NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

NetApp and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. NetApp is ranked #29 with an average rating of 9.3, while Veeam Software is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.7. NetApp holds a 0.9% mindshare in CB, compared to Veeam Software’s 8.4% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Veeam Data Platform compete in the data management and protection sector. Veeam Data Platform appears to have the upper hand due to its strong backup and recovery features specifically designed for virtualized environments.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers SnapMirror for effective data mirroring, SnapVault for comprehensive data protection, and ONTAP's consistent metadata and file system format for seamless management and integration. Veeam Data Platform provides Instant VM Recovery, SureBackup for validating backup recoverability, and granular recovery options tailored for virtualized infrastructures.

Room for Improvement: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP can improve in cloud integration, flexible licensing, and monitoring systems. The need for more efficient upgrade processes and quicker support response is also highlighted. Veeam Data Platform faces criticism for its complex licensing and limited support for physical servers, along with the need for enhanced cloud service integration.

Ease Of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides various deployment models with strong customer service, although frontline support could be improved. Veeam Data Platform offers deployment options mainly for private and on-premises environments, appreciated for competitive pricing and customer satisfaction despite challenges in accessing advanced support.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP tends to be more costly but offers unique functionalities that promise a strong ROI, especially for large-scale operations. Veeam Data Platform is often more affordable, with straightforward pricing and licensing, providing additional maintenance savings noted for budget-conscious scenarios.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

6.5

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP delivers cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved performance, reducing storage, maintenance, and power expenses.

Sentiment score

7.4

Veeam Data Platform enhances backup efficiency, reduces downtime and costs, offering rapid recovery and a fast ROI.

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I have seen a return on investment as it saves time and money by preventing us from being in a disaster situation.

Ranimshikho Ranimshikho

DavOps at a university with 51-200 employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.0

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP customer service is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with room for improvement in initial support.

Sentiment score

7.4

Veeam Data Platform's support is responsive and professional, though users seek improved communication and availability in some regions.

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The escalation from first, second to third tier is sometimes very long-lasting, but the resolve rate is quite high.

Michael Schwarzer

Managing Director at INT/box GmbH

I would rate their technical support a 10 out of 10.

reviewer2730012

Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Most cases are handled perfectly.

Tamer Hossam

Applications section Head at Raya Integration

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.2

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers scalable growth, dynamic expansion, and flexibility, though large environments face data size limitations.

Sentiment score

7.5

Veeam Data Platform offers seamless scalability, efficiently managing large data volumes and adapting to diverse environments with flexible licensing.

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.

reviewer5948293

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

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I would rate the scalability part of Veeam Data Platform 10 out of 10 because we have the ability to scale out the product at any time with scale-out backup repositories and can add licenses as needed.

JitendraSadaye

Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

It involves acquiring additional licenses as needed.

reviewer2666283

Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

In order to scale Veeam Data Platform, we have to pay a lot more money.

Edward Hore

L3 Infrastructure Engineer at Specsavers

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers high stability and reliability, with users valuing performance and responsive support despite occasional minor issues.

Sentiment score

7.8

Veeam Data Platform is stable and reliable, with efficient support resolving occasional bugs and minimal operational impact.

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There are no issues with stability in Veeam Data Platform.

reviewer2666283

Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I can say the stability of Veeam Data Platform is almost 8 to 9, as the cluster functionality was not there in earlier platforms such as version 12, but is provided in version 13.

JitendraSadaye

Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users seek improved scalability, integration, ease of use, and features like security, monitoring, and cloud compatibility.

Users seek improved integration, better reporting, enhanced support, streamlined interface, licensing simplicity, faster recovery, and increased compatibility in Veeam.

My opinion is that support is generally very good. There are instances where they take longer to respond or resolve issues, especially when customers have urgent needs, but ultimately, resolution is achieved.

Punit Waghela

Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited

It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.

reviewer5948293

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

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AI should be integrated to enhance troubleshooting processes for failing backups.

JitendraSadaye

Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more.

Edward Hore

L3 Infrastructure Engineer at Specsavers

Compared to IBM, Veeam Data Platform is simpler but brings some challenges with automation in backup and Oracle backup configuration.

reviewer2730012

Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Setup Cost

Enterprise users enjoy NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for its features despite higher costs, with discounts available for extended commitments.

Veeam Data Platform offers reasonable, customizable pricing with per-CPU socket licensing, low setup costs, and competitive discounts.

