. It's integrated with public clouds, enhancing its usability. ### 2. Tight Integration, Powerful Security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian O. **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2025 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I have been using VMware NSX for five years primarily for microsegmentation, and I achieve significant advantages such as Zero Trust security. I particularly like the tight integration of VMware NSX with every virtual machine, which enhances its functionality. Furthermore, the ability to monitor traffic effectively is another aspect I appreciate about VMware NSX. These features collectively enhance my network management capabilities and contribute to a more secure and efficient virtual environment. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I find misconfigurations to be an issue with VMware NSX, which can lead to disruptions or unexpected behavior in the network. Additionally, the initial setup was not easy, posing challenges and requiring a steep learning curve for my team. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use VMware NSX for microsegmentation to achieve Zero Trust, benefiting from its tight integration with every VM and traffic monitoring capabilities. ### 3. It is definitely amazing if you can pay it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Oscar F. | Network Operation Center Analyst, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2025 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** What I like the most about VMware NSX is the ability to integrate with a wide range of third-party solutions, as well as its support for multi-cloud scenarios, make it an adaptable tool for enterprises seeking to establish a unified, secure, and scalable network infrastructure. Another key advantage of NSX is its central management console, which reduces the difficulty of administering such a distributed environment. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** It would be the expense; the NSX can be a major investment, particularly for smaller enterprises or those with limited resources. The cost of license, hardware requirements, and ongoing maintenance can quickly add up, especially when deploying across several sites or cloud environments. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Currently I'm doing my own project and definitely is providing a great help ### 4. Long jurney from NSX-V to NSX-T **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pawel P. | Solutions Architect, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Definitely the features it offers around security - distributed firewall, IPS/IDS in a distributed form are making the job with virtualized environments. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The Load Balancer functionality and the changes around native and LB are quite distrucive as the vision is chaning every few weeks. That makes it a real pain from planning perspective, especially if your environmen heavility depends on this feature or it's a main reason why you buy NSX. Additionally the DFW as an addon after broadcom acqusition is a joke! It should be part of the core license! **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security with microsegmentation without the need to physically isolate different kind of workloads was a breakthrough for our environment. This allowed to save significant amount of money on IT infrastructure. ### 5. Cloud Service Provider NSX Integration **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tony W. | Principal Cloud Solutions Architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** NSX allows for seamless integration of L2, L3 and dynamic routing into Cloud Director allowing a for a compelling platfrom for Cloud Services for traditional VM workloads all the way through to container based applications. It allows the deprecation of traditional VLAN network and allows for high availability of cross availability zone networking allowing business to have buisness continuity. The ability to be able to leverage north south firewall and also distributed firewalling improves the security of cloud services. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Unfortunately the new VMware by Broadcom billing models makes NSX no financially viable in the market compared to traditional virtual firewall products such as Fortigate and Palo Alto due to the licensing requirements for DFW, North South Firewall and Load balancing of NSX ALB Service Engines. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** High availabillity of cross availability zone networking with active / active workloads for VM and container workloads. ### 6. Robust Network Virtualization, But With a Steep Learning Curve **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anirudha B. | Research Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** The micro-segmentation capabilities are particularly impressive, allowing for detailed control over security policies down to the individual VM level. This has significantly enhanced our security posture. NSX scales well with our growing infrastructure needs. Whether adding new hosts or deploying complex networking topologies, NSX handles the load with minimal issues. Seamless integration with other VMware products like vSphere and vCenter is a big plus. It makes managing our virtual environment more unified and streamlined. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The initial setup and configuration can be quite complex, requiring a steep learning curve. Even with a strong background in networking, it took our team some time to get fully comfortable with all the features. NSX is on the pricier side, and while it delivers value, smaller organizations might find it hard to justify the investment. VMware’s support is generally good, but there have been instances where resolution times were slower than expected, especially for more complex issues. VMware's customer support is generally responsive and knowledgeable, but the resolution times for complex issues can sometimes be slower than expected, frustrating during critical situations. