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Cohesity C4000 Series vs HPE SimpliVity comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cohesity C4000 Series
Ranking in HCI
31st
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE SimpliVity
Ranking in HCI
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
154
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Cohesity C4000 Series is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE SimpliVity is 8.7%, down from 10.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

reviewer1336899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides superior backups, protection from ransomware, and the ability to move data to the public cloud
It has provided superior backups and protection from ransomware I find all the features of this solution excellent. The ability to move data to the public cloud is valuable. The pricing and the partnerships with AWS and Azure can be improved. I have worked with it for two years. Its stability…
Mohammed Lokman Hossen - PeerSpot reviewer
Has integrated solutions and rapid recovery made management smoother and more reliable
There is the latest update from HPE regarding HPE SimpliVity. For virtualization, HPE has to depend on other manufacturers, OEMs such as VMware or Hyper-V. Recently, HPE declared the VM essential virtualization solution. In the future, if HPE integrates HPE SimpliVity with VM essential, that will be a great combination. Functionality-wise, I am totally satisfied with HPE SimpliVity, but for improvement, if HPE integrates its own virtualization solution, this combination and integration will be beneficial because this integration can be configured with the cloud-based system. A VM can be uploaded to the cloud from this, which will be advantageous for backup to other sites.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I find all the features of this solution excellent. The ability to move data to the public cloud is valuable."
"Its performance is quite good, and it is also easy to use. One of the biggest benefits is the included backup solution."
"The feature that I like the most is the backup feature embedded inside the HPE SimpliVity. When we have any activity, within five minutes, we have a backup. It also has PDR for performing disaster recovery."
"It doesn't take long to mount the entire VM somewhere and then copy it. That's one of the things that I like about SimpliVity's deduplication and compression. I can literally stand up a backup in minutes. It is like no time at all. They've got pretty phenomenal deduplication and compression. Within SimpliVity, one of the things that they do is deduplication and compression on ingestion. So, on the front side, everything is deduplicated and compressed, which, of course, adds some overhead to their solution. For instance, in my environment today, I've got roughly 30 terabytes of raw storage, and with their deduplication and compression, I'm over the 300 terabyte threshold with my active servers and all my backups."
"The configuration capabilities are good."
"It has instantaneous backup and lag-free restore. When everything is running, I can bring back a huge VM in less than 30 seconds. That's even better than Veeam."
"The globally federated architecture means that the backup across sites does not consume precious MPLS bandwidth, which is cool."
"We can backup with more frequency and minimize RPO and RTO."
"The HCI concept by itself is the most valuable feature of the solution. It is a full-fledged HCI. It is the main component. I think this is what makes the project valuable."
 

Cons

"The pricing and the partnerships with AWS and Azure can be improved."
"Not a lean architecture in terms of anything."
"The main issue with HPE SimpliVity is that you are very attached to VMware or VMware dependencies because the tool works with VMware technology."
"I would like some reporting about backup and replication."
"I think that they should have their own hyper-converged system."
"There is room for improvement in that there is a need for so many Federation nodes. It would help if they increased that capacity so that we didn't have to have so much hardware in our secondary site."
"I can say that the support was better when it was a separate company, when it was SimpliVity. But, now with HPE it has not been quite as good. B"
"Deployment could be simplified and more user friendly."
"I would love to see a more proactive approach to implementing patches and reaching out to customers with new initiatives."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is on a per case basis."
"In terms of the licenses, customers do not actually get any benefit."
"The pricing is very high."
"Its licensing is yearly."
"We spent $250,000 back in the day, and that was for two servers in my data center for that cluster. We then ran what they call an arbiter, and that took the place of a third server or the third node in the cluster. My DR site was one standalone server, and its horsepower was more than the two at my main site. It included my Cisco Switches that I needed to re-upgrade. It was comparable to what we were paying a year in VM."
"One big advantage with SimpliVity is that you don't need the higher license cost or VMware to put together a simple SimpliVity solution."
"It seemed like it was expensive at first. Now that I have had it installed for a period of time, I think I got a great deal."
"ESXi licensing is a big part of initial investment if you do not already have that covered."
"The licensing is on a yearly basis. The licensing cost also includes vCenter at a cost in the cloud solution."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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How does HPE Simplivity compare with VMware vSAN?
HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution that is primarily geared to mid-sized companies. We researched VMware vSAN but found HPE was a better option for us. HPE SimpliVity has ...
What do you like most about HPE SimpliVity?
The solution's technical support is good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE SimpliVity?
The price is almost equal to VMware vSAN, making it not much cost saving. However, the time-saving during upgrades is notable.
 

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Also Known As

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SimpliVity, HPE HCI
 

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