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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE SimpliVity

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHPE SimpliVity is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution. HPE acquired SimpliVity for its Omnicube line of products in January 2017.N/A

    Scale Computing Platform

    Score7.9 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
    HPE SimpliVityScale Computing Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $249
    per year per core
    Professional
    $312
    per year per core
    Professional Essentials
    $5,600
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE SimpliVityScale Computing Platform
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Pricing shown in U.S. Dollar. Pricing for other regions available on request.
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    HPE SimpliVityScale Computing Platform
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    Scale Computing
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    Cost - Scale HC3
    Performance - HPE SimpliVity
    Complexity - Scale HC3
    Incentivized
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    We ended up choosing Scale Computing Platform 4 years ago because that had better pricing than the other players and would offer everything we elected as pre-requisite for our system to work. Today, after several years using their system with no major issues, we can say it was …
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    We replaced our 5-year-old SimpliVity hyper-converged solution with two 3-node Scale clusters in 2018. We went with Scale Computing HC3 over a new HP/OmniStack solution due to cost and feedback from other Scale users who were very happy with the product. We also liked the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    As a long-time HPE shop, we did look at Simplivity (even knowing that HPE's lackadaisical support was likely to poison Simplivity post-acquisition), but we were very underwhelmed by the demonstrator's lack of expertise in the product, and some basic limitations surrounding the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    Multiple vendors, multiple systems, multiple contracts, multiple licenses, maintenance and support, all gone with a Scale Computing HC3 system. One system, one vendor, one support, fewer headaches and problems to solve. Devote your time to running the business and not minding …
    Incentivized
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    Scale was less expensive and delivered all of our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    Lean and mean. For simple and smaller infrastructures, it meets all the bullets of a complex hyper-converged or converged solution at a very reasonable budget, and is MUCH easier to implement.
    Incentivized
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    Simplivity is not true hyper-converged, it keeps all the complexity of VMWare and SAN and the required management.
    Nutanix is not open about their system performance.
    Scale won the race by sending a test unit and letting us have a go at it. They are fully open about what their …
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    Each system I evaluated has its own strengths and weaknesses. I ended up choosing Scale because of the features and the price. I feel Scale has the best value for the money. I also like to support smaller businesses and I feel that you often get better customer support, which …
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Scale Computing Platform
    We selected Scale over the two mentioned companies based on price, support, ease of use, user reviews, and customer reference calls to Scale customers. It was over 2 years ago that I did the research, so I'm sure some things have changed. But, I'm happy with our selection of …
    Incentivized
    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
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    HPE SimpliVityScale Computing Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.9
    (244 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (22 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (40 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (2 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)