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** VMware NSX has created a flexible and secure network environment for running our CAD tools used in chip design and testing. One of the key challenges we faced was ensuring that our network could handle the high-performance requirements of these tools while maintaining strong security protocols. NSX’s micro-segmentation and virtual networking capabilities allowed us to isolate different stages of the design process, ensuring that each part of the workflow was secure and optimized for performance. The primary benefit has been the ability to scale our network resources on demand to meet the intensive computational needs of chip design. This flexibility has significantly reduced downtime and improved our ability to test and iterate on designs quickly. Additionally, NSX’s security features have given us peace of mind, knowing that our sensitive design data is well-protected throughout the process. ### 7. VMware NSX: A rock solid network and security virtualization solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Philipp S. | Solution Architect, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** High performance software defined networking with microsegmentation Distributed- and Gatewayfirewall technology Great compatibility with virtual desktop solutions like VMware Horizon Easy possibility to integrate with AVI loadbalancer Great software upgrade procedure (Upgrade coordinator) Easy to operate Rich third party vendor support and easy integration with other solutions like Data processing units **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Complexity of initial installation / implementation The quality and time of VMware support could be improved. Some features or troubleshooting steps require API access skils as the GUI lacks some aspects. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Our customers are often companies in the manufacturing industry. Users work on complex and sensitive projects. The data must be highly protected against theft. Microsegmentation and other NSX security features are critical for these platforms. - Working with external partners: Our customers often involve third-party vendors who are responsible for small parts of large projects. Microsegmentation allows virtual desktops to be hosted on the same network. - Work with critical public sector customers, such as fire departments or city police dispatch systems, that require maximum security for Internet-facing deployments. - Protect legacy applications with weaker security architecture by deploying Identity-based firewall on top of micro-segmentation and distributed firewall. This allows to reduce the risk for these applications by allowing only certain users/virtual desktops to access these application servers. - Performance + Security by using the same Layer 2 network. Our customers run some network latency sensitive applications. For example, putting an SQL server on a separate network from the virtual desktops reduces performance by a two digit percentage. By leveraging microsegmentation, we can use one large Layer 2 NSX overlay network for virtual desktops and application servers and provide security with microsegmentation. - Performance benefits of DPUs (Data processing units): DPUs can offload the Distributed Firewall from the ESXi host and improve application performance of virtual desktops. - Easier multi-tenancy options: The same ESXi hosts can be used for different Horizon pods using NSX overlay networking and multi-tenancy. - Cost-effective solution to avoid hardware firewall for small robo/edge sites by using NSX - Easy flexible setup of a VDI by day compute by night solution by using NSX - Great loadbalancing functionality for application servers using AVI / NSX Advanced loadbalancer ### 8. Professional for networking and security for softwares **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Riyansh S. | Devloper, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Things i really like about VMware NSX is how versatile is it to use and they have truly set the standard for networking and security. The ability to decoy from physical hardware to software. Also how easy it is to integrate with there existing products, creating that ecosystem to work on. Automation features saves time with minimal human errors makes this product great. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Can be challenging to setup initially. Also to integrate with existing systems and using any other thord party softwares for it can be difficult to pursue. It needs alot funds to run this robust program and also resources in timely manner. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making easy for data to flow in most secure way possible. Accessible to any cloud service and integrates well with it. It is most automation friendly software to use for and the reliability needed. ### 9. Seamless deployment of a NSX across two DC **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel E. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** It's quite simpless to deploy and had almost all the functionality we requited to setup a multi-site architecture across two DC with proper documentation on refrence architectures and dployments **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Nothing really. Because when compared to other solutions out there, its more production ready and has more functionalities. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The major probem ist resolved for us is seamless migration across our datacenters allowing us to evacuate DCs during planned migration without any downtime and perserving the security posture of our VMs at the detination DC ### 10. NSX a must for Cloud Providers! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Upsides: The main reason we use the NSX product on our environments is to make life easier with virtual networking in a SDDC. The ease of use helps our thousands of customers to create their own SDDC with all of their enterprise applications. Virtual networking creates an unprecedented number of use-cases that can be used. Firewalling, VPN's, micro-segmentation, NIC-firewalling, gateway firewalling, BGP and lots more. There is a rich third party integration possibility within the NSX product like Fortigate-VM! Last but not least, the implementation for NSX is relatively easy. You only need to install 3 appliances and you are good to go. This is the reason it is used all the time in all our production environments. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Downsides: How easily NSX provides functionality to end-customers and/or cloud providers is something different from the configuration that needs to be done to use the product after installation. Next to this, I think the legion of different products such as AVI loadbalancing, IDS/IPS etc. could have a better integration into the main product. Most of these require additional appliances and or software to be used. Furthermore, the API is vast and complete. However, the GUI seems to be behind in that part since not all API equivalent calls can be done with the GUI, which means that users that do not fully understand API calls the learning curve might be a bit harder in comparison with others that do understand these. