TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pure Storage FlashBlade

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/APure Storage offers FlashBlade, a scale-out file and object storage – architected to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) while accelerating tomorrow's discoveries and insights.N/A

    Qumulo Core

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AQumulo Core Hybrid Cloud File Storage delivers real-time visibility, scale and control of data across on-prem and cloud. Qumulo customers can manage storage at a granular level, programmatically configuring and managing usage, capacity and performance.N/A
    Pricing
    Pure Storage FlashBladeQumulo Core
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pure Storage FlashBladeQumulo Core
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Pure Storage FlashBladeQumulo Core
    Considered Both Products
    Pure Storage
    No answer on this topic
    Qumulo
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Best Alternatives
    Pure Storage FlashBladeQumulo Core
    Small Businesses
    Azure Blob Storage
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Azure Blob Storage
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure Data Lake Storage
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Azure Data Lake Storage
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Cloud Storage
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Google Cloud Storage
    Score8.4 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Pure Storage FlashBladeQumulo Core
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (29 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pure Storage FlashBladeQumulo Core
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pure Storage
    If data storage, access, and security [are] of the highest priority to your business then Pure Storage FlashBlade is an excellent tool that must be considered. Analytics or sharing that requires the fastest speeds available will benefit from the NVMe solid-state drives they use which are far superior to spinning rust. It is less ideal for those who do not require such time-critical work.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    Qumulo is great for media and entertainment companies, that need simple and easy management of a NAS. The product can also scale and be sized to larger shops too. The support that comes with it also can act as an extension of internal IT. Their support is always watching the box when it phones home with hardware errors or if it would go offline. Qumulo is not initially set up well-running virtual workloads, while Vmware supports NFS, some settings need to be adjusted on Qumulo to allow for upgrades to happen while virtual machines are running
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Pure Storage
    • Speed. We are seeing large transactions take very little time.
    • Upgrades- In-place upgrades of both hardware and software are extremely easy.
    • Ease of use- I have several engineers working on this and from setup to day to day operations it is extremely easy to maintain.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    • Support, they offer a slack based support which is fast and incredibly helpful.
    • Fast releases, they release new features every 2 weeks and actively seek out improvement ideas from end-users.
    • NFS and SMB co-existent support through mapping permissions allows mixed end users to connect through there native protocol.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Pure Storage
    • When reporting out a user has exceeded there quote, it only references the UID. It would certainly be nice it calls out the UID name that is clearly present in the Dashboard.
    • The ability to determine a snapshot total size would be helpful.
    • Proactive reachout to discuss new versions and assist in planning the upgrade would be a key win.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    • Admin users are not able to be tied to SSO or LDAP accounts.
    • At the start there was no RBAC but this has since been addressed.
    • While there is incredible analytics, there is no native way to get historical trends by volume or user.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    Pure Storage
    Good API, multi-protocol support is great.
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Pure Storage
    Without exception, the contacts with support have been quick and extremely knowledgeable. I do not fear getting an underqualified engineer to assess or work on my arrays. In addition to this support structure, the sales engineers are top notch as well.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    Their Slack-based support is like nothing I have experienced. They are fast, helpful, and willing to go the extra mile, even when an issue is not clearly their's to solve. They are committed to your success. The engineers on the Slack channel are oftentimes the engineers that programmed the very same feature you are asking questions about or having issues with.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    Pure Storage
    The NetApp a800 we tested was 14% faster than Pure FlashBlade with NFS workloads. However, NetApp lacked ease of administration and performing simple tasks such as creating multiple NFS volumes required scripting from the command line. Our flashblade contained 15 baldes and our NetApp was a clustered pair with each half containing 24 nvme devices.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    Qumulo was not the least expensive but we were blown away by support offered and pre-sales support to ensure questions were answered. Our main challenges were mixed end-user platforms and a diverse set of use cases on those end-user computers. Having the dual access to volumes, over NFS and SMB, helps us greatly in this area.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Pure Storage
    • We were able to consolidate 5 different storage platforms of lesser performance onto a single Flashblade and achieve much, much lower latency and higher throughput.
    • We've been able to reduce the amount of training and configuration required to just Pure Flashblade, instead of 5 different vendors and products.
    • In addition to our core use cases, Flashblade has capabilities that we are pursuing for some new projects, i.e. analytics data store and the object store features.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Qumulo
    • Reduced cost in support and upgrade times compared to old fiber San.
    • Allows the Service Desk to focus on other things since permissions and access are simplified.
    • Very easy and bandwidth efficient replication allows us to comply with DR.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots