Avepoint FLY vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

AvePoint and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Migration category. AvePoint is ranked #5 with an average rating of 10.0, while NetApp is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.5. AvePoint holds a 3.5% mindshare in CM, compared to NetApp’s 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of AvePoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Avepoint FLY are competing in cloud data management solutions. NetApp seems to have the upper hand due to its broad features and integration flexibility, making it appealing for businesses needing robust data storage.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides comprehensive data management with seamless storage efficiency and integration with major cloud providers. It offers extensive scalability and durability. Avepoint FLY is known for specialized migration tools with detailed options for comprehensive data transfer, emphasizing a streamlined and secure migration experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP has a straightforward deployment process with extensive support resources, ensuring minimal downtime and efficient integration. Avepoint FLY offers a quick setup with specialized assistance, focusing on smooth migration transitions.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP presents a higher initial setup cost, justified by its extensive features and long-term storage efficiency, leading to significant ROI for data-heavy operations. Avepoint FLY provides a cost-effective solution, focusing on optimizing migration expenses, delivering quick ROI for businesses prioritizing transition capabilities over long-term storage solutions.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Avepoint FLY

Ranking in Cloud Migration

5th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Migration

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (9th), Cloud Backup (27th), Public Cloud Storage Services (11th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Cloud Migration category, the mindshare of Avepoint FLY is 3.5%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 6.1%, down from 14.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Migration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	6.1%
Avepoint FLY	3.5%
Other	90.4%

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Dave H

Technical Support Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Effortlessly manages large-scale data migrations and improves cost efficiency

There were some areas that could be improved with Avepoint FLY, particularly regarding an issue with the final reporting. While I cannot remember the exact issue, it was related to the final report concerning which files were migrated and what errors occurred. However, this could have been a user problem rather than an application problem.

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reviewer5948293

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Offers performance control and cloud integration while supporting data management with granular flexibility

The scalability of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is interesting. We have thought about it, but we haven't used it. I think the scalability is something you scale up rather than respond to peak demand. It wouldn't help with outages either; the scaling is manual, and there are no processes we've used to automate that for unexpected scenarios. We like the scalability; it's enough for what we're planning to use, but we haven't used any advanced features. The standard platform is NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which is their cloud service. In fact, that's probably the most experience I have with NetApp. I've experienced it on-premise, but kind of secondhand.

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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

"Some of the best features with Avepoint FLY are that it is very easy to use, and the tool moves files quite quickly."

"The initial setup phase can be described as a very user-friendly one...The solution's technical support was good since they responded very promptly."

"If a company is looking for something that is easy to use and not too complicated, this is perfect."

"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."

"The most valuable feature of AvePoint FLY is its ability to install or use multiple client servers using a single master server and balance the migration load depending on our needs."

"The solution is very straightforward to use. It's not overly difficult to figure out."

"It's helped us to dive into the cloud very fast; we were able to adopt it very fast, run our environment very efficiently, save money with deduplication and compression, and our staff did not have to learn new systems because they could keep all the same processes and knowledge they had before."

"Snapshots are one valuable feature within ONTAP, but CVO's appeal is that it acts just like the on-prem solution. It's the same OS, but in the cloud. We can continue to use ONTAP as we did on-premise."

"I highly recommend that customers using native cloud storage from hyperscalers transition to NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP as it offers numerous features and functionalities such as inline deduplication, compression, compaction, autonomous ransomware protection, snapshot technology, and flex cache that are unavailable with other hyperscalers."

"Even with that size of infrastructure, it's being supported by three people, and it's not like we're working 24/7; it gives us the ability to do a lot, to do more with less."

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

"SnapMirror helps mirror metadata and data volumes between endpoints in a data fabric."

"This solution has helped us because it is easy to use."

"The tool's most valuable features are the SnapLock and SnapMirror features. If something goes wrong with the data, we can restore it. This isn't a mirror; we store data in different locations. If there's an issue on the primary site, we can retrieve data from the secondary site."

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Cons

"Right now, AvePoint FLY doesn’t provide us with help to identify the size of the mailed items for a certain period."

"The initial setup is a little bit more complex than setting up Cloud Backup for Avepoint."

"Technical support is lacking in that they don't seem to respond. I do a lot of research myself. I can't rely on them."

"The solution's reporting could be improved because it does not have a lot of reporting capabilities."

"There were some areas that could be improved with Avepoint FLY, particularly regarding an issue with the final reporting. While I cannot remember the exact issue, it was related to the final report concerning which files were migrated and what errors occurred."

"When it comes to a critical or a read-write-intensive application, it doesn't provide the performance that some applications require, especially for SAP. The SAP HANA database has a write-latency of less than 2 milliseconds and the CVO solution does not fit there. It could be used for other databases, where the requirements are not so demanding, especially when it comes to write-latency."

