HPE GreenLake vs Zadara comparison

The compared Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Zadara solutions aren't in the same category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 in DCS , with an average rating of 9.5, and holds a 43.1% mindshare in the category. Zadara is ranked #32 in AFS , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zadara users who would recommend it.

HPE GreenLake

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93% willing to recommend

Zadara

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100% willing to recommend

HPE GreenLake

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between HPE GreenLake and Zadara based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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:

Categories and Ranking

HPE GreenLake

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Infrastructure Consumption Services (2nd), Managed Cloud Services (5th)

Zadara

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (32nd), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (17th), Compute Service (10th), Public Cloud Storage Services (16th), File and Object Storage (21st)

Mindshare comparison

HPE GreenLake and Zadara aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. HPE GreenLake is designed for IT Infrastructure Consumption Services and holds a mindshare of 43.1%, down 48.4% compared to last year.
Zadara, on the other hand, focuses on All-Flash Storage, holds 0.7% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.

IT Infrastructure Consumption Services Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE GreenLake	43.1%
Dell APEX	41.4%
Cisco Open Pay	6.4%
Other	9.099999999999994%

IT Infrastructure Consumption Services

All-Flash Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Zadara	0.7%
Dell PowerStore	9.6%
NetApp AFF	7.6%
Other	82.1%

All-Flash Storage

Featured Reviews

Heriberto Mendez Olivo

CEO at Cyber Internet Services (Pvt) Ltd.

Flexible monthly infrastructure has simplified management and improved client cost control

Some valuable points about HPE GreenLake are that it is a managed solution in the same pane of glass. HPE GreenLake integrates well with the existing infrastructure, and it is straightforward. HPE GreenLake positively impacts my organization because it saves money and time, and it improves my sales because I have another solution to reduce costs for the client. The client may need to pay two thousand dollars to change every infrastructure in one payment, but not all clients have the total amount available. However, if it is possible to pay month-to-month for the solution, it is much easier for the client to accept the proposal. HPE GreenLake's real-time monitoring tools are good, and I really need them to improve the services.

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Naga Venkata

AI product lead at Sortis

AI sovereignty for GPU-based workloads has supported cost savings and secure local processing

Regarding Zadara's AI capabilities, I think it depends on the MSPs that they are performing collaborations with, and based on that, the MSPs are responsible for configuring the data governance or any kind of certifications that are placed on Zadara. Zadara normally has certain default governance things, and everything else depends on the local or region-specific governance rules. Regarding Zadara's AI capabilities, I feel they are quick. I was trying two models on the same GPU that they were providing, and they were allocating the resources with me. This experience was good, and I would rate it around 9 to 9.5. The first choice would be Zadara depending on the solution. However, I cannot really say Zadara would be the primary choice because it truly depends on the application or the objective that is being pursued. I would rate this review an 8 overall.

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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

"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."

"It has brought newer technology in more quickly, with a lower risk of failure, helped us plan better, enabled extensive virtualization so we can bring in less gear to accomplish the same things, and made our infrastructure more consistent by keeping hardware generations closer together."

"HPE has delivered on all their promises for this service."

"By establishing a service provider responsible for backup and restore and having monthly service meetings with them, we have reduced our management effort by more than fifty percent."

"It has helped us with the planning, and in concert with this, we are doing a lot of virtualizations. For a lot of cases, we are bringing in less gear and equipment to be able to accomplish the same things. It makes better use of what we do bring in."

"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."

"In the next four years over the lifespan of the first segment, it's going to be saving us approximately $1.2 million in just hardware purchases and software support costs."

"The fact that we can now add storage on the fly without any downtime means better productivity and scalability on demand."

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"Zadara has positively impacted my organization as it has added power and momentum to our vision, particularly when working with AI."

"One of the most useful features is that they provide iSCSI as a service."

"Compared to us trying to do this ourselves, we've probably seen about 50 to 60 percent in cost savings over the last five years."

"Overall Zadara is a useful solution that provides good services."

"The processing is much faster with this product."

"Zadara is all-flash so it has a very high IOPS."

"Zadara is a key underpinning of that because, without that common storage layer and the services running on top of that, we wouldn't have a business to run."

"I find Zadara's user-friendliness from both the customer and engineering perspectives highly appreciated."

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Cons

"I would like to have more detail in the monitoring."

"In the GreenLake portal, I would really like to see more granularity in the costing model."

