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Dell PowerMax vs Tintri VMstore T7000 comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 30, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
Organizations reduced costs and improved performance with Pure FlashArray X NVMe, achieving quick ROI and efficient resource management.
Sentiment score
8.2
Organizations gained rapid ROI from Dell PowerMax with enhanced performance, cost efficiency, and improved data center capabilities.
Sentiment score
6.3
Tintri VMstore T7000 enhances efficiency, reduces costs and TCO, improves scalability, and boosts performance, benefiting organizational operations significantly.
If you wait more than seven years to buy another one, you get a return on your investment.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
During a DCDR setup and migration from VMAX to Dell PowerMax, what was planned as a two-day downtime was completed in just three to four hours.
The performance metrics or benchmarks I use to measure success with Dell PowerMax include uptime as well as our response times on our platforms, both of which are exactly where we want them to be, which is five nines and as fast as possible.
Senior Manager, Disaster Recovery, Storage & UNIX Systems at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
My client has seen significant ROI since the install, and when you don't go down, that's an ROI in and of itself.
Chief Executive Officer at Contour Data Solutions
I accidentally had a volume or VMstore running up to 95%, but it was no issue. The performance was still top-notch despite being used over 90%.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Pure FlashArray X NVMe's technical support is praised for responsiveness, despite occasional follow-up issues, earning high customer satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.3
Dell PowerMax support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some seek improvements in response times and escalation access.
Sentiment score
8.1
Tintri VMstore T7000's customer service is highly regarded for prompt, proactive support with knowledgeable, responsive technical staff.
Customers always have their issues resolved promptly.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Technical support is good at least through vendors, not directly with the principal.
Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
I would rate Dell PowerMax support as a ten, as I have never had an issue with Dell support as it relates to this product.
Chief Executive Officer at Contour Data Solutions
ProSupport Next Business Day offers part replacement within four hours for data leaks.
AI Solutions Architect at TierOne
Dell support for Dell PowerMax is exceptional, rating a perfect 10 out of 10.
Their support team provides excellent assistance and effectively addresses issues.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
The response time is very prompt.
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers scalable storage with low latency, easy upgrades, though capacity customization and high costs are noted.
Sentiment score
7.7
Dell PowerMax excels in scalability and performance, supporting diverse enterprise storage needs with minimal disruption and high flexibility.
Sentiment score
7.5
Tintri VMstore T7000 offers scalable, efficient node-based architecture, allowing easy expansion, despite potential costs, with seamless management.
It hasn't broken down anytime in the last six to seven years, despite hurricanes, earthquakes, and power outages.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Scalability is not an issue.
Senior System Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Dell PowerMax is good for enterprises, and it also depends on how much workload you're going to bring in on Dell PowerMax in terms of performance and how many users are going to use the database you're hosting.
Lead Consultant - Cloud & Infrastructure Services at Infosys
PowerScale is better suited for AI and overall buzz solution currently.
AI Solutions Architect at TierOne
You do not need to purchase fully populated or maxed-out boxes on day one; instead, you can start with half-populated boxes and expand as your needs grow, adding disks as necessary.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Five are running in production, three are in the DR site, and one is in the bunker site.
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Pure Storage offers exceptional stability and reliability with outstanding support, consistently achieving high user ratings for performance and service.
Sentiment score
8.7
Dell PowerMax is highly reliable with excellent performance, minimal downtime, and exceptional stability, receiving high praise from users.
Sentiment score
7.4
The Tintri VMstore T7000 is praised for stability, robust architecture, reliable support, and exceptional failover features, despite minor issues.
I would rate the stability of the product at seven out of ten.
Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
These patches can be applied on the fly without requiring software upgrades or system downtime.
I would rate it nine out of ten since there are no required downtimes, even during firmware upgrades.
System and Storage Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
There has been no downtime with Dell PowerMax; it's been extremely reliable, easy to manage, easy to upgrade, and trustworthy as we've upgraded over the years from one version to another.
Chief Executive Officer at Contour Data Solutions
A new controller was shipped and arrived the next day.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
In the last year, we have not experienced any downtime in Tintri VMstore T7000.
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
 

Room For Improvement

Pure FlashArray X requires cost-effective improvements in UI, integration, cloud features, multitenancy, analytics, backup, AI, and scalability.
Dell PowerMax needs better deduplication, automation, cloud integration, documentation, pricing, and customer support for enhanced user experience.
Tintri VMstore T7000 needs licensing improvements, better vSphere integration, and enhanced features for cloud, telemetry, and language support.
One way to improve the product is to add an operational assistant that doesn't depend on VMware.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
I would like to see some AI features that would allow arrays to intelligently identify threats or unusual behavior in the data pattern and give an alert.
Cloud Architect at DXC Technology
Storage replication should be essential.
Infrastructure Specialis at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Compared to competitors such as NetApp, which integrates with public cloud hyperscalers (GCP, Azure, AWS), Dell PowerMax lacks in this aspect.
Dell can assist by providing plug-and-play integrated templates that allow customers to drag, drop, modify, and connect with any target system for generating snapshots without logging into the storage directly.
System and Storage Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dell PowerMax NVMe is very reliable storage and cannot experience downtime.
First Assistant Vice President (FAVP) & Unit Head of Server & Storage Management Unit at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Tintri could improve by ensuring shorter times for support and compatibility when there are new releases from partners like VMware or Microsoft.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Maybe some sort of spreadsheet or visual tool would help. It could show the amount of data and servers we have, guide us on which particular build to choose, and estimate costs.
IT Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
It is very expensive as an appliance compared to other storages such as Huawei or Dell storage.
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers see Pure FlashArray X NVMe as a justified premium investment due to performance and comprehensive licensing.
Dell PowerMax is costly but premium, with high support costs, yet discounts are possible through vendor negotiations.
Tintri VMstore T7000 offers competitive pricing with good value, appealing to smaller companies despite some additional feature costs.
While the prices may be higher than those of other vendors, we see it as a market leader with benefits.
Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.
The support can be a bit pricey, but the solution is more cost-effective than anything else out there.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
The higher cost compared to other vendors is justified by additional features, vendor-managed upgrades, and superior support services.
It is the best choice for large projects in terms of price and features compared to midrange solutions.
Presales Engineer at Project Informatica srl
The price is starting from $500,000.
Senior Sells at Enterprise Sigma Technology
While it might seem expensive per gigabyte initially, the practical capacity and the reduced need for additional backup and storage personnel make it fairly priced.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Tintri VMstore T7000 appliance itself is very expensive.
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
 

Valuable Features

Pure FlashArray X NVMe offers exceptional performance, reliability, scalability, and seamless VMware integration, enhancing workload efficiency and user experience.
Dell PowerMax is valued for reliability, performance, scalability, NVMe technology, and ease of use, making it ideal for enterprise storage.
Tintri VMstore T7000 is praised for VM awareness, performance, cost efficiency, intuitive management, and seamless VMware integration.
Its data compression feature is the best that we have ever seen.
Sales Manager at Multicomputos PR
Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed.
Manager, System Infrastructure & Security at Organik Kimya San. ve Tic. A.S.
We are satisfied with the performance as it is significantly faster compared to traditional storage options.
Project Manager at a government with 11-50 employees
NVMe provides additional fast cache, similar to random access memory (RAM), which improves overall system performance and read/write experience for users.
Dell PowerMax NVMe is very supportive of our operational growth since we require daily performance from our core banking systems and need to facilitate data movement efficiently.
System and Storage Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The key benefits of using Dell PowerMax, quantified in terms of saved hours and saved costs, is having one single platform that provides functionality to all of our internal customers.
Senior Manager, Disaster Recovery, Storage & UNIX Systems at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is hands-off and runs seamlessly without needing daily management.
VMWare & Tintri Storage Solutions Evangelist at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
I have eliminated bottlenecks with storage and have a more secure storage platform using unwritable snapshots.
IT Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
The major benefit of using Tintri VMstore T7000 is its deduplication and compression ratio, which is around 4x to 5x. No other storage is giving that much ratio.
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
 

Categories and Ranking

Pure FlashArray X NVMe
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Ranking in All-Flash Storage
17th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (6th)
Dell PowerMax
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (3rd)
Tintri VMstore T7000
Ranking in All-Flash Storage
23rd
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the All-Flash Storage category, the mindshare of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is 1.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell PowerMax is 4.8%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tintri VMstore T7000 is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
All-Flash Storage Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Dell PowerMax4.8%
Pure FlashArray X NVMe1.4%
Tintri VMstore T70000.8%
Other93.0%
All-Flash Storage
 

