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Pivot3 vs VxRail comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Pivot3
Ranking in HCI
27th
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
7.3
Number of Reviews
130
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Pivot3 is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VxRail is 19.7%, down from 21.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

JW
One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter
The primary use case was for a persistent VDI solution using vSphere as the hypervisor software and using Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop as the provisioning software in an enterprise Windows server domain infrastructure It greatly streamlined the time it took to scale out the enterprise and it…
Rami Jadallah - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamline management and integration with seamless upgrades
The primary reasons customers choose VxRail include ease of management, ease of upgrades, and integration with VMware. The hyper-converged infrastructure simplifies software and hardware upgrades. Customers prefer the single pane of glass management and integration with VMware, which makes it easier for them to proceed with decisions involving VMware products.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"The technical support from Dell was very good."
"You don't need to think about compatibility of components."
"I like that there is a dependency on the storage controller."
"There are so many features, but if I have to choose, I would go for scale-out upgrades and performance. Scale-out upgrades are very valuable. Typically, when customers engage in virtualization, they're committing themselves to run many virtual machines on a fewer number of hosts. They'll have five or six hosts, and they will run all their virtualization on vSphere. They could be having anywhere from 50 to 100 or even more virtual machines. Once all these go into production, getting downtime or getting planned maintenance windows is extremely difficult. It is something that typically businesses will frown upon. With VxRail, you can just go ahead and add a node without disrupting the existing environment, which works very well. That's why scale-out upgrades are a key feature. Its performance is also valuable. It delivers a very high number of IOPS for a hybrid configuration or an all-flash configuration. The processors that are available in the Xeon family are very powerful. They are multi-core with typically 2 gigahertz, 2.4 gigahertz, or higher frequency, so the performance is very much appreciated."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the performance."
"Enterprise is a complete solution that includes performance, backups and disaster recovery."
"The update capability of VxRail is crucial for us."
"VxRail has improved out organization because we are trying to be a little more proactive and elastic. We are trying to change our conventional approach to development."
 

Cons

"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"The way that the VxRail is licensed could be improved."
"Technically speaking, the vCenter and the administration of the integration of the vCenter could be improved."
"In the next release, maybe they could add in integration with the hyper-cloud so it will be easier to do the movement up and back to the cloud in order to scale in and scale out."
"At present, VxRail is a hyperconverged state of the art product being installed in a legacy way. We need hyperconverged install teams."
"We would like to see integrating with Nutanix. Currently, we are working on integrating the two to see if there is any value in doing so."
"In the version that I was working with, the integrations are in need of improvement."
"Lacks integration of licenses so that it's an expensive solution."
"We do not use the storage part of VxRail, we use Pure Storage to map out the VxRail because the disk performance from Pure Storage was far better than the performance of the disk on the inside of VxRail."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."
"There is a permanent vSAN license included since it is required, but vCenter\ESXi host licensing should be validated in the purchase process."
"The solution is priced well for businesses."
"The pricing is very accurate, and we haven't had any problems with the licensing costs."
"VxRail is not cheap, but it's not expensive either."
"It's a mandatory cost with everything included"
"The VMware licenses are included and we do not have to worry about the license, everything is integrated."
"We made a one-time purchase of the solution and the price is expensive."
"Most of hyper-converged solutions require additional licenses for the virtualization layer (like VMware)."
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Computer Software Company
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Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Sample Customers

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