HPE StoreEasy vs Nasuni comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 7, 2024

Nasuni and HPE StoreEasy compete in the file storage solutions category. Nasuni has the upper hand due to its advanced features, scalability, and cloud adaptability.

Features: Nasuni offers features like global file locking, unlimited storage capacity, and continuous file versioning, appealing to businesses seeking scalable storage solutions. Users appreciate its simplicity in IT management, security, and disaster recovery capabilities. Nasuni also supports hybrid cloud environments, providing versatility for various deployment needs. HPE StoreEasy focuses on robust data protection and ease of implementation and maintenance, which appeals to users who prefer straightforward storage solutions that integrate easily with existing setups.

Room for Improvement: Nasuni could improve its platform with faster replication speeds and better cloud solutions support such as OneDrive. Users also suggest enhancements in user-friendliness, monitoring capabilities, and a clearer cache structure. HPE StoreEasy could benefit from increased scalability, better configuration tools, improved cluster services, and extended storage capabilities to cloud solutions like ISDN.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Nasuni supports hybrid cloud, on-premises, and public cloud deployments, and its technical support is often praised for its proactive customer service despite some timing issues. HPE StoreEasy is typically deployed on-premises, preferred by companies seeking reliable on-premises setups and known for accessible and professional support.

Pricing and ROI: Nasuni's pricing includes per-terabyte licensing, cloud storage, and virtual machines, considered competitively priced. Users notice reduced capital expenses and labor costs, achieving ROI through infrastructure and maintenance savings. HPE StoreEasy's one-time purchase model is seen as economical, with satisfaction in its reliability and flexibility. Nasuni's model caters to businesses looking for scalable and cost-effective cloud adaptability, while StoreEasy is favored for predictable, one-time hardware investments.

To learn more, read our detailed HPE StoreEasy vs. Nasuni Report (Updated: April 2026).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE StoreEasy

Ranking in NAS

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nasuni

Ranking in NAS

10th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (2nd), Cloud Migration (8th), Cloud Storage (13th), Cloud Backup (38th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (20th), Cloud Storage Gateways (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the NAS category, the mindshare of HPE StoreEasy is 3.3%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nasuni is 4.1%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

NAS Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE StoreEasy	3.3%
Nasuni	4.1%
Other	92.6%

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Featured Reviews

Vinoth Bala

HPE Consultant at Mannai

Reliable, cost-effective, and easy to deploy and manage

I did not have any difficulties in deploying StoreEasy for the customers. It is user-friendly and easy to deploy. It has a Windows Server and a required license built in. For implementation, we follow the HPE documentation. We follow the Configuration guide and the Installation guide. For all HPE products, we follow the HPE documentation. For a single box, it takes a maximum of two days. It depends on the customer's availability. For different configurations, it can take two to three days. The number of people required varies from customer to customer, but generally, it requires three people. For mounting the storage, we always have three people to unbox, mount, and do other things. It does not require any maintenance. From the data center perspective, maintaining StoreEasy is very easy. No customer has complained about any difficulty in maintaining StoreEasy.

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SwapnilDaga

Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Cloud data management that achieves cost efficiency with advanced data protection features

I am currently using Nasuni for seismic data. We have a huge data size, and we want to reduce costs. Nasuni acts as a caching solution, so we put some data into the cache, and the rest goes to the blob, which helps us save on costs. We use it for applications like Petrol and Tech Log, where 3D…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have just started with HPE StoreEasy but I am looking forward to working with it, as I am satisfied with the technical details and to me, it seems like one of the best solutions available."

"This solution allows me to better and more easily manage user data without impacting my primary storage."

"The tool's data protection capabilities are robust."

"HPE StoreEasy is a stable and high-performing solution that HPE supports effectively."

"StoreEasy is a better solution for backup purposes."

"I like the user quotas, integrations, and separations for storage."

"It is a robust system, reliable, and well-priced."

"The solution's most valuable feature is the duplication."

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"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of the backup and restore functions."

