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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
26th
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
6.8
Number of Reviews
135
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Pivot3 is 1.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VxRail is 10.6%, down from 18.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VxRail10.6%
Pivot31.4%
Other88.0%
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

"The technical support is very good."
"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."
"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"If you are wanting to improve your data centers this solution is one small box that can be used in a data center providing low power consumption and requiring minimal administration."
"An HCI environment is more cost-effective than utilizing a traditional SAN, because with storage and computing altogether, you don't necessarily have to involve the networking team as much and you don't necessarily need somebody that understands Brocade's or Cisco Fiber Channel switches, because you have it all right there."
"VxRail has high performance and has great efficiency. There is a single place for us to manage all of our virtual machines. The ability to right-size instead of overcommit VMs is a large benefit."
"We are very happy with the purchase, and it works well. It is fast. We went with the full-flash version, meaning that we have SSDs. So, we can build a Windows virtual machine in two minutes. We were surprised when we first tried to do that."
"Aside from our mistake updating the vCenter, which threw things off, we haven't had any issues, there aren't bugs or glitches, it doesn't freeze, and so far it's been rather reliable."
"The low latency and response times and having a virtualized environment within a single computer are valuable. I have no physical elements, and I can optimize or balance my data depending on the sales volume that I have in a specific store."
"It is the most valuable Software Defined Storage ever to manage all storage workloads, and also offers high availability."
"The updating of the features was one aspect of the solution that made us decide to use it."
 

Cons

"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
"The price of this solution is high compared to the competitors, so it should be lowered."
"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"Marketing needs improvement."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources."
"The solution is competitively priced but it is expensive."
"VxRail should try to improve the pricing."
"My main issue so far is that the installation created a default datacenter name of "Marvin" and it cannot be changed."
"The fact that is based on vSAN is the main issue of this solution."
"The most important thing that I want to be included in this solution is the VMware license. Its deployment time can be quicker so that instead of 40 minutes, it takes 10 minutes."
"When you converge the solution, you have to be very careful because the great scalability comes at an important cost."
"We'd like to see more automation capabilities in the future."
"The way that the VxRail is licensed could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."
"The price is a little bit on the higher side but the system and management are so quick and easy that it's worth it for the customer."
"VxRail is still more expensive than its competitor solutions."
"Fees vary by license type."
"There is an advantage for those who have a good deal with Dell. Its price is good. From a company's perspective, it is always too expensive, but it is about value for money."
"The licensing of vSAN and VMware for different editions of VxRail is not easy."
"The price could be lower."
"Though somewhat expensive. But in terms of performance and stability, it's worth it."
"This is an expensive product and that should be considered a point to be improved."
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Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise43
Large Enterprise57
 

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