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** NSX is a must use product for us. We need to use it in our environment in conjunction with VMware Cloud Director (VCD). However, the product also solves a lot of our needs that our customers have to build an maintain their own SDDC environment. Because NSX is a high-performing, high-scaling solution it integrates very well with the underlying hypervisor (ESXi) platform. Each hypervisor host is a node in the fabric, traffic passes efficiently through these nodes to create a high performing scalable fabric like no others we have. We, and in return our customers, can now use micro-segmentation (firewalling on a per-NIC basis), VPN's, (Gateway) Firewalling , BGP and since lately even DPU based acceleration and much more all from within one single interface. Our customers enjoy the operational efficiency that the product gives them. Instead of waiting for weeks for a network department to create VLAN's, they can just do it themselfes within seconds! This is all coming from the same interface that is used by thousands of VMware Cloud Providers around the globe. This is something so significant, we would not have been at the point we are now without the product. ### 11. Using NSX for micro segmentation and Network automation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** robin v. | Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 10, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** NSX is very powerfull in microsegmentation or firewalling between VMs. There is no other product available that is able to perform the same level of firewalling within the vSphere environment or SDDC. Once setup the NSX network virtualization alows easy, fully automated deployment of new virtual networks within the environment. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** NSX lacks internal monitoring tooling in comparison to a classical firewall. NSX relies on external tooling for this. Currently it is not possible to purchase the NSX firewall (vDefend) as an option to VMware Foundation, it's only available as option to VCF **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** NSX is mostly used for the Distributed firewall (vDefend). It allows for segementing virtual machines. Without completly changing the network or the need to re-ip all virtual machines, NSX is able the segment within or across the network segments. For developers the network virtualization function provides an automated way to deploy new network segments in the SDDC. ### 12. A very smooth experience **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** VMware NSX is pretty awesome because it makes managing networks super easy. The integration with other VMware tools is seamless, so you don’t have to worry about compatibility issues. I also love how it beefs up security with features like micro-segmentation—it’s like having a super secure firewall for your network. Plus, the interface is really user-friendly, which makes it easy to navigate even if you're not a networking expert. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Honestly, VMware NSX is cool, but there are a few things that bug me. First off, it’s super expensive. If you’re on a budget or working for a smaller company, the costs can really add up, which kinda sucks. There’s also just so much stuff in it. Like, having a lot of features is great, but it can get overwhelming really fast. Sometimes it feels like there are too many options, and it makes it harder to figure out what you actually need to use. I wish the interface was simpler or that you could just hide the features you don’t need. Another thing is that while it usually integrates well with VMware products, it can be a pain when you’re trying to get it to play nice with non-VMware stuff. And when you hit those snags, getting help from support can take forever. It’s frustrating when you’re stuck and just want to get things working again. So yeah, VMware NSX is powerful, but it’s not without its headaches. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** VMware NSX makes network management way less of a hassle. Instead of dealing with all the physical stuff, everything’s virtual, which saves us a lot of time and helps avoid mistakes. The micro-segmentation is pretty awesome too because it lets us lock down security with super-specific rules. Overall, it’s just making everything run smoother and keeping our network safe, which is a huge plus for us. ### 13. A pillar for the Private Cloud... and still misunderstood **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Waldemar P. | Technology Evangelist & Enterprise/Solution/Consultant Architect, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 05, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Cloud is not a physical place; It is an operational model. And behind the Cloud operation model, there is automation. Talking about Cloud without considering network automation (and even security) leaves our "three-legged chair" (computing, storage, and network) without achieving its objective. And that integrated a stack like VMware Cloud Foundation, which even allows the model to be replicated in Hyperscalers (VMC-A, AVS, GCVE, OCVS), not only simplifies the Day 0 operation, but also Day 2. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Having a console that allows you to coordinately manage the different VMware Cloud environments (VCF, VMC-A, AVS, GCVE, OCVS) would be desirable (as was the NSX+ approach). Firstly for Networking elements, in a second stage extended to Security (vDefend and vDefend with ATP). **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Create a true VMware Cloud, including Networking and Security elements. ### 14. Great Product **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dave G. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I love that it inituitive. As an IT professional, I like to be able to get to know a product before I recommend it to clients. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Pricing. Not usuable for small business, mostly for large clients. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Physical Servers sprawl. I want less physical hardware. ### 15. Overall a good product **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vasudevan I. | Systems and Network Admin, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 20, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** VMware NSX supports automated network provisioning and management, which can significantly reduce the time and effort required to manage network resources. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I have noted that while NSX offers advanced networking features, options like packet acceleration could be improved. This suggests that while NSX is feature-rich, certain advanced capabilities may not be as robust as I expect **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** In my previous role by automating many of our network and security operations, NSX reduced the need for manual intervention, which lowered our operational costs and improve efficiency. ### 16. Great VM solution for a Data Centre **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Abdul Mutalab S. | Senior Data Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** They are providing very good customer experience and cloud solutions. If any one want to build a data centre there could not be a better networking solution than VMware NSX. