Dell SC Series vs Pure FlashArray X NVMe comparison

Dell Technologies and Pure Storage are both solutions in the All-Flash Storage category. Dell Technologies is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.8, while Pure Storage is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.7. Dell Technologies holds a 1.1% mindshare in AFS, compared to Pure Storage’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Pure Storage users who would recommend it.

Dell SC Series

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94% willing to recommend

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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100% willing to recommend

Dell SC Series

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

The Dell SC Series and Pure FlashArray X NVMe are high-performing storage solutions. Pure FlashArray X NVMe stands out for its advanced features, making it worth the investment over the Dell SC Series.

Features: Dell SC Series robust performance, scalability, and affordability; Pure FlashArray X NVMe speed, reliability, and comprehensive storage features

Room for Improvement: Dell SC Series better integration with third-party services, simpler update process, improved scalability options; Pure FlashArray X NVMe cost, documentation, interface complexity

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell SC Series straightforward deployment, mixed customer service experiences; Pure FlashArray X NVMe easy deployment, responsive support

Pricing and ROI: Dell SC Series cost-effective with solid ROI; Pure FlashArray X NVMe higher costs justified by superior performance and long-term benefits

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Dell SC Series vs. Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

9.3

Dell SC Series offers cost-effective virtualization, ease of management, and significant savings through flash disks, boosting ROI and user satisfaction.

Sentiment score

1.0

Organizations reduced costs and improved performance with Pure FlashArray X NVMe, achieving quick ROI and efficient resource management.

Users were very happy when I bought it, as it significantly lowered disk response times.

reviewer2618529

It adviser at a security firm with 201-500 employees

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If you wait more than seven years to buy another one, you get a return on your investment.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.2

Dell SC Series support is highly rated for its responsiveness, knowledgeable staff, and effective issue resolution globally.

Sentiment score

7.1

Pure FlashArray X NVMe's technical support is praised for responsiveness, despite occasional follow-up issues, earning high customer satisfaction.

Advanced support offers instant replacement without delays.

Ramnesh Kumar

System Administrator at Lovely Professional University

Compared to other companies, Dell SC Series offers one of the best support experiences in my career.

RafaelGamaluis

Architect Engineer, IT INFRASTRUCTURES Project Manager at Vilavi

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Customers always have their issues resolved promptly.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

Technical support is good at least through vendors, not directly with the principal.

Shakeel Qureshi

Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.1

Dell SC Series offers flexible, scalable storage for businesses of all sizes, though some note cost and controller limitations.

Sentiment score

7.1

Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers scalable storage with low latency, easy upgrades, though capacity customization and high costs are noted.

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It hasn't broken down anytime in the last six to seven years, despite hurricanes, earthquakes, and power outages.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.9

Dell SC Series is stable, cost-effective, with minimal downtime and maintenance, praised for replication and reliable performance despite setup complexities.

Sentiment score

8.1

Pure Storage offers exceptional stability and reliability with outstanding support, consistently achieving high user ratings for performance and service.

In storages, stability is the most important aspect, even before performance.

reviewer2618529

It adviser at a security firm with 201-500 employees

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I would rate the stability of the product at seven out of ten.

Gary Cheung

Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees

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Room For Improvement

Dell SC Series needs improved user-friendliness, technical support, integration, scalability, and features like compression, automation, and cloud compatibility.

Pure FlashArray X requires cost-effective improvements in UI, integration, cloud features, multitenancy, analytics, backup, AI, and scalability.

In the future, I want any box that comes on-premises to have the provision to integrate with cloud storage.

Ramnesh Kumar

System Administrator at Lovely Professional University

Dell PowerStore, which supports NVMe over TCP, is different and not very affordable.

reviewer2618529

It adviser at a security firm with 201-500 employees

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Storage replication should be essential.

Shakeel Qureshi

Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I would like to see some AI features that would allow arrays to intelligently identify threats or unusual behavior in the data pattern and give an alert.

Santhosh Sridhara

Cloud Architect at DXC Technology

One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

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Setup Cost

Dell SC Series offers competitive and scalable enterprise storage, with varied pricing and discounts for partnering users.

