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HPE Superdome X vs HPE Synergy comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE Superdome X
Ranking in Blade Servers
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE Superdome X is 6.6%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 9.0%, down from 20.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Synergy9.0%
HPE Superdome X6.6%
Other84.4%
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2056329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees
Robust product, helped with workload management and offers remote configuration
In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important because we are forced to use two chassis even with lower loads. So introducing more flexibility in the Superdome environment would be helpful. One other problem is energy consumption. We are forced to use both chassis even when we only need, for example, all four processors. It's not always used at full capacity every day. When underutilized, we still need to have both chassis powered, which creates an energy consumption issue. While the machine can be configured to reduce consumption, the idea of having different possible configurations with varying chassis usage, similar to the Flex version, could be interesting for this model, too. This model leverages specific features of the Intel MAP board, so switching like in the Flex might be difficult due to the motherboard switching involved.
MS
Works at Saudi Telecom Company
Manage servers efficiently with an integrated view while reducing downtime
My use case is to serve the complete IT environment of the telecom, including all cloud applications. I use HPE Synergy servers for my private cloud and for network management systems. 70% of my workload is running on HPE servers The integrated view, such as managing complete servers and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CPU and memory, it's just pretty good and helps us to support the students and the teachers of the school."
"We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good."
"In summary, this is a good product and I recommend it."
"Superdome X is a system that can compete in terms of performance and uptime, but it's now standard. That is the great value. There are competitors like IBM, for example, but IBM has a propietary operating system. With Superdome X, you have a system that can run Windows, Red Hat, or VMware, but in a mission critical server."
"We like the flexibility with the platform and our ability to stretch it across a lot of different areas of the company and product lines."
"I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable."
"The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience."
"SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications."
"On the previous HPE platform, we struggled because everything was independent. We had to manage firmware on each server, storage and network configuration on each server. Synergy is template-driven so we can ensure consistency of all of those settings. It allows us to standardize configuration and ensure consistency across the board."
"Everything is combined in one chassis, you have storage, compute, networking. So you save a lot of space in the datacenter."
"HPE has proven track records worldwide delivering superb support on hard- and software."
"Being able to connect my 3PAR arrays to the Synergy platform is the most valuable aspect to me."
"The solution is pretty good and very stable."
"If you can get it set up right and get a little bit of expertise in it, it's a wonderful platform."
"We were able to reduce our turnaround time on some of our projects, from upwards of three or four days down to a couple of hours."
"HPE is really the leading platform."
 

Cons

"I'd like to see the onboarding of some storage class memory to really expand the already very large RAM, into something that could be even much bigger."
"I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported."
"In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important because we are forced to use two chassis even with lower loads. So introducing more flexibility in the Superdome environment would be helpful."
"It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online."
"The technical support sucks, would be understating it. Because the first line and the second line support tend to give out stupid suggestions that are completely useless, and they aren't listening to anything."
"What would make it better from my point of view is if HPE spent more time on testing with the actual built-in Red Hat Linux drivers, as opposed to always trying to say, "Use our driver.""
"HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud."
"Looking back to our original purchase of Superdome X, we bought the smallest model."
"They have not improved their product since it was purchased."
"They must improve the OneView tools."
"I think that they can improve the update because the update is problematic now. When you want to update the firmware, or when you want to update software on Composer, it takes a lot of time."
"The initial setup, because it was still in beta, was complex."
"It would be nice if the updates were not accompanied by downtime."
"Instead of having Synergy vertical, make it horizontal. It is easier to stick in when it is vertical."
"It has been in the external integrations to other platforms that we have, which aren't HPE, where some of our challenges have been. I would like to see some integrations with non-HPE platforms."
"The pricing can be improved as it is a costly solution due to sanctions in Iran."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive."
"There is a very expensive one-time cost with no licensing fees."
"The biggest cost is the VMware licensing."
"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs by 50 percent."
"We do CAPEX."
"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."
"The cost is high and that is a drawback for some customers."
"We have already paid once. It is just the price for the permit and its use. It seems you don't have to keep paying for it, but I am not sure."
"VMware is part of the cost. We bought the chassis, we bought the solution. The blades are roughly running us $60,000 a pop right now."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Government
10%
University
10%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
 

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How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?
For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and stable. It turns out Bladesystem was the winner. Bladesystem is excellent because...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Synergy?
As far as the prices are concerned, rack mount solutions are less expensive than HPE Synergy prices; however, HPE Synergy prices are higher but justify themselves as the solution accommodates all t...
What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?
In my opinion, for future improvements in HPE Synergy, there should be better management of power consumption complexity as well as an increase in the number of servers that can fit in a single Syn...
 

Also Known As

HP Integrity Superdome, HP Superdome X
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Sample Customers

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HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
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