Dell PowerStore vs Panzura CloudFS comparison

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Dell Technologies and Panzura are both solutions in the NAS category. Dell Technologies is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.8, while Panzura is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5. Dell Technologies holds a 8.1% mindshare in N, compared to Panzura’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Panzura users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerStore

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 8, 2026

Panzura CloudFS and Dell PowerStore both compete in the enterprise storage solution category, focusing on data resilience and efficiency. Panzura CloudFS is slightly advantageous in collaboration capabilities, while Dell PowerStore offers a stronger unified storage environment and advanced data protection features.

Features: Panzura CloudFS focuses on global file systems, offering real-time synchronization and secure data access, which is ideal for remote team collaboration. It streamlines data management and enhances workflow efficiencies. Dell PowerStore offers an NVMe architecture with high performance, boasting data compression and deduplication features that optimize environments requiring high IOPS and minimal latency.

Room for Improvement: Panzura CloudFS could enhance its analytics and reporting, provide more flexible pricing plans, and improve international support and user interface. Users suggest enhancements in first-level support and robust integration with cloud-native services. Dell PowerStore could improve its NAS functionalities, reduce pricing, and enhance integration with external ecosystems like VMware, as well as support for more diverse drive technologies. Enhancements in documentation, user interface design, and proactive cybersecurity features are also desired.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Panzura CloudFS offers flexibility through public and hybrid cloud deployment environments. It is appreciated for its comprehensive support, though some report slower response times. Dell PowerStore is predominantly deployed in on-premises settings, and although it generally receives positive feedback for ease of installation, some users report issues with response consistency and service efficiency. Panzura's customer service tends to be more responsive and personalized, while Dell PowerStore's support process could benefit from streamlining and faster issue resolutions.

Pricing and ROI: Panzura CloudFS is often perceived as more expensive than competitors, yet users commend the significant ROI it delivers by enhancing collaboration and data accessibility without needing hardware refreshes. Dell PowerStore is competitively priced, especially for NVMe technology, and offers a comprehensive license model without hidden costs. Some users find its pricing high when scaling up but acknowledge its cost-effectiveness in performance and operational cost reduction.

To learn more, read our detailed Dell PowerStore vs. Panzura CloudFS Report (Updated: November 2026).

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Dell PowerStore vs. Panzura CloudFS

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.3

Dell PowerStore offers substantial ROI through data savings, improved infrastructure, cost efficiency, and ease of management and upgrades.

Sentiment score

4.4

Panzura CloudFS improves productivity, reduces costs, enhances collaboration, and prevents file conflicts with scalable and accessible cloud storage.

If you purchase storage with 300 terabytes, you can easily achieve one petabyte of effective capacity.

AdnanAli Khan

Regional Sales Manager at New Horizon Computers

It's been trouble-free the entire time, with very high performance, as it has been designed and built properly.

reviewer2709102

Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have seen a return on our investment in Dell PowerStore; definitely our cost per terabyte has been very good compared to some of the other vendors that we would have been using previously, and our performance benchmarks have exceeded what we were expecting.

Eoin O’Brien

Director of Global Platform at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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Previously, we had latency issues with syncing up files between offices. Files were not locked, leading to overwrites which cost us literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost time and revenue.

Andy Knauf

CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.

The introduction allowed everyone to collaborate much better, saving time and confusion while making staff more productive and collaborative.

reviewer2597169

manager at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees

The ability to scale with storage capacity using cloud resources rather than on-premises infrastructure can save significantly from an ROI perspective.

SwapnilDaga

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

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.8

Dell PowerStore customer service is valued for responsiveness and expertise, despite occasional delays and post-merger quality decline.

Sentiment score

6.4

Panzura CloudFS customer service is generally praised for responsiveness and professionalism, though some suggest faster issue resolution.

I would rate the technical support of Dell PowerStore between nine and ten out of ten.

Tiby Thomas

Solution Architect at CDA

They're responsive, knowledgeable, and have a quick turnaround.

reviewer2598762

Systems Engineer at a government with 11-50 employees

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Dell support as a ten, focusing on that aspect alone, because it's what allows me to sleep at night.

Alan Farrely

Head of IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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The support staff and the number of people they have on staff right now are truly good.

Andy Knauf

CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.

When we have a priority-one issue, we typically receive a call within 20 to 30 minutes.

Roger Clark

I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.

I would give the support for Panzura CloudFS a ten out of ten because they are responsive and helpful.

Matt Sarsam

Senior Systems Administrator at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.7

Dell PowerStore offers scalable, flexible expansion options with NVMe enhancements, ideal for organizations seeking ease of use and VMware compatibility.

Sentiment score

6.8

Panzura CloudFS offers seamless scalability and expansion, efficiently handling global users and data, praised for excellent deployment support.

The solution's scalability is a ten out of ten.

Amjed Antari

Pre Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It scales up and scales out both ways, and as our data keeps growing, it is very easy to just keep attaching and keep growing.

