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Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node vs VMware vSAN comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certif...
Ranking in HCI
31st
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware vSAN
Ranking in HCI
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
234
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware vSAN is 7.8%, down from 13.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware vSAN7.8%
Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node0.9%
Other91.3%
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Featured Reviews

N_R - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Account Manager at Emirates Business Machines (EBM)
Provides a valuable concept of hyper-convergence, but its support services could be faster
The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster. We have been using Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node for four to five years. From the hardware perspective, it is a stable product. The product is…
ShyamikaThamel - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Tech Specialists at Seatrium
Managing mixed RAID workloads has improved data protection and delivers strong performance
VMware vSAN can be improved in certain areas. In cases involving our large data stores with large VMs, we experience some latency, not during normal operation, but during database backup operations. We observed latency due to buffer issues from the top-of-the-rack switches. These issues are mostly network-related because all storage data traffic travels through the network. I have recently used Nutanix, and I observed that Nutanix provides better performance than VMware vSAN due to its data locality features. VMware vSAN is now providing data locality, but we did not use that option. If VMware vSAN provides additional features in the next release, such as the VM balancing feature called DRS on the cluster that VMware previously had, it would be beneficial. With DRS, VMs can move easily from one node to another within the same cluster. Nutanix does not provide that flexibility. When placing a VM on a cluster in Nutanix, the placement uses a balancing component. After that, the VM remains on the same host. If any contention occurs on the CPU or memory side, the VM stays in place until contention happens. If issues occur, the VM migrates to another host while transferring all objects to the same host. This is how their data locality is maintained. When a VM moves to any host, it moves with all VM objects. VMware vSAN does not currently offer this option. If a VM moves to another host, it accesses the disk object through the network, which increases latency. VMware vSAN now offers an option to select data locality, but it does not function like Nutanix. This is why some latency remains. If VMware vSAN can improve this feature, it would be very helpful and VMware would regain its top position.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product’s most valuable feature is the concept of hyper-convergence."
"When we do to do more scaled load testing, we can run more dense workloads and still have the same results across all specific nodes"
"As a function of our core business, it's a sought after tool that helps us provide analytical support across a wide spectrum of client needs. It's allowed us to test out in our connected restaurant - "TheWorks" - a fully-functional restaurant experience center that allows our clients to discover the value of our connected solutions firsthand. We deploy vSAN in this customer-like environment within a hyperconvergent infrastruction (HCI) to give our clients a better understanding and help optimize data and the end-users' experience."
"IOPS is comparatively best to run VDI solution."
"The most valuable feature is the simplification of storage, as we no longer need to deal with Fibre Channel and the external storage arrays."
"vSAN is scalable for us. If any additional capacity needs to be included, we just add to the host and configure the vSAN cluster."
"The most valuable feature is that it is software-defined storage. Also, being able to do maintenance on the fly is a real benefit: migrating off, updating, and then moving the guest back on to the nodes."
"The most valuable features are Erasure Coding, Deduplication and Compression, and the advancement in stretching regarding replication."
"It's very scalable. I like that. Adding a node is easy. Adding a disk group is easy."
 

Cons

"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."
"The pricing model is sometimes a challenge for us because their licenses are very costly."
"One thing in vSAN that I would like to improve is using vSAN as a repository for files or other things. For example, with Horizon, maybe we can save profiles with UEM on there. That would be a good feature that I would like."
"Integration could be better."
"The performance reports should be improved when customers are using third-party SSL certificates."
"The price can be reduced. Small businesses cannot afford this solution."
"The big thing is pricing, and the rest of it is mostly good."
"I think it needs to be more cost-effective if customers already have existing SAN to compare with."
"When it comes to the renewal of the license, it's a very expensive solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has competitive pricing."
"It is too expensive."
"If you compare the price of VMware vSAN with other players like Nutanix and Cisco, its price is good, but could still have some improvement."
"With the new pricing model, it's expensive for the customer."
"The first 1-2 years of purchasing vSAN will be expensive. Thereafter, the longer you are running it, the more cost savings you will have."
"This is a cost-effective product. It's a bit cheaper than the other solutions."
"Every product is licensed with full support for a certain number of years. The licensing could be cheaper."
"The product’s pricing is a bit higher than other solutions."
"We are using the VMware vSAN ROBO which allows us to have a maximum of 25 virtual machines. The approximate cost is €10,000 for a perpetual license."
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Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise58
Large Enterprise135
 

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