2018-05-01T09:28:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC Unity XT?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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OI
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-12-18T11:00:00Z
Dec 18, 2023

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.

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Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-12-14T11:03:00Z
Dec 14, 2023

Commercial side is not involved.

CL
Reseller
Top 20
2023-11-29T08:44:00Z
Nov 29, 2023

It is an average priced solution.

JC
Real User
Top 20
2023-08-18T07:57:30Z
Aug 18, 2023

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

MS
Real User
Top 10
2023-08-16T12:59:00Z
Aug 16, 2023

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

RP
Reseller
Top 5
2023-08-14T07:27:11Z
Aug 14, 2023

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.

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Iñigo  Loiarte - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 20
2023-04-25T10:14:00Z
Apr 25, 2023

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.

Ricky Winandityo - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-23T11:14:10Z
Mar 23, 2023

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

VR
Real User
Top 5
2023-03-09T21:57:43Z
Mar 9, 2023

We have to apply for a license for each system.

CK
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-09T21:55:17Z
Mar 9, 2023

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

CS
Reseller
Top 20
2023-03-09T21:55:16Z
Mar 9, 2023

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

SC
Consultant
Top 20
2023-02-14T07:57:16Z
Feb 14, 2023

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.

Srikanth Purushothaman - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 5
2022-12-23T12:06:31Z
Dec 23, 2022

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.

SV
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-09-08T15:55:41Z
Sep 8, 2022

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.

GeorgeKaravitis - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 10
2022-09-01T11:50:11Z
Sep 1, 2022

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

PA
Real User
Top 5
2022-08-31T18:28:52Z
Aug 31, 2022

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.

HS
Vendor
Top 20
2022-05-03T18:55:51Z
May 3, 2022

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

JM
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-03T18:16:36Z
May 3, 2022

This solution offers great pricing.

Muhammed Imran - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-06T10:55:57Z
Apr 6, 2022

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.

SN
Real User
2022-01-26T18:10:24Z
Jan 26, 2022

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

RB
Real User
2022-01-25T20:12:00Z
Jan 25, 2022

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

EN
Real User
2021-12-29T12:11:00Z
Dec 29, 2021

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.

FR
Real User
2021-12-27T21:13:00Z
Dec 27, 2021

I liked the price point when we purchased it.

RP
Real User
2021-12-16T03:54:00Z
Dec 16, 2021

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.

PS
Real User
2021-12-15T19:00:00Z
Dec 15, 2021

This solution is a good price for what you get.

MB
Reseller
2021-12-07T18:11:12Z
Dec 7, 2021

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.

ZR
Real User
2021-11-10T16:46:54Z
Nov 10, 2021

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

ST
Real User
Top 20
2021-04-28T13:26:00Z
Apr 28, 2021

The setup is rather straighforward.

FB
Real User
2020-11-15T06:19:18Z
Nov 15, 2020

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

MB
Real User
Top 10
2019-05-18T05:16:00Z
May 18, 2019

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

PG
Real User
2019-05-08T23:27:00Z
May 8, 2019

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.

Nick Hamilton - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
2019-05-08T23:27:00Z
May 8, 2019

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

AL
Real User
2019-05-08T23:27:00Z
May 8, 2019

The cost of it is good for us. We purchased a five-year warranty.

CD
Real User
2019-05-08T23:27:00Z
May 8, 2019

Our costs are roughly $200,000 a year.

KY
Real User
2018-09-12T13:15:00Z
Sep 12, 2018

The pricing is right in line with competitors.

CA
Real User
2018-09-12T13:15:00Z
Sep 12, 2018

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.

it_user922881 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2018-09-12T13:15:00Z
Sep 12, 2018

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.

DC
Real User
2018-09-12T13:15:00Z
Sep 12, 2018

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.

BS
Real User
2018-09-12T13:15:00Z
Sep 12, 2018

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.

OJ
Real User
2018-09-05T08:39:00Z
Sep 5, 2018

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.

MU
Real User
2018-09-05T08:39:00Z
Sep 5, 2018

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

SB
Real User
2018-09-03T13:25:00Z
Sep 3, 2018

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.

BB
Real User
2018-09-03T13:25:00Z
Sep 3, 2018

Go with the virtual appliance versus the hardware.

LN
Real User
2018-09-03T13:24:00Z
Sep 3, 2018

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.

JL
Real User
2018-09-03T13:24:00Z
Sep 3, 2018

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

RH
Real User
2018-09-02T12:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

LB
Real User
2018-09-02T12:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

JP
Real User
2018-09-02T12:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

BM
Real User
2018-09-02T12:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

The solution should be cheaper.

AP
Real User
2018-09-02T12:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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

JB
Real User
2018-09-02T09:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

JD
Real User
2018-09-02T09:37:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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

RR
Real User
2018-09-02T08:36:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

JK
Real User
2018-09-02T08:13:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

GS
Real User
2018-09-02T08:09:00Z
Sep 2, 2018

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.

MS
MSP
2018-08-28T07:05:00Z
Aug 28, 2018

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.

RK
Consultant
2018-05-01T09:28:00Z
May 1, 2018

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

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