Dell PowerStore vs Microsoft Analytics Platform System comparison

Dell PowerStore vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore

Ranking in Data Warehouse

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

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

Microsoft Analytics Platfor...

Ranking in Data Warehouse

17th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 1.0%. The mindshare of Microsoft Analytics Platform System is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hassan_Zaki

Senior Presales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Integrated AI and clustering enhance storage operations effectively

I promote and recommend Dell PowerStore for all workloads to my clients and customers. Most of my customers have one appliance per site. Approximately 80% of my customers have Dell PowerStore implemented in their data centers. We always use CLS as another Dell solution for cybersecurity and data security. The CLS is integrated with the Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Domain, not with Dell PowerStore. Windows, Linux, and some customers use Red Hat or SUSE. We have many operating systems working with Dell PowerStore in the same environments and data centers. CloudIQ and Storage IQ are used by some customers, but Apex AIOps has not been widely adopted yet. Dell PowerStore has integration with VMware and Kubernetes. Most workloads work fine and have very good integration with Dell PowerStore, except for one or two specific workloads in the market. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Dell PowerStore a nine.

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MahmoudMohamed1

Senior Data Engineer at Tatweer Educational Technologies Company - TETCO

Offers smooth data integration between systems, but requires better real-time analytics capabilities

We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services. This lets us continue using private databases without paying additional licensing fees. Additionally, the license includes Analytics services and Power BI, which work on-premises, unlike most other technologies that require cloud solutions.

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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

"For access from virtual machines, iSCSI, and NFS, it is very good. It helps increase performance."

"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."

"The companies I sell Dell PowerStore to are extremely happy, as they keep expanding it and keep buying more shelves to expand the storage."

"I have seen some return on investment. Since we were refreshing our infrastructure, the return on investment has been that I am able to concentrate my time on high-level items rather than small-level items that come from the aging infrastructure that we had before."

"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerStore is the speed."

"The solution's technical support is excellent. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten."

"The latency and the security are the most valuable features of Dell PowerStore."

"PowerStore is robust compared to the previous models like Unity, and it provides excellent compression and deduplication."

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"This solution will connect to any database, you can combine databases, and you can create a cube or tabular model."

"Microsoft Analytics Platform System's most valuable feature is its ecosystems and seamless integration with other Microsoft reporting platforms and databases."

"I like that it's integrated with other Azure products."

"It is closely integrated with other products in the MS portfolio."

"This is a well-integrated solution and that integration empowers results."

"The Cube Solution is quite different when compared to the rest of the competition and has unique functionality for advanced analytics."

"We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services."

"Helps our customers to discover trends, which provides useful information based on their business."

Cons

"I do not like having to use VPLEX for synchronous replication, as opposed to having the store software built-in."

"The initial setup was a little bit cumbersome. We had a bit of an adoption process internally. It wasn't immediately straightforward on day one."

"Dell PowerStore does not have features that specifically cater to the needs of our company or industry that are outstanding among others, but reliability is crucial, and ease of management is also important."

"Improvements could be made in the replication solutions of Dell PowerStore. Even though replication between Dell PowerStores is possible, high latency connectivity is problematic."

"If I could improve anything about Dell PowerStore, there are a couple of in-the-weeds features that I would want to see, such as the size of snapshots to know when we can expire some of them."

"Dell PowerStore is a very expensive storage solution. That said, the speed for recovering information is amazing. I would make the product cheaper. The discounts from Dell to South America are not sufficient because we need better pricing. The discounts for small PowerStores are not enough to close deals since I'm a distributor. As both a user and seller, it's challenging to sell Dell PowerStore to the channel or final customers because we don't have enough discount from Dell."

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

"One suggestion for improvement would be related to volume management by both controllers. Currently, a volume is managed by a single controller, with alternate controllers managing different volumes based on load distribution. For example, if volume one is managed by controller one, volume two will be managed by controller two. In other vendors' solutions, both controllers participate in the I/Os. It would be more efficient if the volumes were controlled by both controllers in an active-active configuration."

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"Functionality needs to be more up-to-date with competing products."

"The flexibility of this solution needs to be improved because you cannot make changes at every one of the different steps."

