G2 Vendor Directory

PowerScale vs. TrueNAS

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPowerScale

by Dell Technologies

TrueNAS

by iXsystems

Overall rating4.34.8
Review count28167
Ease of use8.99.1
Ease of setup8.19.1
Quality of support9.08.8
Meets requirements9.29.5
NPS51.85185286.746988
Small Business30.8%83.1%
Mid-Market15.4%12.0%
Enterprise53.8%4.8%
Total page views308254
Total LLM citations9671,389

PowerScale

Product Description Dell PowerScale is a scale-out NAS platform for enterprise unstructured data and a storage engine in Dell AI Data Platform. Powered by the OneFS operating system, it provides a single namespace with unified file and object access for storage into a single intelligent namespace that scales from terabytes to over 700 petabytes without disruption—eliminating data silos and simplifying management of unstructured data at any scale.

Pros

  • Flexibility
  • Integrations
  • Easy Integrations
  • Search Efficiency
  • Fast Processing
  • Ease of Use

TrueNAS

TrueNAS, the world's most deployed storage software, is a universal data platform that allows users to easily adopt a modern, open source approach to store and protect their growing data. TrueNAS harnesses the power of the legendary ZFS file system to provide unified storage (File, Block Object, and Apps) with the reliability and performance demanded by virtualization, backup, and many other data-heavy workloads. The TrueNAS CORE edition (formerly FreeNAS) is based on FreeBSD for unified scale-up storage.

Pros