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StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) vs. VMware vSAN

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    StarWind HCA

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) is a hyper-converged infrastructure solution designed to reduce application downtime on a reasonable budget.N/A

    VMware vSAN

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AVMware vSAN is an enterprise-class storage virtualization software that provides a simple path to hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and multi cloud. VMware vSAN is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation.N/A
    Pricing
    StarWind HCAVMware vSAN
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    StarWind HCAVMware vSAN
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    StarWind HCAVMware vSAN
    Considered Both Products
    StarWind
    Chose StarWind HCA
    VMware vSAN, nutanix
    Incentivized
    Chose StarWind HCA
    In our simple two-host environment, StarWind HyperConverged Appliance (HCA) won out hands down in cost, and while I had no prior experience with the technology, I have been extremely pleased with the result. I wouldn't hesitate to go with them again in the future, although our …
    Incentivized
    Chose StarWind HCA
    StarWind at its core functions as the big hitters in the VSAN world, but comes at a better price. Their ability to provide us with HyperConverged technology without needing flash storage or an expensive storage switch is what drove us to buy StarWind. StarWind was also a better …
    Incentivized
    Chose StarWind HCA
    The StarWind HyperConverged Appliance is based on StarWinds vSAN solution which is comparable to VMware's vSAN solution. In order to get a fully supported solution (hardware & software) you must purchase a solution like the Dell/EMC VxRail which from a price perspective, …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    StarWind HCAVMware vSAN
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (61 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.7
    (53 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (54 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
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