Hitachi Content Platform vs Pure Storage FlashBlade comparison

Hitachi Vantara and Pure Storage are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Hitachi Vantara is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Pure Storage is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.8. Hitachi Vantara holds a 1.6% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Pure Storage’s 5.7% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Hitachi Vantara users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Pure Storage users who would recommend it.

Hitachi Content Platform

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88% willing to recommend

Pure Storage FlashBlade

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94% willing to recommend

Hitachi Content Platform

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Pure Storage FlashBlade and Hitachi Content Platform compete in the storage solutions category. FlashBlade appears to have the upper hand due to its high performance and simplicity, while Hitachi offers extensive integration and archiving capabilities.

Features: Pure Storage FlashBlade is recognized for its exceptional throughput, speed, and seamless integration. It offers fast data replication and is noted for its user-friendly simplicity. Hitachi Content Platform excels in data archiving, management, and robust integration with existing systems. It provides strong stability and compliance features suitable for diverse environments.

Room for Improvement: Pure Storage FlashBlade requires improvements in public cloud integration, deduplication, and pricing, with users desiring enhanced enterprise-feature sets. Hitachi Content Platform needs simpler migration processes, better user interfaces, and stronger cloud integration. Users have also highlighted issues with pricing and the efficiency of technical support.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Pure Storage FlashBlade is primarily deployed on-premises and is praised for its easy deployment process. However, some users noted a decline in support quality as the company grows. Hitachi Content Platform offers on-premises, public, and hybrid cloud deployments with generally high-rated technical support, despite occasional delays. FlashBlade's deployment is considered simpler, while Hitachi provides broader deployment options.

Pricing and ROI: Pure Storage FlashBlade is viewed as expensive but is justified by its high performance and significant ROI through time savings. Hitachi Content Platform offers competitive pricing among Western vendors with varied ROI, acknowledged for reducing total cost of ownership. FlashBlade is noted for streamlined management, whereas Hitachi provides cost-effective solutions with strong capabilities.

To learn more, read our detailed Hitachi Content Platform vs. Pure Storage FlashBlade Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Hitachi Content Platform vs. Pure Storage FlashBlade

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Content Platform

Ranking in File and Object Storage

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Pure Storage FlashBlade

Ranking in File and Object Storage

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

All-Flash Storage (15th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Hitachi Content Platform is 1.6%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 5.7%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

File and Object Storage Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Pure Storage FlashBlade	5.7%
Hitachi Content Platform	1.6%
Other	92.7%

File and Object Storage

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Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Integrates well with existing systems but technical support for the platform needs improvement

While deployment is simple, it's not as simple as StorageGRID. The architecture is entirely different, even though the end product uses the same protocols. The user interface isn't as user-friendly, and the management platform UI isn't as intuitive as others. Deployment isn't as centralized either. Although I've deployed Hitachi Content myself in our production head office for the VM team, even though it's simple, it wasn't completely straightforward. They still required my help with the initial configuration environment setup. So, it's not just simple; there are some tricky aspects. The environment is tricky, but if you understand it, configuration can be done quickly.

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Parul-Patel

Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.

High performance and throughput enhance IT backup management

The multi-dimensional scale-out design feature of Pure Storage FlashBlade is not in use in our environment. Regarding data reduction technologies, we don't get much deduplication because the data is already deduplicated from our FlashArray before we get to backup, so there is no benefit of deduplication. Regarding the integration with cloud-native ecosystem tools, we are not on cloud; we are strictly an on-premises solution. Pure Storage FlashBlade is not used by any end-user; it's used only for IT backup, with only about four people in our group managing it. I cannot recommend Pure Storage FlashBlade to other users depending upon their financial situation because it's an expensive solution, and the cost is very high, including licensing and renewal every year. I rate Pure Storage FlashBlade an eight out of ten.

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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

"Companies can scale the solution."

"One of the most hidden valuable features is ensuring that you don't have bit rot, so it will go and check every single object that's stored on the system, then ensure that if there's a problem, it'll be repaired from either a local copy or remote copy, depending upon your configuration."