"The integration wizard requires a bit of streamlining. There are small things that misconfigure or repeat the deployment that will create errors, specifically in Azure."

"There is room for improvement in tier one support, especially with potential language barriers and communication challenges."

"I'm very happy with the solution, the only thing that needs improvement is the web services API. It could be a little bit more straightforward. That's my only issue with it. It can get pretty complex."

"I rate the scalability a five out of ten."

"We have customers that are still using IBM mainframes and that very old SNA architecture from IBM. There are questions about how you interconnect the data on the mainframe side... But I don't know if it's worth it for NetApp to invest in developing products to include mainframes for a few customers."

"I would like to see them improve the perspective of start and search in the panels. This would allow for better visualization of the contents that are captured in the tool."

"I think the challenge now is more in terms of keeping an air gap. The notion that it is in the cloud, easy to break, etc. The challenge now is mostly about the air gap and how we can protect that in the cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are using the trial version and find it to be costly. It's something around $20. With another attachment, the cost was lower, at about $3. However, you seem to have to buy more licenses than you need."

"There are two different ways of licensing Avepoint FLY. So either you can use set up a licensing form based on objects which we do not recommend because then it will be more costly. So what you do is you set up the migration based on the users instead."

"AvePoint FLY's pricing is good enough for its capabilities."

"The prices of the tool are neither low nor high, so it can be considered a moderately-priced product."

"We find the pricing to be favorable due to the educational sector we belong to."

"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."

"Our licensing is based on a yearly subscription. That is an additional cost, but because of the storage efficiencies that the NetApp gives, even with the additional cost of the NetApp license, you still end up saving money versus straight Azure native for storage. It's definitely worth it."

"We purchased the product directly from NetApp."

"Make sure you investigate what your requirements are going to cost you using the native cloud solutions versus what NetApp is going to cost you, to make sure you have a business case to go with NetApp."

"For NetApp it's about $20,000 for a single node and $30,000 for the HA."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

12%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	53

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Avepoint FLY?

My experience with the pricing and setup cost of Avepoint FLY was that it is very competitive and fairly priced. It was significantly cheaper than some of the alternatives I was exploring, such as ...

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What needs improvement with Avepoint FLY?

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What is your primary use case for Avepoint FLY?

The migration I was involved in with Avepoint FLY was for an oil and gas industry, specifically from a file server to SharePoint Online, and we moved approximately two terabytes of data.

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

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is actually quite reasonable in price compared to other native cloud storage options. For example, a customer using 100 TB of AWS storage would not benefit from deduplica...

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.

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What is your primary use case for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

I use NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP mostly in customer companies.

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Also Known As

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ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

AvePoint FLY is a migration platform designed to streamline transitions for businesses by offering efficient tools for data transfer and project alignment with organizational goals.

AvePoint FLY specializes in facilitating seamless data migration for companies involved in mergers, acquisitions, and SaaS transitions. It effectively retains metadata, identifies file path issues, and maps projects. Users appreciate its ease of use, rapid file transfers, stable performance, and adaptable operations, making it advantageous for large-scale data movement.

What are the key features of AvePoint FLY?

Master Server Management: Install multiple client servers with one master server.
Load Balancing: Optimize migration load distribution effectively.
Metadata Retention: Maintain complete metadata during transfers.
Pre-Migration Assessment: Evaluate data before starting migration.
Path Length Identification: Detect and address file path length issues.
Project Mapping Tool: Align migration projects with business objectives.

What benefits should users expect from AvePoint FLY?

Ease of Use: Simple, user-friendly interface enhances migration efficiency.
Rapid File Transfer: Speeds up data transfer processes significantly.
Scalability: Supports large datasets without impacting performance.
Operational Flexibility: Offers adaptable migration methods and schedules.

AvePoint FLY is extensively implemented in industries such as oil and gas, facilitating significant dataset migrations from servers to cloud platforms like SharePoint Online. It is crucial in merging IT frameworks during acquisitions, automating transitions from Slack to Teams, and migrating email systems to Exchange Online, significantly aiding Managed Service Providers.

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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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1. Accenture 2. Acer 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. AIG 6. Apple 7. Bank of America 8. Barclays 9. Bayer 10. Berkshire Hathaway 11. BNP Paribas 12. Cisco 13. Coca-Cola 14. Comcast 15.ConocoPhillips 16. CVS Health 17. Dell 18. Deutsche Bank 19. eBay 20. Eli Lilly 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. Freescale Semiconductor 24. General Electric 25. Google 26. Honeywell 27. IBM 28. Intel 29. Intuit 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kellogg's 32. KeyCorp 33. Liberty Mutual 34. L'Oréal 35. Mastercard

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