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Cloudian HyperStore vs Zadara comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.3
Everpure FlashArray boosts efficiency, cuts resource use, and ensures cost-effective, up-to-date performance with long-term operational savings.
Sentiment score
5.7
Cloudian HyperStore offers cost-effective data storage with high ROI, despite some performance and licensing challenges.
Sentiment score
6.9
Zadara offers scalable storage with cost savings and flexibility, enhancing value despite regional cost challenges, benefiting users financially.
Operational tasks such as provisioning storage and monitoring performance happen faster, and less downtime risk and hardware consolidation mean we support more workloads with fewer resources and less data center overhead.
System Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We have never had an outage in my four and a half years, but in our company's ten or eleven years, there has never been any planned upgrades that required downtime.
System Engineer at Data Sciences Corporation
In the long term, spanning three to five years, the total cost of ownership becomes cheaper, considering power consumption, data center footprint, and NVMe technology usage.
Manager, Infrastructure Services Storage & Backup Vmware UNIX at Mphasis
In comparison to AWS, within fourteen months, the CAPEX investment pays off due to Cloudian's pricing model.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
There is a lack of customer trust with this product.
Technical Design Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have seen a pretty good ROI with Cloudian HyperStore in terms of reduced storage management overhead, lower cost per terabyte, and improved productivity across teams.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
The project had a calculated cost that was fifteen thousand dollars, and came to an amount of six to seven thousand dollars with Zadara.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
I can see the return on investment because we are saving around 15 to 18% of the operational cost when compared to AWS.
AI product lead at Sortis
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.1
Everpure FlashArray's customer service excels with proactive, responsive support and knowledgeable staff, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless operation.
Sentiment score
6.0
Cloudian HyperStore's customer service is responsive and available, though issue resolution speed and support quality vary by time zone.
Sentiment score
8.3
Zadara excels in customer service with 24/7 support, efficient issue resolution, and proactive management, earning high user ratings.
Pure's support organization is responsive with minimal bureaucracy, making support a key factor in customer retention.
Director of Engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would rate the technical support an 11 out of 10.
Cyber Security Consultant at Jonkoping Energi AB
Everpure FlashArray is probably not cheap storage, but it provides great performance, scalability, and everything a customer needs.
Sr. Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
The support plus option provides a high level of assistance, including direct second-line support.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
I would rate the customer support for Cloudian HyperStore a 10 out of 10 because they're great.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
I can evaluate that the support interactions were of high quality.
Lead System engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would rate customer support a ten.
Analista de cloud at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I rate the technical support from Zadara as nine out of ten.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
The support that Zadara provides feels like calling a friend for help.
AI product lead at Sortis
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Everpure FlashArray offers scalable, modular storage with seamless upgrades, ideal for many businesses despite potential initial costs.
Sentiment score
7.4
Cloudian HyperStore excels in scalability and replication, although some users report challenges with large-scale operations and expansion.
Sentiment score
8.0
Zadara provides scalable storage solutions with flexible tiers, enabling businesses to efficiently adjust resources and achieve cost-effective growth.
A big banking client had around 300 petabytes of data on Pure Storage.
Manager, Infrastructure Services Storage & Backup Vmware UNIX at Mphasis
Our customers can scale up or scale out, raise the performance, and expand the storage spaces by investing every year.
Senior Ai Architect at Logicalis
We have successfully upgraded the controllers, scaled capacity, and scaled arrays without much impact on the system and with seamless planning.
Platform Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cloudian HyperStore's scalability has been awesome; it keeps up with our growing storage needs.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
I found that the performance of Cloudian HyperStore suffers at scale, where the Cassandra database struggles to keep up with bulk deletes and bulk requests.
Technical Design Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloudian HyperStore's scalability is not as good as I wanted it to be because if I want to add anything new to the current environment, the process is extremely lengthy and takes a lot of time.
Sr Infrastructure Engineer at American Express
There is no need to worry about scalability because the virtual machine automatically detects the load and then takes the load balance.
AI product lead at Sortis
The Zadara team handled changes to hard drive RAID and the storage that made up all the logical part, and it was very transparent to the end user.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
I do not see limitations there, even for changing the machine's shape, it is very straightforward.
Analista de cloud at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Everpure FlashArray is highly stable, reliable, with minimal downtime, and boasts robust performance, ideal for critical applications.
Sentiment score
8.3
Cloudian HyperStore is generally stable and reliable, with most users rating its performance and resilience highly overall.
Sentiment score
7.8
Zadara is praised for its stability, reliability, and support, with minor issues mostly due to user error.
For stability, I rate it a ten out of ten.
Senior Storage Administrator at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have continuous 99.9% uptime and do not experience any users reporting performance issues due to latency.
Senior Storage Engineer at Ensono
The vision Pure Storage FlashArray offers through the GUI is clearer; we can discern the status, what is cabled, and how direct flash is enabled.
Technical Lead at Wipro Limited
The security and control side, for what it offered, gave total stability.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
 

