Google Cloud Storage Nearline vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

Google Cloud Storage Nearline vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Storage Nearline

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

11th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (3rd), Cloud Storage (8th), Cloud Backup (28th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Storage Nearline is 7.4%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 6.1%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Public Cloud Storage Services Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Google Cloud Storage Nearline	7.4%
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	6.1%
Other	86.5%

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reviewer2662839

Works

Seamless integration with cloud services improves workflows but documentation needs enhancement

One area that needs improvement is the documentation, which I find to be disorganized and not user-friendly. The lack of comprehensive walkthrough guides for specific use cases makes it difficult to follow. To enhance the experience, more detailed examples, guides, and tutorials from start to finish would be beneficial. Additionally, the cost compared to other providers like Amazon could be regarded as a downside.

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reviewer5948293

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Offers performance control and cloud integration while supporting data management with granular flexibility

The scalability of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is interesting. We have thought about it, but we haven't used it. I think the scalability is something you scale up rather than respond to peak demand. 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. We like the scalability; it's enough for what we're planning to use, but we haven't used any advanced features. The standard platform is NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which is their cloud service. In fact, that's probably the most experience I have with NetApp. I've experienced it on-premise, but kind of secondhand.

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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

"Nearline is highly stable."

"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."

"The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."

"There are no issues with the integration of Google Cloud Storage Nearline with other Google services."

"The stability is excellent; I can't think of a better service that's provided in South America, and the infrastructure overall is very stable and reliable."

"The API integration with the storage packet is the solution's most valuable feature."

"The most valuable aspect of Google Cloud Storage Nearline is its integration with the wider Google Cloud ecosystem."

"It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow."

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"If you have a larger amount of data than normal in cloud, it is easy to provision and maintain. Waiting for the delivery of the controller, the configuration of enclosures, etc., all this stuff is eliminated compared to using on-premise."

"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."

"The ability to see things going back and forth has been quite useful."

"The ability for our users to restore data from the Snapshots is very valuable."

"Cloud Volumes ONTAP is NetApp; it's the same technology which is where the efficiency really is, and it's much more efficient than using a third-party solution."

"The support is its most valuable feature as they provide on-call support, respond to issues in a timely fashion, and also offer disaster recovery."

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

"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

"From a storage standpoint, it would be beneficial if the retrieval cost could be optimized, as it is comparatively higher than storage costs in Nearline."

"The pricing could be improved. It's completely non-competitive at this time."

"One area that needs improvement is the documentation, which I find to be disorganized and not user-friendly."

"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."

"Documentation is an area for improvement in Google Cloud Storage Nearline."

"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."

"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."

"The pricing is quite high."

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"Not a perfect ten because it's not very efficient with upgrades and management."

"The cost needs improvement."

"We have used technical support. As long as they don't call me at four o'clock in the morning to tell me that a drive failed and they are sending me another one, I like it. They have a tendency to do that."

"The navigation on some of the configuration parameters is a bit cumbersome, making the learning curve on functions somewhat steep."

"How it handles erasure coding. I feel it the improvement should be there. Basically, it should be seamless. You don't want to have an underlying hardware issue or something, then suddenly there's no reads or writes. Luckily, it's at a replication site, so our main production site is still working and writing to it. But, the replication site has stopped right now while we try to bring that node back. Since we implemented in bare-metal, not in appliance, we had to go back to the original vendor. They didn't send it in time, and we had a hardware memory issue. Then, we had a hard disk issue, which brought the node down physically."

"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."

"The key feature, that we'd like to see in that is the ability to sync between regions within the AWS and Azure regions. We could use the cloud sync service, but we'd really like that native functionality within the cloud volume service."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Google Cloud Storage Nearline is very inexpensive. It costs us less than $50 a month to store our files. We use approximately 10 terabytes. Overall, I would rate the product a five out of five for affordability."

"Right now, for the number of servers and the storage that I have, I would say I'm charged between $125 and $150 per month."

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

"Compared to other storage vendors, NetApp, is not always able to compete with their pricing. Yet, we acknowledge the ease of use ONTAP brings with the AWS integration."

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

"The solution's pricing is reasonable."

"In addition to the standard licensing fees, there are fees for Azure, the VMs themselves and for data transfer."

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

"If we wanted to use the AWS solution, we would have to manage two or three different platforms and pay more money than what we should have to pay, as some of the features don't even exist. If we wanted to, we could use AWS cloning, but it is useless because it uses more space, is more expensive, and takes more time."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

University

Construction Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	53

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Storage Nearline?

My experience with the licensing and cost of Google Cloud Storage Nearline has been positive.

What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage Nearline?

Documentation is an area for improvement in Google Cloud Storage Nearline. Documentation might cause some issues during deployment in future updates of Google Cloud Storage Nearline. Other than tha...

What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Storage Nearline?

I have integrated Google Cloud Storage Nearline with BigQuery for analytics.

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.

What is your primary use case for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

I use NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP mostly in customer companies.

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Also Known As

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ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

Google Cloud Storage Nearline offers cost-effective storage for infrequently accessed data, providing seamless integration with Google Cloud services and flexible retrieval options.

Google Cloud Storage Nearline is designed for businesses that need reliable and secure storage for data that is not frequently accessed but still requires long-term retention. It integrates seamlessly with Google's suite of cloud services, providing adaptable storage solutions that handle data flow efficiently. Nearline ensures high availability and stable performance, backed by strong encryption for security. It supports diverse storage class options catering to different data retention needs and capabilities for data management across multiple regions. Its value is enhanced by robust monitoring and integration with Google Cloud's ecosystem.

What are the most important features?

Seamless API Integration: Integrates easily with existing workflows.
Excellent Security: Offers strong encryption to protect data.
Ease of Use: Provides an intuitive interface for managing storage.
Stable Performance: Ensures reliable access to stored data.
High Availability: Guarantees access to data whenever needed.
Data Longevity Options: Offers different classes for data retention.
Multi-Region Management: Manages data across regions seamlessly.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Cost Efficiency: Offers a budget-friendly solution for data storage.
Flexibility: Adapts to fluctuating data storage and retrieval needs.
Integration: Works well with Google Cloud services for enhanced functionality.
Efficient Accessibility: Facilitates easy data access when required.
Enhanced Monitoring: Provides robust tools for tracking data usage.

Industries like tech and finance utilize Google Cloud Storage Nearline for storing large volumes of infrequently accessed data, leveraging its seamless integration with databases, infrastructure, and virtual machines. It is ideal for backup storage, application, and website data, and unstructured data handling. Companies use Nearline in cloud functions and for cost-effective performance optimization integrated with BigQuery analytics.

Google

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

Sample Customers

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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

Google Cloud Storage Nearline vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP