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Pivot3 vs VMware vSAN comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Pivot3
Ranking in HCI
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware vSAN
Ranking in HCI
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
229
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Pivot3 is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware vSAN is 16.4%, down from 18.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

JW
One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter
The primary use case was for a persistent VDI solution using vSphere as the hypervisor software and using Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop as the provisioning software in an enterprise Windows server domain infrastructure It greatly streamlined the time it took to scale out the enterprise and it…
Lipaz Hessel - PeerSpot reviewer
Expensive solution that requires professional services for installation and implementation
I'm still using a different solution. I only took two servers with vSAN to support one application that needs one feature that only VMware has. If not for that feature, I wouldn't touch VMware. Now, I'm looking at products like Nutanix, Silver Peak, Flexione, and FortiGate. For products that I choose, I don't need a specialist of that vendor. In VMware, I need a specialist in VMware. That's the issue I have with VMware. It's not like I can take any IT person, and they will know what to do. I need to make sure he will do the call, get the certificate and time to practice.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"One feature we found useful was the product's complete ability to integrate with vCenter."
"The most valuable feature is the visual encoding."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of implementation."
"Storage is expandable with no extra cost."
"VMware vSAN is compatible with the legacy hypervisor solutions and most of the features are good."
"Technical support has been very good. They respond pretty fast, especially if we have a critical issue. Their responses have been great."
"The scalability is very good and the solution is stable and reliable."
"To me, VMware is a leader of the visualizations. I think everyone just follow VMware."
"We didn't only choose vSAN; we chose VMware because of SR-IOV, which is more on the hypervisor level and not on the vSAN storage. It's part of the whole system."
"You get the benefit of local storage, but you have the protection of shared storage."
"The most valuable features of VMware vSAN are that it receives updates frequently, has good compression, optimized storage, and they provide webinars on what is new. Additionally, the integration with third-party products is good and it is easy to manage."
 

Cons

"One of the biggest problems with HCI vendors was the lack of flexibility for adding resources"
"Snapshot notification would be a good addition."
"In the next release, I would like to see compatibility and support for critical applications, like SAP."
"They can improve the manageability of the solution to make it more simple. It is not that complicated, but it will be good if they can make it more simple."
"The updating process could be easier."
"This product is very expensive."
"I am looking for more of a software-defined storage platform that uses different protocols, such as iSCSI, NFS, and CIS, and maybe also has an object as part of that. They should 100% make it more of a storage-based product where it is not linked just to VMware, and it also has NFS and iSCSI built-in at a scalable level. They should turn it more into a dedicated storage-as-a-service platform instead of just being built into the VMware kernel. Their level one and level two support is not at all good, and it should be improved."
"It doesn't seem like it gives the performance that an actual SAN would give for heavy IOPS, read/writes."
"The biggest room for improvement I see in vSAN is the lack of SAN connectivity. I've kind of joked around that there is no "SAN" in vSAN. And it's something that we've worked to try and introduce some options for, and we're going to continue to work towards that."
"The platform’s pricing needs improvement. Additionally, there should be an appliance module included in it."
"Licensing costs are a little too high for smaller sized companies."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our fees are approximately $100,000 yearly."
"It is expensive, but you get what you pay for."
"I feel the pricing to be reasonable."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee."
"This is a cost-effective product. It's a bit cheaper than the other solutions."
"In comparison with other solutions, such as HP or Cisco, I find the solution to be quite pricey."
"For a classical node plus storage solution, the price is higher."
"It could be cheaper."
"Users may also start off with the demo version of the tool. After you learn to use the solution, you can buy it if it is beneficial."
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Educational Organization
52%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
5%
 

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