"The Nasuni management dashboard is helpful because, on the administration side, I'm able to view all of the different filers that we have in the UK, rather than check each one of them individually."

"Nasuni is tremendously easy to manage. It eliminates many of the administrative challenges associated with physical hardware storage, and you don't need to worry about any hardware failure or products reaching the end of their lives."

"We have one platform to manage all of our data, to see it and to quickly access it, and that is huge."

"I particularly like the restore process. Our financial teams make changes to spreadsheets and other files, and we've got teams using Photoshop files. They make mistakes and need to recover files, and we can do that instantly. We also have users who manage to delete folders, and we can bring them back instantly within a few seconds."

"Continuous File Versioning is one of the best features because it helps you to restore at any point in time. That means you don't have to worry about a ransomware attack. Even if that attack happens, you can restore all the data to five minutes ago and save everything."

"We've used it to provide file source capacity for VDI environments. The security of it is important and the fact that it's object storage, it's immutable and that it can't be held for ransom. It's a lot smoother than our previous processes that weren't Nasuni-based. A lot of it is done automatically just by the system being in place."

"With Nasuni, the simplicity of management is light-years ahead of our previous processes because the old backup and recovery was so slow, and we had to keep growing the SAN as the business grew."

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Cons

"I would like to improve the tool's technical support. I would also like to see the product's hybrid cloud version."

"The cluster service is not available in the latest version of HPE StoreEasy."

"When I configure the StoreEasy in a complex environment I have problems finding compatibility with all the software."

"The areas of HPE StoreEasy that need improvement are scalability and migration."

"There are some SKUs in StoreEasy that are built to order, and there are only limited options, such as StoreEasy 1670 and 1870, which can be configured to order based on customer preferences."

"The support of HPE StoreEasy can improve its responsiveness. Dell support is better."

"When I configure the StoreEasy in a complex environment I have problems finding compatibility with all the software."

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"Nasuni is not a stable solution."

"The only thing that I'd like to see is more support for platforms like OneDrive or Box.com."

"The speed at which new files are created is something that could be improved."

"We forecasted that the data at my client's organization would grow by about ten percent annually, but we are migrating more data because we are bringing in some servers that had not previously been within the scope of our license. We expected it would take us two years to reach a specific amount of data, but we hit that mark in one year. The licensing cost skyrocketed, so we need to renegotiate. It puts us in a bind because we are reliant on Nasuni for our service strategy. We can't deny our customers, but we also struggle to pay for that."

"There is some room for improvement when it comes to monitoring. We are not using Nasuni monitoring. We are using our own monitoring through Xenos. Nasuni can provide better monitoring capabilities for us to monitor all the filers and NMC so that we don't have to use a third-party tool."

"We would like to have a user desktop agent to help improve the end-user experience."

"We've had some organizational changes that Nasuni has not been able to keep up with, mainly from a data or file system perspective. Moving a filer from one management console has been a challenge."

"The only thing that I'd like to see is more support for platforms like OneDrive or Box.com."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an economical solution for the company and I am satisfied with the pricing."

"The price of HPE StoreEasy is approximately $15,000 to $20,000 and it is a one-time purchase. The price is similar to competitors, such as Dell."

"Based on what I hear from our customers, it is not very expensive. From the cost perspective, I see nobody complaining about its cost."

"I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. You need to pay additional costs for the solution."

"There are annual costs that we pay for maintaining all of the snapshot history in the cloud. That is the primary cost that we pay. We occasionally buy newer Nasuni appliances or deploy them to new offices when the need occurs. That capital equipment expenses is less than the cost of buying new file storage systems. For the most part, you are trading a CapEx cost of storage equipment for an OpEx cost for management of all the snapshot data in the cloud."

"Nasuni pricing is average; it's not too high or too low."

"With this solution, the license renewal is pretty swift. With the virtual appliance, you just need to take care of the OS versions and patches. In a way, we don't have to struggle much with renewals because the only thing that we need to take care of are the licenses. We renew it every three years. This aspect goes with infrastructural costs because it doesn't cost us too much to maintain the solution."