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I don't consider the price expensive given its importance.

reviewer2730012

Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Veeam Data Platform is more expensive than OpenStack because we pay for it in US dollars, while we pay for OpenStack in Egyptian pounds.

Tamer Hossam

Applications section Head at Raya Integration

A reduction of 20% in the current cost would make the solution more attractive to clients.

reviewer2666283

Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers reliable, flexible data protection, seamless integration, and optimized storage across diverse cloud environments.

Veeam Data Platform excels in reliable backups, efficient recovery, VMware integration, and advanced monitoring for effective data management.

The granular ability to divide up the performance and the amount of storage you want is really fantastic.

reviewer5948293

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

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The most important aspect of this platform is data security with immutable data in the storage.

reviewer2730012

Sr. Production Analyst at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The platform is user-friendly, comprehensive, and compatible with numerous market solutions, including virtualization and bare metal servers.

reviewer2666283

Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The backup for specific disks feature has helped me by allowing us to take backups specifically for data we need, rather than for the whole server as a single disk, such as just backing up the root disk.

Ranimshikho Ranimshikho

DavOps at a university with 51-200 employees

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Backup

29th

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)

Veeam Data Platform

Ranking in Cloud Backup

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

431

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (2nd), Cloud Monitoring Software (11th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 0.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 8.4%, down from 15.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Veeam Data Platform	8.4%
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	0.9%
Other	90.7%

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Featured Reviews

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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JitendraSadaye

Associate Technical Specialist at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Backup operations have become reliable and reporting now simplifies hybrid cloud protection

Veeam Data Platform has Veeam Enterprise Manager as well as Veeam ONE as valuable features, which allow us to generate various kinds of reports that are required for the customer. Instant VM Recovery is a good feature of the high-speed recovery features in Veeam Data Platform, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP) is also a good feature. Ransomware protection is a good feature added in Veeam Data Platform from version 12 onwards, and the ability to create immutable repositories is also a good feature in Veeam. The analytics part of Veeam Data Platform is a good solution because I have worked on various backup technologies such as EMC NetWorker and NetBackup. However, I have not used the analytical parts currently but will check it out. Streamlining processes as well as saving money are benefits that Veeam Data Platform provides for the end user, as it allows for application-aware backups and database backups without the need for various kinds of licenses that other backup software requires. Veeam offers socket-based licenses, instance-based licenses, and capacity-based licenses, which is a great feature.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	218
Midsize Enterprise	99
Large Enterprise	139

Questions from the Community

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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Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication

Overview

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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Veeam Data Platform is a global leader in data resilience, offering protection and recovery solutions that keep businesses operational. It integrates secure backups with intelligent data insights, providing robust defense against cyber threats and ensuring data remains recoverable and adaptable.

Engineered to address modern cybersecurity challenges, Veeam Data Platform delivers reliable protection with orchestrated and verifiable recovery processes. Its platform extends beyond traditional backup, providing frictionless operations and ensuring that data is secure and always available. With features like built-in defenses, cleanroom recovery validation, and a streamlined software appliance, organizations maintain business continuity without disruption. As a trusted choice, Veeam empowers firms to effectively manage data across virtual and physical environments, fostering resilience in the face of adversity.

What are the key features of Veeam Data Platform?

Easy Installation: Simplifies deployment and management processes.
VM Integration: Offers seamless integration with virtual machine environments.
Instant Recovery: Provides fast backup and restore capabilities.
Granular Recovery: Enables detailed recovery options.
Robust Replication: Supports powerful data replication features.
Data Deduplication: Enhances backup efficiency.
WAN Acceleration: Optimizes data transfer speeds.
Application-Specific Backup: Tailors backup solutions to specific applications.

What benefits and ROI should users consider when reviewing Veeam?

Reliable Protection: Ensures data security and availability.
Scalability: Adapts easily to growing infrastructure needs.
Cloud Integration: Facilitates seamless cloud and on-premise interactions.
Centralized Management: Offers comprehensive data management solutions.
Minimal Downtime: Ensures continuous business operations.

In many industries, Veeam Data Platform is integral for robust data management strategies. It is widely used for backup, replication, and data protection across both virtual and physical environments. Organizations value its support for VMs, file-level recovery, and efficient disaster recovery scenarios. Additionally, the platform's capability to integrate with cloud and on-premise systems ensures efficient centralized backup management, meeting the diverse demands of large-scale infrastructures.

Veeam Software

Sample Customers

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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