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$189.00
1 Software License Only. Per core, per year, 5-year term. Per Year

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Scale Computing Platform Demo - Scale Computing Fleet Manager
Manage your organization’s fleet of Clusters.
Scale Computing Platform Demo - Scale Computing Fleet Management Dashboard
At-a-glance summary of the health of your fleet upon login
Scale Computing Platform Demo - Cluster Details
Details of a particular cluster, including health, fleet manager connectivity, nodes, and VMs
Scale Computing Platform Demo - Hypercore UI
Simple Web Interface for Local Management of the Cluster and its Workloads
You might be perfectly satisfied with your VMware investment's price, management overhead, and reliability. If so, it's all good. Or you might be wondering if there is an alternative.
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You might be perfectly satisfied with your VMware investment's price, management overhead, and reliability. If so, it's all good. Or you might be wondering if there is an alternative.
Taylor Leick, Senior Product Manager, demonstrates Scale Computing’s Fleet Manager, a robust tool managing over 14k systems with simplicity and scalability in mind, featuring single sign-on, role-based access control, and real-time data .
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Taylor Leick, Senior Product Manager, demonstrates Scale Computing’s Fleet Manager, a robust tool managing over 14k systems with simplicity and scalability in mind, featuring single sign-on, role-based access control, and real-time data .
Reduce costs and data complexity with your current IT team through automation. Organizations are constantly battling with the demands of growth and doing more with less.
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Reduce costs and data complexity with your current IT team through automation. Organizations are constantly battling with the demands of growth and doing more with less.
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Scale Computing Platform Reviews (256)

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4.7
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Users consistently praise the ease of use and excellent support provided by the Scale Computing Platform, highlighting its intuitive interface that simplifies tasks like VM management and deployment. Many appreciate how quickly they can set up and scale their virtual environments, making it a reliable choice for businesses. However, some users note that expanding resources often requires adding entire nodes, which can be a limitation.

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Dan B.
DB
Director of Information Technology
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Simple, Cost-Effective Solution with Excellent Support"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Simple to implement and maintain. Extremely cost effective. Solid hardware and support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Email alerts could be more granular and customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
AH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Smooth Implementation and Seamless Operation"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Everything just worked. We set up virtual machines and they just worked. The back end configuration was all set. We have been running for around 8 months without a single issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

The only issue I have with the product is the way VLAN traffic is handled. Everything is on the default VLAN and so when you need to use additional VLANs you have to tag the VLAN in the VM. Also, the VM migration is painful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Patrick M.
PM
IS Operations Supervisor
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Outstanding Support Makes All the Difference"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Support has been great. We had to choose another product to replace one we had this fit our need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

I could not find much about scale. One of our vendors brought this to us and we actually had to contact Scale in order to get the info we needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike R.
MR
Director
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It just works ..."
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

What a breath of fresh air coming from a VMWare environment - now I have instant snapshots, really fast VM replication and no datastores to manage because Scale manages them for me. One big memory and data storage pool to provision from, all thin provisioned - and the SSD tiering all completely automatic. You just set it and forget it. The Management GUI is so simple my Mum could use it. The Support is exceptionally good. The API integration is fantastic. The implementation and VM migration was amazing and simple - we used Acronis to do the migrations, how good is that. UEFI/TPM and Windows 11 - all covered. We use Scale every day and we are very pleased we made the switch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

I have not found any downside as yet - after 4 years it just works, not one glitch or failure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos C.
CC
System Administrator
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Scale Computing is a great alternative to VMware"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Scale Computing servers are reliable, fast, and easy to manage.

They also have a good support team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Even though servers are easy to manage, I think that the management interface could be more intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RI
System Administration/IT Specialist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"The Cadillac's for IT"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Ease of use. Easier to build new VM's, and restore from snpashots when required. I had to restore one of our VM Servers, and within 3 clicks we had restored the server and had it up and running within a minute. It was such a relief and definitely helps to reduce stress. The system was easy to implement and to migrate existing VM's was easy as well. Integrating into our environment was simple and easy and prepping the network was a breeze. The use frequently, as the best part of this system is mostly set it and forget it unless you have to create a new VM. When I reach out to customer support, they are super firendly and really know their stuff. I have yet to have a bad experience with their agents. 2005 - We are in the process of upgrading and expanding out SCALE// Environment. We will be moving out exiting cluster to make it a 4 DR node Cluster instead of 1 and Installing a 4 Node cluster to run our ever growing environment!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

To be completely honest and transparent, the only issue I have is that you cant set a VM to run automatically upon powering up, especially after a power outage. It would be nice if this could be stup like with Microsoft Hyper-V. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
AN
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Seamless Platform for VM Management"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The Scale Computing Platform is seamless and straightforward to use for IT administrators. It was relatively easy to implement the Scale nodes for the first time as Scale support technicians are very knowledgeable and willing to help. The remote connection tool built into the HyperCore System is very cool as it allows multiple users to view the remote display at the same time. Lastly, when receiving remote support, it is really easy as there is a remote connection tool the support technicians can use with your permission to connect to the server nodes in question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Everything has been great with Scale except for one instance where we had a drive fail after around 6 months of using the Scale nodes, which is a bit concerning. The support around this was exceptional, however, as we received a replacement drive with expedited shipping free of charge. There was no data lost as the drives run with redundancy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BB
Server Administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Dedicated support"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The support is top notch. Working with support has been great. They are very responsive and will get you answers ASAP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

With simplicity of Scale Computing cluster's and other system comes vendor lock in. It can be restrictive if you already have other virtualized infrastructure it may be difficult to integrate both vendors. With that being said if you don't already have the infrastructure in place or you want to completely move into something new Scale computing 3 node clusters can't be beat. They fill the extremely large market hole of Small business VM needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aaron G.
AG
IT Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"High Performance and Uptime at a Great Price"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

Easy to use interface. High uptime. Low cost. High performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

Not allowed to add your own hard disks, has to use proprietary drives Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Effortless Cluster Management and Streamlined Operations"
What do you like best about Scale Computing Platform?

The scale platform takes many of the pain points of running a cluster away. Simplifying server management, rollout and backups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scale Computing Platform?

I think there is a lack of available granular configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Options

Pricing provided by Scale Computing Platform.

Standard

$189.00
1 Software License Only. Per core, per year, 5-year term. Per Year

Professional

$238.97
1 Software License Only. Per core, per year, 5-year term. Per Year

Standard Essentials

$3,485.00
With One-Time Purchase
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Server Virtualization
Storage Virtualization
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Dynamic Scaling
High Availability
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