NexentaStor
5.9#11 in storage management softwareAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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StarWind Virtual SAN
7.2#3 in software-defined storage softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | NexentaStor | StarWind Virtual SAN |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | It can run on bare-metal hardware or in virtual machines on private cloud, including as a virtual storage appliance. | It can run as Windows-native software in a Hyper-V partition or as a Linux-based virtual machine on a chosen hypervisor. |
| Headquarters | Chatsworth, California, USA | Beverly, Massachusetts, USA |
| Management | Administrators can manage NexentaStor through NexentaFusion, a VMware vCenter plug-in, or its self-documenting REST API framework. | The product provides a Web Management Console and a StarWind Management Console for storage, licensing, pools, disks, users and LUN operations. |
NexentaStor plans
- NexentaStor 5.0 + NexentaFusion 1.0$0.25, paid once
StarWind Virtual SAN plans
- StarWind Virtual SAN FreeFree
- Virtual SAN FreeFree
- DatacenterPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- StarWind Virtual SANPriced on request
Pick NexentaStor if…
NexentaStor suits organizations running enterprise applications, databases, NAS, private-cloud, backup or archive workloads. It is intended for teams managing self-hosted or virtualized storage environments.
Pick StarWind Virtual SAN if…
It is aimed at SMB, ROBO, and Edge deployments that need shared storage software and high availability. Teams should check the free edition’s KVM-only web UI listing and support model before choosing it.