Dell VxRail vs. Scale Computing Platform

Dell VxRail

15 Reviews and Ratings

Scale Computing Platform

350 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Dell VxRail	Score7.1 out of 10	N/A	The Dell VxRail is a VMWare-based hyper-converged infrastructure appliance.	N/A
Scale Computing Platform	Score7.8 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Scale Computing offers edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions for customers around the globe. Scale Computing HyperCore software promises to eliminate traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. The vendor says that, using patented HyperCore™ technology, the SC//HyperCore self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and…	$249 per year per core

Pricing

Dell VxRail

Scale Computing Platform

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Standard: $249
per year per core
Professional: $312
per year per core
Professional Essentials: $5,600
one-time fee

Pricing Offerings
Dell VxRail	Scale Computing Platform
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

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Pricing shown in U.S. Dollar. Pricing for other regions available on request.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Dell VxRail	Scale Computing Platform
Considered Both Products	Dell Technologies No answer on this topic	Scale Computing Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform Under 10 nodes and less than 2 sites, I would rather sell and support Scale. It's just as fast as any other HCI and more stable then VXRail. It's easier to setup and deploy, and get VM's running, and replicating between CLUSTERS. The only reason I would not consider Scale … Incentivized Helpful? Chad Mayton Network Analyst in Information Technology at Kinetik (Oil & Energy, 201-500 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Price was outstanding, and competitive equipment wasn't an issue due to them using various brands and models. Sales reps were responsive, professional, and jumped through time hurdles with ease. Partnership with Acronis is a huge benefit, and the Carbonite license to move … Incentivized Helpful? Judy L. Berglund Solutions Architect - Infrastructure Solutions Group in Engineering at Lenovo (Architecture & Planning, 10,001+ employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform To be honest hyper-converged infrastructure products dramatically show improvement from start up. Providing a single pane of glass management is important in any of these HCI products. I like any/all of the HCI products I've worked with thus far. Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Mattson IT Director in Information Technology at Uintah County (Government Administration, 201-500 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform We purchased about 3 years ago. At the time the pricing of these other options was massively higher than Scale HC3. Most of the other options have steep learning curves. Nutanix like HC3 runs on a KVM architecture making it similar but other than a few bells and whistles I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale Computing HC3 was not only cheaper than every solution that we looked at. It also had the easiest interface to learn and the least amount of hardware. We eliminated any and all setup/implementation costs as we were able to set up the cluster ourselves. All of the other … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale offered an all in one solution, with its own hypervisor. Having a single pain of glass for storage and computing makes it way easier to support. As a one man IT dept I was looking for as simple, yet robust as possible option. Scale fit that need, as well as came in under … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform To put it simply, Scale HC3 does most of what the big guys do at a much lower cost. Their deduplication may not be as strong as some competitors, but there are diminishing returns with it as the costs go way up with the other solutions. With Scale, I found I could buy double … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform Ease of use and TOC. We needed to go with something simple as our environment is not complex. The members of the IT team are lower level from a technical standpoint and can easily administer the system. Incentivized Helpful? Jerry Gerlach Information Technology Director in Information Technology at City of Biddeford, Maine (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale was less expensive and delivered all of our needs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale Computing HC3 was way better than the competition in price and features and ease of use. What they give up on certain more advanced features they make up in ease of use and reliability and I wasn't going to use those advanced features anyways. They also are light years … Incentivized Helpful? Lee Zimmerman IT Manager in Information Technology at Paul B. Zimmerman, Inc. (Retail, 201-500 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform We evaluated offerings from HP/SimpliVity, Dell-EMC/VxRail Appliances and Nutanix. We choose Scale based on them being the best value for our needs. One of the way's Scale does this is by not requiring a separate hypervisor with additional licensing. Also they are less … Incentivized Helpful? Scott Rosen Vice President of Technology in Information Technology at Guardian Credit Union (Banking, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform We chose Scale because of the people first, and the product second. The desire to truly want our business and the commitment to be hands on in our deployment was a huge factor. The product also is a much less expensive solution to the others I mentioned but packed with … Incentivized Helpful? Tim Roberts IT Director in Information Technology at EPS of Vermont (Environmental Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale Computing was easier to spec out, as well as much much more of a positive experience when trying to purchase and support. Much better ROI as was highly competitive in pricing vs competition and their HCI solutions. It was even cheaper than non-HCI traditional … Incentivized Helpful?
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User Ratings
	Dell VxRail	Scale Computing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (3 ratings)	9.9 (244 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	9.4 (22 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.5 (40 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (245 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	1.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)