NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Veritas Alta Data Protection comparison

NetApp and Veritas are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. NetApp is ranked #27 with an average rating of 9.3, while Veritas is ranked #34 with an average rating of 9.0. NetApp holds a 0.9% mindshare in CB, compared to Veritas’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Veritas Alta Data Protection compete in data management and protection. NetApp tends to have an advantage in pricing and support satisfaction, while Veritas offers a broader feature set.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides seamless integration with major cloud providers, advanced storage efficiency, and effective management across hybrid environments. Veritas Alta Data Protection delivers robust backup and recovery, strong security measures, and extensive compatibility with various workloads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers a streamlined deployment process integrated with cloud services, coupled with responsive customer service. Veritas Alta Data Protection may have a steeper learning curve during installation but benefits from a solid support structure.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP features competitive setup costs and favorable ROI due to efficient data management. Veritas Alta Data Protection has higher initial costs, but its comprehensive features justify the expense for businesses needing high-end security.

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Backup

27th

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)

Veritas Alta Data Protection

Ranking in Cloud Backup

34th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI Data Analysis (19th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 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 Veritas Alta Data Protection is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Backup Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	0.9%
Veritas Alta Data Protection	0.6%
Other	98.5%

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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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RahulSharma8

Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group

Cloud backups have secured critical data and have enabled fast recovery from ransomware threats

I do utilize the automated policy-driven operations with Veritas Alta Data Protection. They have helped in reducing manual workloads because manual intervention is required to handle errors or backup job failures when trying to back up a particular AWS account where critical resources are deployed. Discovery takes a lot of time because we are backing up data already in the S3 buckets. We often face challenges with resource discovery because discovery does not happen once a month; it happens daily. Every day, the discovery job runs before backing up resources. We may encounter issues in discovery or related to permissions, meaning if we have backup permissions on a bucket but further intensive permissions are present on any particular file, the Veritas Alta Data Protection job will skip that file. At times, backup fails with one or another error, and manual intervention is definitely needed. It is predominantly automated and policy-driven, but manual intervention is also required sometimes. We tested the effectiveness of Veritas Alta Data Protection's granular restoration feature during POC because we had a requirement to test various scenarios like restoring the bucket in a particular region, restoring the bucket in a different region, restoring EC2 instances, restoring containers, and databases. One more crucial feature for us in selecting Veritas Alta Data Protection is having replication between Veritas Alta Data Protection clusters. Once the primary backup job is complete, Veritas Alta Data Protection runs an SLP job, which is a storage lifecycle policy. This SLP job moves or replicates the data from one Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster to another. If the Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster goes down, the data is still replicated to the other Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster.

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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

"NetApp's XCP Migration Tool... was pretty awesome. It replicated the data faster than any other tool that I've seen. That was a big help."

"The initial setup was straightforward. We started with a small pilot and we then moved to production with no downtime at all."

"One of the most valuable features is its similarity to the physical app, which makes it familiar. It's almost identical to a real NetApp, which means you can run all of the associated NetApp processes and services with it. Otherwise, we would definitely have to deploy some hardware on a site somewhere, which could be a challenge in terms of CapEx."

"ONTAP is great for helping you migrate on-premise workflows to cloud environments."

"If anything happens, their technical support will come onsite and fix it."

"We're able to use the SnapMirror function and SnapMirror data from our on-prem environment into Azure. That is super-helpful. SnapMirror allows you to take data that exists on one NetApp, on a physical NetApp storage platform, and copy it over to another NetApp storage platform. It's a solid, proven technology, so we don't worry about whether data is getting lost or corrupted during the SnapMirror."

"NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is easy to use and gets the job done, and the granular ability to divide up the performance and the amount of storage you want is really fantastic."

"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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"It is rather easy to replicate data across your cloud environment using this solution once you've done it a few times."

"The solution is very easy to use."

"The ransomware protection feature and anomaly detection are the most valuable, and the ability to integrate new cloud workloads is also valuable."

"Veritas Alta Data Protection is an industry leader, and I am quite impressed by the leadership that they have in this segment."