Enterprise buyers see Pure FlashArray X NVMe as a justified premium investment due to performance and comprehensive licensing.

Sometimes Dell offers better performance for less money.

reviewer2618529

It adviser at a security firm with 201-500 employees

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The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits.

Enes SUZER

Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.

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Valuable Features

Dell SC Series provides performance, auto-tiering, and replication with ease of management, scalability, high availability, and strong support.

Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers exceptional performance, reliability, scalability, and seamless VMware integration, enhancing workload efficiency and user experience.

The storage also lowered the response time of disks across the entire farm, making it a great product for operational efficiency.

reviewer2618529

It adviser at a security firm with 201-500 employees

The system automatically shifts hot and cold data according to usage, with features like resilient hardware and controllers.

Ramnesh Kumar

System Administrator at Lovely Professional University

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Its data compression feature is the best that we have ever seen.

Eugene Hemphill

Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed.

Enes SUZER

Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.

It was one of the main requirements to have a FlashArray, and this really has sorted out these issues.

Shakeel Qureshi

Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

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Categories and Ranking

Dell SC Series

Ranking in All-Flash Storage

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Frame-Based Disk Arrays (2nd)

Pure FlashArray X NVMe

Ranking in All-Flash Storage

17th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Dell SC Series is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 1.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

All-Flash Storage Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell SC Series	1.1%
Pure FlashArray X NVMe	1.4%
Other	97.5%

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Ramnesh Kumar

System Administrator at Lovely Professional University

Storage solutions accommodate diverse drives and offers good resiliency

Technical support is good. I can log complaints online through the portal and have engineers in line. I can also take dedicated engineers if needed, although this involves a different support cost. As far as my requirements are concerned, it is working fine. There are two or three types of support. Standard support involves logging a complaint and receiving a call from the OEM on the same day, but hardware replacement takes two to three days. Advanced support offers instant replacement without delays. Hardware support terms include calling or emailing the company or logging the call in the portal to receive remote support, or getting a dedicated engineer or account manager from Dell.

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Jaehoon Oh

Chief Technology Officer at Lambda256

Supports efficient storage management through volume snapshots and offers reliable non-disruptive upgrades

I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could be enhanced. I can see the performance statistics in the Pure Storage console, but it does not show the performance by 4K byte unit. It displays IOPS and bandwidth, but IOPS is about real use, and I want to know how many IOPS are currently running in 4K byte units. I cannot see that IOPS because most storage systems report their performance by 4K byte unit. I want to see Pure Storage performance by 4K byte unit to compare with other storage or other internal NVMe SSD.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

11%

University

10%

Performing Arts

Outsourcing Company

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell SC Series?

In our case, we received favorable pricing with Dell because of our strong partnership. While I acknowledge that Dell SC Series can be expensive for many companies, we received good discounts. The ...

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What needs improvement with Dell SC Series?

For us, it is a great product. The deduplication and compression could potentially be improved, though they are already good. We cannot identify any significant areas that need improvement.

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What is your primary use case for Dell SC Series?

We use Dell SC Series in a VMware environment.

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What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?

The price of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is very expensive, though I do not know the actual price because I am using the Evergreen monthly payment. I do not know the exact device price, but I think the ...

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Pure FlashArray X NVMe

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Also Known As

SC Series Storage, Compellent

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X

Overview

Dell EMC SC Series arrays provide a unified platform for the ultimate in performance, adaptability and machine-driven efficiency. SC Series software delivers modern features that help you meet aggressive workload demands using the fewest drives necessary. With an open, future-ready design, SC Series storage integrates seamlessly with applications and infrastructure, enabling you to scale on a single platform and add capabilities without forklift upgrades.

Dell Technologies

Pure Storage FlashArray//X is the world’s first enterprise-class, all-NVMe flash storage array. It represents a new class of storage – shared accelerated storage, which is a term coined by Gartner – that delivers major breakthroughs in performance, simplicity, and consolidation.

Pure Storage

Sample Customers

TGen, Frost Science, Gerrie Electric

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company

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