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Huawei FusionStorage vs Pure Storage FlashBlade comparison

Huawei and Pure Storage are both solutions in the File and Object Storage category. Huawei is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.5, while Pure Storage is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.8. Huawei holds a 0.6% mindshare in FaOS, compared to Pure Storage’s 5.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Huawei users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Pure Storage users who would recommend it.
Huawei FusionStorage
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100% willing to recommend
Pure Storage FlashBlade
Read 38 Pure Storage FlashBlade reviews
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  • 935 Comparison Views
94% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Pure Storage FlashBlade and Huawei FusionStorage compete in enterprise storage solutions. FlashBlade has the upper hand in support and cost-effectiveness, while FusionStorage stands out with its comprehensive feature set at a higher price.

Features: FlashBlade offers ultra-fast performance, simplicity, and strong analytics and AI/ML capabilities. Its integration, speed, and ease make it advantageous for data-intensive tasks. FusionStorage excels with scalability, robust integration, and data center adaptability. Its feature set includes performance enhancements, adaptability, and advanced data management functionalities.

Room for Improvement: FlashBlade could improve by offering more control and reducing simplicity frustrations in certain integrations. Enhancements in flexibility and extended feature sets could also benefit users. FusionStorage may enhance ease of deployment and customer support, reduce setup complexity, and lower initial cost hurdles to broaden its appeal.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: FlashBlade is known for straightforward deployment and excellent customer service, facilitating complex integrations. FusionStorage offers flexibility in infrastructure accommodation but requires more involved setups and offers moderate customer service.

Pricing and ROI: FlashBlade provides predictable pricing with a strong ROI through low total cost of ownership and efficient operations. FusionStorage demands a higher initial investment but justifies with extensive features and long-term scalability benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei FusionStorage
Ranking in File and Object Storage
19th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (16th)
Pure Storage FlashBlade
Ranking in File and Object Storage
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (16th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the File and Object Storage category, the mindshare of Huawei FusionStorage is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 5.8%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Wondwossen Abebe Kebede - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable platform that integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems
The product integrates well with different IT infrastructures and systems in the telecom sector. Our partners manage services, including detailed integration and migration-related operations. The platform upholds the uptime and reliability of our business applications. We classify our systems into different tiers, ranging from machine-critical to business-critical, and FusionStorage helps us run all the services. It delivers a remarkable uptime of 99.9%. With our expectations for continuous service availability, we are operating 24/7. In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels. I rate it an eight out of ten.
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Eric Black - PeerSpot reviewer
The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us
The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.
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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

"Provides easy access to our data."
"In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels."
"The product has a very simple GUI-based management platform and it is very simple to use. There is a very easy step-by-step configuration procedure that guides you through, and you can configure it very easily."
"Huawei FusionStorage does well in its basic functions and offers broad utility."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution’s most valuable feature is its performance."
"I would rate Pure Storage FlashBlade a ten out of ten."
"Approximately 40% to 50% of my time is saved using Pure Storage FlashBlade compared to different products."
"Pure Storage FlashBlade is user-friendly. It's replication feature is great because it has active replication and active DR. That's the beauty of the product. It's a perfect solution for block storage."
"The most valuable feature is Safe Mode."
"I would rate this solution an eight plus. It has has good flexibility and stability, it's easy to manage and the response time is good."
"The ease of deployment and management has helped us simplify our storage. We also do not have to worry about capacity management as much. A lot of these things are native to Pure Storage."
"The initial setup is pretty easy and simple."
"The most valuable features are the Metro clustering, and disaster recovery."
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Cons

"The initial setup and installation is not that straightforward. It should be made easier and the time to install should be reduced."
"Their cloud services could be improved."
"I hope for improvements in the product's processing ability and performance."
"The problem with Huawei is that it generally oversells. As a principle, Huawei does not educate the partner or the end user enough to scale up their solution correctly."
"The solution’s support could be improved."
"The product needs improvement in terms of affordability."
"I have not seen ROI."
"Its configuration should be easier."
"The speed could be improved."
"The Pure Storage Orchestrator is our biggest pain point at the moment. If we can have more say in future developments of feature sets that we will need to support for our use case, that would be pretty beneficial to us."
"In the realm of micro-services, I think that Pure Storage can do well if they start getting in there and making their arrays more micro-services ready."
"Its configuration should be easier."
"I would like to have Snapshots and Snapmail in the next release. People who came from a NetApp background, especially expect these features."
"It usually comes down to just what you hit and the value you're getting when you spend the money and license the products. I would always go, "If you want to make things better, lower your price and make your licensing simpler." There's always an opportunity around that."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If one is a cheap solution and ten means it is a very expensive product, I would rate the price as two or three."
"It is expensive but might be optimal based on the partnership."
"Our licensing is renewed annually."
"I have seen ROI. It has allowed me to increase the density of my VMs without having to purchase anything additional."
"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."
"I understand that it is competitively priced compared to other brands."
"In my opinion, we have paid the right price for the product. I don't think that it is too much or too little."
"The price could be cheaper."
"Our customers have seen a reduction in TCO."
"The price is a little high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Retailer
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
14%
Educational Organization
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Huawei FusionStorage?
In cases where system interruptions occur, it enables rapid restoration, ensuring a prompt return to normal service levels.
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What needs improvement with Huawei FusionStorage?
The solution’s support could be improved.
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What is your primary use case for Huawei FusionStorage?
Huawei FusionStorage provides a scalable, high-performance, and highly available distributed storage solution designed to support critical enterprise applications and big data workloads. We deploye...
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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 for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate. FlashBlade is worth the money due to the experience and performance it delivers, including quick response times.
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What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?
Its configuration should be easier. There should be easier language for the configuration.
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Overview

Huawei FusionStorage fully distributed cloud storage features massive scale-out capability designed for cloud-based architectures. The on-board storage system software combines the local storage resources of standard x86 servers into fully distributed storage pools, providing block, object, or file storage resources to the upper layer. An enterprise can easily obtain the required flexibility and efficiency in data storage to keep up with the ever-changing dynamics of business.

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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

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