"Releases of new products and functionality is never accompanied by associated documentation, training and resources that adequately explain the release."

"The pricing model needs to be improved."

"Machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities need to be more friendly for beginning users."

"Hybrid environments are complex to manage."

"Microsoft Analytics Platform System could have better support."

"I think the biggest problem with the product is that it does a data ingest model, which is very expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the price of Dell PowerStore a seven out of ten."

"In terms of licensing, my organization has Dell Technologies End User License Agreement (EULA), but I don't know exactly how it works, though it is a big bundle of licenses for Dell Data Domain, Dell EMC Unity XT, Dell PowerStore, Dell ECS, and all such kinds of storage arrays."

"PowerStore's pricing is reasonable."

"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."

"It is expensive compared to one of its competitors."

"The price is not cheap, but it's worth it for the features you get from the storage. If you can afford it, you are probably buying the best solution that you can have for this virtual environment."

"The price is high compared to the Tunisian market."

"Pricing depends on the model and negotiation. Sometimes we manage to get good discounts, sometimes not."

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"Users have to pay extra for premium-level technical support."

"The initial price is lower than Oracle, but extensive use of SQL may lead to a higher total cost of ownership."

"I rate Microsoft Analytics Platform System a seven out of ten for pricing."

"We are currently paying $200,000 a year for all the different parts of the suite during an ingest model Microsoft now charges us $700,000 a year."

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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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How does Dell's EMC PowerStore compare with its EMC Unity XT?

Dell EMC PowerStore is a unified storage platform that has the added benefit of being scalable. The automated management of resources feature provides a more simple administration. I found the flex...

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

Dell PowerStore is an all-solid-state midrange storage system. It has many internal elements taken from other Dell offerings and integrated into the PowerStoreOS. The installation and setup have a ...

What do you like most about Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

It's not too confusing. It's based on features, and we don't have to buy additional licenses.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us. Moreover, there are some permission limitations.

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Also Known As

PowerStore

Microsoft APS, MS Analytics Platform System

Overview

Dell PowerStore stands out for its high performance, flexibility, and easy integration with VMware. It offers notable data compression and deduplication capabilities while providing powerful NVMe support and machine learning to optimize IT operations.

Dell PowerStore is designed to offer a comprehensive approach to IT infrastructure by enhancing performance and simplifying management. It is particularly suitable for companies that require scalable solutions to increase compute or capacity independently. Featuring built-in intelligence, PowerStore allows efficient storage consolidation and reduced footprint, while integration with CloudIQ enhances monitoring and analytics. However, there are areas for improvement, such as stability, enterprise features, and the user interface. Pricing is high, and support responsiveness needs attention. Organizations primarily use PowerStore for VMware environments, storage, and data protection, supporting high-performance databases and VMware workloads. It is utilized in data centers for disaster recovery and hybrid setups.

What are the key features of Dell PowerStore?

Flexibility: Independently scales compute or capacity
High Performance: Offers powerful NVMe support and machine learning
Integration: Easily integrates with VMware
Data Efficiency: Provides data compression and deduplication
Simplified Management: Built-in intelligence for efficient storage management

What benefits should users consider?

Performance Optimization: Enhance IT operations with machine learning
Scalability: Increase compute or storage capacity as needed
Integration Potential: Improve efficiency with VMware and CloudIQ
Data Protection: Reliable for disaster recovery and hybrid environments

In industries like IT, finance, and healthcare, Dell PowerStore supports efficient data management and enhances infrastructure performance. Organizations leverage it to manage extensive data, streamline virtualization processes, and facilitate migration from legacy systems, while integrating cloud and on-premises infrastructures for improved operations.

Dell Technologies

The Microsoft Analytics Platform System can meet the demands of your evolving data warehouse environment with its scale-out, massively parallel processing integrated system supporting hybrid data warehouse scenarios. It provides the ability to query across relational and non-relational data by leveraging Microsoft PolyBase and industry-leading big data technologies. It offers the lowest price per terabyte for large data warehouse workloads.

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Sample Customers

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Transport for London, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG, Prometeia, Tangerine, SSM Health Care, Service Corporation International

Dell PowerStore vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System