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Scality RING vs Zadara comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

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
6.2
Everpure FlashBlade reduces TCO by 85%, increases VM density, enhances efficiency, and mitigates ransomware impact, providing significant ROI.
Sentiment score
7.3
Scality RING's flexible model reduces storage costs, though additional security can increase expenses; operational efficiencies vary by user.
Sentiment score
6.9
Zadara offers flexible, cost-effective storage expansion, with up to 50% savings and no major hardware investments, despite AWS comparisons.
It does not require much management once you set up correctly, so it saves time, allowing an admin to focus on other work.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
I have seen a return on investment for my customers through money saved on electrical and heating, as well as lower footprint in the data center.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I think RING's ability to maintain predictable costs while providing scalable storage solutions impacts our budget by allowing us to pay only for capacity.
Infrastructure architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
For instance, while the cost per gig on a block storage platform may be $2, it's $1.50 for NAS, and only $0.50 for object storage, leading to a remarkable 75% reduction in costs by utilizing the Scality platform.
Storage Engineering Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Scality RING has reduced our operating costs.
Engineer at MinArm
The project had a calculated cost that was fifteen thousand dollars, and came to an amount of six to seven thousand dollars with Zadara.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
The cost is not cheaper compared to AWS, and we have not seen the expected return on investment.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
I can see the return on investment because we are saving around 15 to 18% of the operational cost when compared to AWS.
AI product lead at Sortis
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.7
Everpure FlashBlade support is praised for efficiency and expertise, though some note language barriers and scaling delays.
Sentiment score
6.8
Scality RING's support is generally effective with knowledgeable staff, though response times and consistency can vary.
Sentiment score
8.3
Zadara's customer service is praised for efficient, 24/7 support, proactive issue monitoring, and knowledgeable technical assistance worldwide.
I would rate them an eight out of ten.
IT Field Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The support is done through email and is not that great, making it a very problematic area I've been dealing with for over four years.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
Their technical support has been perfect lately, so I would give it a 10.
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
I've always received responses within the required timeframe, the answers were technically relevant, and there was follow-up—people called us back to check if everything was okay and if the ticket could be closed.
Infrastructure architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Individuals such as Peter Mikolastik really make a difference by saying, 'Come on, what is the problem? I will help you,' rather than just brushing things off.
data center manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Technically, when we have major issues in P1, they are very responsive and we can't say that we don't get a response.
Operational Infrastructure Pilot at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate customer support a ten.
Analista de cloud at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We lack adequate response times and a 24/7 service level agreement.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
I rate the technical support from Zadara as nine out of ten.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Everpure FlashBlade's scalability is praised for easy expansion, dynamic scaling, and high satisfaction across various industries.
Sentiment score
7.1
Scality RING offers strong scalability and flexibility, managing large infrastructures with smooth upgrades but occasionally slow rebalancing.
Sentiment score
8.0
Zadara provides seamless, scalable storage solutions with cost-effective resource expansion, ideal for dynamic business needs and budget adaptability.
Pure Storage FlashBlade is scalable.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
There are between 5 and 10,000 people using it in our organization.
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
Upwards, I think, almost unlimited by what we can imagine.
System Engineer - Head of Engineering at a retailer with 11-50 employees
I've never had issues with scalability.
Infrastructure architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We are relatively well informed about their new features, what will be implemented in future versions, and the scalability of the solution.
Operational Infrastructure Pilot at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
There is no need to worry about scalability because the virtual machine automatically detects the load and then takes the load balance.
AI product lead at Sortis
The Zadara team handled changes to hard drive RAID and the storage that made up all the logical part, and it was very transparent to the end user.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
I do not see limitations there, even for changing the machine's shape, it is very straightforward.
Analista de cloud at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Users praise Everpure FlashBlade for exceptional stability and performance, with minimal downtime and no outages reported.
Sentiment score
7.4
Scality RING ensures stable, continuous data access with quick recovery and reliable performance, even with aging hardware.
Sentiment score
7.8
Users praise Zadara's stability and consistency, noting strong failover, smooth updates, and proactive support despite rare glitches.
In case there is any issue with any blade, the data is moved to another.
IT Field Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
It is a platform that is very stable at the customer level and does not generate incidents or blockages that you might encounter with standard storage solutions, where you can lose data.
Operational Infrastructure Pilot at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I find that Scality RING is very stable because it allows for many maintenance operations without service loss.
Infrastructure architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
There are factors that can cause Scality RING to become occasionally unavailable, but due to the system's resilience, it is capable of recovering or degrading gracefully.
Senior ICT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The security and control side, for what it offered, gave total stability.
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved deduplication, cloud integration, better support, simplified UI, and competitive pricing for Everpure FlashBlade.
Users seek improved stability, simplified management, complete S3 compliance, security enhancements, and better scalability for Scality RING.
Zadara users recommend proactive updates, enhanced features, improved interfaces, better security, platform compatibility, and AI integration with pricing adjustments.
Technical support definitely needs significant improvement.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
I would like to see tighter integration with backup vendor software, specifically around the retention lock, compliance lock, compliance mode, safe mode for immutability and indelibility, as well as how it handles the tiering.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
For organizations with demanding data-intensive workloads, however, the value proposition is very compelling.
Vendor business manager at TD SYNNEX BRASIL
Encryption and data security need improvement. We don't have a solution for customers who need confidentiality.
Operational Infrastructure Pilot at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
They should prioritize quality over timeliness to minimize customer disruptions and not force customers into a cycle of fixes that interfere with daily work.
Storage Engineering Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
What we are currently missing and will be demanding in the new tender is an additional external backup of all data, ideally on a simple system, to safeguard against any severe local incidents so that we still have the data protected elsewhere.
data center manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We encountered many limitations, such as situations where disk space was available in terms of gigabytes, but the number of disks had already been fully allocated.
Analista de cloud at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Adding AI capabilities could enhance the offering as well.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
Maintenance can also be complicated, especially when deeper troubleshooting requires navigating the CLI and searching for logs.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
 