"Regarding cost-effectiveness and return on investment, we have seen benefits in the form of saving time and resources."

Cons

"When it comes to support provided by NetApp, they have room for improvement. Every time we go through their support, we end up answering the same routine questions."

"In the next release, I would like to see more options on the dashboard."

"NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP does have a bit of initial complexity for users who are new to the system."

"There is room for improvement with the capacity. There's a very hard limit to how many disks you can have and how much space you can have. That is something they should work to fix, because it's limiting. Right now, the limit is about 360 terabytes or 36 disks."

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

"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."

"I would like to see something from NetApp about backups. I know that NetApp offers some backup for Office 365, but I would like to see something from NetApp for more backup solutions."

"In terms of improvement, I would like to see the Azure NetApp Files have the capability of doing SnapMirrors. Azure NetApp Files is, as we know, is an AFF system and it's not used in any of the Microsoft resources. It's basically NetApp hardware, so the best performance you can achieve, but the only reason we can't use that right now is because of the region that it's available in. The second was the SnapMirror capability that we didn't have that we heavily rely on right now."

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"It would be nice if reporting was a bit easier."

"Since Veritas Alta Data Protection recently entered the market, it does have limited technical resources for support."

"I hope we will be able to use Veritas Alta Data Protection in a very user-friendly manner, which is what I am expecting from Veritas features."

"NetBackup should be made more user-friendly, and a video tutorial should be created to help new users understand how to configure and use the solution properly."

"Maybe a year and a half ago, during a backup, I had an updating issue with Java."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The AWS consumer-based pricing model makes it easy for developers to use their credit cards to spin up virtual servers immediately."

"For enterprise customers, it's a very cost effective. But in the SMB segment, yeah, pricing is a little bit challenge for your time."

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

"The cost is quite high."

"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."

"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."

"Make sure you investigate what your requirements are going to cost you using the native cloud solutions versus what NetApp is going to cost you, to make sure you have a business case to go with NetApp."

More NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP pricing and cost advice

"NetBackup is 20 percent more expensive compared to the competition."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

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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	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

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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What needs improvement with Veritas Alta Data Protection?

I hope we will be able to use Veritas Alta Data Protection in a very user-friendly manner, which is what I am expecting from Veritas features. I want a very simple GUI which even an L1 engineer or ...

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What is your primary use case for Veritas Alta Data Protection?

I have not been using Veritas Alta Data Protection, but I intend to use it sometime in the near future, and I wanted to understand how this solution would help me.I wanted to extend this to disaste...

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What advice do you have for others considering Veritas Alta Data Protection?

Veritas Alta Data Protection is an industry leader, and I am quite impressed by the leadership that they have in this segment. I would rate them anywhere between 8.5 to 9 as of now.Veritas Alta Dat...

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Comparisons

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

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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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Veritas Alta Data Protection offers comprehensive data backup and recovery solutions tailored for enterprises, ensuring data safety and compliance.

Designed for seamless integration into complex IT environments, Veritas Alta Data Protection leverages advanced technology to provide reliable data protection, scalability, and ease of management. It caters to diverse sectors, supporting cloud-native and hybrid architectures while ensuring streamlined disaster recovery. Users find it valuable in optimizing backup processes, securing sensitive information, and maintaining high data integrity.

What are the key features of Veritas Alta Data Protection?

Scalable Architecture: Adapts to growing data storage needs without performance degradation.
Comprehensive Cloud Support: Seamless integration with major cloud providers for enhanced flexibility.
Automated Backup Management: Reduces manual intervention with intelligent scheduling and deduplication.
Robust Security Protocols: Protects data with encryption and access control measures.

What benefits should users consider?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces long-term expenses associated with traditional backup systems.
Reduced Downtime: Quick recovery options minimize operational disruptions.
Regulatory Compliance: Assists in meeting industry-specific data protection standards.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Veritas Alta Data Protection is implemented to address critical data protection needs. It supports the secure handling of sensitive customer information and adheres to stringent compliance mandates, ensuring continuous protection and availability of essential data resources.

Veritas

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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