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Dell PowerStore vs QNAP NAS Storage comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 8, 2026

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 PowerStore
Ranking in NAS
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
250
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (7th), Enterprise SAN (1st), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)
QNAP NAS Storage
Ranking in NAS
13th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
2.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the NAS category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 8.1%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QNAP NAS Storage is 2.3%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NAS Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerStore8.1%
QNAP NAS Storage2.3%
Other89.6%
NAS
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2304864 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2847057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Engineer Systems And Security at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Unified storage has boosted recurring revenue and expanded data protection for diverse clients
In my experience, the best features QNAP NAS Storage offers are its focus on network-attached storage and its full ecosystem with applications. We can use it as an NVR without needing another NVR for a company. We can use the storage device as an NVR in QNAP NAS Storage. QNAP NAS Storage provides universal drivers, so not only QNAP's hard disks and SSDs can be used, but also universal brand hard disks and SSDs. QNAP NAS Storage also has myQNAPcloud storage for backup, hybrid backup solution, and Boxafe application, offering several applications to create a full solution ecosystem according to organizational requirements. The feature that stands out as most valuable to my customers is Boxafe because most organizations use Google and Microsoft, so they need to back up their Google and Microsoft data. We provide them Boxafe as a solution with QNAP NAS Storage, along with hybrid backup. I want to emphasize that we can use QNAP NAS Storage for every kind of industry, such as video editing, video creation, photography, healthcare, industrial, and enterprise IT. It provides backup and data protection, centralized management, and centralized access. It is very useful for every industry, so we give solutions according to their requirements, gathering different kinds of requirements from customers to provide suitable network-attached storage based on performance, hard disk capacity, and storage capacity. Often, customers request expansion units when storage capacity exceeds requirements, network expansion cards for network expansion, and parts from QNAP NAS Storage's brand.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The companies I sell Dell PowerStore to are extremely happy, as they keep expanding it and keep buying more shelves to expand the storage."
"The best features in Dell PowerStore are that it is not too difficult to configure, at least for those implementations that I was part of, and it basically just works."
"Migrations are very easy and fast."
"I find it interesting that it is so modular and designed for you to keep it for ten years while expanding on it."
"Currently, the features of replication and deduplication have been very important to us."
"The platform's reliability and built-in replication between disk systems have made our customers happy. It has worked consistently well over the years."
"The solution is very easy to implement."
"Dell PowerStore has helped reduce my organization's capital expenditures because once the storage is made available to the VMware environment in a clustered way, it makes it easy for the end user or VMware administrator to deploy virtual machines instantly."
"QNAP NAS Storage provides universal drivers, so not only QNAP's hard disks and SSDs can be used, but also universal brand hard disks and SSDs."
 

Cons

"Dell PowerStore has deduplication, but it may need more enhancement because in our case, it was not as efficient as Dell Data Domain."
"It needs more mature code."
"I was doubtful at the beginning when Dell PowerStore came out because there were many problems."
"However, when it was during EMC, it was much better. Now, during Dell's time, it's not as good as it used to be."
"There is an issue with Dell PowerStore related to future expansions which are software-related."
"I would rate Dell's customer service as good; however, the call centers and escalation teams are problematic and slow, with the process being very bureaucratic, which frustrates clients."
"During the installation phase, the licensing part was not straightforward. It was very difficult for the technicians, who are not trained Dell EMC technicians, to do the licensing because the information on their website is not straightforward... Eventually, I had to pass this task to our business partner and they did it for us."
"Dell PowerStore doesn't really have a lot of advantages over other products. It has no special features technically. Other products have better management and analytics features."
"I think QNAP NAS Storage can improve by focusing more on their hard disks, as hard disk prices have increased in the industry."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In the pricing and licensing department, the product is always too expensive."
"The pricing is good. There's no need to pay for a license; it's all-inclusive."
"PowerStore's pricing is reasonable."
"The rate is always too high. Nobody likes paying for it. I have not seen a client yet who says that the price should be higher. Initially, people look at it, but when they see what the benefits are, it is a no-brainer. We can give them good pricing at the outset."
"There are no separate licenses required as all the basic licenses are included in the bundle."
"We are happy with the pricing that we get from Dell."
"The solution’s pricing is always too high."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
20%
Manufacturing Company
18%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business83
Midsize Enterprise49
Large Enterprise124
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Questions from the Community

What do you think about Dell EMC PowerStore? Is it actually a new product?
PowerStore is flexible, scalable, simple, and performant with market-leading economics for a wide range of legacy and next-gen apps. It is only Flash and can support many workloads from today's app...
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 needs improvement with QNAP NAS Storage?
I think QNAP NAS Storage can improve by focusing more on their hard disks, as hard disk prices have increased in the industry. In Sri Lanka, we face a challenging situation finding hard disks at th...
What is your primary use case for QNAP NAS Storage?
My main use case for QNAP NAS Storage is that we are a distributor company, providing QNAP NAS Storage for customers according to their requirements. Partners bring us their deals for NAS storages,...
What advice do you have for others considering QNAP NAS Storage?
I would rate QNAP NAS Storage a nine out of ten. I choose nine out of ten for QNAP NAS Storage because, while we work with some other network-attached storages, most of the time, according to custo...
 

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