Setup Cost

Pure Storage FlashBlade justifies its high price with exceptional performance, reliability, inclusive licensing, and long-term value through simplified management.
Scality RING requires high initial and ongoing investment, challenging unless enterprises handle 10 PB, with unexpected costs possible.
Zadara offers simple, competitive pricing aligned with IaaS, with flexible billing but has regional cost concerns in South Africa and Ethiopia.
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.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
Regarding pricing, it is okay; we needed exactly this in size, and the price was a lot lower than competitors, making it good for us.
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
Fortunately, in terms of the license, we are able to expand the disks without having to adjust the license.
System Engineer - Head of Engineering at a retailer with 11-50 employees
In the end, it always depends on how much you pay for it.
Senior ICT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Regarding setup costs and licensing, our initial experience is somewhat dated now as we made a comprehensive purchase, including hardware, software, and system setup, which Scality handled at the time.
data center manager at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The pricing is considered expensive.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
 

Valuable Features

Everpure FlashBlade delivers high-performance storage with scalability, low latency, and ease of use, ideal for AI and analytics.
Scality RING enhances performance and scalability with metadata separation, supporting multiple interfaces, praised for durability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Zadara excels in cloud integration, offering flexible deployments, advanced management, multicloud support, and predictable costs for diverse customer needs.
The cyber resiliency features of immutability and indelibility resonate with my customers as well. Given today's cyber threat landscape, the immutability and indelibility features of Everpure FlashBlade are no longer a nice-to-have; they are hard requirements coming from the top leadership, C-suite, down to a lot of the customers that I talk to.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The best features Everpure FlashBlade offers, which stand out to both me and our customers, are its exceptional performance for AI and analytics workloads, its ability to scale seamlessly, its unified file and object storage architecture, and simplicity of management.
Vendor business manager at TD SYNNEX BRASIL
We can plug in many blades, and we can have data up to one terabyte.
IT Field Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
When a server is lost, the data is still accessible.
Operational Infrastructure Pilot at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
It is even better stored when there is only one copy on a system and there is a second copy on an immutability system, which is almost equivalent to backing it up on tape and taking it offline, making it completely inaccessible.
System Engineer - Head of Engineering at a retailer with 11-50 employees
Scality RING has influenced our approach to scaling in different dimensions by providing a cost-effective solution for the tremendous amount of data we generate every day for each customer.
Storage Engineering Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Zadara's impact on scalability and its competitive pricing compared to other market players positively affect my organization.
Analyst Level 3 at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable feature is its storage management capability.
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
Zadara's troubleshooting feature is very valuable for me.
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
 

Categories and Ranking

Everpure FlashBlade
Sponsored
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
7th
Ranking in File and Object Storage
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (7th)
Scality RING
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
8th
Ranking in File and Object Storage
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zadara
Ranking in Software Defined Storage (SDS)
11th
Ranking in File and Object Storage
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (20th), Compute Service (9th), Public Cloud Storage Services (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of Everpure FlashBlade is 2.9%, down from 4.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Scality RING is 3.7%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zadara is 2.6%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Defined Storage (SDS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Everpure FlashBlade2.9%
Scality RING3.7%
Zadara2.6%
Other90.8%
Software Defined Storage (SDS)
 

