Dell PowerStore vs Kovair Data Lake comparison

Dell Technologies and Kovair are both solutions in the Data Warehouse category. Dell Technologies is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.7, while Kovair is ranked #25. Dell Technologies holds a 1.4% mindshare in Data Warehouse, compared to Kovair’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Kovair users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerStore

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100% willing to recommend

Dell PowerStore

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Kovair Data Lake and Dell PowerStore are competitors in the data management and storage space. Dell PowerStore appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced storage capabilities and efficiency, despite Kovair's competitive pricing.

Features: Kovair Data Lake provides flexible data integration, comprehensive analytics, and high versatility. Dell PowerStore offers powerful storage optimization, scalability, and efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Kovair Data Lake is straightforward to deploy with responsive support, ensuring easy integration into existing systems. Dell PowerStore requires a more complex setup but provides detailed guidance and strong customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Kovair Data Lake presents a cost-effective solution with promising ROI through its integration strengths. Dell PowerStore has higher setup costs yet delivers significant ROI from its superior storage capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed Dell PowerStore vs. Kovair Data Lake Report (Updated: December 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore

Ranking in Data Warehouse

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

164

Ranking in other categories

NAS (1st), Enterprise SAN (1st), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)

Kovair Data Lake

Ranking in Data Warehouse

25th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kovair Data Lake is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Warehouse Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell PowerStore	1.4%
Kovair Data Lake	1.3%
Other	97.3%

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reviewer2304864

Vmware Windows Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Resilience has supported proactive management and secured audit readiness across multiple sites

The resilience in Dell PowerStore benefits my company from an auditing perspective because we know we have that resilience in place. I see Dell PowerStore playing a bigger role in the future because we are starting to use it more, and that is pushing it. The biggest return on investment for me when using Dell PowerStore is scalability. Scalability is key. I can amplify that scalability is the biggest return on investment because we have redundancy between two sites; if something goes down, we have to manage it, but we want to do it proactively.

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LuizKazan

Head of Solutions at Embratel

Ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class

The deployment process is very fast. We have prepared the product to be easily installed, and we have had successful cases where it could be implemented in less than a few weeks. Moreover, Around three or four people in a call center are involved in maintaining the solution. We have a project manager, a service manager, and at least two or three system analysts who handle the maintenance. If there are any issues, we can open a support ticket for them to address.

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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 is the functionality of the integration between the storage and the domain."

"PowerStore is easy to use. All the drives use soft encryption. To upgrade it, you download the app, and it runs by itself. It's very easy to deploy, share, and create volumes."

"It's really good, price-wise. It's cost-effective."

"This solution is very useful to us as we use it internally for all of the services that we need. We use it as a lab and we showcase new technology to the customers and how it can help them going forward."

"Dell PowerStore's compression and deduplication technologies are a big help for our organization."

"Gives us flexibility, performance, and ease of use. It also has some very good compression capabilities. We were looking for a solution that was easy to install in our VMware environment, that was flexible. PowerStore X is a type of a VMware cluster that you install inside your environment. If you have a VMware environment, like we have in production, it's easy to install and use."

"I have seen a return on investment with Dell PowerStore as it does what we wanted it to do. It gives me peace of mind."

"Dell PowerStore has a nice user interface and works as it should; it's fast and stable to work with, and it seems to be good for our purpose."

More Dell PowerStore pros

"The most valuable feature is the ability to interact with teachers in real-time and manage lessons after class."

"The tool's most valuable features for us are its combination of formatting, ETL, analytics, and storage capabilities."

Cons

"When we go to buy or populate more drives in the storage array, they're so expensive. If they could lower the cost for components, we would definitely expand them more and be more inclined to buy more storage units, but it's currently a price crunch for us."

"The management UI is pretty decent and gets the job done, but the upgrade process is challenging."

"To improve, they could enhance their attitude and empathy by putting themselves in the shoes of the other person when providing support."

"We experienced some concerns during a previous firmware upgrade when the controllers became unresponsive, which affected operations."

"Pricing must also be considered, as Dell PowerStore is quite expensive compared to competitors in the market like HPE Alletra, Huawei Dorado, or Hitachi storage, for example."

"The only problem is that it came out a bit early; before version 3.6, it didn't have the features that customers expected, and it was difficult to work with because we didn't have metro-cluster."

"The UI should be a little more user-friendly to manage."

"We need to find a way to ensure the cache data is safe and secure."

