HPE Moonshot vs PowerEdge C comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Density Optimized Servers category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #4, while Dell Technologies is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 15.2% mindshare in DOS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 25.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

HPE Moonshot

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100% willing to recommend

PowerEdge C

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96% willing to recommend

HPE Moonshot

PowerEdge C

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Moonshot

Ranking in Density Optimized Servers

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Rack Servers (14th)

PowerEdge C

Ranking in Density Optimized Servers

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Blade Servers (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Density Optimized Servers category, the mindshare of HPE Moonshot is 15.2%, down from 15.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PowerEdge C is 25.0%, up from 18.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Al Vasek

Executive Business Development Manager, Cloud and Managed Services at Presidio Networked Solutions

Supports business apps and VDI with reliable compute

The solution is all about compute. The solutions are easy to handle, priced correctly, reliable, and dependable. Cisco is similar but more complex to configure and usually more expensive. My team supports a lot of Dell, focusing on hybrid environments like Azure Stack, splitting workloads between high compute needs in databases, which are expensive in the cloud, and other workloads in the cloud.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

41%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

12%

Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

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What do you like most about PowerEdge C?

The solution provides good support and service.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PowerEdge C?

PowerEdge is quite a costly solution, and I would rate the pricing around seven or eight on a scale from one to ten with ten being the most expensive.

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What needs improvement with PowerEdge C?

With reference architectures like VX rack, the update process is quite painful. They could automate or simplify it more. There are prerequisites to go through, and that's usually the only time-cons...

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Overview

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

PowerEdge C help you to maximize hyperscale performance with up to 4 independent server nodes, flexible storage and shared infrastructure in a compact 2U chassis.

Dell Technologies

Sample Customers

iSource, Cerise Group, Panasonic

NxtGen Datacenter, Medien-Service Untermain (MSU), Exasol, IndigoVision, Dayco

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