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HPE Apollo Systems vs HPE Moonshot comparison

HPE Apollo Systems and HPE Moonshot are both solutions in the Density Optimized Servers category. HPE Apollo Systems is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0, while HPE Moonshot is ranked #4. HPE Apollo Systems holds a 17.6% mindshare in DOS, compared to HPE Moonshot’s 13.1% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of HPE Apollo Systems users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of HPE Moonshot users who would recommend it.
HPE Apollo Systems
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96% willing to recommend
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

HPE Apollo Systems and HPE Moonshot are competitors in the high-performance computing and application-specific workloads categories. HPE Apollo has an advantage in scalability and flexibility, while HPE Moonshot benefits from energy efficiency and specialized application performance.

Features: HPE Apollo offers superior scalability, flexibility, and high-performance computing capabilities. HPE Moonshot is noted for its energy efficiency, suitability for virtual desktop infrastructure, and telecommunications applications.

Room for Improvement: HPE Apollo could improve its management tools, integration processes, and customer support. HPE Moonshot needs better documentation, broader application support, and more user-friendly interfaces.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Apollo tends to be easier to deploy due to its modular design, but it requires better customer support. HPE Moonshot requires specialized knowledge for deployment and offers strong technical support to users.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Apollo has competitive setup costs and a strong ROI, driven by efficiency and scalability. HPE Moonshot, although having higher initial costs, provides long-term savings through energy efficiency and performance benefits for specific applications.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Apollo Systems
Ranking in Rack Servers
6th
Ranking in Density Optimized Servers
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Moonshot
Ranking in Rack Servers
13th
Ranking in Density Optimized Servers
4th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Density Optimized Servers category, the mindshare of HPE Apollo Systems is 17.6%, down from 24.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Moonshot is 13.1%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Density Optimized Servers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
HPE Apollo Systems17.6%
HPE Moonshot13.1%
Other69.3%
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Featured Reviews

Gökhan DURMAZ - PeerSpot reviewer
Gökhan DURMAZ
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
High-quality integration and strong support have optimized our rack server operations
HPE Apollo Systems is a good product because it has better support and best quality with integrity. When I speak about integrity, I speak about GPU integration or other integrations such as GPU integration, backup software integration, and hypervisor integration. Regarding the integration of high-speed interconnectors in HPE Apollo Systems, they impact computational tasks because the high-speed interconnect affects performance. I don't remember the specifics. Regarding the cooling technologies, they help to reduce operational costs. The positive impact I see from HPE Apollo Systems is that support is good and quality is good. In general, HPE Apollo Systems appears to be for rack servers with some optimization capabilities.
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it_user6186 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user6186
Independent Analyst and Advisory Consultant at Server StorageIO - www.storageio.com
HP Moonshot 1500 software defined capable compute servers
Riding the current software defined data center (SDDC) wave being led by the likes of VMware and software defined networking (SDN) also championed by VMware via their acquisition of Nicira last year, Software Defined Marketing (SDM) is in full force, along with Software Defined Data Infrastructures…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
40%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise13
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HPE Apollo?
Some features could be added to HPE Apollo Systems in the future, and I feel that some capability is needed. HPE Apollo Systems is a bit expensive, and there are some issues with scalability. Two f...
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What is your primary use case for HPE Apollo?
I have been distributing this product for three years. I don't have specific use cases, and everything about the major use case for HPE Apollo Systems is good. I don't know the purpose clients are ...
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What advice do you have for others considering HPE Apollo?
I am not using these products today, and I do not work with some specific firewalls. My company is TD Synnex, a distributor company, and I work for this company. My email is , and my first name is ...
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Comparisons

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Dell PowerEdge R-Series vs HPE Apollo Systems
Compared 18% of the time
HPE Synergy vs HPE Apollo Systems Logo
HPE Synergy vs HPE Apollo Systems
Compared 7% of the time
Dell PowerEdge XE-Series vs HPE Apollo Systems Logo
Dell PowerEdge XE-Series vs HPE Apollo Systems
Compared 7% of the time
Lenovo High-Density Servers vs HPE Apollo Systems Logo
Lenovo High-Density Servers vs HPE Apollo Systems
Compared 4% of the time
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Dell PowerEdge R-Series vs HPE Moonshot Logo
Dell PowerEdge R-Series vs HPE Moonshot
Compared 29% of the time
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers vs HPE Moonshot Logo
Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers vs HPE Moonshot
Compared 22% of the time
Lenovo Edge Servers vs HPE Moonshot Logo
Lenovo Edge Servers vs HPE Moonshot
Compared 21% of the time
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HPE Apollo Systems
December 2025
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HPE Moonshot
December 2025
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Also Known As

HP Apollo Systems, HP ProLiant SL, HP Apollo
HP Moonshot
 

Overview

The HPE Apollo high-density server family is built for the highest levels of performance and efficiency. They are rack-scale compute, storage, networking, power and cooling – massively scale-up and scale-out – solutions for your big data analytics, object storage and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. From water-cooling that’s 1,000X more efficient than air, to “right-sized scaling” with 2X the compute density for workgroup and private cloud workloads, the HPE Apollo line is a dense, high-performance, tiered approach for organisations of all sizes.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HPE Moonshot is an integrated server system with workload-optimized solutions for better business outcomes delivered in a compact, power and energy efficient package.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
 

Sample Customers

Weta Digital
iSource, Cerise Group, Panasonic
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