FlexPod XCS vs Oracle SuperCluster comparison

NetApp and Oracle are both solutions in the Converged Infrastructure category. NetApp is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0. NetApp holds a 12.6% mindshare in CI, compared to Oracle’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

FlexPod XCS and Oracle SuperCluster are two competitive solutions in the converged infrastructure category. Based on the analysis, FlexPod XCS tends to have the upper hand in terms of deployment flexibility and support, while Oracle SuperCluster stands out with its high performance and seamless integration in Oracle environments.

Features: FlexPod XCS is recognized for its flexibility, scalability, and compatibility, allowing for seamless integration of various components and a certified architecture that eases support processes. Users appreciate features like single-vendor support, high availability, and ease of deployment. Oracle SuperCluster offers high performance and integrates components such as Oracle and Exadata well, providing a performance-oriented system mainly suited for Oracle environments.

Room for Improvement: FlexPod XCS could improve with unified management, streamlined certification processes, and better pricing structures. Users see potential enhancements in automation, cloud component integration, and a unified support model. Oracle SuperCluster could benefit from improved integration with non-Oracle systems and a better GUI for administration, alongside a more user-friendly interface and enhanced compatibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FlexPod XCS is known for its verified architecture and excellent integration capabilities, which enhance deployment experiences. Customer service is generally responsive with a unified support model despite the occasional complexity. Oracle SuperCluster, primarily integrated within Oracle infrastructures, requires specific expertise for deployment. Customer service is comprehensive but focuses on Oracle-specific solutions.

Pricing and ROI: FlexPod XCS is often considered expensive, but its scalability, management ease, and reliability justify the costs for many users, who report efficiency and reduced operational costs but still have concerns about pricing. Oracle SuperCluster's pricing aligns with its rich features for Oracle ecosystems. Despite the cost, users value the performance benefits for Oracle-based workloads, making the decision dependent on specific business needs.

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Categories and Ranking

FlexPod XCS

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

295

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle SuperCluster

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

6th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the mindshare of FlexPod XCS is 12.6%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SuperCluster is 4.6%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Converged Infrastructure Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
FlexPod XCS	12.6%
Oracle SuperCluster	4.6%
Other	82.8%

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Featured Reviews

John Kevin

Deputy IT Manager at MBBank

Enforces standardized setup procedures following Certified Validated Design (CVD) guidelines and offers greater flexibility and control over the system compared to traditional systems

The GUI setup follows the right setup, meaning we have to follow the CVDi.e. Certified Validated Design. Everything is clear, because you can build CI yourself, but without rules, it can be messy. With FlexPod, there are rules to follow, making it more standardized. This helps with troubleshooting and compatibility assessments, simplifying troubleshooting significantly. We also use FlexPod pre-validated architectures to validate the design. It is very, very important to us because we had a bad case in 2015 where separate items integrated poorly due to no version or firmware compatibility certification. Troubleshooting became a nightmare. So, standards are crucial for us, and everything entering production should be verified or at least documented for certification.

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Shafiq Khan

Senior Manager IT Operations at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Provides excellent internal communication and scalability

Scalability depends on the workload because SuperCluster is available in three models: small, medium, and high-end configurations. The high-end configuration is suitable for very large organizations. However, scalability is limited by the initial configuration. You can upgrade to medium or high configurations if starting with a small configuration. Expanding with a high-end configuration requires adding a new rack or configuring a new SuperCluster instance and integrating it with the existing setup. Approximately three thousand or more users can simultaneously access the SuperCluster.

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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

"DR has been tremendously easier."

"It's all converged into one consolidated platform, which works well together."

"There are very many features, but from experience, the single point of contact for support has been valuable to our customers."

"We found FlexPod to be innovative when it comes to compute, storage, and networking. We've taken advantage of their storage optimizations to obtain better use out of the space. We upgraded to All Flash FAS (AFF), which has provided a huge performance increase that we haven't barely scratched the surface of. We have plenty of overhead, so that's always nice when taking on tasks which might have otherwise taxed a smaller system."

"It can scale, compute, and storage independently by what we need."

"It's flexible. You can scale up or out. Our environment has never needed it, but the option has always been there."

"SolidFire all-flash block storage system in an existing FlexPod data center environment. This improves the agility and performance, including the additional load of cabling."

"The overall versatility and validate designs are great. We previously used a different platform, but we gained a lot of utilization with FlexPod."

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"Because SuperCluster is a specially engineered system, we have confidence in that all the components are compatible with one another. Everything runs together as a well-coupled group of machines, and the performance is great (especially the memory)."

"Because it's classified as an engineered system, it's all integrated, it's all supported by one vendor. We don't have to go to multiple vendors for support, it's all integrated under Oracle."

"Our primary use case is for E-Business Suite applications the applications for the government, and most of the applications that use an HCM."

