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Product	Pure Storage FlashArray by Pure Storage View product	Dell PowerStore by Dell View product
Overview
What it is	Pure Storage FlashArray: SafeMode immutable snapshots and DirectFlash all-flash NVMe architecture. Built for enterprise block storage. Compare Data Security alternatives.	Dell PowerStore helps teams with Storage Security. Explore features like AppsON, appliance or on-premises deployment and the closest Data Security competitors.
Product type	All-Flash Enterprise Storage Array & SafeMode Snapshot Defense	Intelligent All-Flash Storage Array
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Telecom, Retail, Telecommunications	Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Healthcare, Banking
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudHybridOn-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud (Pure Cloud Block Store)	Hardware Appliance; On-premises; All-flash hardware storage array
Data residency	Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility	Global; US; EU
Key features
What it offers	SafeMode immutable snapshots DirectFlash all-flash NVMe architecture ActiveCluster zero-RPO replication Inline deduplication & compression Pure1 cloud AI Enterprise block storage Ransomware SafeMode recovery Zero-downtime metro clustering	NVMe all-flash storage Hardware-accelerated deduplication Native snapshot replication AppsON Storage Security Data Protection
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Mission-Critical Datacenter InfrastructureSAN FabricsVirtual Clusters	Enterprise SAN/NASBlock and file storage
Compliance	FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS	FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	VMwareMicrosoft Hyper-VRed Hat OpenShiftOracleSAPCiscoAWS	VMware vSphereKubernetesOpenStackAnsible
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTelecomRetailTelecommunications	Cross-industryEnterprise ITHealthcareBanking
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Pure Storage	Dell
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	Round Rock, Texas, USA
Company size	5,001-10,000	100,000+
Founded	2009	1984

Pure Storage FlashArray

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Dell PowerStore

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Overview

What it is

Pure Storage FlashArray

Pure Storage FlashArray: SafeMode immutable snapshots and DirectFlash all-flash NVMe architecture. Built for enterprise block storage. Compare Data Security alternatives.

Dell PowerStore

Dell PowerStore helps teams with Storage Security. Explore features like AppsON, appliance or on-premises deployment and the closest Data Security competitors.

Product type

Pure Storage FlashArray

All-Flash Enterprise Storage Array & SafeMode Snapshot Defense

Dell PowerStore

Intelligent All-Flash Storage Array

Best for

Pure Storage FlashArray

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Telecom, Retail, Telecommunications

Dell PowerStore

Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Healthcare, Banking

Pricing

Pricing model

Pure Storage FlashArray

Contact Vendor

Dell PowerStore

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Pure Storage FlashArray

Dell PowerStore

Deployment

Deployment options

Pure Storage FlashArray

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Dell PowerStore

On-Premise

Deployment details

Pure Storage FlashArray

Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud (Pure Cloud Block Store)

Dell PowerStore

Hardware Appliance; On-premises; All-flash hardware storage array

Data residency

Pure Storage FlashArray

Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility

Dell PowerStore

Global; US; EU

Key features

What it offers

Pure Storage FlashArray

SafeMode immutable snapshots
DirectFlash all-flash NVMe architecture
ActiveCluster zero-RPO replication
Inline deduplication & compression
Pure1 cloud AI
Enterprise block storage
Ransomware SafeMode recovery
Zero-downtime metro clustering

Dell PowerStore

NVMe all-flash storage
Hardware-accelerated deduplication
Native snapshot replication
AppsON
Storage Security
Data Protection

Platform & access

API access

Pure Storage FlashArray

Dell PowerStore

Single sign-on (SSO)

Pure Storage FlashArray

Dell PowerStore

Role-based access (RBAC)

Pure Storage FlashArray

Dell PowerStore

Multi-tenant

Pure Storage FlashArray

Dell PowerStore

Mobile app

Pure Storage FlashArray

Dell PowerStore

Supported platforms

Pure Storage FlashArray

Mission-Critical Datacenter InfrastructureSAN FabricsVirtual Clusters

Dell PowerStore

Enterprise SAN/NASBlock and file storage

Compliance

Pure Storage FlashArray

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS

Dell PowerStore

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Pure Storage FlashArray

VMwareMicrosoft Hyper-VRed Hat OpenShiftOracleSAPCiscoAWS

Dell PowerStore

VMware vSphereKubernetesOpenStackAnsible

Industries

Pure Storage FlashArray

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTelecomRetailTelecommunications

Dell PowerStore

Cross-industryEnterprise ITHealthcareBanking

Regions

Pure Storage FlashArray

Global

Dell PowerStore

Global

Vendor

Company

Pure Storage FlashArray

Pure Storage

Dell PowerStore

Dell

Headquarters

Pure Storage FlashArray

Santa Clara, California, USA

Dell PowerStore

Round Rock, Texas, USA

Company size

Pure Storage FlashArray

5,001-10,000

Dell PowerStore

100,000+

Founded

Pure Storage FlashArray

2009

Dell PowerStore

1984