While the cost is a little high, it provides great peace of mind. 

I'd rate the solution five or six out of ten in terms of affordable pricing. 

Pricing could always be better. Dell likes to charge a premium price for these products.

I would say the major complaint with pricing is that Dell EMC comes to us and gives us a an initially high price. We usually need to go back and forth to negotiate the price to a more reasonable level. We are not going to just say, 'Yes,' because we are out of time." 

I don't know if the discounting structure needs to be better or more consistent. 

Having worked at Dell EMC previously, I know they have discount floors, etc. I just wish they would note, "This company gets a 55% discount." Just be consistent with it. Company-wide, we buy all our storage from them. They should be able to give us something a little more structured.

This solution offers great pricing. 

Commercial side is not involved. 

I'm not sure of the exact cost of the solution. 

The pricing structure offers a favorable balance between the cost and the variety of features offered.

It's an expensive solution, particularly for medium companies. One device costs about 30,000 euros. The support contract is quite expensive as well. We are currently looking for other lower-cost solutions.

I'm not sure of the exact licensing cost of the solution. 

Most licenses for the solution are free but upgrades are available when adding additional software or storage. 

The solution little or no cost so I rate it a ten out of ten. 

It is an average priced solution.

Dell Unity XT's prices are very competitive compared to HP MSA2000, an entry-level product and another higher-level storage box. Compared to the prices of the storage boxes offered by HP, Dell's prices are competitive.

All the licenses are included from day one of your purchase of the product, so you don't have to buy licenses separately. There are no additional costs to be paid for the maintenance of the solution.

The price of Dell Unity XT is reasonable. However, if you are buying a custom solution, it can come at a considerable price. 

If you want to scale or add additional components, this is where the price starts to spike or become very complicated and expensive. If you purchase the components separately they can cost a lot.

It's extremely competitive. We checked both HP and Dell and we determined that Dell EMC was a better option.

Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis.

I don't recall the amount because that part, the financial part, is handled by the finance team. We are not aware of this, we are technical evaluators.

I liked the price point when we purchased it.

The solution should be cheaper.

Licensing ranges from $20K plus for a decent configuration. AFA configurations start at about $25K.

This unit is one of the cheapest storage all-flash arrays in the market and it does well for what it is intended. It can be combined for both file and block storage.

The pricing is reasonable. We're using the Flex on Demand pricing. It's really good for us when we pay for what we use. It made it easy to get it inside since it's an OpEx and instead of CapEx expense.

I can't say enough about the Flex on Demand because it gives you the agility you need. You can get it in there so easily. You don't have to be fighting with the CFO about how much it costs. It's a lot easier.

We typically sell Unity XT as a package solution containing four nodes. It costs about $150,000 for four nodes. 

There is not a license required for the use of the solution. We purchased a maintenance contract.

The price of Dell Unity XT could improve. However, it is a one-time purchase.

This solution is a good price for what you get.

When you look at what Dell EMC is compared to, like NetApp, they're all priced pretty similarly. I think the pricing of the hybrid model is good. Obviously, we would want cheaper prices but you can't get everything.

The pricing of Dell Unity XT is good.

I rate the price of Dell Unity XT a nine out of ten.

From a pricing perspective, this solution is comparable to others on the market. 

We purchased our Unity in September 2017. It was a simple process. We budgeted for it in the prior year. Then, we had the funds to take care of what we wanted to purchase.

The price is up a little bit from what we used to pay so I'm hoping that it's a little bit of a better system than the VNXe was. But I still think it's a good value. It's new, so I'm sure there's room for the pricing to drop.

We did have an issue with licensing once but we were able to reach out to the licensing group and do an online chat. They helped instantly, so that was nice.

The licensing is included in the appliance, and I rate the licensing costs an eight out of ten.

The license is not required, but we must renew the support every year, every two years.

I believe it is overpriced. I don't have a lot of experience with other vendors, but I believe it is expensive.

I would rate the price a three out of five.

PowerStore support is more efficient now that I have experience with it. I won't go back based on the cost of support; PowerStore is the most straightforward.

The pricing is quite good. We find it fair. It's not too expensive.

Licensing has been quite difficult. It doesn't always auto-license. About half the time, when I provision one, I have to contact Service to get a license, or even go to our account manager to help get it straightened out.

Regarding the licensing, that was easy. As far as recurring costs go, all that is understood, what we need to keep in place. If we grow and scale, we also understand a license comes with that, too. In terms of integrating it with our existing apps, there was no additional cost, nothing we didn't expect.

The Dell EMC Data Protection license covers everything, like a one stop shop. All our options are covered. 

I rate Dell Unity XT’s pricing a nine out of ten.

There is an annual charge for the license of this product. It has better pricing than its competitor: Pure Storage.

The main factors to consider are space, availability, business continuity, performance, and IOPS. The Unity XT box is very strong. It doesn't break. The MTBF time is very large so you don't have to worry about faults or outages in your operations.

It is a very complete platform. Dell EMC wrote a new OS for storage, but I haven't seen it yet.

Our CAPEX was close to $42,000 and operating costs are below $1000.

We have to apply for a license for each system. 

We have a perpetual license for Unity and a support contract with Dell EMC. 

Licensing is fine. We worked with a sales rep to purchase our Unity.

We bought the box of all the licensing that we needed and not run into anything where we would need any additional licenses from Dell EMC Unity.

VMware is a different story, but as far as Unity goes, it's not been an issue.

Currently, we buy directly from Dell EMC. We've tried going through resellers before, but we've found that if we go directly through Dell EMC, we get a good a price from being with the government. So, we are lucky there. We have that working relationship with the folks at Dell EMC, and sometimes I even get to run into the rep or specialist at events, which is great. I don't get that with a reseller.