"There are cheaper forms of storage, but Nasuni is fairly priced for the functionality it offers. I can get basic file shares provisioned in Azure and pay for the storage and the CPU. The overall cost would be much less than Nasuni, but I would need to build the management console and encryption process, so it would cost a lot to develop that kind of functionality."

"Nasuni should provide small-scale licenses, like a 20 TB license. Currently, the smallest is a 30 TB license."

"I would not say it is economically priced, but it is affordable. If you can afford to pay for it, it is worth the money, but it is definitely not overpriced. It is priced about where it needs to be in the market. We were satisfied with the way they did their licensing and how they handled it. I believe they actually license by data size. It is based on how much data is being held on the machine and replicated, and that's completely understandable. So, for us, their pricing was as expected and affordable."

"The cost of licensing is negotiated and billed annually per terabyte."

"Our agreement is set up such that we pay annually per terabyte, and we buy a chunk of it at a time. Then if we run out of space, we go back to them and buy another chunk."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	24

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE StoreEasy?

HPE StoreEasy is competitively priced compared to competitors. It offers configuration options, such as different processor powers, to adapt to the client's needs.

What needs improvement with HPE StoreEasy?

The product is stable, running on Windows Server ( /products/windows-server-reviews ) with updates from HPE, including those for iLO. There could be improvements in providing more hardening options...

What is your primary use case for HPE StoreEasy?

I use HPE StoreEasy ( /products/hpe-storeeasy-reviews ) to provide file sharing to our business users. We are a logistics business, specifically a port.

Does Nasuni have a good pricing model?

Based on the experience of my organization, Nasuni is definitely worth the money, since it gives you an all-in-one solution where you'd usually need several programs. About the cost, there isn't a ...

Is it easy to restore files with Nasuni?

As someone who has used this feature of Nasuni I can tell you - yes, it's good for file recovery and you'll definitely benefit from very quick times. I can't tell you if it's the best one because I...

What features and services does Nasuni offer?

Hi, if you pick Nasuni, you'll be benefiting from many services for a good price. Well, it's a personalized price you get after an agreement with the company but in my organization's case, it is a ...

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HP StoreEasy

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Overview

HP StoreEasy Storage is the #1 NAS product family under $15K USD range in units. Count on optimized, efficient, secure and highly available storage that simply addresses file and application storage challenges, no matter the size of your business. Straightforward features and new enhancements mean simpler installation and monitoring of utilization and health status.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Nasuni is a file data services enterprise focused on assisting firms with their digital transformation, global expansion, and information awareness. The Nasuni File Data Platform is a suite of cloud-based services designed to enhance user productivity, ensure business continuity, provide data intelligence, offer cloud options, and simplify global infrastructure. This platform and its auxiliary services are projected to replace conventional file infrastructure such as network attached storage (NAS), backup, and Disaster Recovery (DR), with an expandable cloud-scale solution. By storing file data in scalable cloud object storage from multiple providers, Nasuni positions itself as a cloud-native alternative for traditional NAS and file server infrastructure. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nasuni serves sectors like manufacturing, construction, technology, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector worldwide, offering its services in more than 70 countries.

Reviews from Real Users

James J., IT Manager at a marketing services firm, says Nasuni’s management dashboard is helpful because he's able to view all of the different filers at once rather than check each one of them individually. He values the software’s security, reliability, good performance, helpful alerting, and responsive support.

According to a Server Engineering Services Lead at a mining and metals company, Nasuni offers good OR and DR capabilities, performs well, offers data security, and continuous file versioning helps recover from hardware failures.

The Managing Director of IT at a construction company appreciates Nasuni because it eliminates a lot of work that was previously done when managing backing up and restoring data files.

Sample Customers

John Lewis, HPE IT, Comline AG, AmeriPride Services

American Standard, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, E*TRADE, Ithaca Energy, McLaren Construction, Morton Salt, Movado, Urban Outfitters, Western Digital

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