"Unix is not as easy for the users, it needs more maintenance and costs extra."

"In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server."

"A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries."

"The two features that I find to be the most valuable are high availability and high performance."

"The performance is significantly improved, and the administration is easy because it is a single platform end-to-end."

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Cons

"I would like to see synchronous replication and easier automation in the next release."

"I'd like to see a little more on the provisioning and the replication piece... Also, I don't want to say analytics are lacking but I'd like to see more analytics."

"FlexPod should focus more on automation. Integrating an automation tool with FlexPod would enable customers to leverage automation capabilities."

"We don't see the much DR capability within the FlexPod so for that, we have to maintain our own DR capability with DSRM."

"This is an expensive solution."

"There are apparently some new products coming around the whole FlexPod side of things with regards to auditing, to ensure everything is configured correctly. It's basically a "delta" if there have been any changes. It's important to us, from a support perspective, to know if there have been changes and what impact they have actually had."

"I would like to see drag and drop connectivity to Azure and Amazon."

"One touch upgrades would be nice."

More FlexPod XCS cons

"There are many areas for improvement. For example, better guidance in terms of troubleshooting issues relating to ZFS, as well as better tools/diagnostics for monitoring that specific component, to better identify potential issues. Hardware monitoring via OEM 13.2 is not 100 percent, as Ops Center is still required in some instances."

"We have faced network connectivity issues."

"They may have made some improvements but based on the version that I am using, it is a little complicated because it is based on the Unix Operating system."

"If it had capabilities to integrate really well with DB2 or SQL Server or Hitachi SANs, those sort of things, that would be a real benefit. Right now, it's fully supported only under all Oracle infrastructure."

"It's not working as we expected. We thought it would be fast and reliable but we are not getting the reliability. It's not stable."

"A major issue for us is that after the most recent update of SuperCluster, they have now stopped all future production of new versions. That is to say, after M7 there was M8, and now there are no future versions planned (e.g. M9) in the market."

"I would like to see control domain and zone management via a management console, similar to that of OVM."

"If they had an application that centralized the administration, not about the monitoring, but for the configuration, it would be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is cheaper than other products. For example, Dell EMC VxBlock is more expensive."

"We have saved time, money, space, and power consumption on new service deployments. We have a data center in Toronto which had ten racks on one of the new servers. This was all reduced to two racks with six chassis, which is amazing."

"The scalability is very good. I wish it was a more cost-effective, but you get what you pay for."

"In terms of the cost, the last bill I saw was about $3.5 million, from the latest contract. That might have been for a five-year contract."

"It seems very cost effective once it's in place, and it's easy to expand and easy to add capacity without a lot of extra money."

"We purchased FlexPod though Datalink."

"It is not going to save you money, but that is not the point. The opportunity to stay competitive in the marketplace is not a cost."

"Sometimes you may end up spending a little more to get it in the first place, but you gain it back in terms of infrastructure upgrade costs and troubleshooting costs. The solution also lasts a surprisingly long time."

More FlexPod XCS pricing and cost advice

"For us, the licensing costs are a large amount, but we are also paying for the rack, the SLA, and other extras. When I look into our organization's requirements regarding performance, machine load, etc., I believe that, while expensive, SuperCluster is nevertheless good for us."

"Due to the multiple products involved in our use of SuperCluster (including different software, hardware, etc.), I cannot comment on the licensing aspect."

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Small Business	34
Midsize Enterprise	66
Large Enterprise	182

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Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FlexPod?

The system is designed for easy scaling. Because we define everything clearly. So when we plug the system in, we apply the profile, and it scales easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FlexPod?

The pricing is not cheaper, but stability is more important for us now. We focus on business gains, not static numbers. Following XCS rules ensures a stable environment, which is crucial. For me, C...

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What needs improvement with FlexPod?

FlexPod should focus more on automation. Integrating an automation tool with FlexPod would enable customers to leverage automation capabilities. More automation would be helpful. Currently, we cont...

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What do you like most about Oracle SuperCluster?

In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SuperCluster?

The pricing is low as per performance but high as per synchronization. They justify the price. I rate the product’s pricing a four or five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SuperCluster?

It would be more convenient if the Agta Logic worked within the SuperCluster with the Agta data, as it may boost the speed of the applications.

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Oracle MiniCluster, S7-2, M7, M6-32

Overview

FlexPod XCS is the secure platform your applications need from edge to cloud. Easily manage your suite of cloud-native, edge, and enterprise apps. Integrate advanced cloud services without compromising performance, security, reliability, or scale.

NetApp

Secure cloud infrastructure with the industry’s most advanced security, extreme performance, and a complete suite of efficiency enhancements, tools, and automation that work together to dramatically lower cost and complexity.

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