Dell CloudBoost vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. Dell Technologies is ranked #54, while NetApp is ranked #30 with an average rating of 9.3. Dell Technologies holds a 0.6% mindshare in CB, compared to NetApp’s 0.8% 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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95% willing to recommend

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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

54th

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

30th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (3rd), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Dell CloudBoost is 0.6%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	0.8%
Dell CloudBoost	0.6%
Other	98.6%

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"My customer has Dell EMC CloudBoost integrated with all of their other Dell products; it integrates well and is very simple to use, making it easy for him to make copies of very important files to the public cloud because it is fully integrated with his Networker and Avamar's tools."

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

"The solution's support team is excellent."

"The solution’s Snapshot copies and thin clones in terms of operational recovery are the best thing since sliced bread."

"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."

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

"We calculated that we are saving $1,000,000 across three years."

"It gives us a way to optimize resource usage in the public cloud, without overpaying or wasting resources, while providing unified storage no matter what data you have and ensuring we have control of the data and know what it's being used for."

"It offers ease of use and a comprehensive suite of applications, including features like SnapMirror, SnapVault, and unified snapshot management, all bundled into a single product."

"Its features help us to have a backup of our volumes using the native technology of NetApp ONTAP, so we do not have to invest in other solutions for our backup requirement, and it also helps us to replicate the data to another geographic location, which saves us on the costs of backup products and gives us flexible storage."

"Unified Manager, System Manager, and Cloud Manager are all GUI-based. It's easy for somebody who has not been exposed to this for years to pick it up and work with it."

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Cons

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

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

"I would like NetApp to come up with an easier setup for the solution."

"NetApp's support could improve"

"I would like this solution to be brought to all the three major players. Right now it's supported only on AWS and Azure. They should bring it to Google as well, because we would like to have flexibility in choosing the underlying cloud storage provider."

"I would like to see more aggressive management of the aggregate space. On the Cloud Volumes ONTAP that we use for offsite backup copies, most of the data sits in S3. There are also the EBS volumes on the Cloud Volumes ONTAP itself. Sometimes what happens is that the aggregate size just stays the same. If it allocates 8 terabytes initially, it just stays at 8 terabytes for a long time, even though we're only using 20 percent of that 8 terabytes. NetApp could undersize that more aggressively."

"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."

"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."

"NetApp CVO needs to have more exposure and mature further before it will have greater acceptance."

"Multipathing for iSCSI LUNs is difficult to deal with from the client-side and I'd love to see a single entry point that can be moved around within the cluster to simplify the client configuration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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."

"They give us a good price for CVO licenses. It is one of the reasons that we went with the product."

"Overall, the pricing of NetApp is aggressive and the pricing becomes more aggressive as the amount of data increases. The cost for a given volume of data that you are storing becomes lower. The greater the volume of data, the cheaper the license."

"Our licensing costs are folded into the hardware purchases and I have never differentiated between the two."

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

"The deal with the seller was acceptable; the pricing is reasonable."

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

"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."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Construction Company

Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
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?

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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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.

NetApp

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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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