Fivetran vs NetApp Snapshot comparison

Fivetran and NetApp are both solutions in the Data Replication category. Fivetran is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.3, while NetApp is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0. Fivetran holds a 4.9% mindshare in DR, compared to NetApp’s 6.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Fivetran users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2025

NetApp Snapshot and Fivetran compete in the data management space. Fivetran has an upper hand due to its superior automation features, while NetApp Snapshot is preferred for cost efficiency and robust support.

Features: NetApp Snapshot offers point-in-time copies for data backup and integrates with existing infrastructure, enhancing recovery processes. It also supports mirroring snapshots for effective disaster recovery. Fivetran provides automated data integration with robust ETL processes, seamless connector integration, and data transformation capabilities that streamline data movement.

Room for Improvement: NetApp Snapshot could enhance search functionalities within its snapshot management and improve data recovery precision. Better clarity in snapshot data location would further enhance user efficiency. Fivetran might benefit from expanding its data source compatibility, optimizing cost structures for smaller enterprises, and enhancing real-time data syncing across diverse platforms.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Snapshot integrates into existing IT setups with minimal disruption and is backed by responsive customer support. Fivetran offers a quick cloud-based deployment, facilitating swift setup and adaptation. Its customer service is recognized for prompt issue resolution, making it straightforward to initiate.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Snapshot offers moderate setup costs with a promising quick ROI because of efficient data management practices. Fivetran's pricing is higher but justified by its extensive features and potential for significant value over time, although it requires a longer ROI horizon. The choice hinges on prioritizing immediate budget-saving or long-term integration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Fivetran

Ranking in Data Replication

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (13th), Cloud Data Integration (9th)

NetApp Snapshot

Ranking in Data Replication

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Data Replication category, the mindshare of Fivetran is 4.9%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Snapshot is 6.6%, down from 22.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Replication Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
NetApp Snapshot	6.6%
Fivetran	4.9%
Other	88.5%

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Hafiz Usman

Team Lead Data Engineer at Data Pilot

Has accelerated data integration workflows and supports seamless development of custom connectors

I've worked extensively with Fivetran, mainly used for extraction purposes, and I've worked with the transformation element in it as well. Fivetran not only has built-in connectors but also provides SDK connectors, allowing us to develop our own connectors in an easy manner. I don't have to write raw Python scripts or dumping scripts; it offers straightforward examples and guidelines, making it much simpler to develop custom connectors inside Fivetran. We've been able to develop many custom connectors as well, which is unique and beneficial for having everything centralized instead of having those connectors located elsewhere. One of the best features by Fivetran is its clean, simple, and intuitive UI. It includes a transformation section where I can deploy my DBT queries and scripts. It also supplies good tracking capabilities for billing estimates and user permissions, allowing for customization to the desired level. The number of connectors it has remains a standout feature, and within connectors, the options available are very helpful. Although it sometimes appears static due to its built-in nature, it offers good flexibility for data transformation and caching, which I appreciate because it saves us extensive script-writing time.

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Tanveer Rahman

Chief Technical Office at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Snapshots have enabled us to restore critical data quickly and confidently after unexpected changes

The functions or features I have found most valuable in NetApp Snapshot are that it is easy to do and takes very little time. The main benefits that NetApp Snapshot provides for me are that if anything goes wrong, we can go back and restore something. It gives you peace of mind, which saves money, effort, and everything else. I use NetApp's WAFL architecture as it is their way of doing things, how to save the files and everything else. It is built-in. You cannot avoid WAFL when you use NetApp. Regarding the integration of NetApp Snapshot with applications and workloads, we have NetApp Snapshot integrated with our OpenStack platform.

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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

"The solution is stable. We've never faced any stability issues."

"It is not like a traditional ETL, but it gives quite a lot of flexibility."

"Fivetran's most valuable feature is replication."

"The most valuable feature of Fivetran so far is the data replication; the real-time data replication is what I see best in the market where it reduces the overhead of customers needing to maintain the pipeline."

"SysTrack load is the best feature."

"The ease of usability is the most valuable feature. It's very easy and quick to set up. It also has a central hub as opposed to GoldenGate which is one direct interface. For GoldenGate I would have needed three interfaces whereas with HVR I have a central interface that manages everything."

"The product is very easy to use and very easy to configure."

