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HPE GreenLake vs Spot comparison

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

HPE GreenLake
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services (1st), Managed Cloud Services (1st)
Spot
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (31st), Server Virtualization Software (15th), Cloud Operations Analytics (1st), Cloud Analytics (4th), Compute Service (11th), Containers as a Service (CaaS) (5th), Cloud Cost Management (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Infrastructure and Tools solutions, they serve different purposes. HPE GreenLake is designed for IT Infrastructure Consumption Services and holds a mindshare of 48.3%, up 47.4% compared to last year.
Spot, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Analytics, holds 18.2% mindshare, up 5.8% since last year.
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
HPE GreenLake48.3%
Dell APEX41.7%
Cisco Open Pay8.2%
Other1.7999999999999972%
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services
Cloud Analytics Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Spot18.2%
IBM Turbonomic25.3%
Oracle Big Data Cloud Service Compute Edition13.4%
Other43.1%
Cloud Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

MohamedKhairy - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust scalability and flexibility in managing workflow
There is a need for improved support in HPE GreenLake, including more administrators and engineers to provide faster resolution for issues. Storage issues can impact the entire data center, especially in virtualization environments where multiple virtual machines are connected. Availability of hardware and timely monitoring have been reported as a problem, with some difficulties in obtaining hardware due to limited stock in the local market.
Manpreet_Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Used to manage Kubernetes infrastructure, but it doesn't have support from OCI
Spot Ocean is deployed on the cloud in our organization. I would recommend the solution to other users. You need to have an experience with Kubernetes, or else this product is of no use. It is not difficult to learn to use Spot Ocean. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It sort of lines up with our direction to move to the cloud. By using a hybrid cloud service to get us there, this allows us to run our legacy workloads on-premise. Those which are not really suited to a proper cloud."
"It is the flexible way to pay for everything that you need and pay as you go."
"It has made our organization's capacity management efforts so much better. Usually, engineers need to take time to worry about firmware updates and and getting that stuff done. However, that falls to the wayside, knowing with GreenLake's data center management and data center support that all the firmware has been tested for all the equipment that you have. When you apply the updates, nothing should go wrong, because it has already been fully tested."
"Its performance is a significant improvement over the legacy stack that we had."
"HPE GreenLake is highly stable."
"Absolute flexibility for scaling storage needs on demand."
"The biggest thing that it gives us is reportability; that's the critical component. By giving us a monthly bill that is expandable based on usage, we're able to report back to the organization on the value that we're actually getting out of the hardware platform."
"We have a service and cost model based on utilization for specific KPIs, measured by memory and storage, with no costs for CPU consumption. This approach has allowed us to manage and optimize utilization and consumption effectively."
"The solution offers both block access and file access, making it a nice solution for customers."
"The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow."
 

Cons

"Both times that we've had to increase the hardware, the deployment took way longer than expected. In addition, we haven't yet gotten to a use point where the cost is below what it would cost us to provision the same set of services on HPE hardware outside of the GreenLake service."
"There is a need for improved support in HPE GreenLake, including more administrators and engineers to provide faster resolution for issues."
"I would like to have more detail in the monitoring."
"The support service needs improvement. The support team isn't very active in addressing cases. It should also provide a web application."
"Unfortunately, HPE GreenLake can be sold only in Bahrain, UAE, and the Middle East, meaning it can be sold in only three or four countries because it requires certain approvals from countries where it has to be used."
"The time to receive a price when I am going to a proposal is too long."
"We are still managing the VMs in our IT operations."
"The interconnects were a challenge originally, but they sorted that out, and It was fine. We did have to spend a bit more money."
"The solution doesn't have support from OCI, and it should start working to onboard OCI."
"There are no particular areas for improvement I can identify."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you are looking to turn some of your capital expense into operational expense, this allows you to do it. It is a good idea."
"HPE GreenLake has been growing in popularity due to its subscription model. The flexibility of the solution allows it to adapt to the changing market trends towards more edge performance and workloads."
"It's a small cost per month compared to that one-time purchase. The big thing is if you get your one-time purchase wrong, then you are buying a lot more. With GreenLake, if we miss estimate (which with all the planning, you usually don't), we sign a piece of paper, and then they send more equipment in."
"It is significantly less expensive than going to cloud for development... Our cost is approximately $25,000 a month."
"If you're used to buying HPE servers, it's less expensive than that. I don't really compare competitor servers because HPE has never given me any reason to look otherwise. However, if you get good pricing on HPE servers, you get better pricing on GreenLake."
"The price could be more flexible."
"We have reduced a lot of our VMware licensing costs."
"Right now we're paying about $180,000 per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
7%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE GreenLake?
The solution's technical support does an excellent job.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE GreenLake?
We had a service and cost model established on utilization for specific KPIs, and we were measured by memory and storage, with no costs for CPU consumption.
What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake?
I am still struggling with monitoring, particularly with OpsRamp, which is not fully customized to our needs, especially for disaster recovery. In our scenario, we define a disaster recovery test c...
What do you like most about Spot Ocean?
The solution helps us to manage and scale automatically whenever there is a limit to the increase in the application workflow.
What needs improvement with Spot Ocean?
There are no particular areas for improvement I can identify.
What is your primary use case for Spot Ocean?
Spot by NetApp is primarily used for backup and also for Fiservware.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

GreenLake Flex Capacity, HPE Flexible Capacity, HPE FlexCap
Spot Ocean, Spot Elastigroup, Spot Eco
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Capgemini Finland Infrastructure Services, Sogeti BeLux, Accenture
Freshworks, Zalando, Red Spark, News, Trax, ETAS, Demandbase, BeesWa, Duolingo, intel, IBM, N26, Wix, EyeEm, moovit, SAMSUNG, News UK, ticketmaster