HPE SimpliVity vs Scale Computing Platform comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Scale Computing are both solutions in the HCI category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.0, while Scale Computing is ranked #16 with an average rating of 9.5. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 8.6% mindshare in HCI, compared to Scale Computing’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Scale Computing users who would recommend it.

HPE SimpliVity

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

HPE SimpliVity and Scale Computing Platform are both leading contenders in the hyper-converged infrastructure category. HPE SimpliVity appears to have the edge due to its advanced data management features, though Scale Computing Platform is recognized for its simplicity and high performance level.

Features: HPE SimpliVity is acclaimed for its data management efficiency, featuring powerful inline deduplication and integrated backup and disaster recovery capabilities. It excels at the fast cloning and recovery of VMs, streamlining data operations. Scale Computing Platform is valued for its simplicity, offering seamless data replication and high-performance backup.

Room for Improvement: HPE SimpliVity users suggest improvements in backup and replication automation, supporting more hypervisors beyond VMware, and enhancing the GUI for tasks like system updates. Scale Computing Platform needs advancements in snapshot management, real-time monitoring, and more efficient handling of larger workloads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both HPE SimpliVity and Scale Computing Platform receive positive feedback for customer service and technical support. HPE SimpliVity provides a robust on-premise deployment with growing hybrid cloud capabilities. Scale Computing Platform stands out for its ease of deployment in both on-premises and hybrid cloud setups, with highly rated technical support.

Pricing and ROI: HPE SimpliVity offers an all-inclusive base price with comprehensive features, which might seem high initially but provides value through deduplication and backup savings. Scale Computing Platform, being initially less expensive, may need additional nodes for scaling, affecting cost-effectiveness. Both solutions offer substantial ROI with reduced complexity and improved management efficiencies, meeting business needs for virtualization and data protection.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE SimpliVity

Ranking in HCI

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

154

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Scale Computing Platform

Ranking in HCI

16th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Edge Computing Platforms (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of HPE SimpliVity is 8.6%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Scale Computing Platform is 1.9%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
HPE SimpliVity	8.6%
Scale Computing Platform	1.9%
Other	89.5%

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Mohammed Lokman Hossen

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Has integrated solutions and rapid recovery made management smoother and more reliable

There is the latest update from HPE regarding HPE SimpliVity. For virtualization, HPE has to depend on other manufacturers, OEMs such as VMware or Hyper-V. Recently, HPE declared the VM essential virtualization solution. In the future, if HPE integrates HPE SimpliVity with VM essential, that will be a great combination. Functionality-wise, I am totally satisfied with HPE SimpliVity, but for improvement, if HPE integrates its own virtualization solution, this combination and integration will be beneficial because this integration can be configured with the cloud-based system. A VM can be uploaded to the cloud from this, which will be advantageous for backup to other sites.

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Joel-Gonzalez

Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Provides ease of management with great support and easy setup

It provides a dashboard. You can adjust the signature of the drives to prioritize certain servers over others It gives the ease of management for a small IT department. There could be an easier way to see which servers are on each node. It shows you a small graphical interface, but you have to…

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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

"The feature that I like the most is the backup feature embedded inside the HPE SimpliVity. When we have any activity, within five minutes, we have a backup. It also has PDR for performing disaster recovery."

"Valuable features include ease of use, disaster recovery, and reliability."

"It doesn't take long to mount the entire VM somewhere and then copy it. That's one of the things that I like about SimpliVity's deduplication and compression. I can literally stand up a backup in minutes. It is like no time at all. They've got pretty phenomenal deduplication and compression. Within SimpliVity, one of the things that they do is deduplication and compression on ingestion. So, on the front side, everything is deduplicated and compressed, which, of course, adds some overhead to their solution. For instance, in my environment today, I've got roughly 30 terabytes of raw storage, and with their deduplication and compression, I'm over the 300 terabyte threshold with my active servers and all my backups."

"The backup feature is valuable, and replication is also valuable. It is very quick and easy to use."

"What I appreciate most about HPE SimpliVity is its seamless integration of hardware."

"The setup is very easy."

"The compression and deduplication ratio."

"It allows you to take advantage of the unique platform of computing, cloud management, storage, and integrated networks, as well as software-defined data management, which is easy to use. "

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"The product's initial setup phase is too easy."

"The most valuable features are the appliance-type feel and that you don't need additional licenses as everything is built-in."

"I like that Scale Computing HCR is slimmed down and gives me the features I need and not features that I don't need."

"The most valuable feature of Scale Computing HC3 is if one of the devices fails, you won't even notice, the service maintains operation. The customers don't have to waste two, or three days on delays. Additionally, you do not have to waste time with recovery software, it is a lot easier."

"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."

"It gives the ease of management for a small IT department."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the nice GUI."

"The solution is scalable."

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Cons

"Our customers are always looking or a discount on the product."

"While it has been a while since HPE acquired SimpliVity, there is a lack of understanding/awareness about the product. In short, it took me time to actually make them understand they had a product named SimpliVity, which as you can imagine does not instill a great deal of confidence."

"The compatibility with other products needs an improvement."

"File level restores work well, but indexing will help make the process faster."

"The product is expensive."

"I would love it if the solution would auto data balance within the cluster. It is possible, and eventually, it will be likely that certain nodes within the same cluster will hold more data than the other nodes."

"Integration with external solutions outside the HPE posed challenges."

"HPE support is still not aware/trained on SimpliVity, and this is beginning to show."

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"I would like bigger clusters with more than eight nodes."

"The product could use a better control center."

"There could be an easier way to see which servers are on each node"

"Scale HC3 improvements would involve literally fixing up the replication."

"On the fly, you cannot do anything on Scale Computing HC3, though it is a very rarely needed area."

"I've had so many issues with the sales team when I was looking to make some improvements, and improve the performance. They would create so many excuses to force me to buy new nodes all the time and not let me add more memory to each node."

"The product struggles to cope with bigger workloads. In the next release, I'd like some backup solutions to be added."

"Scale Computing HC3 said in an announcement they were going to integrate with a backup service which would be good. If they could do this it would be beneficial."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost of this product is high."

"For most use cases, look to see if you can use all-flash as the price point, as it has come down significantly."

"I think it's a complete package. We buy the license with support for five years. It's a subscription, I will say, but it's included when you buy the SimpliVity solution from HPE. You have a contract with the software warranty and upgrades."

"The solution is priced high. However, there are plenty of features as part of the package that other solutions do not have."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis. The licensing cost also includes vCenter at a cost in the cloud solution."

"We spent $250,000 back in the day, and that was for two servers in my data center for that cluster. We then ran what they call an arbiter, and that took the place of a third server or the third node in the cluster. My DR site was one standalone server, and its horsepower was more than the two at my main site. It included my Cisco Switches that I needed to re-upgrade. It was comparable to what we were paying a year in VM."

"It seemed like it was expensive at first. Now that I have had it installed for a period of time, I think I got a great deal."

"The only thing that I think we are paying for is the VMware licenses, but we are enterprise, so it is not horrible."

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"rate HC3's pricing a five out of ten since it is affordable."

"The product is worth the money, but I would not say it's very cheap or very expensive."

"I pay for Scale Computing HC3 and it includes customer service for one year. We paid for an additional year for customer service but that includes the updates and everything for the software. Additionally, the licensing is for Windows, which is the same for everybody."

"I give the pricing a nine out of ten."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

15%

Government

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	67
Midsize Enterprise	49
Large Enterprise	79

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	1

Questions from the Community

How does HPE Simplivity compare with VMware vSAN?

HPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution that is primarily geared to mid-sized companies. We researched VMware vSAN but found HPE was a better option for us. HPE SimpliVity has ...

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What do you like most about HPE SimpliVity?

The solution's technical support is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE SimpliVity?

The price is almost equal to VMware vSAN, making it not much cost saving. However, the time-saving during upgrades is notable.

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What do you like most about Scale Computing HC3?

The product's initial setup phase is too easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Scale Computing HC3?

It fit our budget, so it was great.

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What needs improvement with Scale Computing HC3?

There could be an easier way to see which servers are on each node. It shows you a small graphical interface, but you have to see them all, and you have to really struggle to figure out which nodes...

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Also Known As

SimpliVity, HPE HCI

Scale Computing HC3

Overview

HPE SimpliVity is an HCI software solution that provides powerful data protection, reducing data loss along with lowering the risk of ransomware attacks on your enterprise.

