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Pivot3 vs VxRail comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Pivot3
Ranking in HCI
28th
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
7.0
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Pivot3 is 0.9%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VxRail is 13.2%, down from 19.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
HCI Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
VxRail13.2%
Pivot30.9%
Other85.9%
HCI
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1124199 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Stable, good technical support, and the the visual encoding works well
The most valuable feature is the visual encoding I would like to see better video compression. Snapshot notification would be a good addition. The price of this solution is high compared to the competitors, so it should be lowered. I have been using Pivot3 for between four and five years. This…
Saleh Khalid - PeerSpot reviewer
computer scientist at Imam University
Experience improved integration and cost-efficiency while facing support challenges
The best features of VxRail are its compatibility with VMware, its hyper-converged solution capabilities, and its single line of support. These are the most beneficial aspects of VxRail. I switched from the previous HP solution to Dell solution because it was a good decision. With HP servers, we dealt with a vendor for the compute servers, another vendor for the storage servers, and another vendor for the networking, which required us to manage multiple vendors. Now, we have a single team who can handle VxRail and a single line of support. We don't need anything other than that, and these are the differences we noticed after we switched.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"The major advantage is the blueprint. You do not need to separately manage the sand or network part because it all gets virtualized."
"The most valuable feature for me in this latest release has been the ability to add a compute or storage node. In the previous release, if I wanted to add only the compute mode, I need to buy a full node, including both compute and storage. That is no longer the case; I can upgrade whatever I want one based on my demand."
"It is very powerful. We find that to be the most valuable aspect. The movement of devices between nodes is very easy."
"VxRail alleviates the operational constraints within an organization."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that the storage is integrated with the VxRail so I don't have to go in between systems when I have to monitor my storage."
"VxRail's integration with VMware environments is very good. Our VxRail is built on VMware, and the integration is seamless. We haven't faced any challenges. We can migrate VMs between servers in real-time and replicate them to our DR site without any problems."
"The most valuable feature is its high performance."
"The support has been excellent, especially if you compare it to IBM."
 

Cons

"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
"The product could support and have more compliance with other vendors."
"The initial setup was not that easy, it was a medium difficulty level."
"The solution's setup is a bit complex, and the complexity needs to be reduced."
"While VxRail offers compatibility with AMD processors, its capabilities in this area could benefit from further development."
"It should not be deployed on one hypervisor. There should be multiple hypervisors supported like Hyper-V or KVM."
"Lifecycle management (LCM) should be enhanced"
"I would like better integration with VCF from VMware, which is the Cloud Foundation tool set, so we can easily provision servers very quickly."
"The support protocols have changed after Broadcom acquired VMware."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."
"VxRail is an expensive solution."
"The price would be in the middle to the expensive range. It is not cheap."
"Though somewhat expensive. But in terms of performance and stability, it's worth it."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"The current VxRail pricing structure is quite opaque for me, especially considering the recent changes."
"VxRail is still more expensive than its competitor solutions."
"The hardware cost associated is a bit high"
"It varies. It could be $100,000 at the smaller end and millions and millions of dollars at the higher end."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise43
Large Enterprise56
 

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