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Dell APEX vs HPE GreenLake comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell APEX
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Consumption Services
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE GreenLake
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Consumption Services
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Managed Cloud Services (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Consumption Services category, the mindshare of Dell APEX is 42.0%, up from 37.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE GreenLake is 46.5%, down from 48.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
HPE GreenLake46.5%
Dell APEX42.0%
Other11.5%
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services
 

Featured Reviews

JillurRahman - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Information Technology at Islamia Eye Hospital
Good data availability and resiliency with robust availability
The primary use case for Dell APEX is endpoint backup for endpoint security. We are planning to expand and include our server model and SAP data backup through Dell APEX in the near future Dell APEX has provided peace of mind by safeguarding our data. Though there hasn't been a noticeable impact…
HM
CEO at Cyber Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd.
Flexible monthly infrastructure has simplified management and improved client cost control
Some valuable points about HPE GreenLake are that it is a managed solution in the same pane of glass. HPE GreenLake integrates well with the existing infrastructure, and it is straightforward. HPE GreenLake positively impacts my organization because it saves money and time, and it improves my sales because I have another solution to reduce costs for the client. The client may need to pay two thousand dollars to change every infrastructure in one payment, but not all clients have the total amount available. However, if it is possible to pay month-to-month for the solution, it is much easier for the client to accept the proposal. HPE GreenLake's real-time monitoring tools are good, and I really need them to improve the services.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I found this product to be beneficial due to its consumption model, which allows businesses to acquire infrastructure that supports peak demand scenarios while only paying for what is used."
"The two key factors are ease of deployment and flexibility in utilizing and configuring storage as needed."
"The most valuable feature of Dell APEX for us is data availability, ensuring data resiliency and offering protection in case of data loss."
"The most valuable features of the solution are that the support is really good and the deployment is really easy."
"Absolute flexibility for scaling storage needs on demand."
"The most valuable feature for me is the ability to perform backups with a graphical user interface (GUI). It makes the process easy."
"It is the flexible way to pay for everything that you need and pay as you go."
"The solution's technical support does an excellent job."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to grow into a lower price point at some point in time."
"It sort of lines up with our direction to move to the cloud. By using a hybrid cloud service to get us there, this allows us to run our legacy workloads on-premise. Those which are not really suited to a proper cloud."
"HPE GreenLake is highly stable."
"It has made our organization's capacity management efforts so much better. Usually, engineers need to take time to worry about firmware updates and and getting that stuff done. However, that falls to the wayside, knowing with GreenLake's data center management and data center support that all the firmware has been tested for all the equipment that you have. When you apply the updates, nothing should go wrong, because it has already been fully tested."
 

Cons

"There needs to be some improvement in the response time of the tool's support team."
"In Latin America, they need to add more services to complement the solution and provide more options for managing the environment as some customers prefer not having responsibility for infrastructure."
"Dell APEX needs a dedicated support channel to raise support tickets easily."
"They all need to work on their pricing because you always want to get more for less."
"HPE GreenLake can improve by making some of the user's experience better. It can take some time to learn."
"HPE GreenLake can improve the price."
"The time to receive a price when I am going to a proposal is too long."
"The interconnects were a challenge originally, but they sorted that out, and It was fine. We did have to spend a bit more money."
"There could be better monitoring of growth and threshold usage so users could be more aware when their billing will change."
"Part of the integration, with cutting things over to Unisys, may have hurt us a bit. We had a couple of rough implementations earlier this year. Part of that was due to some internal system changes on HPE's side. We are keeping an eye on this to make sure it doesn't happen again."
"I would really like to see more granularity in the costing model. That's the one limitation that we do have: We have a lot of departments. We want to be able to break down, in a granular way, that this department is using X amount of resources, that department is using Y amount of resources... I want to be able to tag it and say, "This is this department's fees, this is that department's fees." That way I could charge back internally to my own departments."
"We are still managing the VMs in our IT operations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Right now, I don't have the details of the tool's cost, but the price depends on the size of the company and what kind of services you want from the solution. There are some additional costs attached to the tool."
"It's a small cost per month compared to that one-time purchase. The big thing is if you get your one-time purchase wrong, then you are buying a lot more. With GreenLake, if we miss estimate (which with all the planning, you usually don't), we sign a piece of paper, and then they send more equipment in."
"Pricing is based on usage plateaus. The more you use, the more you pay."
"It is significantly less expensive than going to cloud for development... Our cost is approximately $25,000 a month."
"HPE GreenLake payment model is you pay for what you use. You can purchase a yearly, quarterly, or half-year license. The overall price of the solution is a little high and hopeful there can be better margins in the future."
"If you are looking to turn some of your capital expense into operational expense, this allows you to do it. It is a good idea."
"The price could be more flexible."
"Right now we're paying about $180,000 per year."
"If you're used to buying HPE servers, it's less expensive than that. I don't really compare competitor servers because HPE has never given me any reason to look otherwise. However, if you get good pricing on HPE servers, you get better pricing on GreenLake."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
University
6%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell APEX?
The pricing is appealing because customers can compare the advantages of different financial models like investment, leasing, or APEX on Demand. Many customers, including those in the finance indus...
What needs improvement with Dell APEX?
In Latin America, they need to add more services to complement the solution and provide more options for managing the environment as some customers prefer not having responsibility for infrastructure.
What is your primary use case for Dell APEX?
The product is an on-demand service used for IT infrastructure, similar to HPE GreenLake, allowing the purchase of on-premise solutions, such as servers and storage, where users pay based on their ...
What do you like most about HPE GreenLake?
The solution's technical support does an excellent job.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE GreenLake?
We had a service and cost model established on utilization for specific KPIs, and we were measured by memory and storage, with no costs for CPU consumption.
What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake?
I am still struggling with monitoring, particularly with OpsRamp, which is not fully customized to our needs, especially for disaster recovery. In our scenario, we define a disaster recovery test c...
 

Also Known As

Dell Flex On Demand
GreenLake Flex Capacity, HPE Flexible Capacity, HPE FlexCap
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Capgemini Finland Infrastructure Services, Sogeti BeLux, Accenture
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