"I would really like to see more granularity in the costing model. That's the one limitation that we do have: We have a lot of departments. We want to be able to break down, in a granular way, that this department is using X amount of resources, that department is using Y amount of resources... I want to be able to tag it and say, "This is this department's fees, this is that department's fees." That way I could charge back internally to my own departments."

"The support service needs improvement. The support team isn't very active in addressing cases. It should also provide a web application."

"Part of the integration, with cutting things over to Unisys, may have hurt us a bit. We had a couple of rough implementations earlier this year. Part of that was due to some internal system changes on HPE's side. We are keeping an eye on this to make sure it doesn't happen again."

"There is a need for improved support in HPE GreenLake, including more administrators and engineers to provide faster resolution for issues."

"HPE GreenLake can improve the price."

"The interconnects were a challenge originally, but they sorted that out, and It was fine. We did have to spend a bit more money."

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"Zadara can be improved by making their interfaces more attractive. They currently look like simple PHP interfaces, but they need to customize and work on their interfaces and user interfaces significantly."

"There are still some storage features that they lack. For example, other vendors implemented the auto-tiering feature a long time ago, while Zadara Storage Cloud is just coming out with this feature today. So, they are a little bit late compared to the market."

"There is room for improvement in pricing as it is currently quite expensive."

"The range of support of VMware could be better. It can support Windows, however, it cannot support other operating systems like IBM AIX. This needs to improve."

"I would like to see them be a little bit more proactive in terms of the patches and updates that are available."

"Currently, when we do firmware upgrades, it sometimes causes issues and is not as nondisruptive as desired."

"Cost-wise, because it's a pay-per-use model, it may ultimately end up costing us more in the long run than something we developed ourselves."

"Right now, to use Zadara, you have to go through some hoops."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is significantly less expensive than going to cloud for development... Our cost is approximately $25,000 a month."

"Right now we're paying about $180,000 per year."

"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."

"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."

"In terms of pricing, it's a bit on the higher side."

"HPE GreenLake payment model is you pay for what you use. You can purchase a yearly, quarterly, or half-year license. The overall price of the solution is a little high and hopeful there can be better margins in the future."

"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."

More HPE GreenLake pricing and cost advice

"One of the factors that ruled out several providers was cost. They were way too expensive for the volume of data that we needed and the speed at which we needed to be able to manage it. There aren't a lot of providers that can do that."

"For our use, it's appropriately priced and overall, it's proved to be very cost-effective against other tier-one vendors."

"The pricing is very competitive and the fact that they have very compelling discounts for multi-year commitments is great."

"The price of Zadara is very good and it covers everything. There is no subscription needed."

"If you just take the street price of Zadara Storage Cloud and look up the price or cost per hour, then you could think that Zadara Storage Cloud is extremely expensive or a solution only for enterprise use. That is not true. You need to compare the entire system. This means that you don't stop looking at just the street price, but you need to consider all the features, requirements, and costs of support as well as the extra cost that other vendors have. Other players just play with hidden, additional costs. Everything is included in Zadara Storage Cloud's licensing cost; what you get is what you pay for."

"It is a nice licensing model and it makes it quite simple because we just pay for what we use, and the bill that comes shows us exactly what customers are using what resources."

"The pricing and licensing are very simple and the cost is predictable, although, like everything that you pay for as you use, you have to be mindful of what you're using."

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Answers from the Community

Ramon LaTorre

Senior Account Manager at Sd3it, LLC

Nov 15, 2021

What is the difference between HPE GreenLake and Zadara Storage As-A-Service?

We've to set this comparison from some perspectives. When we look from a portfolio perspective, HPE GreenLake can deliver the entire HPE Portfolio (Server, Storage, Network, Management) and partner products (CommVault, Veeam, Red Hat, SuSE, VMware, etc) as-a-Service while Zadara focus is on Storage. From an operational perspective, Zadara looks more flexible delivering a cloud-ready approach w...

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Rafael-Cardoso

Cloud Product Manager at sercompe computadores

Jun 23, 2020

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Tim DaRosa

Chief Marketing Officer at Zadara

Nov 15, 2021

Hey Ramon - happy to help however I can! There's a good report recently published by GigaOm titled "GigaOm Sonar for Storage as a Service" that does a nice job of highlighting the STaaS vendors - including Zadara and HPE. You can find it here: https://gigaom.com/report/stor... I'd suggest that to be a good starting point.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

University

Construction Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	6

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Large Enterprise	6

Questions from the Community

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.

