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Cloudian HyperStore vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
Cloudian HyperStore offers cost-effective storage solutions, enhancing ROI through savings, efficient management, and enterprise-level performance despite some issues.
Sentiment score
6.5
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP delivers cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved performance, reducing storage, maintenance, and power expenses.
In comparison to AWS, within fourteen months, the CAPEX investment pays off due to Cloudian's pricing model.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
There is a lack of customer trust with this product.
Technical Design Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have seen a pretty good ROI with Cloudian HyperStore in terms of reduced storage management overhead, lower cost per terabyte, and improved productivity across teams.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.7
Cloudian HyperStore support is praised for knowledge and responsiveness, but some users face challenges with escalation and efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.0
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP customer service is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with room for improvement in initial support.
The support plus option provides a high level of assistance, including direct second-line support.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
I would rate the customer support for Cloudian HyperStore a 10 out of 10 because they're great.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
I can evaluate that the support interactions were of high quality.
Lead System engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Cloudian HyperStore offers impressive scalability with efficient capacity growth and robust replication, despite some bulk operation issues.
Sentiment score
7.2
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers scalable growth, dynamic expansion, and flexibility, though large environments face data size limitations.
Cloudian HyperStore's scalability has been awesome; it keeps up with our growing storage needs.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
I found that the performance of Cloudian HyperStore suffers at scale, where the Cassandra database struggles to keep up with bulk deletes and bulk requests.
Technical Design Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloudian HyperStore's scalability is not as good as I wanted it to be because if I want to add anything new to the current environment, the process is extremely lengthy and takes a lot of time.
Sr Infrastructure Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
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.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Cloudian HyperStore is generally reliable with high stability, though some users experience issues requiring additional support.
Sentiment score
7.7
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers high stability and reliability, with users valuing performance and responsive support despite occasional minor issues.
 

Room For Improvement

Cloudian HyperStore requires improved cost management, stability, integration, automation, and user-friendliness, with enhanced API capabilities and transparency.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users seek improved scalability, integration, ease of use, and features like security, monitoring, and cloud compatibility.
Cloudian HyperStore is already very sophisticated, and no changes are needed as it is ahead of market need.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
It has consistently met our expectations in terms of performance, scalability, and reliability.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It is important to thoroughly understand customer use cases to tailor the appropriate solution, whether using appliances for performance or software for backup targets.
Account Technology Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
My opinion is that support is generally very good. There are instances where they take longer to respond or resolve issues, especially when customers have urgent needs, but ultimately, resolution is achieved.
Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited
It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Cloudian HyperStore offers cost-effective, competitive pricing and features, making it an attractive option for enterprises seeking sensible financial solutions.
Enterprise users enjoy NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for its features despite higher costs, with discounts available for extended commitments.
Cloudian HyperStore offers reasonable pricing.
BDM Benelux at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
The pricing was competitive.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Cloudian HyperStore indicates that it is a cheap product, and the licenses are cheap as well.
Technical Design Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Cloudian HyperStore offers scalable, cost-effective storage with strong security, S3 compatibility, easy integration, and excellent data management capabilities.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers reliable, flexible data protection, seamless integration, and optimized storage across diverse cloud environments.
Cloudian HyperStore positively impacts my organization by helping us centralize our data storage across our teams and simplify our infrastructure, meeting our growing demands on storage while maintaining performance and control.
Storage Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
If any uneventful or unintended delete happens, I have the ability to recover it without going into the backup.
Sr Infrastructure Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
One of the most significant features of Cloudian is its comprehensive RESTful API stack.
Account Technology Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The granular ability to divide up the performance and the amount of storage you want is really fantastic.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Cloudian HyperStore
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
File and Object Storage (11th)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (3rd), Cloud Backup (27th), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

NS
Sr Infrastructure Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Object storage has reduced costs and improves data protection for web application workloads
Cloudian HyperStore can be improved by making upgrades easier. Currently, I see that upgrades are very complicated, and most of the time I require Cloudian support whenever I want to upgrade. I think Cloudian has the opportunity to improve in self-service capabilities. If they make upgrades less vendor-dependent, that would be beneficial. I would also like to add that more automation APIs would be valuable. If more APIs were available for S3 compatible tasks, that would be great. I rate the product eight because if they make updates easier, make firmware upgrades easier, make compaction available on CMC instead of requiring scripts, make node cleanup straightforward, make forecasting simple, make capacity planning easy, and provide self-healing opportunities, I believe the rating would be a ten.
Punit Waghela - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited
Offers advanced features with notable emphasis on innovation
The best features of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP include deduplication, compaction, and autonomous ransomware technology that native cloud storage solutions in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud do not support. Moreover, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP allows the use of multiple protocols including NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI, whereas native options may only support NFS and iSCSI. Customers already using on-premises NetApp storage such as FAS, AFF, or ASA can experience the same functionality on the cloud with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which adds significant value. For data protection, customers can take advantage of the Snapshot technology available with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. This technology facilitates data recovery by allowing snapshots to be stored either on the same storage or on a disaster recovery (DR) storage. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP helps us to take snapshots and store them on the same storage, with options for migration or replication of those snapshots to different storage, including on-premises DR storage or other cloud storage, providing excellent disaster recovery capabilities.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise53
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cloudian HyperStore?
Cloudian HyperStore can be improved by replacing the Cassandra database since it seems to struggle. I would add that the documentation for Cloudian HyperStore is good, as they have it built into Cl...
What is your primary use case for Cloudian HyperStore?
My main use case for Cloudian HyperStore is for immutable backup storage. I use Cloudian HyperStore for immutable backup storage by backing up using standard on-premises storage solutions, and then...
What advice do you have for others considering Cloudian HyperStore?
My advice for others looking into using Cloudian HyperStore is to consider it a good product to add to their portfolio, as long as they fully understand the drawbacks of things such as using the Ca...
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?
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...
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.
 

Also Known As

HyperStore, Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage, HyperStore Object Storage
ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

NTT Communications, Casale, Kumo
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