"The features that I have found most valuable are their retention logs. The other thing I have found most valuable is the way they handle the BHEA. Basically the DNS and everything is managed by itself. It is seamless to the users."

"Feature-wise, it has a lot of features. The most valuable features include de-duplication, encryption, version controlling, support, and tamper-proof data."

"Hitachi is a big company, so it's a very strong product."

"The platform helps in efficient data management with the ease of server provisioning."

"As an architect, I like the management features that come with Hitachi Content Platform because it makes things easy."

"The main selling point is its compatibility with different environments. It functions like an on-prem Google Drive or Dropbox built on top of the object storage."

Cons

"When you want to replace a disk, we need to start the maintenance from the S nodes. We have to automate maintenance so any onsite engineer can replace it after that, but we don't need to do this on VSP platforms. An engineer can come in and replace that specific disk. If also we could do that on Hitachi Content Platform, it would be great for us."

"This product's ability to track logs for access still needs to be improved."

"Although they claim to provide NFS, the actual implementation requires an additional gateway, which makes it a costly solution."

"In terms of the customer support, I can say it's a mixed reaction depending on the country."

"There is room for improvement in the capacity for integration with other platforms."

"The user interface isn't as user-friendly, and the management platform UI isn't as intuitive as others. So it can be more user-friendly."

"The solution could use more integration with clouds."

"Two things that can be improved are pricing and configuration. Mostly the pricing is an issue. And if I were to add anything, I would say more integration with backup solutions such as Veeam Backup."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product’s cost is average."

"The price of the Hitachi Content Platform is very high."

"The pricing could be better."

"I think the ROI for this solution is very good because the pricing for it is in between other solutions."

"Pricing is comparable to other solutions in the market."

"Overall, it's costly."

"Hitachi is more expensive than StorageGRID."

"Licensing fees are paid yearly."

"The price could be cheaper."

"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."

"I feel that the price could always be lowered."

"The product is very expensive."

"Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO."

"Our licensing is renewed annually."

"It's a costly solution, but Pure Storage FlashBlade doesn't require additional licenses. All of the software is combined into one bundle."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

13%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	20

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Hitachi Content Platform?

Integrating Hitachi Content Platform with existing systems is not challenging.

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What needs improvement with Hitachi Content Platform?

In comparison to competitors like Huawei, which can use all storage protocols in the same platform, Hitachi Content Platform lacks the integration of block, file, and object on a single system. Alt...

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What is your primary use case for Hitachi Content Platform?

Mainly, from my project, Hitachi Content Platform is used for archiving. The customer is in banking, so they need to keep their long-term data on the platform. The platform is replacing their exist...

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What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The tool's most valuable feature is its fast performance, especially in handling snapshots. It helps during power outages when we need to quickly move data between different data centers. It ensure...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

The pricing of Pure Storage FlashBlade is expensive compared to other products I used from other companies in the past, but one benefit is that they have built-in ransomware protection. Approximate...

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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?

I believe there is not much improvement needed because they have everything we need, but the interface is a little bit complex to understand. You have to understand it more deeply because it's hard...

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Also Known As

HCP, Hitachi Vantara Content Platform, Hitachi Vantara HCP

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Overview

Hitachi Content Platform is an object storage solution that enables IT organizations and cloud service providers to store, share, sync, protect, preserve, analyze and retrieve file data from a single system. It is more efficient, easier to use, and capable of handling much more data than traditional file storage solutions. HCP automates day-to-day IT operations like data protection and readily evolves to changes in scale, scope, applications, storage, server and cloud technologies over the life of data. In IT environements where data grows quickly or must live for years, decades or even indefinitely, these capabilities are invaluable.

Hitachi Vantara

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

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Sample Customers

Rabobank, Xinhua News Agency, Kremsm'ller Industrieanlagenbau KG, KSC Commercial Internet, AIS Group, Shanghai Interactive Television Co. Ltd (SiTV), China Telecom, Spin Master

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