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** They are very good in quality but still to get the validation of the quality it will take some time to validate their service better. Other than that it's good. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Usually load balancing solutions have issues on tcp port, it doesn't work sometimes. VMware doesn't have this issue yet. ### 17. VMWare NSX: All in one Cloud Solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Famida Yasmin 2. | Project manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I have uses VMWare NSX for more than 1 year. It is really simple to install and use. Also, really liked the simplicity of the UI. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I did not like that now VMWare NSX is no longer sold as Standalone product. There could've been more options for the users to explore. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** VMWare NSX helped our system to go totally on the clouds. We have now less security concerns since VMWare ensures the security as well. ### 18. My NSX Experiences **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Turker K. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Install it and forget about it until the next update. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Incidents and system failers mostly take times to fix. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Installation is complex and need time but after that whole data center network management is easy ### 19. My honest review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** SUKHSEHAJ PREET S. | Cloud Engineer II, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** granular network segmentation down to the individual workload level. This enhances security by providing isolation and control within the data center **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** NSX can be quite expensive, especially for smaller organizations. The licensing and operational costs might be a barrier, particularly if you're just starting with network virtualization or have a tight budget. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scaling traditional networks often requires significant hardware changes and manual reconfiguration, which can be slow and disruptive. ### 20. Awesome product, uncertain future. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mark V. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** We love the flexibility that it gives us with our networks and networking. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Nothing really but since the acquisition by broadcom information is sparse and we are hearing nothing but horror stories about pricing and support changes. This is making us completely rethink our virtual footprints. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping with vdi lab allocation and security issues for us on a daily basis. ### 21. Networking as a service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maziar M. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** NSX is the the best tool ive ever used. it provides simplified but robust solutions **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** sometimes the architecture becomes complex **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Security, self service control ### 22. Good experience **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luca R. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I like the Simplicity and Dashboard of NSX. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I do not like the Stability and sometimes performance. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It implements microsegmentation ### 23. VMWare NSX - Simple Cloud Solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Md Tanzil S. | Research Assistant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** The best thing about VMWare is it's simplicity. It is very straightforward from the installation point. Would love to recommend it to everyone. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Customer service was quite slow. It took a while to reach out to them. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** VMware NSX is automating our network infrastructure. Our whole system is now on clouds, thanks to NSX. ### 24. NSX review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sharan B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Micro segementation and Firewall rules and Security **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** too complex too understand and must learn tool for security **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Micro segmentation ### 25. system engineer **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** lorenzo l. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Dynamic environment and flexibility. ease of use. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Security breach and need of upgrading ofren **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** network segmentation ### 26. SDN with great integration with other VMware products **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 08, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Great integration with other VMware services, mostly vSphere. Administration has simmilar logic as other products. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Policy and manager modes can be confusing. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy of multitenancy management, firewalling and segmentation. ### 27. Really good, fast, flexible and easy to use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ismail B. | Employee Support Officer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Easier and fast to use unlike some other complicated softwares out in the market **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The graphics could be a bit more user friendly and modern **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Don't need to to buy different machines, to use just 25% of their capacity. Instead, we can use this to do contract, page, and flexible fast availability ### 28. VMware NSX review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Famida Y. | Volunteer Staff, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** An excellent platform for network virtualization. Increased scalability by a huge margin. Absolutely recommend it. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Pricing could be more affordable. Also customer service could have been better. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our software product didn't have any cloud solutions, after we made this infrastructure changes using VMware NSX. Agility of our solution has increased. ### 29. VMWare NSX Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Md Tanzil S. | Professor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I like the NSX's speed and swiftness. Been using it for a year now and I'm totally satisfied with the product. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The thing that VMware could is that customer service. It's a bit slow. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our infrastructure was not in the cloud before. Now it's all on clouds. ### 30. NSX, A Powerful Tool for Virtual Networking **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steve H. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** The ability to automate the NSX environemnt whether through powercli, ansible, or terraform. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** There isn't really much to dislike. NSX makes microsegmentation, load balancing, and on demand network provisiong simpler, quicker, and less error prone. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Deeper insight into container networking and microsegmentation ### 31. Good cloud solution for healthcare solution **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nawrin S. | Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Their Cloud Solution is very high quality and secure. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I have not got anything to dislike yet, Because it is too early to dislike something. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** For our healthcare industry we need a secure high throughput infrastructure solution and vmware is proving that. ### 32. Excellent Overlay **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John A. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** ability to handle bgp advertisements... simple design and advertisement **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** troubleshooting - debugging complex issues **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are hyperscale service provider that is FedRAMP HIGH - deployed using VCF. NSX provides network from top of rack to rest of the IaaS productline ### 33. A very good product, maybe too expensive **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Easy to deploy Easy to maintain Very easy to deploy networks and microsegmentation for our workload **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Pricing is not appropriate The fact that NSX Firewall is now a bundle of VCF makes it not affordable at all **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Microsegmentation Virtual networking Easy to exploit ### 34. It is a powerful solution for the organizations moving towards virtualization **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Scalability: It is helpful for both small and large scale organizations Flexibility:If Italk about flexibility organizations can have single clouds, multi clouds and hybrid clouds based upon their requirements. Security: Micro-segmentation caught my in terms of security has it provides best security principles interms of network **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** There were not many dislikes to say only concern was complexity while initial setup **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** VMware NSX adress many critical issues for me especially I loved virtualization of network infrastructure ### 35. It’s a DevOps engineer worked in on-premise and cloud environments **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ahmed M. | Owner - CEO, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** I think the most interesting part is Micro-segmentation and supporting agility **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I think there is nothing wrong with it or don't like about it **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Network Complexity and Provisioning and it solved by virtual network ### 36. Revolutionizing Network Virtualization and Security **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ali r. | Technical Support Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Network Virtualization,Automation and Orchestration,Multi-Cloud Networking,Data Center Modernization **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** I don't face any thing that makes me dislike it **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simplifying and automating data center networking and security,Enhancing disaster recovery strategies with network virtualization. ### 37. Powerful tool for revolutionizing network security **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** NSX can used to work on many environments and different types of clouds as well. It decreses the complexity of performing functions like managing and monitoring and it also increses security. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Its deployment is hard and diffciult for un experienced professionals. It doesn't have high interoperability with non vmware platforms. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It eases the network management with network virtualization, It is useful to deploy applications fastly and its special feature of micro segmentation increases security. ### 38. Great product with powerful capabilities **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohamed Z. | Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 15, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** A powerful network virtualization solution for VCF that enables network connectivity, operations, and scale **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Maybe at connectivity issues either with vCenter Server or the ESXi host **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Extends across data centers, clouds, and application frameworks ### 39. Excellent service **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emran R. | Project Coordinator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 24, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** VMware serice is excellent and they are very proactive. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Apparently overall experience was really good, so no complain **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its cut the cost for the company by providing excellent service ### 40. Reduced network complexity **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** NAveed A. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 27, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Reduced Netwrok complexity. Ideal for Mergeer Aquisotion senrios. