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Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series vs HPE Synergy comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series
Ranking in Blade Servers
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series is 4.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 8.6%, down from 19.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Synergy8.6%
Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series4.7%
Other86.7%
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

Cyrille Darmon - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer for E&V Group at NISKO TECH
A highly stable solution with technical support that is not only good but also always available to help the product's users
My company's IT activities are carried out with the help of the solution. My company's customers use the solution in their telecom department or for telecommunication purposes The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability. The initial setup of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series should be…
MS
Works at Saudi Telecom Company
Manage servers efficiently with an integrated view while reducing downtime
My use case is to serve the complete IT environment of the telecom, including all cloud applications. I use HPE Synergy servers for my private cloud and for network management systems. 70% of my workload is running on HPE servers The integrated view, such as managing complete servers and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a very practical solution because you have all the servers in a minimal space."
"We installed Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series for a high PC solution, and for this reason, some Microsoft licenses and other special licenses were embedded or bundled to the Fujitsu solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability."
"Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series has two processors."
"The solution has reduced our cost of operations and has also reduced our IT infrastructure costs."
"It has improved our procurement and day zero provisioning."
"It is a good product for hypervisors."
"On the previous HPE platform, we struggled because everything was independent. We had to manage firmware on each server, storage and network configuration on each server. Synergy is template-driven so we can ensure consistency of all of those settings. It allows us to standardize configuration and ensure consistency across the board."
"The manageability is its most valuable feature. It is a fully managed platform, which is very simple to manage."
"Where it used to take one week to re-image or upgrade our hosts, it can now take one day."
"Great flexibility including configuring the interconnects on the use of the chassis."
"The insert RAM feature is the most valuable, and it is a simple software to integrate with others like service desk applications and engine management."
 

Cons

"It is much better to use “normal” servers. The initial investment for a blade server is very high and creates dependency."
"It can have more automation. In addition, Fujitsu should have a broader portfolio, not specifically in terms of the service solutions, but more in terms of the big picture. A broader portfolio would be nice for providing different solutions for the customers."
"It can have more automation."
"The initial setup of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series was complex."
"I would like more storage with this solution, because we still need 3PAR or other storage outside the box for the amount of data that we have."
"What we are observing is to upgrade a whole rack of Synergy, so four frames when it's fully loaded, we are spending about 50 human hours doing that."
"We had an issue during the initial setup with the 40 Gigabyte cards. They weren’t working, so we had to work really closely with HPE support to get them to work."
"In the Generation 10 modules, we have observed that very often the server has hardware issues."
"The Synergy platform is HPE-specific and more for on-premises. You're kind of locked in with VMware and the HPE with the VMs. The Nutanix offering is a bit more flexible."
"It has been in the external integrations to other platforms that we have, which aren't HPE, where some of our challenges have been. I would like to see some integrations with non-HPE platforms."
"The initial setup was quite complex and it is being done by the HPE support department."
"Gen 11 is being released. That's going to have a lot of advantages over Gen 10 and previous generations in terms of the cooling modules in the servers to keep them cooler and run with more efficiency and better performance. There are more management features with iLO 6 and the latest OneView management."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"No license is required to operate the product."
"There are special licenses that are connected to the usage. We installed Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series for a high PC solution, and for this reason, some Microsoft licenses and other special licenses were embedded or bundled to the Fujitsu solution."
"We have already paid once. It is just the price for the permit and its use. It seems you don't have to keep paying for it, but I am not sure."
"The Nutanix platform came in a little more expensive than the Synergy."
"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."
"We don't have to pay for Synergy because it's part of our plan."
"We outright purchased Synergy."
"VMware is part of the cost. We bought the chassis, we bought the solution. The blades are roughly running us $60,000 a pop right now."
"There is a perpetual license given when you purchase HPE Synergy."
"We are satisfied with its price."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
 

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Sample Customers

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Tokyo Stock Exchange, RAF St. Mawgan, King Fahad Medical City, St. Bede’s Catholic High School, 
HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
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