Comparison

PIV vs VMware vSAN Live

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PIV

Access your PIV or CAC credentials on your mobile device without a smartcard reader. Use derived credentials stored on your smartphone or tablet, or connect a YubiKey accessory for secure authentication and digital document signing.

Highlights
  • Access PIV/CAC credentials on mobile
  • Use derived credentials
  • Support for YubiKey accessory
  • Electronic PDF document signing
  • Secure authentication for enterprise resources
  • Compatible with major email apps and browsers
Features
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Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager frees you from the need to carry around a smartcard reader to access your PIV or CAC credentials. Instead, use an integrated solution from a derived credential partner, or use a YubiKey accessory. The derived credential solution is based on PIV or CAC smartcard credentials. Like the credentials on your smartcard, a derived credential is an electronic certificate. Unlike your smartcard credentials, derived credentials can be stored on your smartphone, tablet, or other mobile devices. The derived credential is a standard, defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-157 (NIST SP 800-157). Use Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager instead of your smartcard. • as an authentication factor to retrieve your email, log in to websites, and to access other enterprise resources online. • to sign PDF documents electronically. Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager is compatible with all major mobile email applications and browsers. Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager works with YubiKey. Credentials that are on a YubiKey, can be used the same as credentials stored on your mobile device. Note: Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager does not operate without the required Workspace ONE UEM infrastructure. Contact your IT administrator before installing Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager.

About

VMware vSAN Live

Monitor your hyperconverged infrastructure from your mobile device. Get instant insights into vSAN clusters, perform health checks, and troubleshoot issues quickly while on the go.

Highlights
  • Overview dashboard
  • Health Checks
  • Cluster inventory
  • Switch between vCenter Servers
  • Performance monitoring
  • Capacity monitoring
  • Alarms monitoring
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VMware vSAN Live provides vSAN users instant insights into their hyperconverged infrastructure environments from their mobile devices. Instead of stopping, signing into a laptop and then logging in remotely to view their vSAN environments, users can monitor their HCI clusters while on the go, troubleshooting in just a few clicks. What’s included in this release? • Overview dashboard of vSAN clusters • Full-featured Health Checks • Cluster inventory view including Fault domain and host status. • Easily switch between different vCenter Servers • Cluster configuration view including vSAN settings and service status. • Full-featured Performance monitoring for VMs and Cluster • Full-featured Capacity monitoring • Full-featured Alarms monitoring VMware vSAN powers VMware’s hyperconverged infrastructure solution, which combines compute virtualization, storage virtualization and storage networking with unified management into a single system running on industry-standard x86 servers. VMware vSAN, primes businesses for growth through seamless evolution, industry-leading deployment flexibility and hybrid-cloud capabilities. vSAN is native to the market-leading hypervisor, vSphere, simplifying HCI adoption by leveraging existing tools and skillsets. vSAN provides customers industry-leading deployment flexibility with over 500+ ReadyNodes, or jointly-certified x86 servers, a turn-key appliance, Dell EMC VxRail, and native services with all of the top public cloud providers: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba, IBM, and Oracle. vSAN supports the most hybrid cloud uses cases and provides enterprise-grade, general-purpose infrastructure for VM and container-based applications.

Screenshots

PIV4 screens
VMware vSAN Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VMware vSAN Live at 5.0 against PIV's 4.2. VMware vSAN Live also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). PIV's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VMware vSAN Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PIV has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PIV ships an update every 2 months, VMware vSAN Live every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PIV versus VMware vSAN Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPIVVMware vSAN Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size168 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAirWatch, LLCVMware, Inc.

Customer experience

PIV

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

VMware vSAN Live

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PIV

No in-app purchases

None

VMware vSAN Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PIV free?
PIV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VMware vSAN Live free?
VMware vSAN Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PIV or VMware vSAN Live?
VMware vSAN Live is rated higher. PIV averages 4.2 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while VMware vSAN Live averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PIV or VMware vSAN Live have ads?
Neither PIV nor VMware vSAN Live shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PIV or VMware vSAN Live?
PIV ships an update every 2 months, and VMware vSAN Live every 8 months. Most recently, PIV was updated on November 2, 2026 and VMware vSAN Live on November 3, 2026.

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