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** require expert skills and stroong network nackground inclduing understandinng netwrk devices. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** complexity and knowledgem ### 41. Vedant review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Speed and efficiency that makes the product beutiful **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** As far as i know i haven't used that much for dislikes **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its making easy life for giving better IAAS ### 42. Net Sec Admin **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** The integration about all the appliances **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** the download of csv of the list of appliances **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The management of the security of all the VMs ### 43. Great **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alex C. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Security aspect of micro segmentation and log monitoring **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** How complicated it is to install tools needed to operate **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Micro segmentation ### 44. The experience as performance and security with VMware NSX **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohamed Z. | Network Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Firewalls to create flexible and secure networks with integration with VMware products. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Maybe a bit complex and not easy to deploy. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Improve risk management. ### 45. Micro Sigementation at it's finest **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** The ability to segment clients in a zero trust envrionemtn **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The difficultly in client upgrades. When working with support. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Zero trust micro segmentation ### 46. VMWare NSX: Revolutionizing Network Virtualization **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** It has great network function virtualization, load balancing features and also provides agility in network deployment. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** o use it, you need a hgood amount of networking skills and knowledge. I also feel it costly. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its solves network and security challenges with the features like scalable virtualization, simplifying the management of multi-cloud environments. ### 47. Rating and Review: VMware NSX **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 24, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Managing virtual networks easily allowing customization and expansion without physical changes. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The licensing and subscription costs for VMware NSX are high for some companies and organizations. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Network management is made easier by creating virtual networks, automating tasks and saving time. ### 48. Security **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Flexibility andn ease of use. A lot of options **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Can be complex if you don't have a plan of what need **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Traffic south to north to be secure and by providing segmentation ### 49. Nsx Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Talon K. | Cloud Network Engineer IV, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Nsx intelligence wad a great tool to help us stay compliant **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** The fact that dfw will now be an addon which will make it cost more **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** East to west simple network configuration ### 50. Smooth experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2024 **What do you like best about VMware NSX?** Enables network virtualization and enhanced security as it support for multi-cloud environments. **What do you dislike about VMware NSX?** Complexity and licence registration headache. **What problems is VMware NSX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves network management for me by it's virtualization techniques and enhance security by micro segmentation. - [View VMware NSX pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-nsx/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-15+05%3A52%3A10+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=13f4fe22-fab1-478c-8498-e582ae6aad39&secure%5Btoken%5D=c16eab773e1f00c53f26bfda497070205489913db270abfd609d86cfe9c2023e&format=llm_user) ## VMware NSX Features **Configuration** - Compliance - Scheduling - Maintenance **Infrastructure Provision** - Public Cloud - Private Cloud - Hybrid Cloud - Bare Metal - High-Performance Computing (HPC) - Virtual Machines (VMs) - Edge Computing - Virtual Networks **Identity and Access Management - Zero Trust Platforms** - Single sign-on (SSO) - Multi-factor authentication (MFA) - Role-based access control (RBAC) - Identity federation **Agentic AI - Network Automation Tools** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Decision Making **Network** - Scalability - Inventory - Infrastructure - Remote Access **Management** - Pay by Usage - Usage Tracking - Performance Tracking **Security - Zero Trust Platforms** - Encryption - Endpoint detection and response (EDR) - Device posture assessment - Micro-segmentation - Zero trust network access (ZTNA) **Logistics** - Communication - Scripting - Workflows **Functionality** - Resource Auto-Scaling **Data Security - Zero Trust Platforms** - Data loss prevention (DLP) - Data classification **Security - Network Automation** - Change Management - Security Automation - User Authentication and Authorization - Monitoring and Alerts **Application Visibility - Zero Trust Platforms** - API support - Application-level controls - Secure application access - User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) - Continuous monitoring **Reporting and Policies - Zero Trust Platforms** - Policy automation - Regulatory compliance - Cross-platform compatibility - Policy enforcement - Comprehensive reporting **Agentic AI - Zero Trust Platforms** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Proactive Assistance ## Top VMware NSX Alternatives - [HAProxy](https://www.g2.com/products/haproxy/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (883 reviews) - [Amazon EC2](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (1,135 reviews) - [Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (369 reviews)