N2WS Backup & Recovery vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

N2WS and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. N2WS is ranked #31 with an average rating of 9.0, while NetApp is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.9. N2WS holds a 0.5% mindshare in CB, compared to NetApp’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of N2WS 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 N2WS Backup & Recovery compete in the cloud storage and data management space. Based on the available data, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP stands out for its versatility across environments, while N2WS Backup & Recovery excels in ease of use specifically within AWS.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is known for SnapMirror for data mirroring and high availability, providing built-in disaster recovery and robust performance across cloud and on-prem environments. Its data protection features like Flexible Clones and Snapshots enable efficient backup and restore processes. N2WS Backup & Recovery offers efficient backup solutions for AWS environments, with strong data protection and quick recovery capabilities, frequently praised for its ease of use.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest that NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP could improve scalability and ease of navigation. Enhancements in cloud integration options and support quality are also needed. For N2WS Backup & Recovery, expanding functionality beyond AWS to more environments, including optimization for on-prem server backups, would be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is available for various cloud deployments, including hybrid solutions, but can have inconsistent support responsiveness. Initial deployments are generally positive despite some minor setup challenges. Meanwhile, N2WS Backup & Recovery is noted for straightforward deployment in AWS and intuitive support though some users experience issues with automated assistance.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers competitive pricing through flexible AWS Marketplace options, with some users finding costs high due to data transfer fees. However, benefits such as storage efficiency and CAPEX savings contribute to a positive ROI. N2WS provides flexible pricing tailored to small and medium businesses with competitive strategies, offering ROI through enhanced efficiency and reduced operational costs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

N2WS Backup & Recovery

Ranking in Cloud Backup

31st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (43rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (22nd)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Backup

10th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Storage (1st), Public Cloud Storage Services (5th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of N2WS Backup & Recovery is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Cezar Ashkar

Cloud Engineer at Digico Solutions

Easy to use and setup

One valuable feature is the easy-to-use GUI There is room for improvement in stability. I have been using this solution for a few months. We currently use the latest version. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. It is a scalable solution. The technical support of N2WS has an…

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Madhusudan Srinivasmurthy

System Engineer at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Saves us a lot of time, and the administration is simpler

NetApp's Integration with AWS has helped us because we had a tough time transferring data when we used an ONTAP competitor as our storage partner. They don't have integration with AWS tools, so we had to figure it out on our own. ONTAP has built-in integration and allows us to replicate a copy to our second data center. Everything is in one channel. It's possible without the technology, but it's more time-consuming. NetApp saves us a lot of time, and the administration is simpler.

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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 backup and recovery are the most valuable features. So, our developers can work with confidence."

"The backup and restore functionality is very easy to use and manage."

"N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances."

"The product is successful with the SMB market."

"The initial setup is easy."

"Provides easy, one-click functionality and flexible backup policies and schedules for AWS workloads."

"The recovery time is fantastic and proven. Also, by providing a simple interface, the solution lowers the cost."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."

"The most valuable features are tiering to S3 and being able to turn it on and off, based on a schedule."

"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."

"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."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it makes our data readily available and we don't have to go through a lot of trouble to access it."

"Its scalability is very good."

"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, simple, and performs well."

"The stability has been really good."

"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

"More documentation would be helpful, especially some step-by-step documents for recovery scenarios."

"The GUI has room for improvement."

"The GUI could be slightly improved."

"Additional features I would like to see are the ability to restore to different vendors, AWS and Azure, and/or the ability or take the information out of the AWS cloud."

"The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient."

"The UI is a little dated and hard to use. Some of the buttons are a bit small. You have to go into the menu to get the settings you want."

"It's a global feature that the customer thinks they don't have enough tools to manage, to copy, to delay, and to classify the object file in the backup directory. So they need more tools to manage files in object directory."

"There is room for improvement in stability."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I would like to have more management tools. They are difficult to work with, so I would like them to be a bit more user-friendly."

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

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

"We want to be able to add more than six disks in aggregate, but there is a limit of the number of disks in aggregate. In GCP, they provide less by limiting the sixth disk in aggregate. In Azure, the same solution provides 12 disks in an aggregate versus GCP where it is just half that amount. They should bump up the disk in aggregate requirement so we don't have to migrate the aggregate from one to another when the capacities are full."

"Scale-up and scale-out could be improved. It would be interesting to have multiple HA pairs on one cluster, for example, or to increase the single instances more, from a performance perspective. It would be good to get more performance out of a single HA pair."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is not cheap, nor is it costly."

"AWS adds more features and offer things for free, or cheaply. Therefore, we will be evaluating AWS Data Lifecycle Manager, because it will probably do backups. Thus, make sure the product that you are using is competitive or adds more value than AWS."

"It has very good pricing per instance and comes with three options, for both small and large environments, to fit your needs."

"The pricing and licensing on AWS is fine, because you can do it for smaller tiers depending on your number of instances, so it's not that scary."

"It's very economical and worth the cost."

"The purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is easy. Just click the button."

"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."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

University

Educational Organization

46%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about N2WS Backup & Recovery?

N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N2WS Backup & Recovery?

I used the free version. I don't have much experience with the paid version. But I'm trying to compare the pricing between different options.

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What needs improvement with N2WS Backup & Recovery?

N2WS Backup & Recovery efficiently takes cloud backups on EC2 instances. The solution has the option to take backup on-prem servers, but it's not very efficient.

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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?

The solution's pricing is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp's support could improve.

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Also Known As

N2WS Cloud Protection Manager

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

N2WS Backup & Recovery is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution designed to protect critical data and applications in the cloud. The solution is highly regarded for its ease of use, making it a popular choice for organizations of all sizes. With its help, users can easily manage backups, schedule backups, and restore data and applications with just a few clicks.

N2WS Backup & Recovery also has a range of advanced features, including automated backup policies, cross-region replication, and disaster recovery capabilities.

N2WS

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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