Room For Improvement

Everpure FlashArray requires enhancements in deduplication, cloud integration, scalability, pricing, UI, performance, encryption, support, and analytics.
Cloudian HyperStore needs improved integration, user-friendliness, and features like predictive analysis, enhanced API, and better support resources.
Zadara needs better updates, faster features, improved interfaces, comprehensive analytics, enhanced security, AI capabilities, and competitive pricing.
Integrating object storage into the FlashArray would benefit entry-level and SMB customers by offering a more unified solution.
Lead Technical Architect at ePlus Technology, inc.
Storing cold data on expensive arrays doesn't make financial sense, and tiering to any of the big three cloud providers would be advantageous.
Director of Engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
As a technical professional, I lack visibility into the system logs.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
Cloudian HyperStore is already very sophisticated, and no changes are needed as it is ahead of market need.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
It has consistently met our expectations in terms of performance, scalability, and reliability.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Cloudian HyperStore's AI capabilities have an accuracy of approximately 70 to 80 percent at this time.
Data Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We encountered many limitations, such as situations where disk space was available in terms of gigabytes, but the number of disks had already been fully allocated.
Analista de cloud at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Maintenance can also be complicated, especially when deeper troubleshooting requires navigating the CLI and searching for logs.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
They currently look like simple PHP interfaces, but they need to customize and work on their interfaces and user interfaces significantly.
AI product lead at Sortis
 

Setup Cost

Everpure FlashArray's premium pricing is justified by comprehensive features, valuable support, and competitive benefits for reliable storage solutions.
Cloudian HyperStore provides a cost-effective, straightforward licensing model with competitive pricing, predictable budgeting, and robust implementation support.
Zadara offers straightforward, competitive pricing with flexible pay-per-use models, cost-effective options, and transparent expenses without hidden costs.
They're expensive.
Director of Engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
While they say it's free, we actually pay for support upfront.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
Some smaller organizations may find it slightly expensive, but for enterprises, when considering performance, future hardware investments, and overall benefits, it is a very cost-effective solution for mid and enterprise organizations.
Senior Storage Engineer at Ensono
Cloudian HyperStore offers reasonable pricing.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The pricing was competitive.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cloudian HyperStore indicates that it is a cheap product, and the licenses are cheap as well.
Technical Design Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Everpure FlashArray offers high performance, low latency, easy management, seamless upgrades, and strong integration, enhancing operational and storage efficiency.
Cloudian HyperStore offers S3 compatibility, scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness, with native API integration and robust data management features.
Zadara excels with seamless cloud integration, scalability, flexible deployment, efficient management, and cost-effective, intuitive user satisfaction features.
FlashArray's integration with the Pure One instrument provides a centralized platform for efficient management of all arrays.
Presales Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Another noteworthy aspect is their platform, Pure One, a cloud-based analytics platform that automatically creates a case and sends out a part if a disk or controller fails.
Lead Technical Architect at ePlus Technology, inc.
It handles internal data migration seamlessly in the background without going offline, achieving a hundred percent uptime.
Director of Engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloudian HyperStore positively impacts my organization by helping us centralize our data storage across our teams and simplify our infrastructure, meeting our growing demands on storage while maintaining performance and control.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
If any uneventful or unintended delete happens, I have the ability to recover it without going into the backup.
Sr Infrastructure Engineer at American Express
Cloudian HyperStore has positively impacted our organization because it allowed us to feel secure if something happened; we knew that our information was backed up.
manager at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
Zadara's impact on scalability and its competitive pricing compared to other market players positively affect my organization.
Analyst Level 3 at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
Zadara's troubleshooting feature is very valuable for me.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
The best features Zadara offers include 99% compute availability, and the redundancy mechanism that supports this is significant.
AI product lead at Sortis
 

Categories and Ranking

Everpure FlashArray
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Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
233
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (2nd)
Cloudian HyperStore
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
File and Object Storage (11th)
Zadara
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (16th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (12th), Compute Service (8th), Public Cloud Storage Services (12th), File and Object Storage (13th)
 