HPE SimpliVity Features

HPE SimpliVity has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

Flexible, compact architecture
Centralized management
AI-driven intelligence
Built-in data protection and disaster recovery
VM-centric management and mobility
Simple to deploy, manage, and scale

HPE SimpliVity Benefits

There are several benefits to implementing HPE SimpliVity. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

Efficient: HPE SimpliVity helps reduce the number of devices in your data center while also decreasing the total cost of ownership.

Cloud benefits with enterprise capabilities: When your enterprise deploys HPE SimpliVity, you gain the agility, elasticity, and affordability offered by cloud computing.

Affordable and flexible: The solution provides IT teams with the performance, reliability, and resiliency of on-premises infrastructure. HPE SimpliVity allows them to start virtualizing their enterprise while also keeping sensitive data safe.

Reduced risk of data loss: Because HPE SimpliVity is a powerful solution with built-in resiliency, backup, and disaster recovery, it is able to provide advanced data protection that reduces your organization’s risk of data loss and also lowers the risk of ransomware attacks.

Speed: HPE SimpliVity gives you the ability to deploy blocks and manage VM environments quickly and easily by using the VMware interface. In addition, the solution allows you to quickly view all data centers and remote offices within a single interface.

Reviews from Real Users

Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by HPE SimpliVity users.

Jeff S., Information Technology Manager at Troyer Foods, Inc. says the solution has “Phenomenal deduplication and compression, good support, and works on its own. SimpliVity is integrated with the hypervisor, and you have a single pane of glass. It is really hands-off. Once you set your backup schedules, you're done.

A Senior Datacenter Consultant at a computer software company mentions, “The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the storage virtualization layer, together with the built-in backups. That's what makes SimpliVity really useful, and how you can replicate data between different sites without paying an extra license for that feature. All the features are built into the product.”

PeerSpot user Doug C., IT Engineer at a government, comments, “Backups and restores occur very quickly. All SimpliVity management is done through vCenter, providing a single-pane of glass for all management and configuration functions. The advanced deduplication and compression greatly reduce the storage requirements, reducing the amount of expensive flash storage required.The 10G interfaces between the SimpliVity nodes greatly speeds up VM migrations between nodes. SimpliVity enables "stretched-cluster" operation with mirrored storage between the nodes, enabling automated failover. If a node or site goes down for any reason, the VMs on that node are automatically restarted on the other node.”

German I., Solutions Architect Data Center Servers and Storage at Tecnologia informatica, explains, “The integration possibilities regarding the administration console are one of the best configurations and one of the best features that differentiates this product from others in the market. Also, you can add extra coverage protection that includes everything inside of the hard drives — similar products don't do this. You can use it directly from the hypervisor, which is great.”

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Scale Computing Platform brings together simplicity and scalability, replacing existing infrastructure to empower enterprises to run applications and process data outside centralized data centers, at the edge of their networks, closest to where data is created and utilized. With Scale Computing Fleet Manager, the industry’s first cloud-hosted monitoring and management tool built for hyperconverged edge computing infrastructure at scale, customers can quickly identify areas of concern using a single pane of glass, scaling from 1 to over 50,000 clusters. Zero-touch provisioning enables administrators to centrally monitor and manage hundreds or thousands of distributed edge infrastructure deployments with minimal or no on-site IT personnel.

Scale Computing Platform helps create affordable infrastructure that's scalable and highly available by combining servers, storage, hypervisor, and backup/DR into a single appliance. This innovation lowers costs of primary and edge infrastructure across the organization, so you can put money back into your business.

What are the key features of Scale Computing Platform?

Straightforward Setup: Simple installation process
Stability: Reliable performance
Fast Performance: High-speed VM operations
Built-in Licensing: Included licensing features
User-Friendly GUI: Intuitive graphical interface
Slimmed-Down Functionality: Core functions refined
Scalability: Expandable infrastructure

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Efficient Deployment: Quick and hassle-free setup
Superior Technical Support: High-quality assistance
Seamless Operation: Consistent performance, even during failures
Ease of Management: Simplified administrative tasks
Network Configuration Visibility: Clear network management insights

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