Cisco 9300 - Stackwise Virtual vs Stackwise 480

We are deploying 2 pairs of Catalyst 9300 as a Collapsed Core in 2 Regional Offices, replacing HP 3500yl. We are licensed for Network Essentials.

Wondering what people's experience is with Stackwise Virtual. I've dealt with traditional Stackwise on 3750/X/3850 and VSS on 4500X, but haven't deployed Stackwise Virtual yet. We have purchased the 8x10G expansion modules for these switches as well, and will use Twinax to interconnect with new Access Switches (unsure if Meraki or Catalyst yet).

For context, there isn't a lot of gear in these Offices:

• 2-4AP's (Meraki MR32)
• 1 WAN Circuit
• 1 Audiocodes Telephony Gateway hosting 1 PRI
• 1 Fortigate Firewall for Local Internet.
• 1 UPS
• 1 VM Host hosting File/Print, DC and SfB Survivable Branch Server