Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series vs StarWind Virtual SAN comparison

Lenovo and StarWind are both solutions in the HCI category. Lenovo is ranked #22, while StarWind is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.2. Lenovo holds a 1.6% mindshare in HCI, compared to StarWind’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Lenovo users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of StarWind users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 31, 2024

StarWind Virtual SAN and Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series compete in the hyper-converged infrastructure space. StarWind Virtual SAN often has an advantage in pricing and rapid deployment, while Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series stands out for its robust features and scalability, appealing to those prioritizing advanced capabilities.

Features:StarWind Virtual SAN emphasizes simplicity and cost-effectiveness, offering an integrated hypervisor and supporting diverse storage scenarios. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series includes scalability, integration with VMware vSAN, and sophisticated features designed for larger enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:StarWind Virtual SAN is recognized for straightforward setup, appealing to businesses seeking quick implementations. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series provides extensive support with a comprehensive deployment model, suited for enterprises needing robust service assistance.

Pricing and ROI:StarWind Virtual SAN attracts buyers with lower setup costs and strong ROI, ideal for budget-conscious organizations. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series, while generally more expensive, offers enhanced ROI for enterprises that utilize its advanced features, delivering value in feature-rich environments despite higher initial costs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series

Ranking in HCI

22nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

StarWind Virtual SAN

Ranking in HCI

4th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

204

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Storage (SDS) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the HCI category, the mindshare of Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series is 1.6%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StarWind Virtual SAN is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
StarWind Virtual SAN	2.1%
Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series	1.6%
Other	96.3%

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Genesis Dapoza

Email Administrator at Technopaq, Inc.

simplifies management for clients familiar with VMware, and offers a user-friendly management and configuration experience

With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers. The drawback is that the hardware resources (CPU, memory, storage) are shared among all the VMs running on the VX Series. If the server's processor is underpowered for the VMs, many of the VMs might have performance issues. An improvement could be to have more granular control over resource allocation to VMs.

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Jccerong Heron

System Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Support team has guided us through deploying virtual storage on legacy hardware and reducing operational costs

The reason I chose StarWind Virtual SAN for this particular scenario is really the features, the ease of use, and most importantly, the price. In my opinion, the best features StarWind Virtual SAN offers are easy integration with the system installed in the data center. The integration with my existing systems in the data center works well, especially with VMware, as we already have a big cluster in VMware, and the easy integration with that is helpful to solve some problems with the platform. StarWind Virtual SAN has positively impacted my organization by reducing OPEX costs. My OPEX costs have gone down as we reutilize some old servers, and this reduces the CAPEX of hardware in the data center.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The clients like the solution’s simplicity."

"The VX machines are scalable."

"Installation is straightforward because it's a vSAN. It only took one or two days."

"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series' deployment is easy. We are a tier-one platinum partner who is into multiple implementations."

"We find the setup quite straightforward and very easy."

"They offer top-tier support."

"StarWind Virtual SAN has impacted my organization positively by saving a lot of money over purchasing a new SAN."

"The solution provides great performance for the price it is listed with."

"The ability to run the software virtually on every virtualization platform and the ability to eliminate all storage vendor locking are the most valuable features."

"The configuration is so much simpler than that of a traditional SAN with fewer points of failure to worry about."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support. They are excellent and you can learn a lot from the support team."

"StarWind Virtual SAN is a very mature software that supersedes its capabilities with my use cases."

"The virtual tapes can be uploaded to the object storage of your choice with object locking/governance which gives you an extra layer of protection."

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Cons

"Support could be better."

"With the VX machines, the clients often confuse the hardware itself with the services and resources. VMs are configured according to resources - memory, hard disk capacity, and network. These resources, including memory and processor, are actually shared on the VX Series. So, if the server's processor is underpowered or unreliable for the VMs, many of the VMs will encounter issues. Ideally, the physical server configuration should align more closely with the needs of the virtual servers."

"Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series needs to improve its stability. Its resolution should be faster."

"The user management could be a bit better. It's something they could improve upon in future releases."

"The product must provide AI features."

"When you will cease your contract with StarWind (for support) your product won't be updated and that is a big selling point, especially for us, as we have loads of products from StarWind."

"While using StarWind Virtual SAN so far, I have not found anything missing."

"I think the setup could be streamlined a bit."

"At this moment, I have not seen a return on investment with StarWind Virtual SAN."

"One point for improvement is to increase the performance capabilities of the Windows-based executable as compared to its Linux Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) equivalent."

"I'd love to see more clarification for us folks who are smart enough to do some damage yet not smart enough to use CLI."

"We have found this product to suit our needs."

"Ability to to test the virtual storage are network area and storage speed from StarWind Management Console."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need to pay a license for additional features. If we need to monitor hardware for the automatic alert notification, we need to pay them."

"The tool's pricing is competitive."

"The tool is expensive."

"There is room for improvement in the licensing structure, maybe. Regarding sizing the resources, sometimes it's difficult to calculate/compute them based on the client's requirements."

"When we did all the analysis for StarWind, it was approximately 20 percent less than any of the other solutions that we looked at."

"StarWind is best price/performance for SMB."

"I think that purchasing StarWind Virtual SAN Professional Edition would be optimal for most."

"This solution is very accessible and the pro-level for support is well worth the cost."

"The licensing is straightforward, with free and trial versions available."

"This solution has competitive prices and the implementation is very easy."

"The Price/Performance ratio for this solution is outstanding!"

"The StarWind VSAN business model is very cost-effective."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Healthcare Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	165
Midsize Enterprise	54
Large Enterprise	34

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series?

The VX machines are scalable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series?

The licensing model is moderately complex. The tool is expensive. It is VMware’s fault, though.

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What needs improvement with Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series?

The product must provide AI features. It depends on VMware since the core is software. The solution must provide a more detailed plan to enable simplicity of use.

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What do you like most about StarWind Virtual SAN?

It is easy to use and can monitor system synchronization and check Storage status. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) combines flash and disks of the cluster and forms a virtual shared storage “pool” acce...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StarWind Virtual SAN?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was very good. We were able to get the software at a good cost. I did most of the setup, so there wasn't really any cost there. The professiona...

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What needs improvement with StarWind Virtual SAN?

The only thing that I would say about documentation is there are some aspects of the documentation that are a little bit unclear. However, when I worked through those issues with their professional...

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Also Known As

Lenovo VX Series, ThinkAgile VX Series

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Overview

Differentiating yourself from the competition is vital in today’s fast-moving business environment. To support your business, IT systems must be simple, agile, and cost-effective so you can meet your customers’ requirements to be ever online. Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series enables you to meet these requirements by focusing on the business outcome you require, rather than on building your infrastructure.

ThinkAgile VX Series, powered by VMware vSAN, is available in several models. Each is preconfigured, pretested, and optimized to provide the simplest way to bring a new VMware hyperconverged environment online. If you have an existing VMware environment, the VX Series can integrate into it easily.

Designed for any size business from SMBs through large enterprises, VX Series can be used as infrastructure for remote office/branch office (ROBO) and retail stores as well as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and enterprise applications.

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StarWind Virtual SAN provides high availability and fault tolerance for virtualized environments without the need for dedicated SAN hardware. It allows for real-time replication between servers, shared storage for Hyper-V clusters, and enables vMotion and High Availability features for VMware vSphere. The solution reduces costs and leverages existing hardware while providing a scalable and reliable infrastructure. Valuable features include ease of use, scalability, top-tier support, hardware agnosticism, and the ability to use off-the-shelf standard servers to increase storage space. StarWind VSAN has helped organizations improve performance, data availability, and data security while reducing downtime and providing cost-saving storage options.

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