More Dell PowerStore cons

"Maybe the chat conversation feature could be improved."

"The solution is expensive. For future releases, it would be beneficial if Kovair Data Lake could enhance its ETL and data capabilities."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are no separate licenses required as all the basic licenses are included in the bundle."

"Dealing with the licensing part of the product is very simple, especially considering the fact that we don't have many licenses associated with the tool."

"Dell PowerStore charges for the hardware warranty every three years. The price will depend on the storage model or how much hardware it has."

"The solution is expensive."

"Dell PowerStore is more expensive than Dell EMC Unity All Flash. Dell PowerStore's performance metrics were way higher than what Dell EMC Unity All Flash offered."

"Dell PowerStore is not a cheap solution."

"Dell PowerStore is affordable and the license is just a face license which is great."

"As compared to others, PowerStore is cheaper."

More Dell PowerStore pricing and cost advice

"I rate the tool's pricing a five out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	54
Midsize Enterprise	34
Large Enterprise	81

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Questions from the Community

What do you think about Dell EMC PowerStore? Is it actually a new product?

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What's the difference between DELL EMC Powerstore and Powermax NVMe?

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Overview

Dell PowerStore is a scalable, high-performance platform supporting both modern and traditional workloads, enhancing IT operations with AI-driven automation and advanced data reduction features.

Designed for flexibility, Dell PowerStore integrates seamlessly with VMware, providing robust security and high IOPS. Users benefit from fast NVMe storage, intelligent data management, and scalable performance to handle diverse workload demands. However, improvements are needed in replication, enterprise functionalities, and UI complexity. Stability and support issues highlight the need for enhanced monitoring and pricing strategies.

What are the key features of Dell PowerStore?

Advanced Compression: Optimizes storage capacity effectively.
Data Deduplication: Reduces redundant data, improving efficiency.
Scalability: Easily adjusts to growing business needs.
VMware Integration: Enhances virtualization performance.
AI-Driven Management: Simplifies IT operations.
NVMe Storage: Provides fast, reliable access to data.
Robust Security: Ensures data protection.

What benefits does Dell PowerStore offer?

High Performance: Supports demanding applications with high IOPS.
Flexible Design: Adapts to changing workload requirements.
Cost Efficiency: Promotes ROI through data reduction and scaling.
Enhanced Management: Streamlines operations with AI and integrations.
Improved Data Handling: Efficiently manages databases and storage.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and IT, Dell PowerStore is critical for VMware virtualization, high-performance databases, and backup storage. It supports hosting virtual machines, mirroring storage, and handling SAP and Oracle databases effectively. Its role in hybrid and on-premises setups showcases its adaptability and integration capabilities for mission-critical tasks.

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Kovair Data Lake is a central database that comes with SQL server support. This makes it capable of storing data from multiple projects residing in diversified tools used by an organization. Based on organizational needs, the stored data is then segregated by departments or business units. Kovair Data Lake also comes with a very intuitive UI interface for managing and monitoring of the Data Lake.

Many organizations use enterprise data warehouses to meet both operational and reporting needs. However, apart from offering a storage and management facilities, there are certain limitations that organizations continue to face. These are –

- Real-time synchronization of data within a centralized data storage

- Traceability and governance of stored data

- Low-cost storage infrastructure compared to Big Data or Data Warehouse

- Handling of low volume but highly diversified data

- Prescriptive analytics that will aid in taking data-driven decisions and on-time service delivery

Kovair has been a market leader in the domain of data integration with a marquee of clients from networking, semiconductor, telecom, manufacturing, banking and finance. Over the recent years, it has witnessed a shift in focus for organizations using multiple tools and different teams. While Kovair Omnibus provides the support for features like traceability, cross tool reporting, and task-based workflow that is simply not enough! Customers today are looking for central data store where data coming from different tools used in an organization could be accumulated in its native format.

Data Lake presents a low-cost alternative to exploding storage and processing costs of traditional warehouses.

While traditional data warehouses store data in hierarchical format. Data Lake offers a central database repository with a flat architecture for storing the data. This protects the data from unwanted manipulation, enabling businesses to take informed decisions accurately and building a better business-customer relationship.

Product Highlights:

- Large Data Repository for Central Administration

- Tool Extractors with WS/SQL Communication Support

- Web-based Data Lake Portal

More details - https://www.kovair.com/data-lake/

Kovair

Sample Customers

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HSBC, NVIDIA, APPLIED MATERIALS, Allscripts, CISCO, Honeywell

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