G2 Vendor Directory

StarWind Virtual SAN vs. VMware vSphere

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

MetricStarWind Virtual SAN

by StarWind, Inc.

VMware vSphere

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.74.5
Review count204785
Ease of use9.29.1
Ease of setup8.98.8
Quality of support9.68.7
Meets requirements9.69.3
NPS87.12871369.61039
Small Business40.2%15.1%
Mid-Market48.5%41.1%
Enterprise11.3%43.8%
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Total LLM citations1,3594,101

StarWind Virtual SAN

StarWind is the pioneer of hyperconvergence and storage virtualization, offering customizable SDS and turnkey (software+hardware) solutions to optimize underlying storage capacity use, ensure fault tolerance, achieve IT infrastructure resilience and increase customer ROI. StarWind has over 150 employees and caters to more than 400,000 customers worldwide. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) eliminates any need for physical storage by mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers.

Pros

    VMware vSphere

    VMware vSphere with VCF 9.1 is the enterprise workload engine that modernizes compute infrastructure with a future-ready, scalable infrastructure and simplified management that enables organizations to extract maximum value from their current server investments and hardware footprint, rather than requiring a total refresh. vSphere provides a powerful foundation for modern, AI and traditional workloads, while enabling intrinsic security out-of-the-box.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Virtualization Management
    • Features
    • Management
    • Reliability
    • Stability