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What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake?

HPE GreenLake solution is very good. Another solution that really improves the offering is what HP created for its own hypervisor solution. Because VMware is very expensive right now, offering anot...

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What is your primary use case for HPE GreenLake?

I have dealt with HPE GreenLake for approximately one year. Initially, I offered service only, but this year, I am using it to sell HP products because the supplier in Puerto Rico, Solution Box, he...

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What needs improvement with Zadara?

The initial installation was difficult because many steps required the command line interface (CLI). Maintenance can also be complicated, especially when deeper troubleshooting requires navigating ...

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What is your primary use case for Zadara?

I use this product as storage. Specifically, I use it as big storage. That's the main use case for Zadara ( /products/zadara-reviews ).

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What advice do you have for others considering Zadara?

As for the pros and cons, the main concerns are the complexity of the initial installation and the complicated maintenance due to the CLI usage. Overall, I do not have other complaints. My overall ...

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Also Known As

GreenLake Flex Capacity, HPE Flexible Capacity, HPE FlexCap

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Overview

HPE GreenLake offers cost efficiency, consistent spending, and flexibility in scaling, providing a cloud-like experience with on-premises performance. It integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure, supporting a hybrid cloud approach with ease.

HPE GreenLake is renowned for its cost-effectiveness and flexible scaling, blending cloud and on-premises experiences. It integrates efficiently with current systems and simplifies storage expansion and backup management through a GUI. Users leverage its hybrid cloud support, embracing a monthly OPEX model for efficient management with real-time monitoring, payment options, and security measures, addressing core demands in both compute and storage environments.

What are the key features of HPE GreenLake?

Cost Efficiency: Offers predictable financial management through constant spending.
Scalability: Provides flexibility in scaling resources according to demand.
Hybrid Cloud Strategy: Supports integration across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Real-time Monitoring: Facilitates reduced management workload through active monitoring.
OPEX Model: Encourages an operational expense approach for easier budgeting.

What benefits can businesses expect from HPE GreenLake?

Financial Predictability: Ensures consistent spending to manage budgets efficiently.
Resource Flexibility: Allows organizations to scale operations smoothly as needed.
Infrastructure Ease: Provides straightforward integration with existing systems.
Enhanced Security: Delivers robust security features for safe operations.

HPE GreenLake finds implementation success across various industries involving compute, storage, and backup management. Organizations leveraging Epic, Citrix, and HyperSpace environments benefit from its cloud integration capabilities, simplifying complex environments and automating pipelines while maintaining support for virtualization platforms like VMware or Hyper-V.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Zadara integrates cloud solutions with low latency and a pay-as-you-go model, offering user-friendly scalability and IOPS performance. Its robust features such as single-tenant experience and dedicated cores make it an essential choice for enterprise storage needs.

Zadara is designed for seamless cloud integration supporting major cloud vendors. Its offerings include dedicated cores and hybrid drive options within a scalable environment. Providing managed services, Zadara is adaptable with predictable pricing. Its reliability is enhanced by iSCSI service, supporting fault tolerance and data management across data centers.

What are the key features of Zadara?

Cloud Integration: Seamlessly supports major cloud vendors for easy deployment.
Low Latency: Ensures quick data access and processing.
Pay-as-You-Go: Flexible pricing model based on usage.
Single-Tenant Experience: Exclusive resources for enhanced performance.
Dedicated Cores: Provides consistent and reliable service quality.
Hybrid Drive Options: Offers a mix of storage solutions fitting diverse needs.
Managed Services Support: Comprehensive service management and support for users.

What benefits should users evaluate when considering Zadara?

Scalability: Easy to scale resources according to demand.
Flexibility in Deployment: Options for various enterprise storage configurations.
Predictable Pricing: Cost forecasts help manage budgets effectively.
User-Friendliness: Intuitive operations streamline processes.
IOPS Performance: High input/output operations per second for expedited tasks.

In industries managing large-scale data storage and disaster recovery, Zadara provides a foundation for secure and efficient data handling. It supports managed service providers with infrastructure solutions, including backup and disaster recovery, enabling seamless off-site storage and maintaining business continuity across different sectors.

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Sample Customers

Capgemini Finland Infrastructure Services, Sogeti BeLux, Accenture

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