Featured Reviews

MikaelHellström - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
Has handled backup storage needs reliably and supports seamless upgrades
In environments requiring high throughput and low latency, Pure Storage FlashBlade provides high throughput and normal latency, but we do not have any application that requires low latency right now, so the latency of three to five milliseconds is considered kind of high. Pure Storage FlashBlade's ability to integrate with enterprise applications is not important for us, as we only want to present an S3 bucket for our backup, which we have done, and it works very fast. We use the Purity software's data reduction techniques; we have a backup software that compresses everything before sending it to the S3 bucket, achieving a data reduction of 1.1 to one. I would recommend Pure Storage FlashBlade to other companies because it's a very fast and scalable solution for anyone who needs it. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution an 8.
Nourreddine AISSAOUI - PeerSpot reviewer
Dev Ops Engineer at Transactis France
Object storage has transformed backup capacity management and supports modern AI-ready workloads
The separation of metadata from object data significantly influences storage performance, as metadata uses NVMe flash storage, serving as an accelerator for accessing data. While data resides on traditional spinning hard disk drives, using NVMe storage for metadata allows for fast access to data, especially for large volumes and a large number of objects. The performance regarding metadata is particularly vital when managing a high number of objects; thus, dedicating servers and fast storage to metadata improves handling those large object counts, which we optimized during our operations, resulting in satisfactory outcomes. The improvement with Scality RING is the ability to manage huge volumes and the easy scalability when dealing with capacity growth and management. We can buy servers, install them, and hot upgrade the capacity without requiring downtime. Everything is available through an API, allowing end users to manage their storage conveniently without needing requests or tickets; they can allocate, delete, and move storage as required, making operations easier for the end user.
AA
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Hybrid data migration has reduced costs and now needs stronger security and database integration
I would like to share something that I believe could improve Zadara's process, which is the issue of communication with databases. Today we have MongoDB as a cloud service, so integration with databases in Zadara would bring better performance in connection in SaaS models and in dynamic models that could bring a platform and a solution that could increase Zadara's usage in the market and in its business scope. Zadara can improve in the database integration area as I mentioned. Zadara can have better dynamism such as MongoDB in SaaS and bring this better dynamism by connecting and offering it within the clouds as a possibility of block storage within that partner cloud, such as AWS EBS, Google's cloud storage, or something within Azure. Creating a stronger partnership where this block storage can become an API connectable across various clouds but native to those clouds would be beneficial. I noticed simplicity in the security part during the time I used Zadara, so I believe Zadara's security needs to improve to provide more and deliver more security visibility to the end customer so that they feel more secure with data encryption and attack protection. A WAF on the API connection that goes through greater protection, something along those lines, could help guarantee that the data is protected by Zadara.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
10%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?
I am a reseller, so I do not use Everpure FlashBlade personally, which means I do not have direct experience with pri...
What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?
I would not rate Everpure FlashBlade as a perfect score primarily due to the price point in the Brazilian market. Eve...
What is your primary use case for Pure Storage FlashBlade?
Our main use case for Everpure FlashBlade is that we haven't closed a deal in Brazil yet. However, we are working on ...
What needs improvement with Scality RING8?
Scality RING has room for improvement, particularly in having a supervisor external to Scality RING, which is key for...
What is your primary use case for Scality RING8?
Scality RING is used exclusively for S3 object storage. Scality RING is an alternative to Amazon S3, allowing custome...
What advice do you have for others considering Scality RING8?
I assess the simplicity of managing large volumes of data with Scality RING's interface as feasible, but it requires ...
What needs improvement with Zadara?
Zadara can be improved by making their interfaces more attractive. They currently look like simple PHP interfaces, bu...
What is your primary use case for Zadara?
My main use case for Zadara is to build and validate the GPU as a Service and the AI sovereignty that they're working...
What advice do you have for others considering Zadara?
Regarding Zadara's AI capabilities, I think it depends on the MSPs that they are performing collaborations with, and ...
 

Also Known As

Pure Storage FlashBlade
Scality RING, RING8
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Sample Customers

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Comcast, TimeWarner Cable, EuroSport, Orange, Deluxe, DailtMotion, SFR, RTL, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Telstra
Time, Inc. A&E Network, The Washington Post, News UK, McGraw Hill, Gilt, Toshiba, Deloitte, VMware
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