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Panzura CloudFS vs Qumulo comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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
4.8
Panzura CloudFS cuts costs, boosts collaboration, enhances network resilience, and scales storage, benefiting remote operations without extra infrastructure.
Sentiment score
8.1
Organizations found significant ROI with Qumulo through cost savings, easy scalability, and strong competitiveness against Isilon and NetApp.
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.
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.
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.
Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Qumulo is a revenue competitor with Isilon, NetApp, Ampere Stewart, and PowerScale, so this is HP's purchase to compete with those particular companies.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The capabilities for handling high throughput unstructured workloads and executing petabyte-scale migrations are paramount for media and entertainment or healthcare, where they can reduce the burden of long nights spent on migrations.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
We have seen a return on investment in the reduction of storage administration effort.
Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.6
Panzura CloudFS support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, despite occasional delays and bugs impacting service quality.
Sentiment score
8.6
Qumulo's 24/7 customer service is highly rated for reliability, expertise, and accessible direct engineer support, with minor delays for low priority issues.
The support staff and the number of people they have on staff right now are truly good.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
When we have a priority-one issue, we typically receive a call within 20 to 30 minutes.
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.
Senior Systems Administrator at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
These professionals possess deep expertise in cloud deployments and NAS migrations, ensuring that I am speaking with knowledgeable individuals.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
I would rate their technical support as a ten, as they are very quick to respond.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Qumulo customer support is the best.
System Administrator at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Panzura CloudFS scales efficiently for large user bases, supporting seamless node deployment and cloud capacity expansion without major changes.
Sentiment score
8.4
Qumulo excels in scalability, providing seamless expansion and performance enhancement, making it ideal for media, entertainment, and healthcare sectors.
Unlimited users can access the system without issues.
Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
As storage requirements grow, cloud capacity can be expanded without significant infrastructure changes.
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.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
This linear scale allows for multi-petabyte workloads, which is essential for both media and entertainment as well as healthcare's image management.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
It is really scalable and easy to use for our end users.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Scalability is one of the strongest features.
Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.8
Panzura CloudFS is stable and reliable, with improved performance and minimal outages, requiring occasional maintenance like filer restarts.
Sentiment score
8.8
Qumulo is praised for its exceptional stability and reliability, receiving high ratings and fostering confidence for future growth.
I would rate it a nine out of ten for stability.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
We have never had their system crash on us.
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.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.
I can confidently say it is highly stable.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
I would rate the stability of Qumulo as a nine.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
 

Room For Improvement

Panzura CloudFS users seek improved performance, flexibility, stability, UI, analytics, support, and pricing for enhanced deployment and management.
Users want Qumulo to improve uptime, interface, UNIX commands, licensing, automation, cloud integrations, and offer better data protection.
Stronger support for multi-cloud or hybrid deployments would reduce vendor lock-in, and enhanced security could include expanded zero-trust access controls.
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.
CIO at Mead and Hunt, Inc.
The GIS data formats, such as a geo database, have been found better kept outside of Panzura CloudFS.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
It programs very easily. There are REST APIs, and there is a cloud connection.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Overall, it is a solid tool that works very well on-premises and in cloud environments.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Qumulo can be improved with more competitive licensing and pricing, enhanced historical analytics, and additional automation capabilities using APIs.
Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Panzura CloudFS pricing is competitive but expensive, requiring new hardware and lacks flexibility for volume licensing beyond 25 terabytes.
Qumulo offers competitive pricing with straightforward licensing, considered good value and supported by helpful vendor assistance.
It did require us to purchase new hardware, however, that was not overly expensive.
Senior Vice President, Technology at Halff Associates, Inc.
They should consider more attractive pricing for companies of our size.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.
Overall, it is quite costly compared to NetApp and similar solutions.
Technical Expert at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
The pricing setup cost and everything was the lowest compared to other competitors.
System Administrator at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
The pricing is on the premium side.
Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Panzura CloudFS provides efficient collaboration, robust data protection, and seamless global file access with advanced synchronization and security features.
Qumulo offers efficient file sharing, scaling, management, and analytics, enhancing data storage for healthcare and media with cloud integration.
It is very reliable and very quick.
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.
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.
I.T. Infrastructure Manager at Thompson Engineering, Inc.
The most valuable feature in Qumulo is the scaling feature, as Qumulo file data platform is optimized for scale, so we could support petabytes of data, billions of files, millions of operations, and thousands of users.
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
They are easy to reach, and you can send them a Slack message with Level 3 engineers available to help you within seconds.
System Administrator at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Qumulo has positively impacted my organization by simplifying storage management while providing a single, scalable platform, reducing administrative efforts, making storage growth easier to manage, and allowing users to experience consistent performance.
Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Panzura CloudFS
Ranking in NAS
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
File System Software (2nd), Cloud Storage (6th), Cloud Storage Gateways (2nd)
Qumulo
Ranking in NAS
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
File and Object Storage (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the NAS category, the mindshare of Panzura CloudFS is 2.6%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qumulo is 4.2%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NAS Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Panzura CloudFS2.6%
Qumulo4.2%
Other93.2%
NAS
 

Featured Reviews

Anil Rahulwar - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Esther Sultaana - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Unified file platform has delivered secure multi‑protocol access for massive data growth
The creators of Qumulo were the ones who created Isilon, and I had a conversation with them, so any of the features within Isilon may need tweaking, but I think they resolved it here. In the year that I worked with it, I did not see anything that I had an issue with. The security is great, and it works with cloud technologies, being a hands-based tool, so you can use it with AWS or Microsoft Azure. It programs very easily. There are REST APIs, and there is a cloud connection. The management and program layer is made up of three capabilities: API, the command line, and a visual interface. In the year that I worked with it and brought it in, I think it has been effective. The only thing I would like to see added to Qumulo is for the interface to improve visually, more in line with vCenter, but that is just my thought. Overall, I appreciate it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What are the products that Panzura provides?
Panzura offers four main products: CloudFS, data services, smart apps, and global services. They call this "all-in-one solution" and it's for end-to-end cloud data management. Why is it called that...
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...
Why was Panzura acquired? Is the acquisition going to cause a change?
I think Panzura may change in a positive direction now that it's been bought by Profile Capital. That's a very big investment company for technology businesses and I think it's an opportunity for ...
What needs improvement with Qumulo?
Although Qumulo has been around for several years and I think they have a very good product, I cannot think of anything offhand that needs improvement. I appreciate that I can use it to check wheth...
What is your primary use case for Qumulo?
My main use case for Qumulo is primarily in healthcare imaging and media entertainment. It is the file-heavy workload for enterprises, and it is used extensively in healthcare. One of the companies...
What advice do you have for others considering Qumulo?
I believe Qumulo is great for a storage engineer because it allows me to validate migration throughput, which is part of the real-time analytics. That helps considerably during migrations. I freque...
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

Petrofac, Komatsu, HCA Healthcare, Vanguard, Disney, Pokemon, US Department of Justice, Gensler, Fluor, AFRY, Milwaukee Tool, Navy Federal Credit Union, TechTarget
County of Riverside Sheriff Department, Hyundai Mobis Automotive North America, University of Arizona, UCSD - San Diego Supercomputer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Sinclair Oil, Royal Dutch Shell, Kaiser Permanente, Deluxe Creative, Vexcel Imaging, University of Florida, The Madison Square Garden Company, Arizona State University, Cinesite, San Diego Padres Baseball, Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine, IHME, EllieMae, Washington State University.
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