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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
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE GreenLake
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Consumption Services
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Managed Cloud Services (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Consumption Services category, the mindshare of Dell APEX is 41.4%, up from 41.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE GreenLake is 42.9%, down from 48.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell APEX41.4%
HPE GreenLake42.9%
Other15.700000000000003%
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services
 

Featured Reviews

Pranay Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior software engineer at Simplify vms
Flexible hiring platform has handled peak campus drives and protects sensitive candidate data
User interface improvement is also needed in Dell APEX. The recruiters using Hire-HQ are not very technical and struggle to interpret metrics to the extent of IOPS. We could streamline the interface to make it more understandable for end users. Implementing real-time monitoring visualization is a key feature we want because seeing how Dell APEX performs in real-time would be very beneficial. Dell APEX can be improved with a better auto-scaling strategy. I have used AWS, which has features to the extent of HPA, horizontal pod auto-scaling that increases the number of servers when there is an increase in API calls. Vertical scaling is limited to some extent, and automatic scaling can improve to avoid delays, transitioning from manual to semi-automatic. Additionally, smarter resource planning for cost optimization can still be refined, as resources sometimes get over-allocated, causing prices to rise unnecessarily. Pricing-wise, it can be a bit costly because at times it allocates more resources than necessary, which increases costs. The consumption model can improve by fine-tuning it according to our needs to ensure it remains affordable for end users. It operates on a subscription-based model, which is beneficial as we track monthly consumption.
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

"The most valuable feature of Dell APEX for us is data availability, ensuring data resiliency and offering protection in case of data loss."
"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."
"We measured the infrastructure cost reduction by using Dell APEX to dynamically scale our back end and storage during campus drives, which helped us manage traffic that was three times the initial load without any downtime."
"Dell APEX positively impacts my organization by solving many hardware costs, as we are paying a pay-as-you-go model, which is very beneficial for us and saves a lot of money."
"The major benefits that Dell APEX provides for me are cost-effectiveness and data security."
"I would suggest that people use Dell APEX because it is very good and scalable for that purpose, promoting company growth."
"Instead of having to purchase a server and implement it, we subscribe to Dell APEX and everything is handled by the Dell team, which is a very easy and efficient process."
"The two key factors are ease of deployment and flexibility in utilizing and configuring storage as needed."
"HPE GreenLake is highly stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to grow into a lower price point at some point in time."
"By establishing a service provider responsible for backup and restore and having monthly service meetings with them, we have reduced our management effort by more than fifty percent."
"The solution integrates well with Dell, Cisco switches, or other switches."
"It has helped us with the planning, and in concert with this, we are doing a lot of virtualizations. For a lot of cases, we are bringing in less gear and equipment to be able to accomplish the same things. It makes better use of what we do bring in."
"The fact that we can now add storage on the fly without any downtime means better productivity and scalability on demand."
"We have seen ROI, reducing our organization's capacity management efforts by around 40 to 50 percent and saving our organization 30 to 40 percent while decreasing the time it takes to deploy IT projects by 50 percent."
"Its performance is a significant improvement over the legacy stack that we had."
 

Cons

"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."
"I believe Dell APEX can be improved because it is very complex for people who do not know it or are very new to it, so they need to simplify their UI or UX."
"Dell APEX needs a dedicated support channel to raise support tickets easily."
"I believe the price should be lower as there are many products available now."
"Pricing-wise, it can be a bit costly because at times it allocates more resources than necessary, which increases costs."
"They all need to work on their pricing because you always want to get more for less."
"There needs to be some improvement in the response time of the tool's support team."
"HPE GreenLake can improve the price."
"We are still managing the VMs in our IT operations."
"Because VMware is very expensive right now, offering another solution for a hypervisor from HP at a much lower cost of six hundred dollars a year is really awesome."
"I don't think we have seen an actual return on investment or that the return is not directly related to the product."
"Both times that we've had to increase the hardware, the deployment took way longer than expected. In addition, we haven't yet gotten to a use point where the cost is below what it would cost us to provision the same set of services on HPE hardware outside of the GreenLake service."
"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."
"The time to receive a price when I am going to a proposal is too long."
"The support service needs improvement. The support team isn't very active in addressing cases. It should also provide a web application."
 

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."
"Our first year costs were approximately $1.2 million instead of spending five to six million dollars."
"In terms of pricing, it's a bit on the higher side."
"Pricing is based on usage plateaus. The more you use, the more you pay."
"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."
"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."
"We have reduced a lot of our VMware licensing costs."
"The price could be more flexible."
"It is significantly less expensive than going to cloud for development... Our cost is approximately $25,000 a month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell APEX?
Dell APEX saves my time, although I won't say it saves money as there are additional costs.
What needs improvement with Dell APEX?
The organization can combine traditional on-premises infrastructure with Dell APEX block data storage services, allowing them to burst compute and storage on demand when performing large-scale data...
What is your primary use case for Dell APEX?
I use Dell APEX to shift infrastructure management into a flexible consumption-based model. I use Dell APEX to accelerate hybrid cloud deployment, scaling storage, and intensive workloads by automa...
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?
HPE GreenLake solution is very good. Another solution that really improves the offering is what HP created for its own hypervisor solution. Because VMware is very expensive right now, offering anot...
What is your primary use case for HPE GreenLake?
I have dealt with HPE GreenLake for approximately one year. Initially, I offered service only, but this year, I am using it to sell HP products because the supplier in Puerto Rico, Solution Box, he...
 

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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