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Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node vs VxRail comparison

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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
VxRail
Ranking in HCI
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
134
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VxRail is 9.3%, down from 14.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
HCI Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VxRail9.3%
Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node1.0%
Other89.7%
HCI
 

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…
AO
Technical architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Streamlines resource management through centralized automation and automatic upgrades
The most valuable feature of VxRail is the VxRail Manager, which centralizes resources like storage built with vSAN. It provides a unified way to access these resources, making management straightforward. Another benefit is the fully automated upgrade process, which is completed with just one click through the VxRail Manager. This centralization and automation enhance efficiency significantly.

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."
"The solution has simplified our operations."
"The storage virtualization feature of VxRail has been the most vital part of our company's improvement in operations."
"The stability continues to get better and better. It's pretty reliable."
"We have a customer, for example, that has a factory; before they used the VxRail solution, tasks would take hours, and with VxRail, a comport starts working in 30 minutes, saving so much time and giving a competitive gain for the organization."
"Valuable features for us are the VDI, UCC, and HCI."
"Customers can get many benefits with utilizing VxRail and all the innovations that are coming up, specifically being able to move VxRail workloads into the various public cloud solutions."
"vSAN: It is the most valuable Software Defined Storage ever to manage all storage workloads, and also offers high availability."
"The integration with VMware is great; I like it so much because it is so much cleaner and the VMware modeling with the VxRail Manager is very nice."
 

Cons

"Lenovo ThinkAgile MX Certified Node’s support services could be faster."
"They should have better compatibility with other processors, such as AMD processors."
"Deployment was not initially straightforward for us. We had an incompatibility issue that was very difficult for Dell Professional Service to solve."
"There could be better documentation and they should allow everyone to access the simulator."
"As I said, one place for improvement would be the automated update for VMware Tools."
"For the fourth year and fifth year, I have to buy separately for the licensing from VMware and from VxRail, so I think the combo cost for the fourth and fifth year is huge and does not make sense."
"The solution is quite efficient for scaling horizontal but will be a bit difficult to expand vertical where only a certified engineer can be authorized, for example, increasing RAM and storage."
"Lacks integration of licenses so that it's an expensive solution."
"The agility of the support team to provide you with better solutions should be improved. VxRail also has to be improved in terms of simplicity. Adding a simple node seemed like quite a project."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has competitive pricing."
"I do not believe that the price should be lower, as I feel it to be reasonable."
"The real ROI is the benefit of being able to do a true hybrid cloud, not having to move from CAPEX to OPEX in a pure break."
"The cost was cheaper compared to other virtualization solutions."
"It is just as cheap to move over to an HCI solution as it is to maintain a legacy system."
"VxRail does raise the price, but overall, it's well-priced. It's not more expensive than other similar solutions. If you were to create an in-house, tailor-made solution, you could potentially do it at a lower cost. However, I think a fully integrated solution like VxRail should be priced appropriately."
"We most likely pay yearly for support. The cost was justified by now because it stays up and I don't have to constantly open tickets. I probably rebooted the system once or twice. We haven't replaced any discs in the storage, we haven't had to do any disc replacements, so it just runs. You pay a little more but you cut down on the maintenance."
"VxRail is not cheap, but it's not expensive either."
"The solution is priced well for businesses."
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Manufacturing Company
13%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise42
Large Enterprise58
 

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Also Known As

Lenovo MX Certified Node, ThinkAgile MX Certified Node
VCE VxRail
 

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