Nikhil Desai

Associate Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Scaling up can be done from a single enclosure that already has two controllers to a maximum of four storage units with up to eight controllers, and a massive amount of storage can be added.

KiewietKritzinger

Nutanix at Senior System Engineer

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Unlimited users can access the system without issues.

Siva_Ram

Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

As storage requirements grow, cloud capacity can be expanded without significant infrastructure changes.

Md Masudul Hassan

Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Finance and Management at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

From our original entry with Panzura CloudFS, we have added an additional seven sites, and deploying those additional nodes was very seamless and did not take any effort.

Erin Atkinson

Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.8

Dell PowerStore is highly reliable, with strong uptime, robust support, minimal issues, and exceeds enterprise stability expectations.

Sentiment score

6.4

Panzura CloudFS shows high stability with minimal crashes, improved updates, and lightweight maintenance, despite occasional session connection issues.

When I removed all the cables, it failed over within five minutes.

reviewer2707638

Consultant

It's quite stable and reliable in general.

reviewer2794212

Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I have not experienced any downtime, bugs, or glitches, and it's much better than previous technologies.

Mohammed Ajmal

Storage Backup Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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I would rate it a nine out of ten for stability.

Andy Knauf

CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.

We have never had their system crash on us.

Erin Atkinson

Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.

There were times with file lock issues between filers, causing various anomalies, but with their ongoing development, these issues have improved.

Roger Clark

I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.

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Room For Improvement

Dell PowerStore users seek better pricing, NAS capabilities, integration, flexibility, UI design, support, analytics, and security features.

Panzura CloudFS requires better NFS service, licensing flexibility, reduced deployment complexity, enhanced performance, support, and improved interface features.

Pricing must also be considered, as Dell PowerStore is quite expensive compared to competitors in the market like HPE Alletra, Huawei Dorado, or Hitachi storage, for example.

Kashif-Naseer

Unit Head - Technology Services at Shahnawaz Ltd

The main reason why people move to Pure Storage is because it's simplified.

Kevinsa Heng

IT Director at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees

Price is a deterrent to scalability.

reviewer2707638

Consultant

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Stronger support for multi-cloud or hybrid deployments would reduce vendor lock-in, and enhanced security could include expanded zero-trust access controls.

Anil Rahulwar

L3 Storage Engineer at Capgemini

When something goes wrong somewhere, there should be a little bit better alerting with issues before they become a big problem.

Andy Knauf

CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.

The GIS data formats, such as a geo database, have been found better kept outside of Panzura CloudFS.

Erin Atkinson

Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.

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Setup Cost

Dell PowerStore provides a comprehensive but costly licensing model, with discounts for partners and savings from data compression.

Panzura CloudFS is competitively priced, yet perceived as expensive with inflexible license increments, especially compared to NetApp.

Based on my experience, the cost of Dell PowerStore for around 500 GB of capacity is very competitive compared to any other platform in the market.

SachinSharma6

Director at Wipro Limited

I asked for a new quotation on a server, and it is quite expensive; it is really expensive.

Nicolas Philippe

Responsable Plateformes Et Cloud at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We question that quite often because they have been increased by thirty to thirty-five percent every quarter for unexplained reasons, and that definitely does not go down well with customers.

Erhan Parlaz

Sr. Sales Consultant at Teccle Group

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It did require us to purchase new hardware, however, that was not overly expensive.

Erin Atkinson

Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.

They should consider more attractive pricing for companies of our size.

Roger Clark

I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.

Overall, it is quite costly compared to NetApp and similar solutions.

Siva_Ram

Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

Dell PowerStore offers ease of use, VMware integration, high performance, data reduction, cybersecurity, and automated management for enhanced efficiency.

Panzura CloudFS offers efficient global file management with real-time sync, security, reduced costs, and multi-cloud support.

The faster the back-end storage, the quicker the entire application performs.

reviewer1663719

System Administrator at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I consolidated all the data into a single dashboard accessible via Dell PowerStore Manager, which improves performance and IT infrastructure.

AhtishamAhmad

Manager, IT Infrastructure at SNSKIES PVT LTD

Due to the low latency on IOPS, it helps us with our critical apps that cannot afford delays.

reviewer1876119

Site Reliability Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

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It is very reliable and very quick.

Andy Knauf

CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.

It helps us increase network resilience. We have a primary object library stored in the cloud and have Panzura Mirroring which allows us to place data in a secondary cloud for added resiliency.

Erin Atkinson

Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.

There is no degradation of speed because these filers have cached the data, and they are constantly swapping metadata and updating with each other, which is a very attractive method of getting us to use these applications.