Simplicity of ownership is a no-brainer:

• Obtaining a warranty is easy.
• The price is very reasonable.
• As far as licensing goes, I love how VMware works with Dell EMC Unity. It's great. They work hand in hand. They have made it so simple.

It was easy to order. We are a big Dell shop, so it was easy to purchase and get it in place, then up and running.

The pricing is competitive. We miss some of the feature functionality that we had with the XtremeIOs but it's certainly suitable for the purpose.

Dell EMC has a great portal for the licensing. It's very logical and easy to license. 

We integrated it with VMware vSphere at no additional cost. As we moved into VMware vSphere, this is what we bought to go with it for our storage performance.

no clue. I'm technical, I don't do prices

While Dell EMC is costly, I don't have any complaints about their licensing model.

Because of the attractive price, we were able to get rid of more expensive arrays, standardize, and get rid of a lot of spinning disks. We also got rid of more expensive flash that we weren't properly utilizing.

Its biggest valuable feature is its price point for the amount of storage and performance you get. It's a sweet spot. It's cheaper than the other SANs out there, but performs well enough. It fits that nice, middle-ground portfolio.

If your small office or data center needs a couple petabytes, or just lots and lots of storage, it works great. Or if you need just a couple of hundred terabytes worth of storage, it works great. The price point hits that right spot.

The basic licenses and software are included in the package. If there's a need for additional recovery tools or anything else, you can order them separately. However, normally, all required software and licenses are already included.

There is no capacity license for XT and no additional costs for expansions. I would rate its pricing as four out of five.

The price of Dell EMC Unity XT is higher compared to other solutions. The price should be less expensive.

While it has a good price to start, they could always make it cheaper.

We bought extended warranties out of the box because our customer has a bad habit of managing warranties. The service for the small things that we have had are always handled very quickly. 

As far as simplicity of ownership goes, I don't think there is anything aside from the maintenance licensing.

At the end of the day, the licensing cost is key, because every customer has a pain point, that the cost of each piece is high. So if we can bundle everything in a package, that is how the competitors are selling their footprint. For example, Pure, if you buy a box, everything comes with the box. So, in a similar fashion, if we can do anything along those lines, it will be better for the customer.

Dell EMC is very competitive on its storage pricing, and from our experience, is not only the superior solution, but the best priced.

The licensing process is very simple and it has many features. I can't talk about pricing because I'm in a technical position and I do not have access to costs.

For costing, you have to have a budget in mind because SANs can be fairly expensive and EMC offers a wide range of products. It is important that you know your requirements exactly before you go ahead and purchase one of those devices. Because it could be either under or over your requirements.

This product is cheaper than the EMC VNX solution. It is good for small businesses.

Licensing is easy since all the software is included.

I think everything is overpriced in the storage area so it's difficult to know what reasonable means for these products. 

There is a license required to use this solution, but it is a one-time purchase.

The price of the solution should be less expensive. However, at some point, you need to pay for facility and performance.

The setup is rather straightforward.

Our costs are roughly $200,000 a year.

We always do a business case, so I recommend that to others too. If the business case sums well, go forward.

The price of Dell EMC Unity XT is not reasonable. They should lower it because the trend is to move to the cloud. They have to protect their market by giving commercial or financial incentives.

Pay for the training. At least negotiate with EMC to get the training done, because it is a good product and it is even better once you are shown how to use it properly.

Unity is a good product since all the software required is already bundled.

More or less, I am the team. I do have three other guys, but yes, I was the one who decided to get this. The pricing was quite okay compared to others. We probably got it cheaper because we were the first ones out of the gate, but I would say that it's good value for the money.

Licensing is a little bit confusing. Going through everything with them, there are a lot of line items to go over. Every single thing is broken down into a line item, and it starts to get really confusing in terms of what we're actually purchasing when it comes to the product.

Pricing seems very competitive. A majority of the required options come with the base licenses.

The solution is very expensive. 

There are a lot of advantages with EMC Unity XT, there's no limitation. When you bought the product, the software is included and there's no limitation of the terabyte in the licenses.

This device is worth it.

Before setting up this solution we would advise that organizations prepare the physical equipment that will be required for on-premises deployment, as well as gathering information on the data to be migrated.

This will allow for an average deployment time of one to two days.

The price in our country is very expensive and some of our customers opt for lower-cost alternatives.

Pricing was competitive compared to other products on the market. Among the ones we considered, Unity came in with the best price.

Compared to other EMC platforms, Unity is nice because it is all-inclusive, in terms of the licensing model. That's unique for them, compared to other manufacturers. It is beneficial. We could use replication, native, right out-of-the-box.

The price is good for commercial grade storage arrays. Licensing has changed to be more advantageous for users.

This product is suitable for customers who are looking for simplicity and cost-effective SAN storage products

In terms of price, I would say that the support you're getting with it is probably an underestimated value that comes with the box you're buying.

I believe there are other cheaper options, but you are not paying just for the "iron". The support in storage environment is a crucial thing to consider. Also, consider buying more flash disks for fast cache.

When I see other products—like HP, Huawei, and Lenovo—from competitors, I have seen a lot of disadvantages with EMC, price-wise. Huawei and Lenovo are very price competitive. 

Looking at the price point for a country like Sri Lanka, where we have a very low economy, I think you need to look at a pricing mechanism that is a bit more flexible. 

The pricing for this product is manageable, though slightly higher than comparable products.

Pricing is relatively good compared to other vendors with the same specifications.

Setup is simple, but at the expense of key management features.

Pricing is as high as it has ever been for EMC.

The pricing is right in line with competitors.

The pricing is fine and licensing is okay.

The cost of it is good for us.

We purchased a five-year warranty.

Go with the virtual appliance versus the hardware.

It is a good value given the benefits it provides.