Dell CloudBoost vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Dell Technologies is ranked #62, while NetApp is ranked #13 with an average rating of 9.1. Dell Technologies holds a 0.2% mindshare in CB, compared to NetApp’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Dell CloudBoost compete in data management and cloud storage solutions. NetApp holds an advantage in pricing and customer support, while Dell CloudBoost shines with advanced features justifying its cost.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers robust data management capabilities, seamless integration with public clouds, and effective storage optimization. Dell CloudBoost excels in comprehensive data backup, archival features, and data security across multi-cloud settings.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP boasts straightforward deployment and extensive customer support, facilitating smooth cloud transitions. Dell CloudBoost presents more complex deployment but compensates with proactive customer service for guided setup.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP features competitive pricing and moderate setup costs, ensuring favorable ROI through cost-effective management. Dell CloudBoost, with higher costs, delivers substantial ROI due to superior management capabilities and security benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudBoost

Ranking in Cloud Backup

62nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Backup

13th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (1st), Public Cloud Storage Services (8th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Dell CloudBoost is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	0.7%
Dell CloudBoost	0.2%
Other	99.1%

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Saleh-Khakwani

Senior Technical Consultant at DWP Technologies

Stable solution with a wider boost functionality, helping us eliminate the tape backup requirements

We use the solution to protect the applications running in the cloud or on-premises. Its wider boost functionality helps us eliminate the tape backup requirements The solution's most valuable feature is throttling the applications as per the bandwidth. Using it, we can adapt a method to work on…

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Punit Waghela

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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Pros

"My customer has Dell EMC CloudBoost integrated with all of their other Dell products. It integrates well."

"The solution's support team is excellent."

"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."

"The storage tiering is definitely the most valuable feature... With respect to tiering, the inactive data is pushed to a lower tier where the storage cost is cheap, but the access cost is high."

"The most valuable features of this solution are SnapShot, FlexClone, and deduplication."

"The ability to do a straight SnapMirror from our on-prem to the cloud with no other data transitions is excellent."

"CVO gives us the ability to access data as quickly as possible, which is critical because of the mission set we handle. Some things cannot wait. For example, we tried having the data in the cloud itself, but it took too long for us to retrieve it from cold or deep storage. If we have it ONTAP or on-prem, it's so much easier to pull it within minutes."

"NetApp's XCP Migration Tool... was pretty awesome. It replicated the data faster than any other tool that I've seen. That was a big help."

"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 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."

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Cons

"They should eliminate the tape-out function from the solution."

"The product is more restricted with underlying cloud."

"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."

"One difficulty is that it has no SAP HANA certification. The asset performance restrictions create challenges with the infrastructure underneath: The disks and stuff like that often have lower latencies than SAP HANA itself has to have."

"The DR has room for improvement. For example, we now have NetApp in Western Europe and we would like to back up the information to another region. It's impossible. We need to bring up an additional NetApp in that other region and create a Cloud Manager automation to copy the data... I would prefer it to be a more integrated solution like it was in the NetApp solution about a year ago. I would like to see something like AltaVault but in the cloud."

"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."

"The cost needs improvement."

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

"NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP needs to have customizable pricing options such as 10 TB increments. They seem to have only two options: 10 TB or 250 TB."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Dell EMC CloudBoost could be reduced, it is expensive."

"Its cost depends upon the amount of data that needs to be protected."

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

"It is not a cheap solution because we need to pay for the license and pay for Azure resources as well."

"The pricing of this solution is definitely higher than what the typical Azure Files and AWS solutions charge, but given the features and the stability NetApp has provided, we are okay with it. We are not complaining about the pricing."

"Once we deploy the pay as you go model, we cannot convert this product as a BYOL model. This is a concern that we have."

"They have a very good price which keeps our customers happy."

"I know the licensing is a bit on the high-end. That's when we had to downsize our MetroCluster disks and just migrate to disks that were half used. We migrated into those just to reduce maintenance costs."

"The standard pricing is online. Pricing depends. If you're using the PayGo model, then it's just the normal costs on the Microsoft page. If you're using Bring Your Own License, which is what we're doing, then you get with your sales contact at NetApp and start figuring out what price is the best, in the end, for your company."

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Manufacturing Company

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Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	53

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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.

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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?

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP does have a bit of initial complexity for users who are new to the system. Although it isn't overwhelmingly complex, first-time users may find it challenging until they b...

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Comparisons

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Azure NetApp Files vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 15% of the time

Amazon S3 vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 13% of the time

Red Hat Ceph Storage vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 9% of the time

Amazon FSx vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 9% of the time

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 6% of the time

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ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

With Dell CloudBoost, products of Dell Data Protection Suite, Including Dell NetWorker, Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, are optimized for enterprise applications running in public cloud environments. CloudBoost is available with Data Protection Suite.

Dell Technologies

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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