"The most important feature of the solution is its ability to build data pipelines in less time."

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"It centralizes your data."

"The main benefits that NetApp Snapshot provides for me are that if anything goes wrong, we can go back and restore something; it gives you peace of mind, which saves money, effort, and everything else."

"The solution is fast and it doesn't use any disc space at all. You can also take as many snapshots as you like. These are the solution's most valuable features."

"One of the best features in the industry is that data snapshots can be synchronise for database consistency."

"The most valuable features of the solution are the repurposing and backup features."

"The most important feature to us is creating live snapshots without impacting user access to the file. NetApp's processes are transparent to users and allow us to create point-in-time snapshots, enabling us to replicate that data into the cloud in real time without any impact."

"The most valuable feature of NetApp Snapshot is its ease of management."

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Cons

"Fivetran is very expensive for data sources with a lot of rows, such as email data. I would like to see cheaper pricing for data sources like that."

"I would like for them to incorporate additional transformations. A valuable aspect of the product is that it does inflight transformations and that could be expanded."

"Some of the pain points we're looking at are trying to integrate some of the items in the Microsoft stack, so SharePoint and Excel, and then some of the newer Azure services."

"In our case, we ultimately did not end up using Fivetran because we were able to do custom connects at a lower cost compared to Fivetran. From a cost perspective, if the number of connectors is lesser, then Fivetran is not the most cost-efficient option."

"More connectors are needed for exotic, popular, and rising star portals."

"I would like to see an improvement in the support offered by Fivetran."

"The customization could improve because Fivetran gives more thought to people who don't want to manage analytics workflows rather than engineers who want to be able to customize pipelines more thoroughly."

"The documentation is decent, but it's hard to find information online about Fivetran. For example, if you try to search for an error code, you won't find much information about it in forums."

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"NetApp Snapshot's price could improve to allow them to capture more market shares."

"The licensing cost could be improved."

"NetApp Snapshot usually takes a lot of space on the volume, requiring manual removal. It should be more automated."

"In my opinion, what NetApp can do to make NetApp Snapshot better is lower the cost."

"The solution should have a snapshot mode using AI to decide when to create the snapshot, depending on the workload."

"The initial setup process of NetApp Snapshot is not easy and needs improvement."

"I would like to see cloud features added to the next release of this solution."

"The dashboards are in need of improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the pricing a six out of ten."

"When you have a lot of workflows and complex use cases, pricing goes down as you use it more."

"The pricing model is okay and mid to large companies will not have an issue with it."

"The product is reasonably expensive"

"I would say they're a little bit on the expensive side, and their contract process is not particularly good, but there is a lot of potential flexibility."

"In the first year, we were given a very good discount. It was approximately 20,000 Euros per year. In the third year, we purchased credit for two years and the price was 33,000 Euros per year."

"The solution is affordable."

"The licensing costs are extremely high for the usage of somebody who has one GB or two GB of usage per day for real-time traffic. There are many other players in the market which are similarly priced or competitively priced. On average per month, it used to come around 12,000-15,000 USD, which is very high."

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"Snapshot is free and comes with the NetApp storage software. It's purely free of cost."

"The price of NetApp Snapshot depends on the use case. They charge by how much data you need, the capability, and for snap licenses."

"NetApp Snapshot is expensive since you need to buy an additional premium license for it which is an extra cost over the payments made for NetApp...The license works during the entire life cycle of NetApp Snapshot."

"The price of the solution is reasonable but could improve. However, if you are in a country that has a poor currency then the price will be considered expensive."

"The price of this solution is fair."

"If there is a way to save more on the number of snapshots, it should be included in the next release."

"As far as their licensing costs, the licensing is paid on a yearly basis. The organization pays for the licensing based on the software and the capacity that they choose."

"It's not too expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

21%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What's the deal with the HVR software acquisition?

As a user of HVR Software I followed this deal closely. Fivetran is apparently trying to establish more in its sector and by buying an already established data replication software, they become som...

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Does HVR Software provide reliable insights?

I honestly can't think of another data replication software that can give you better statistics and insight than HVR Software. There's the feature for topology and statistics and both of them can ...

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How much traffic can HVR Software handle?

As someone who works at a company where a high volume of information is replicated and has tried several data replication softwares, I can tell you that you're looking at the right one. HVR Softwar...

