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Cisco UCS B-Series vs Intel MFSYS25 comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS B-Series
Ranking in Blade Servers
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
74
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Intel MFSYS25
Ranking in Blade Servers
15th
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS B-Series is 7.7%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Intel MFSYS25 is 3.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Cisco UCS B-Series7.7%
Intel MFSYS253.6%
Other88.7%
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Featured Reviews

MB
Head of IT Operations at NCC BANK LIMITED
Efficient server management reduces costs and supports seamless operations
Cisco UCS B-Series has reliably sustained smooth operations without the need for significant maintenance. Its administration capabilities provide easy access to performance reports, logs, and utilization data, which are essential for effective server management. Additionally, the integration capabilities are seamless, and the power consumption and heat generation are low, resulting in reduced cooling costs and increased financial benefits.
it_user375057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr.Server Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
We're able to set-up multiple VLANs in it.
Hyper V was the best option in case of server fail-over & Storage option was the best with the VD pools assigned to the server modules We have improved a lot, and our customers are very satisfied with the product. We're able to set-up multiple VLANs in it. I think that Intel shouldn't have…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The UCS B-Series is easy to scale; we have approximately 1,000 people using this solution, and it is used on a daily basis."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The technical support is very good, they are very knowledgeable and have taught us a lot."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The product is easy to use."
"Customers and organizations are benefited by its scalability, flexibility, and the fact it takes less time to deploy."
"The MFSYS25 is a relatively cheap blade system with a built in "mini" SAN."
"We have improved a lot, and our customers are very satisfied with the product."
 

Cons

"Cisco TAC has been phenomenal in most cases, but we have had a couple of minor instances where the issue took a bit longer than it should have to be resolved."
"The UCS Manager is written in Java and has many problems after the new Java releases."
"Previously, the unified port functionality allowed the same port to function as both FC and Ethernet, however, this has now changed."
"Cisco is not going for perpetual licensing."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Dell should address the issue of direct support and spare parts availability in our region."
"GUI had some trouble before with Java updates, but that is fixed now."
"The Intel Switches give very poor performance when mixed with anything else."
"There is one regular error which irritates me during production hours. It continually gives us COMPONENT UNFIT ERROR."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cisco UCS B-Series is an expensive solution."
"There is a need to pay towards the licensing costs of the solution on a yearly basis. Price-wise, it is an expensive product"
"The cost of the Cisco UCS B-Series is comparable to HP solutions but higher than Dell solutions."
"The product is expensive."
"The cost of the blade servers is okay, but the cost of Fabric Interconnects ends up increasing the overall costs. For example, suppose it costs 3,500 USD per blade server. When you include the Fabric Interconnects, you could pay up to 30,000 USD. Therefore, compared to the cost of servers from Lenovo, Huawei, Dell, or HP, the cost of Cisco servers can be high. However, Cisco gives good discounts (about 90% to 94%) to partners and to customers who are already using Cisco servers. New Cisco customers do not get the level of discount that an existing customer does. Because you can get discounts with Cisco, I would give pricing a rating of four out of five."
"We have to pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution."
"A physical licensing fees needs to be paid."
"It is not a yearly subscription but a yearly support renewal that you need to do for Cisco UCS B-Series."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business21
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise41
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS B-Series?
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Also Known As

UCS B-Series, Unified Computing System B-Series
MFSYS25
 

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Sample Customers

Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Anonymous Banking Group, Artoni Transporti, Bellevue, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Hertz, Houston Methodist, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG, Outscale, Sony Corporation, Talbots
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