Amazon S3 Glacier vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NetApp are both solutions in the Public Cloud Storage Services category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.7, while NetApp is ranked #24. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 17.4% mindshare in PCSS, compared to NetApp’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon S3 Glacier

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

24th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (26th), Cloud Storage (33rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Amazon S3 Glacier is 17.4%, up from 15.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ArunDhwaj

Technical Owner at Harman International

Versatile data storage improves security and supports increasing data volumes

Amazon S3 Glacier offers robust security features and practically infinite storage, where we can store all kinds of media swiftly. It supports various data types, including semi-structured and raw formats. These features facilitate log management and data dumping since the service is versatile enough to handle large volumes of data and provide necessary security.

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reviewer2039379

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.

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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

"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution."

"The solution is great for storing data you don't usually need access to. It's also well-integrated with Amazon S3."

"Data retrieval, security, compliance, and storage archiving are the most valuable features of Amazon S3 Glacier."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is scalable, flexible, easy to maintain and handle."

"The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region."

"The biggest advantage of the product is that AWS always copies the tool internally."

"I find Amazon S3 Glacier valuable for storing various documents like purchase orders, standard documents, and drawings."

"We save money with the product."

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"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

"A couple of times, we faced outage issues that caused us problems."

"The product could be improved in terms of the customer support team's response times."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."

"There is room for improvement in handling GDPR compliance better. GDPR is about personal data protection and retention. It would be great if S3 Glacier could handle compliance items related to this, especially with upcoming legislation like the California law, which restricts data storage time and allows users to request data deletion."

"Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand."

"They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price."

"The stability must be improved."

"The technical support has room for improvement."

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"We'd like the solution to be less expensive and offer lower latency."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Amazon S3 Glacier is not an expensive solution, and it has a pay-as-you-go pricing model."

"The product is very cheap."

"The pricing is average and reasonable. It varies depending on the region."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."

"Customers prefer Amazon S3 Glacier because it is a cheap and pay-as-you-go solution."

"I've operated with Amazon S3 Glacier in two modes. Firstly, there's the trial mode, where I experimented with the platform, learned its functionalities, and applied it to my work. Secondly, there's the corporate account mode, where my team handles the operations, and I receive billing reports."

"We don't pay for licenses. We pay based on consumption data, considering how much data is stored."

"We pay a monthly licensing fee for Amazon S3 Glacier."

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

29%

Computer Software Company

11%

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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...

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What do you like most about Amazon S3 Glacier?

I like creating buckets where data can be segregated at a high level and then routing the appropriate data to each designated bucket. In terms of value, I would say that the tool gets the job done ...

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What needs improvement with Amazon S3 Glacier?

The cost of retrieval in Glacier is quite high. It would be excellent if Amazon could work on reducing retrieval costs. Another improvement is making Glacier available in all regions.

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Also Known As

Amazon Glacier

Cloud Volumes Service for AWS, NetApp CVS for AWS, CVS for AWS

Overview

Amazon Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

NetApp Cloud Volume Service for AWS is available in a monthly or annual subscription, and is a fast, secure, simple to consume file service that delivers advanced, enterprise-class management to your cloud applications. Move your applications without re-architecting.

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Sample Customers

King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud

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