Featured Reviews

Jaehoon Oh - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Lambda256
Supports efficient storage management through volume snapshots and offers reliable non-disruptive upgrades
I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could be enhanced. I can see the performance statistics in the Pure Storage console, but it does not show the performance by 4K byte unit. It displays IOPS and bandwidth, but IOPS is about real use, and I want to know how many IOPS are currently running in 4K byte units. I cannot see that IOPS because most storage systems report their performance by 4K byte unit. I want to see Pure Storage performance by 4K byte unit to compare with other storage or other internal NVMe SSD.
MayankChauhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Consultant - Cloud & Infrastructure Services at Infosys
Delivers essential support and performance for intensive operations in real-time environments
Our infrastructure is spread across the private as well as a public cloud. Our requirement was that the IOPS latency should not be more than one millisecond. If anything goes beyond one millisecond, it's a problem for us. We wanted a system that could handle the transactions and meet our latency requirements. There are performance benefits for sure. The amount of deduplication and compression offered by Dell PowerMax is quite good, especially with databases. Dell PowerMax delivers optimum performance and reliable support, integral for handling failures and ensuring operational continuity. The performance capacity optimization and support we receive from Dell are also valuable.
Tanesh Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage And Server Farm (Ucs) Administrator at Meezan Bank Limited
Vm-aware storage has simplified vmware management and delivers strong deduplication and savings
There are many good features for Tintri VMstore T7000, especially its nature of understanding VMware. It is VM-aware storage, which is a very good characteristic. When any VM is moved from one host to another host, there is no way to see where it is running. It is very smooth in action. Trintri VMstore T7000 is totally autonomous. We have integrated it with our virtualization environment, so all the VMs and machines running in our environment move between one Tintri VMstore T7000 and another without requiring any manual intervention. The system can schedule resources from its own capabilities. If one Tintri VMstore T7000 becomes full, the machine will be moved to another automatically. This autonomous system is very beneficial. Nowadays, all storage comes with NVMe flash and all storage is coming with flash storages as well. Tintri VMstore T7000 is much easier to handle. We just need to integrate the whole Tintri VMstore T7000 with vCenter and all the work will be done by vCenter. If we want to check what the deduplication will be, there is a really good feature of Tintri VMstore T7000 called TGC. We can integrate all Tintri VMstore T7000 systems from one end and manage all of them from a single endpoint. The major benefit of using Tintri VMstore T7000 is its deduplication and compression ratio, which is around 4x to 5x. No other storage is giving that much ratio. This is really good and much cost-saving for the company. Administrative cost is reduced because Tintri VMstore T7000 gives us a single point where we can manage it. This is both time-saving and cost-saving.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise55
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise27
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
Pure FlashArray X NVMe helps to improve our processing speed. It is user-friendly and easy to use.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
The price of Pure FlashArray X NVMe is very expensive, though I do not know the actual price because I am using the E...
What needs improvement with Pure FlashArray X NVMe?
I have no specific improvements to suggest for Pure FlashArray X NVMe at this time. The performance statistics could ...
What's the difference between DELL EMC Powerstore and Powermax NVMe?
Dell PowerStore is an all-solid-state midrange storage system. It has many internal elements taken from other Dell of...
What do you like most about Dell EMC PowerMax NVMe?
First, it's an enterprise storage solution. This is very important for us. Another important feature is replication.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC PowerMax NVMe?
When comparing Dell PowerMax NVMe with other vendors, such as IBM enterprise solutions, the price is relatively higher.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tintri VMstore?
It is cost-effective in certain aspects. However, Tintri VMstore T7000 appliance itself is very expensive. As far as ...
What needs improvement with Tintri VMstore?
For improvement, the first thing that needs to be addressed is cost. It is very expensive as an appliance compared to...
What is your primary use case for Tintri VMstore?
We are using Tintri VMstore T7000 for our VMware infrastructure, which encompasses all virtualization infrastructure ...
 

Also Known As

Pure FlashArray//X NVMe, Pure FlashArray//X, FlashArray//X
Dell PowerMax NVMe, Dell EMC PowerMax, PowerMax
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Sample Customers

Fremont Bank, Judson ISD, The Nielsen Company
Rackspace, Open Line
That’s why leading enterprises including Comcast, Chevron, NASA, Toyota, United Healthcare and 20% of the Fortune 100, trust Tintri with storage needs.
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