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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...
Ranking in Cloud Storage
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...
Ranking in Cloud Storage
36th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (36th), Public Cloud Storage Services (26th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is 1.9%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS is 1.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)1.9%
NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS1.1%
Other97.0%
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Featured Reviews

MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2039379 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a university with 10,001+ employees
Great migrations, useful integrations, and offers good data replication
The local libraries from NetApp to NetApp are good. This way, we don't have to put the middleman in between to do the transition or conversion. The NetApp Cloud Volume Services for AWS has been helping migrate workloads onto the cloud. We did migrate a couple of native applications into AWS using this, and it was helpful. In terms of the integration with AWS native services, I did not configure it by myself. There was another team who did it. That said, I presume they didn't run into any issues, which is why we are using it. While the solution did not help us reduce the amount of storage, it allowed us to have data replicated across on-premises and in the cloud, so that we have a backup in DR. While it did not reduce the footprint, it helped DR expansion. It increased redundancy. Since deploying the product, we have not been affected by ransomware or other external threats.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"EBS can handle Apex, which helps us manage many issues. EBS is easy to use and has high performance."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that during the deployment, the tool indirectly provides our company with resources for our core side and cloud-based resources."
"I rate the overall solution ten out of ten."
"This solution is scalable based on the free tier instances."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"Amazon EBS is perfectly serving its purpose, and I absolutely recommend it to others."
"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."
"The Snapshot functionality of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is particularly useful; when performing activities, taking snapshots serves as a first level of defense for backup purposes."
"The NetApp Cloud Volume Services for AWS has been helping migrate workloads onto the cloud. We did migrate a couple of native applications into AWS using this, and it was helpful."
 

Cons

"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"In Amazon EBS, it is difficult to reduce the space chosen by the customer. The cost increases the moment the size of the storage increases, and I will have to pay for two TB of the tool instead of one TB."
"One of the major issues in the tool arises whenever it handles a large amount of traffic in the system, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"The main challenge with Amazon EBS is cost management, as it is a high-performance volume. Sequencing and IOPS relative to cost are also areas of concern."
"I think performance can be improved."
"AWS services could improve by including services in the FreeTier, like Route 53 domains or SSL certificates."
"Having more flexibility in resizing, especially scaling down, would be beneficial."
"We'd like the solution to be less expensive and offer lower latency."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost can vary greatly depending on the use case, ranging from one dollar to over $1200 dollars per month."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
"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."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise10
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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 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 needs improvement with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
EBS is solid — I won't pretend otherwise. But there are a few things that genuinely frustrate me as someone who works with it regularly. The **snapshot restore latency** is probably my biggest gri...
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Sample Customers

Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever
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