NetApp HCI Competitors and Alternatives

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are the low management overhead, and the lower skill set required to manage it. All of the additional management tools plug into vCenter, which is our standard virtualization interface for VMware. It has the… more»

What needs improvement?

The cost of using the public cloud deployment is astronomical.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We received a good price from Dell. Pricing was pretty much the same apart from the pricing for the public cloud it was astronomical. Other than licensing fees, we had to pay for our equipment. We calculated that our TCO is going to be… more»

What other advice do I have?

We did a lot of research ahead of time with this solution to make sure that it was stable, scalable, had a good interface, was easy to use, and that it had good technical support. I don't have enough time with the solution to know what… more»

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at Nutanix, NetApp, Public Cloud, and another product called Datrium.