Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...

Ranking in Cloud Storage

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Storage

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Backup (9th), Public Cloud Storage Services (5th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is 2.3%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 12.8%, down from 13.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MuhammadAzhar Khan

Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group

Diverse features and affordability drive effective resource management

Amazon EBS offers diverse features. It can be used for multi-purpose storage, supporting single, multiple, or heavy loads. It has different types for various use cases, allowing me to choose based on my specific requirements. The primary advantage of Amazon EBS is affordability compared to other solutions like EFS or FSX. It acts as a hard drive for servers, making it essential for operation.

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Madhusudan Srinivasmurthy

System Engineer at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Saves us a lot of time, and the administration is simpler

NetApp's Integration with AWS has helped us because we had a tough time transferring data when we used an ONTAP competitor as our storage partner. They don't have integration with AWS tools, so we had to figure it out on our own. ONTAP has built-in integration and allows us to replicate a copy to our second data center. Everything is in one channel. It's possible without the technology, but it's more time-consuming. NetApp saves us a lot of time, and the administration is simpler.

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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 most important feature is the volume types in those hundred EDS. For example, if you need a volume with high IOPS, you should choose an io2 or io2 Block Express volume type. The default volume type for EBS is GP3, which is a good balance of performance and price for most workloads."

"Amazon EBS is valuable because it allows you to store data permanently."

"I would recommend Amazon EBS to other people."

"When it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one."

"If EBS is attached to an EC2 instance, it allows secure document storage."

"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."

"Amazon EBS is a storage system, and the storage is attached to the servers."

"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."

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"For us, the value comes from the solution's flexibility, speed, and hopefully cost savings in the long term."

"NetApp's Cloud Manager automation capabilities are very good because it's REST-API-driven, so we can completely automate everything. It has a good overview if you want to just have a look into your environment as well."

"The main benefit we get from this product is the ability to deploy it anywhere we want, whether that's on-prem, a remote physical location, or in the cloud. It doesn't matter from an operational perspective where it is. The command line and operating system are the same."

"We're able to use the SnapMirror function and SnapMirror data from our on-prem environment into Azure. That is super-helpful. SnapMirror allows you to take data that exists on one NetApp, on a physical NetApp storage platform, and copy it over to another NetApp storage platform. It's a solid, proven technology, so we don't worry about whether data is getting lost or corrupted during the SnapMirror."

"Replication to the cloud is the most valuable feature. Deduplication and compression are also very important to us. We are in the process of adopting to the cloud. We are going to AWS and we are trying to do a safety technician call out with integration to the cloud. NetApp allows us to move some of the volume to the cloud, at the same time that we continue providing the cloud services that we have on premises."

"We're using snapshots as well and it's a pretty useful feature. That is one of the main NetApp benefits. Knowing how to use snapshots in the on-prem environment, using snapshots on the cloud solution was natural for us."

"We use the mirroring to mirror our volumes to our DR location. We also create snapshots for backups. Snapshots will create a specified snapshot to be able to do a DR test without disrupting our standard mirrors. That means we can create a point-in-time snapshot, then use the ability of FlexClones to make a writeable volume to test with, and then blow it away after the DR test."

"The FlexClones make all the management easier for us."

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Cons

"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."

"The main challenge with Amazon EBS is cost management, as it is a high-performance volume."

"I think performance can be improved."

"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."

"I see a need for improvement in the scalability of Amazon EBS. If I need something more scalable, I rely on another storage solution like S3."

"There is a challenge of intermittent reachability with instances, where the product is sometimes available and other times not, which affects the development environment's stability."

"The product data encryption feature needs improvement."

"Amazon EBS could improve by offering immutability of the data."

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"The encryption and deduplication features still have a lot of room for improvement."

"The navigation on some of the configuration parameters is a bit cumbersome, making the learning curve on functions somewhat steep."

"We want to be able to add more than six disks in aggregate, but there is a limit of the number of disks in aggregate. In GCP, they provide less by limiting the sixth disk in aggregate. In Azure, the same solution provides 12 disks in an aggregate versus GCP where it is just half that amount. They should bump up the disk in aggregate requirement so we don't have to migrate the aggregate from one to another when the capacities are full."

"Only AWS and Azure public clouds are currently available from China, and I would like to see support for Aliyun (Alibaba Cloud)."

"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."

"I would like to see something from NetApp about backups. I know that NetApp offers some backup for Office 365, but I would like to see something from NetApp for more backup solutions."

"It would be fantastic if NetApp could offer a solution that's as user-friendly as Google Drive for seamless cloud storage integration."

"I would like some more performance matrices to know what it is doing. It has some matrices inherent to the Cloud Volumes ONTAP. But inside Cloud Manager, it would also be nice to see. You can have a little Snapshot, then drill down if you go a little deeper."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."

"The cost can vary greatly depending on the use case, ranging from one dollar to over $1200 dollars per month."

"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."

"The product is low-priced than other solutions."

"The solution is quite costly."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"On a scale of one to ten, if one point is a cheap solution and ten points is very expensive, I rate the product price an eight."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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"Overall, the pricing of NetApp is aggressive and the pricing becomes more aggressive as the amount of data increases. The cost for a given volume of data that you are storing becomes lower. The greater the volume of data, the cheaper the license."

"Compared to other storage vendors, NetApp, is not always able to compete with their pricing. Yet, we acknowledge the ease of use ONTAP brings with the AWS integration."

"It is expensive. There are no costs in addition to their standard licensing fees."

"If a customer is only using, say, less than 10 terabytes, I don't think CVO would be a good option. A customer using at least 100 or 200 terabytes should get a reasonable price from NetApp."

"For enterprise customers, it's a very cost effective. But in the SMB segment, yeah, pricing is a little bit challenge for your time."

"If we wanted to use the AWS solution, we would have to manage two or three different platforms and pay more money than what we should have to pay, as some of the features don't even exist. If we wanted to, we could use AWS cloning, but it is useless because it uses more space, is more expensive, and takes more time."

"The cost is quite high."

"We purchased the product directly from NetApp."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

46%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Educational Organization

48%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...

What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

The cost of Amazon EBS storage is high. I rate the price as eight out of ten. It is expensive to store a lot yet provides significant cost-efficiency as I pay only for the storage time required.

What do you like most about NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

The solution's pricing is reasonable.

What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp's support could improve.

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Also Known As

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ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is an efficient storage management solution for managing and storing data in the cloud. It offers seamless integration with cloud providers, advanced data replication capabilities, and high data protection. With reliable performance, it is ideal for industries like healthcare and finance.

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Sample Customers

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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP