Enterprise storage systems · RankedDell PowerStore
Dell PowerStore is an all-flash enterprise storage platform from Dell that handles both block (SAN) and file (NAS) workloads on a single system · dell.com ↗
Strongest at mid-market, contested with NetApp AFF. Ranked 6 of 125 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
HPE MSA Storage is first at 26%.
Ranked first, contested: NetApp AFF has 15%. 9 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Pure Storage FlashArray is first at 36%.
Why models recommend it
“Dell PowerStore is the safest "best overall" recommendation because it tends to balance performance, usability, and cost better for mid-market teams”GPT-5.4 mini · Direct question · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Dell Technologies PowerStore ... frequently cited as the best overall value proposition for mid-market enterprises”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Dell PowerStore offers the best combination of performance, price, and ecosystem maturity.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Primary Choice: Dell PowerStore - It offers the best balance of performance, value, ease of use, and enterprise features”Kimi K2 · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“3. Dell PowerStore”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“traditional tier-1 enterprise arrays (like high-end Dell PowerStore or Pure Storage FlashArray//X) can be cost-prohibitive”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“small businesses to avoid "true" enterprise arrays like Dell PowerStore, NetApp AFF, or Pure Storage”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Dell PowerStore's documented performance issues ... warrant the most caution”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Dell PowerStore, over the 84 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 50 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 18 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 12 | 4 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Dell PowerStore →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 75 of the 84 answers that named Dell PowerStore and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
159 of the 237 domain citations in answers naming Dell PowerStore came from a third party's page. Twenty-five were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 77 | 76 | 2026-09-25 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 47 | 47 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Blog | 22 | 20 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| News or press | 3 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 2 | 1 | 2026-09-24 | ||
| Report or ebook | 2 | 1 | 2026-09-21 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | 1 | 2026-09-16 |
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How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page dell.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.