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HPE Synergy vs Supermicro SuperBlade comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 8, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
Supermicro SuperBlade
Ranking in Blade Servers
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE Synergy is 8.6%, down from 19.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Supermicro SuperBlade is 7.8%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Synergy8.6%
Supermicro SuperBlade7.8%
Other83.6%
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Featured Reviews

MS
Works at Saudi Telecom Company
Manage servers efficiently with an integrated view while reducing downtime
My use case is to serve the complete IT environment of the telecom, including all cloud applications. I use HPE Synergy servers for my private cloud and for network management systems. 70% of my workload is running on HPE servers The integrated view, such as managing complete servers and…
Gergely Lakos - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
With many servers in one, these blade servers are easier to manage
The service could be improved by faster servers, more widely available VMs, and more storage in one place. Then, in the event of a blade failure, we could start our VMs on another blade in a couple of minutes. This is why we wanted to buy storage. But now, we want to buy a twin server with 24 VMware discs to create test storage. The next product release should allow more servers to be controlled simultaneously.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Great data storage and very good for software defined solutions."
"Synergy is first in class for composable infrastructure; it has the scalability that meets our future needs and the automation that builds into something that we are really looking forward to using."
"The solution is built very well. It's very robust and durable."
"The i3S module can be configured to provision storage to all blade servers and boot to any operating system without needing local hard drives."
"The single pane of glass management is huge, because in all our previous systems, depending on what we were managing, we would go to a different management point. Being able to go to one spot to get everything is helpful. I find that server profile creation is a lot easier in OneView than it was previously. We are able to stay compliant with firmware and updates, because we are assigning server profiles and reapplying them when there are changes. This makes everything a lot simpler."
"Synergy is a flexible product, so it helps us to manage our IT landscape in a more simplified, structured way."
"Except for the setup, everything else is fantastic."
"The solution is pretty good and very stable."
"This solution can be used for various applications, high-performance computing, software as a service, cloud service, and data centers."
"So far, the solution seems to be very stable."
"It's an affordable and scalable device that fits requirements for a SMB with a tight server budget."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"We use Supermicro Superblade servers because we are a software engineering company and these competitively priced blade servers with many servers in one are easier to manage."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
 

Cons

"I would like the ability to take the storage tray that is in a chassis and share it out to multiple chassis, not just the servers within the same chassis. This would be more efficient with resources."
"The initial setup was quite complex and it is being done by the HPE support department."
"I find the product documentation to be disorganized; it's not intuitive and the info required for checking a specific step-by-step configuration is buried under too much literature."
"Operationally, it is a little bit challenging to manage at this point. When you add onto it, you have to be very aware of where you are in the frame, on your count, and what components."
"I would be more comfortable if Ansible actually rolled back the data used for automating platforms. If it could be communicated to the upstream Ansible, I wouldn't need to go back and forth and validate the libraries as we upgrade the Ansible version."
"I think the main issue with Synergy is a topology that HPE defines to connecting and creating a cluster."
"HPE Synergy could improve its remote support."
"ICMs could be better in this model. When you look at its competitors, the most critical point is the throughput. HPE is the best with the ICM module, which is an interconnect module that connects the servers of the frames to the LAN and SAN. HPE Synergy should also support the latest processors provided by Intel."
"I think the Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
"They need to improve their delivery time. It takes too long right now."
"The solution does not scale well."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our IT infrastructure costs have gone up each year by 20 percent."
"The solution can be expensive because it requires both hardware and software purchases."
"VMware is part of the cost. We bought the chassis, we bought the solution. The blades are roughly running us $60,000 a pop right now."
"We don't have to pay for Synergy because it's part of our plan."
"Synergy has lowered our total cost of ownership significantly. I would say ballpark around 25 percent, maybe more."
"The Nutanix platform came in a little more expensive than the Synergy."
"We pay for licensing on the fibre channel uplinks, on the Virtual Connect, which is an add-on."
"We do CAPEX."
"The product is not expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
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Questions from the Community

How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?
For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and stable. It turns out Bladesystem was the winner. Bladesystem is excellent because...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Synergy?
As far as the prices are concerned, rack mount solutions are less expensive than HPE Synergy prices; however, HPE Synergy prices are higher but justify themselves as the solution accommodates all t...
What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?
In my opinion, for future improvements in HPE Synergy, there should be better management of power consumption complexity as well as an increase in the number of servers that can fit in a single Syn...
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Sample Customers

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