We performed a comparison between Dropbox and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy to install. It is stable and scalable."
"One of the most useful features of Dropbox is its ease of use."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"We haven't had any issues at all with the solution."
"Dropbox is easy to set up as it doesn't require any installation, just a download."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Dropbox offers helpful functionalities for business purposes, such as receiving file requests from external parties like customers who don't have an account. Additionally, it includes features, such as reminders and workflow capabilities."
"The various methods for accessing files, such as through mobile apps, online synchronization, and on a PC, are highly valuable."
"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."
"The good thing about NetApp is the features that are available on the cloud are also available on-premises."
"Another feature which gets a lot of attention in our environment is the File Services Solutions in the cloud, because it's a completely, fully-managed service. We don't have to take care of any updates, upgrades, or configurations."
"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."
"It gives a solution for storage one place to go across everything. So, the customer is very familiar with NetApp on-prem. It allows them to gain access to the file piece. It helps them with the training aspect of it, so they don't have to relearn something new. They already know this product. They just have to learn some widgets or what it's like in the cloud to operate and deploy it in different ways."
"The most valuable features are tiering to S3 and being able to turn it on and off, based on a schedule."
"ONTAP's snapshot copies and thin clones in terms of operational recovery are pretty useful in recovering your data from a time in a snapshot. That's pretty useful for when you have an event where a disaster struck and then you need to recover all your data. It's pretty helpful and pretty fast in those terms."
"The fast recovery time objective with the ability to bring the environment back to production in case something happens."
"The solution could improve by being more secure and having more storage."
"I find it a little hard to organize my Dropbox folders on my mobile device."
"Sometimes, it takes a while to start Dropbox services and files are not synced."
"The storage is not large enough."
"They should archive the data."
"It would be good if they could market themselves as a safe solution for corporates. Currently, most corporates don't see it as a safe area to share within."
"Dropbox can improve by enhancing the capacity of storage in the free version."
"Dropbox could introduce some sort of a notification with respect to how much storage you have left out of what is purchased."
"I would want more visibility and data analytics where we can see anomalies within the shares within the GUI."
"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."
"We are getting a warning alert about not being able to connect to Cloud Manager when we log into it. The support has provided links, but this particular issue is not fixed yet."
"NetApp CVO needs to have more exposure and mature further before it will have greater acceptance."
"The solution is not stable when using single nodes. This is a problem. NetApp should work on this solution to make it more stable with HA nodes and resolve this issue."
"There is room for improvement in tier one support, especially with potential language barriers and communication challenges."
"The automated deployment was a bit complex using the public APIs. When we had to deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP on a regular basis using automation, It could be a bit of a challenge."
"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."
Dropbox is ranked 4th in Cloud Storage with 83 reviews while NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ranked 1st in Cloud Storage with 60 reviews. Dropbox is rated 8.2, while NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dropbox writes "Seamless file synchronization across devices with user-friendly deployment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP writes "Its data tiering helps keep storage costs under control". Dropbox is most compared with Microsoft OneDrive, SharePoint, Citrix ShareFile, Google Workspace and Office 365, whereas NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is most compared with Azure NetApp Files, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Google Cloud Storage and Portworx Enterprise. See our Dropbox vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP report.
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