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NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays vs. Pure Storage FlashArray

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AThe NetApp® EF-Series is a family of entry-level and midrange all-flash storage arrays that accelerate organizations' access to data and help derive value from it. These systems offer NVMe flash storage and provide more affordable to extreme IOPS, boasting response times under 100 microseconds and bandwidth up to 44GBps.N/A

    Pure Storage FlashArray

    Score10 out of 10
    N/APure Storage in Mountain View, California offers all-flash array data storage promising affordability, high availability, and consistent performance.N/A
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    NetApp EF-Series All Flash ArraysPure Storage FlashArray
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    NetApp EF-Series All Flash ArraysPure Storage FlashArray
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    NetApp EF-Series All Flash ArraysPure Storage FlashArray
    Considered Both Products
    NetApp
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    Pure Storage
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    Pure Storage FlashArray came up as being the most cost-effective of the lot plus the extras added like call-home support were very welcome. The competitors' options were a lot more expensive and the call-home support added a lot more to the already high costs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    Although more expensive, the FlashArray's performance, dedupe, simplicity of configuration, and support all blow the other arrays out of the water.
    I have had nothing but pleasant experiences with the techs at Pure Storage, and they've been plenty helpful and supportive (both …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    We initially evaluated NetApp EF-series and EMC XtremeIO arrays against the Pure FlashArray. The NetApp array was low cost but lacked many of the features of the other two arrays. XtremeIO was more expensive than the Pure FlashArray solution, did not perform as well on data …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    Pure Storage FlashArray cost was better than the others and offered more features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    Nimble storage could not be clustered like Pure, Simplivity was completely converged so if one aspect of the design was under-specified it would require a full new node, Netapp only offered clustering with a special cost licence, whereas with Pure all functionality upgrades are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Pure Storage FlashArray
    At first, they most of our selection criteria but were missing some key components. We could use them for specialized deployments but not shared systems. They worked with us and added the components we required and we now are moving all storage needs to Pure Storage systems. …
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    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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    Features
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash ArraysPure Storage FlashArray
    Enterprise Flash Array Storage
    Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays and Pure Storage FlashArray
    Feature
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash Arrays
    8.9
    5 Ratings
    Pure Storage FlashArray
    9.3
    154 Ratings
    Flash Array Performance9.35 Ratings10.0154 Ratings
    Flash Array Integration9.65 Ratings9.0144 Ratings
    Data Compression9.34 Ratings8.0153 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.15 Ratings10.0148 Ratings
    Simplicity9.45 Ratings10.0154 Ratings
    Power Savings7.95 Ratings9.0131 Ratings
    User Ratings
    NetApp EF-Series All Flash ArraysPure Storage FlashArray
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (207 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (75 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)