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Pivot3 vs VxRail comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

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

Pivot3
Ranking in HCI
28th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VxRail
Ranking in HCI
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Pivot3 is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VxRail is 12.4%, down from 19.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VxRail12.4%
Pivot31.1%
Other86.5%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1124199 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Stable, good technical support, and the the visual encoding works well
The most valuable feature is the visual encoding I would like to see better video compression. Snapshot notification would be a good addition. The price of this solution is high compared to the competitors, so it should be lowered. I have been using Pivot3 for between four and five years. This…
Saleh Khalid - PeerSpot reviewer
computer scientist at Imam University
Experience improved integration and cost-efficiency while facing support challenges
The best features of VxRail are its compatibility with VMware, its hyper-converged solution capabilities, and its single line of support. These are the most beneficial aspects of VxRail. I switched from the previous HP solution to Dell solution because it was a good decision. With HP servers, we dealt with a vendor for the compute servers, another vendor for the storage servers, and another vendor for the networking, which required us to manage multiple vendors. Now, we have a single team who can handle VxRail and a single line of support. We don't need anything other than that, and these are the differences we noticed after we switched.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It greatly streamlined the time it took to scale out the enterprise and it completely eliminated the need for a SAN/Storage engineer, with the simplicity the Pivot3 Stack Manager brought with it for managing storage."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"VxRail can be used for application modernization."
"We have seen ROI using this solution. It has simplified the work of the staff that we have which allows us to do more work with the same number of people, without having to incrementally grow the staff. The reliability of the product has been exceptional."
"VxRail is a hyper-converged infrastructure that delivers a solution with full performance, is scalable and easy to maintain, with great replication capabilities, is user-friendly and easy to navigate, and we have had zero problems so far as it is quite reliable."
"The product is very stable, and I rate its stability as nine out of ten."
"The solution is stable and reliable. This is one of the main reasons why we purchased this solution."
"Overall, this is a good product and I recommend it."
"One beneficial feature is that the solution can handle complex environments."
"The product allows us to have the capacity for the future to be able to add applications to help us better serve our customers."
 

Cons

"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources."
"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
"Marketing needs improvement."
"The price of this solution is high compared to the competitors, so it should be lowered."
"VxRail is quite expensive and could be cheaper."
"The SCL database sends out a warning and you have to download the adjacent file from the Dell website. You have to upload it and retest it."
"It would be nice if the update process was shortened and that patching would be simpler."
"The product has high pricing. This particular area needs improvement."
"I would like to see VxRail add duplication features to its hybrid solution."
"One area of the product that could be improved is the support."
"Deployment was not initially straightforward for us. We had an incompatibility issue that was very difficult for Dell Professional Service to solve."
"My customers want more storage for university databases."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."
"There is a permanent vSAN license included since it is required, but vCenter\ESXi host licensing should be validated in the purchase process."
"Most of hyper-converged solutions require additional licenses for the virtualization layer (like VMware)."
"The solution can be pricey depending on the project."
"The VMware licenses are included and we do not have to worry about the license, everything is integrated."
"The hardware cost associated is a bit high"
"It's a highly expensive solution"
"It varies. It could be $100,000 at the smaller end and millions and millions of dollars at the higher end."
"The cost was cheaper compared to other virtualization solutions."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise43
Large Enterprise56
 

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