Sunlight Reviews

Name: Sunlight
Brand: Sunlight.io
Rating: 4.0 (2 reviews)

Vendor: Sunlight.io

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What is Sunlight?

Sunlight is a complete HCI stack that can be deployed on-premise on standard data center hardware, in AWS and on resource-constrained far-edge devices.

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Sunlight is the #30 ranked solution in HCI Software. PeerSpot users give Sunlight an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. Sunlight is most commonly compared to VMware vSAN: Sunlight vs VMware vSAN.

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March 2026

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Sunlight mindshare

As of March 2026, the mindshare of Sunlight in the HCI category stands at 1.0%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

HCI Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Sunlight	1.0%
VxRail	12.4%
VMware vSAN	10.0%
Other	76.6%

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Last updated Mar 27, 2026

Valuable Features

"It supports the latest technology of NVMe SSD, which is PCIe-based SSD, and it has very good IOPS performance as compared to vSAN because for the same system I get 1,000 IOPS with vSAN, and with Sunlight, I am able to get almost 10,000 IOPS."
"If I had to use VMware or Nutanix, the same application would take three nodes and provide 400,000 IOPS, or input-output operations, but with Sunlight, I can get four million IOPS for the same price, allowing me to run an application on much less hardware."
"The performance and small footprint of this solution are its most valuable features. I am able to obtain and use more than 90 percent of the physical hardware capacity."

Room for Improvement

"Its reporting and dashboards need to be improved. It currently has very basic reporting options."
"It lacks the bells and whistles that are typically associated with Amazon Services or Nutanix."
"My recommendation would be to add this technology to Azure, Microsoft Azure so that we can bring it to the market, or deploy it on public clouds such as Microsoft Azure and Google. It is currently only available on Amazon's public cloud."

Pricing

"There is an operating cost for the VDIs, which is an additional cost. However, the licensing fee is half that of VMware or Nutanix."

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Sunlight Reviews Summary
Author info	Rating	Review Summary
Chief Executive Officer at GniYes Inc.	4.5	Sunlight offers exceptional VDI performance, significant cost savings, and stability, maximizing hardware utilization with its small footprint. My main suggestion is for broader public cloud availability beyond just AWS.
Director at Tetrawiis Technologies	4.0	I find Sunlight delivers excellent NVMe performance and stability, ideal for large enterprises, backed by great support. However, I'd like to see improved reporting and easier Unix deployment, giving it an 8/10.