Featured Reviews

Cristian Ion - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Technology Engineer at Eta2u
All-flash storage has unified my clients’ workloads and has reduced TCO through efficient data services
The pricing and licensing of Everpure FlashArray is a problem because Everpure is considered more expensive than competitors. IBM, Lenovo, and Dell are more aggressive on prices. It is a very complicated market, especially now, and I understand the prices are higher at Everpure because of the software and all the enhancements it has. However, in this competitive market, we have a big problem selling to customers that are on a tight budget. A product with better pricing would be a win in the end. The RC or C20, for example, was a very good product that I could sell more easily than other options. Everpure FlashArray//C is sufficient for most workloads and virtualization workloads if you do not have very large databases. A product like that helps, and perhaps a new product in the future that is a little cheaper than the current options would be a possibility to gain more market share. I see the return on investment clearly from using Everpure FlashArray, but the challenge is selling it to customers for the first time. There are many customers who fall in the sweet spot where they are too small for an X or even a C model. They need something a little cheaper, they have the money for a cheaper version, and they need the performance of a Pure system. These customers could be more easily approached if Everpure offers a version of a local device in the future that is even cheaper than the C-class. I am trying now to help customers understand the concept behind AG1. I know that AG1 is not profitable if capacity is less than 50 terabytes. However, some customers would be very willing to pay for 25 terabytes in a cloud operated by Pure and to have it accessible with very good speed. We will see what the future brings.
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Sr Infrastructure Engineer at American Express
Object storage has reduced costs and improves data protection for web application workloads
Cloudian HyperStore can be improved by making upgrades easier. Currently, I see that upgrades are very complicated, and most of the time I require Cloudian support whenever I want to upgrade. I think Cloudian has the opportunity to improve in self-service capabilities. If they make upgrades less vendor-dependent, that would be beneficial. I would also like to add that more automation APIs would be valuable. If more APIs were available for S3 compatible tasks, that would be great. I rate the product eight because if they make updates easier, make firmware upgrades easier, make compaction available on CMC instead of requiring scripts, make node cleanup straightforward, make forecasting simple, make capacity planning easy, and provide self-healing opportunities, I believe the rating would be a ten.
AA
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Hybrid data migration has reduced costs and now needs stronger security and database integration
I would like to share something that I believe could improve Zadara's process, which is the issue of communication with databases. Today we have MongoDB as a cloud service, so integration with databases in Zadara would bring better performance in connection in SaaS models and in dynamic models that could bring a platform and a solution that could increase Zadara's usage in the market and in its business scope. Zadara can improve in the database integration area as I mentioned. Zadara can have better dynamism such as MongoDB in SaaS and bring this better dynamism by connecting and offering it within the clouds as a possibility of block storage within that partner cloud, such as AWS EBS, Google's cloud storage, or something within Azure. Creating a stronger partnership where this block storage can become an API connectable across various clouds but native to those clouds would be beneficial. I noticed simplicity in the security part during the time I used Zadara, so I believe Zadara's security needs to improve to provide more and deliver more security visibility to the end customer so that they feel more secure with data encryption and attack protection. A WAF on the API connection that goes through greater protection, something along those lines, could help guarantee that the data is protected by Zadara.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business74
Midsize Enterprise38
Large Enterprise162
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

Which should I choose: HPE 3PAR StoreServ or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F Series?
Both are great platforms, but if you are considering all flash solutions, I would recommend you to consider Pure Stor...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashArray?
When comparing cost, I find that the cost is either the same or slightly higher, but that is returned by the ease of ...
What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashArray?
The only thing I think could be improved is price. The price is the main concern for our customers.
What needs improvement with Cloudian HyperStore?
Cloudian HyperStore can be improved because it cannot simply be left to the business owner to operate its software. Y...
What is your primary use case for Cloudian HyperStore?
Our main use case for Cloudian HyperStore is cloud backup of large data, such as patient information and research inf...
What advice do you have for others considering Cloudian HyperStore?
On a scale of one to ten, I would give Cloudian HyperStore a seven. I give it a seven because it needs a lot of impro...
What needs improvement with Zadara?
One point to improve Zadara is to make the limitations clear. We encountered many limitations, such as situations whe...
What is your primary use case for Zadara?
Our main use case for Zadara is making machines available for customers to use by provisioning the entire environment...
What advice do you have for others considering Zadara?
My advice to other people who are thinking about using Zadara is that they can use it extensively, but they should pa...
 

Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashArray
HyperStore, Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage, HyperStore Object Storage
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Sample Customers

Nielsen, Lamar Advertising, LinkedIn, Betfair, UT-Dallas
NTT Communications, Casale, Kumo
Time, Inc. A&E Network, The Washington Post, News UK, McGraw Hill, Gilt, Toshiba, Deloitte, VMware
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