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What method of data replication does NetApp Snapshot use?

Here's a breakdown of how the data replication by NetApp Snapshot works: it's through the snapshot replication method. What does that mean? Well, in simple words, the software creates copies of dat...

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What is the storage scale of NetApp Snapshot?

Last time I checked, the NetApp Snapshot data replication software could go up to 255 snapshot copies. I'm not sure how familiar you are with similar software, but that's a pretty good number. It g...

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Will NetApp Snapshot recover data in an emergency?

Well yes, the snapshots that NetApp Snapshot creates are your backup. But then there's also their feature for advanced backup. This allows you to copy backups to offline locations and also make arc...

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Overview

Fivetran, the global leader in data movement, is trusted by companies like OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon and Spotify to centralize data from SaaS applications, databases, files, and other sources into cloud destinations, including data lakes. With high-performance pipelines, seamless interoperability, and enterprise-grade security, Fivetran empowers organizations to modernize their data infrastructure, power analytics and AI, ensure compliance, and achieve transformative business outcomes. Learn more at Fivetran.com

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NetApp Snapshot is a data replication software that works through snapshot copies, crucial for the recovery of data. These copies are used as safe points for rollback before upgrades or patches. NetApp Snapshot provides prompt data replication which is also highly space-efficient, and provides users with the full management and control of their data and its copies. Through the various solutions the Snapshot technology has introduced, companies receive enhanced stability, functionality, and performance, as well as storage efficiency.

NetApp Snapshot uses two types of snapshot technologies to handle data replication: Copy on Write (COW) and Redirect on Write (ROW). The COW technologies make a copy of the original information and then only after the replication process is completed does the system overwrite the modified data into the original blocks. In contrast, ROW redirects the snapshots to new storage blocks, updating pointers to those blocks, which always point to the original location. When NetApp Snapshot combines the two technologies, it allows customers to save storage efficiency by way of deduplication and compression.

NetApp Snapshot Features

NetApp Snapshot’s valuable features include:

Data replication stability: Every NetApp Snapshot copy is an immutable, static copy, giving organizations the opportunity to create consistent backups from their storage system while applications are running.
Performance impact: The performance of NetApp's systems that store NetApp Snapshot aren’t affected. The actions of creating or deleting a Snapshot copy also don't greatly impact the performance of the systems where they are located. NetApp’s storage can be used for data replication, backup, and archival even if a company is using another storage system.
Storage scale: Another beneficial feature of NetApp is the volume of storage, which supports 255 Snapshot copies. This provides users with the opportunity to perform frequent data replication, thus creating current versions of their data.
File recovery: The above-mentioned features allow for the creation of backup for recovery purposes. They also provide\ the opportunity to copy backups to offline storage as well as to create an archive for them.
Storage utilization: The option for utilization of storage allows NetApp Snapshot users to benefit from storage volumes similar to those of active file systems. The software works through block increment, which limits the interval of time between added blocks of Snapshot copies, thus creating more efficient storage.

NetApp Snapshot Benefits

The benefits of using NetApp Snapshot include:

Ability to create instant data replication while applications run
Up to 255 data replicas available
Various tools for full-package coverage, including SnapManager, SnapProtect, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, and SnapVault

Reviews from Real Users

Gregg N., Manager of Data Center Services at TTi Power Equipment, states that the primary use of NetApp Snapshot by his organization is as a data-protection solution in the cloud and in the data center. He points out that this data duplication software is very user-friendly, extremely stable, and scalable.

Edgar M., Sr. Data Protection Engineer at DataPivot Technologies, uses NetApp Snapshot for its monitoring or clone capabilities, and he agrees that the solution is very stable.

According to George A., CEO at BDPR Technologies Limited, the most valuable features of NetApp Snapshot are the integration with other vendors and customization.

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Sample Customers

Autodesk, Condé Nast, JetBlue, Morgan Stanley, OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, Verizon, SpotifyNational Australia Bank, Saks, Cemex, Okta, Dropbox, Pitney Bowes, World Fuel Services,Lufthansa, AutoZone, ASICS, ASOS, Coupa, Databricks, Hermes, New Relic, Intercom,Canva, Honeywell, Square, DocuSign, Nandos, Oldcastle Infrastructure

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