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HPE GreenLake vs Pure Storage Evergreen One comparison

 

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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

HPE GreenLake
Ranking in Managed Cloud Services
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Consumption Services (1st)
Pure Storage Evergreen One
Ranking in Managed Cloud Services
2nd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (15th), File and Object Storage (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Managed Cloud Services category, the mindshare of HPE GreenLake is 32.2%, up from 18.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure Storage Evergreen One is 30.8%, up from 12.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed Cloud Services Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
HPE GreenLake32.2%
Pure Storage Evergreen One30.8%
Other37.0%
Managed Cloud Services
 

Featured Reviews

MohamedKhairy - PeerSpot reviewer
Robust scalability and flexibility in managing workflow
There is a need for improved support in HPE GreenLake, including more administrators and engineers to provide faster resolution for issues. Storage issues can impact the entire data center, especially in virtualization environments where multiple virtual machines are connected. Availability of hardware and timely monitoring have been reported as a problem, with some difficulties in obtaining hardware due to limited stock in the local market.
Michael-Daniel - PeerSpot reviewer
Exceptional speed improves performance with short and long-term storage
We are using it in-house for our data center to run all of our VMware environment and our VDI environment on. Infrastructure consumption, as well as short-term and long-term storage, is included The speed of the product is quite a bit better in performance than the previous environment we were…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Absolute flexibility for scaling storage needs on demand."
"It has made our organization's capacity management efforts so much better. Usually, engineers need to take time to worry about firmware updates and and getting that stuff done. However, that falls to the wayside, knowing with GreenLake's data center management and data center support that all the firmware has been tested for all the equipment that you have. When you apply the updates, nothing should go wrong, because it has already been fully tested."
"The most valuable feature for me is the ability to perform backups with a graphical user interface (GUI). It makes the process easy."
"It is the flexible way to pay for everything that you need and pay as you go."
"The solution's technical support does an excellent job."
"Its performance is a significant improvement over the legacy stack that we had."
"HPE GreenLake is highly stable."
"It sort of lines up with our direction to move to the cloud. By using a hybrid cloud service to get us there, this allows us to run our legacy workloads on-premise. Those which are not really suited to a proper cloud."
"Pure Storage has the highest Net Promoter Score in the market."
"We have snapshots. We put snapshots on disks, and we can save information. In the case of ransomware, everything is in the snapshot. We have a snapshot lock on it, so it's safe."
"The speed of the product is quite a bit better in performance than the previous peer environment we were running on, and it seems to have a better feature set."
"The Evergreen program is excellent, and the pricing is quite reasonable. My friends who work there are doing very well and consistently achieving strong results. Like any company, they experience occasional downturns but perform impressively overall."
"The speed of the product is quite a bit better in performance than the previous environment we were running on, and it seems to have a better feature set."
 

Cons

"HPE GreenLake can improve by making some of the user's experience better. It can take some time to learn."
"The support service needs improvement. The support team isn't very active in addressing cases. It should also provide a web application."
"The interconnects were a challenge originally, but they sorted that out, and It was fine. We did have to spend a bit more money."
"We are still managing the VMs in our IT operations."
"HPE GreenLake can improve the price."
"I would really like to see more granularity in the costing model. That's the one limitation that we do have: We have a lot of departments. We want to be able to break down, in a granular way, that this department is using X amount of resources, that department is using Y amount of resources... I want to be able to tag it and say, "This is this department's fees, this is that department's fees." That way I could charge back internally to my own departments."
"Unfortunately, HPE GreenLake can be sold only in Bahrain, UAE, and the Middle East, meaning it can be sold in only three or four countries because it requires certain approvals from countries where it has to be used."
"Both times that we've had to increase the hardware, the deployment took way longer than expected. In addition, we haven't yet gotten to a use point where the cost is below what it would cost us to provision the same set of services on HPE hardware outside of the GreenLake service."
"I'm not sure if any improvements are needed."
"The only potential drawback is that Pure Storage might be overkill if you don't need microsecond response times."
"It would be nice to have support in Swedish."
"Many customers report that the starting price is quite high. However, the overall total cost of ownership can be reduced over time due to features like the Evergreen architecture, which allows savings through less management and environmental benefits."
"To me, I think it's a little expensive. Then again, you get what you pay for."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you are looking to turn some of your capital expense into operational expense, this allows you to do it. It is a good idea."
"It is significantly less expensive than going to cloud for development... Our cost is approximately $25,000 a month."
"It's a small cost per month compared to that one-time purchase. The big thing is if you get your one-time purchase wrong, then you are buying a lot more. With GreenLake, if we miss estimate (which with all the planning, you usually don't), we sign a piece of paper, and then they send more equipment in."
"In terms of pricing, it's a bit on the higher side."
"Right now we're paying about $180,000 per year."
"HPE GreenLake has been growing in popularity due to its subscription model. The flexibility of the solution allows it to adapt to the changing market trends towards more edge performance and workloads."
"If you're used to buying HPE servers, it's less expensive than that. I don't really compare competitor servers because HPE has never given me any reason to look otherwise. However, if you get good pricing on HPE servers, you get better pricing on GreenLake."
"We have reduced a lot of our VMware licensing costs."
"The pricing is very good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Retailer
11%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise6
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE GreenLake?
The solution's technical support does an excellent job.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE GreenLake?
We had a service and cost model established on utilization for specific KPIs, and we were measured by memory and storage, with no costs for CPU consumption.
What needs improvement with HPE GreenLake?
I am still struggling with monitoring, particularly with OpsRamp, which is not fully customized to our needs, especially for disaster recovery. In our scenario, we define a disaster recovery test c...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage Evergreen One?
Initially, the starting price is high, but over time, due to reduced management needs and environmental savings, the total cost of ownership decreases.
What needs improvement with Pure Storage Evergreen One?
Many customers report that the starting price is quite high. However, the overall total cost of ownership can be reduced over time due to features like the Evergreen ( /products/evergreen-reviews )...
What is your primary use case for Pure Storage Evergreen One?
I am not a user of Pure Storage Evergreen One ( /products/pure-storage-evergreen-one-reviews ). I manage this brand in a technology company to distribute the product. I am working in a reseller bus...
 

Also Known As

GreenLake Flex Capacity, HPE Flexible Capacity, HPE FlexCap
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Capgemini Finland Infrastructure Services, Sogeti BeLux, Accenture
1. Aetna 2. Adobe 3. ADP 4. Aflac 5. Allstate 6. Amazon 7. American Express 8. American Greetings 9. Ameriprise Financial 10. ATT 11. Autodesk 12. Bank of America 13. Barclay's 14. Baxter International 15. Berkshire Hathaway 16. BlackRock 17. Boeing 18. Bristol-Myers Squibb 19. Capital One 20. Caterpillar 21. Citigroup 22. Coca-Cola 23. Comcast2 4. ConocoPhillips 25. Constellation Brands 26. CVS Health 27. Dell 28. Disney 29. Dominion Energy 30. Eli Lilly and Company 31. Equinix 32. ExxonMobil
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