Roger Clark

I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerStore

Ranking in NAS

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

250

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (7th), Enterprise SAN (1st), All-Flash Storage (1st), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (1st)

Panzura CloudFS

Ranking in NAS

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (2nd), Cloud Storage (5th), Cloud Storage Gateways (1st), Cyberstorage (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the NAS category, the mindshare of Dell PowerStore is 8.1%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Panzura CloudFS is 2.5%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

NAS Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell PowerStore	8.1%
Panzura CloudFS	2.5%
Other	89.4%

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Featured Reviews

reviewer2304864

Vmware Windows Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Resilience has supported proactive management and secured audit readiness across multiple sites

The resilience in Dell PowerStore benefits my company from an auditing perspective because we know we have that resilience in place. I see Dell PowerStore playing a bigger role in the future because we are starting to use it more, and that is pushing it. The biggest return on investment for me when using Dell PowerStore is scalability. Scalability is key. I can amplify that scalability is the biggest return on investment because we have redundancy between two sites; if something goes down, we have to manage it, but we want to do it proactively.

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Anil Rahulwar

L3 Storage Engineer at Capgemini

Global collaboration on large design files has become faster, more secure, and reliably governed

Improvements for Panzura CloudFS can be challenging, as the product is very powerful, but performance at scale sometimes requires tuning. Some organizations report latency spikes when handling extremely large datasets with high concurrency. Improvements in real-time sync speed are required. Stronger support for multi-cloud or hybrid deployments would reduce vendor lock-in, and enhanced security could include expanded zero-trust access controls. Enhancing real-time sync speeds across continents and built-in metadata tagging for smarter queries would also be beneficial. Additionally, while Panzura CloudFS is optimized for office and edge clients, more native mobile apps or lightweight remote access options would facilitate secure collaboration for field teams. Automatic file tagging or classification would expedite searching across millions of files.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

13%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	83
Midsize Enterprise	49
Large Enterprise	124

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

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Dell EMC PowerStore is a unified storage platform that has the added benefit of being scalable. The automated management of resources feature provides a more simple administration. I found the flex...

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What's the difference between DELL EMC Powerstore and Powermax NVMe?

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What are the products that Panzura provides?

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What kind of industries does Panzura serve?

Hello, I think businesses from all industries that have their data on a cloud can benefit from Panzura. Especially if you have offices in various locations or your employees are working from home a...

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Also Known As

PowerStore

Panzura Freedom

Overview

Dell PowerStore offers a scalable and high-performance foundation designed for both modern and traditional workloads, optimizing IT operations through advanced automation and intelligent data reduction.

PowerStore supports seamless scalability and high availability, serving as a flexible storage platform. It integrates with VMware and other systems, simplifying data management and enhancing performance. PowerStore provides robust security, cost savings, and efficient workload consolidation with an NVMe-based architecture.

What are the essential features of Dell PowerStore?

Ease of Use: Simplified management through an intuitive interface and automation.
VMware Integration: Provides deep integration for seamless virtualization.
NVMe Support: Enhances speed and performance with next-gen storage technology.
Data Reduction: Efficient data management with deduplication and compression.
Security: Strong measures to ensure data protection and compliance.

What benefits and ROI can users expect from Dell PowerStore?

Performance: High-performance architecture suitable for demanding workloads.
Scalability: Seamlessly grows with evolving business needs.
Cost Efficiency: Consolidates workloads to reduce expenses and improve TCO.
Operational Efficiency: Simplifies IT operations with automation and integration.
Robust Ecosystem: Extensive support for third-party solutions.

Dell PowerStore is widely used in VMware infrastructure for hosting virtual machines, databases, and block storage. Its robust performance and integration capabilities make it ideal for high-performance workloads and data protection in sectors like financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. With NVMe architecture, it supports efficient data management, facilitating effective virtualization and enterprise storage environments.

Dell Technologies

Panzura CloudFS is a cloud file system that enables efficient collaboration and data synchronization across multiple offices with features like file snapshots, data protection, and network resilience.

With Panzura CloudFS, organizations achieve seamless file synchronization and management across distributed networks. Offering a single namespace and capabilities like compression, deduplication, and metadata management, it simplifies administration and supports enterprise-level applications. Despite its strengths in speed, security, and customer support, there are areas for improvement such as performance for international access, alert systems, and pricing.

What are the key features of Panzura CloudFS?

Collaboration: Facilitates teamwork across offices with synchronized file access.
File Snapshots: Offers data protection and easy recovery with snapshot functionality.
Data Synchronization: Ensures consistency across all servers and locations.
Single Namespace: Provides a unified view of data across the network.
Compression and Deduplication: Reduces storage needs and enhances efficiency.

What benefits can reviews highlight?

Network Resilience: Maintains availability even during network disturbances.
Ease of Use: Simplifies data management tasks, reducing administrative overhead.
Reduced Data Center Footprint: Lowers the need for extensive on-prem storage.
Efficient Workflow: Supports streamlined processes with reliable data access.
Business Continuity: Ensures operations can proceed without disruption.

Industries such as architecture and biotech leverage Panzura CloudFS to manage complex file needs efficiently. It supports applications like AutoCAD and lab data management, offering real-time access and synchronization, important for businesses with distributed teams needing high resiliency and redundancy.

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Sample Customers

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Petrofac, Komatsu, HCA Healthcare, Vanguard, Disney, Pokemon, US Department of Justice, Gensler, Fluor, AFRY, Milwaukee Tool, Navy Federal Credit Union, TechTarget

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