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FlashBlade

byEverpure
in
4.7
Market Presence: File and Object Storage Platforms, Enterprise Storage Platforms

Overview

Product Information on FlashBlade

Updated 13th October 2025

What is FlashBlade?

FlashBlade is a software designed for unifying file and object storage to support modern workloads such as analytics, artificial intelligence, and rapid data recovery. The software provides scalable, high-performance storage that enables simultaneous access for large numbers of users and workloads. Its features include support for various data protocols, data reduction techniques, and simple management tools to streamline operations. FlashBlade addresses business problems related to managing large volumes of unstructured data and facilitates faster data processing, enabling organizations to derive insights and value from their information assets. The software assists enterprises in consolidating their data storage infrastructure and improving efficiency in handling complex data tasks.

FlashBlade Pricing

FlashBlade software adopts a capacity-based pricing model, where charges are determined by the amount of usable storage provisioned. The software is offered with a subscription that includes support and updates, and pricing may vary based on configuration, term length, and feature sets selected.

Overall experience with FlashBlade

IT Associate
<50M USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Knowledgeable Team and Advanced Features Highlighted Alongside Concerns Over High Price”

5.0
Mar 2, 2026
The team is really customer oriented, supported by not only just a desire to help but also very knowledgeable and experienced personnel and mature products and procedures.
Storage team lead
250M - 500M USD, Software
CRITICAL

“Great when it works, impossible to troubleshoot when it doesnt”

3.0
Sep 25, 2025
it’s great when it works but hard to troubleshoot when it does not

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Pure Storage operates in data storage, assisting companies in managing their data effectively while diminishing infrastructural complexity and expense. The organization provides an authentic storage-as-a-service model, offering its customers rapid flexibility to adapt to fluctuating data requirements at scale. The scope of its service includes deployment of diverse workloads, modern programs, containers, and beyond. Pure Storage is also focused on reducing data center emissions globally through its product design. Notably, the organization has received high customer satisfaction scores.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2009
Head office location
Santa Clara, United States
Number of employees
5001 - 10000
Annual Revenue
1B-3B USD
Website
http://www.purestorage.com

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FlashBlade Reviews and Ratings

4.7

(272 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
75%
4 Star
22%
3 Star
2%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.7

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • IT Associate
    <50M USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Knowledgeable Team and Advanced Features Highlighted Alongside Concerns Over High Price

    5.0
    Mar 2, 2026
    The team is really customer oriented, supported by not only just a desire to help but also very knowledgeable and experienced personnel and mature products and procedures.
  • Communications Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Travel and Hospitality
    Review Source

    Increased speed and stability with Pure Storage Flashblade since its implementation

    5.0
    Mar 12, 2026
    We implemented Pure Storage Flashblade in 2022, and it was a game-changer for our infrastructure's performance. We noticed a significant improvement in the loading speed of websites, databases, and other services.
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  • STORAGE MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Quality components reduce hardware issues during product use

    5.0
    Jan 29, 2026
    They are one of the suppliers with the strongest commitment to the customer. Total satisfaction in every area we collaborate on: design, implementation, support, and after-sales follow-up.
    Automated Translation from Spanish
  • Solution Architect
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    High Performance for Data-Intensive Workloads With File and Object Storage

    4.0
    Apr 1, 2026
    Overall, it is a good storage solution for use cases where the data is in the form of files or objects that scales rapidly such as health sector, AI industry, data analytics etc.
  • IT Architech
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    FlashBlade's ease of use and performance confirmed in testing

    5.0
    Jan 9, 2026
    Pure has always been a guarantee of quality, we were already using other PureStorage products and we had confirmation with flashblade of the simplicity and performance of Pure products
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User Sentiment About FlashBlade
Reviewer Insights for: FlashBlade
Deciding Factors: FlashBlade Vs. Market Average
Performance of FlashBlade Across Market Features

FlashBlade Likes & Dislikes

Like

The product's main features as well as supporting ones like performance analysis, trends and load simulator for example are cutting edge and looking ahead of current industry needs.

Like

very few knobs to turn

Like

The performance is excellent and the platform is very stable. Updates have always been easy, and the Pure team has helped us perform them without any problems. Support responds very quickly when we have any questions.

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Dislike

High price ;).. Sorry, I do not see the other two not good things I need to provide.

Dislike

doesnt scale to sizes we need or performance we need

Dislike

The initial price may seem a bit high, but after seeing the performance and stability it offers, we believe it's really worth it.

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