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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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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
5.3
Veritas NetBackup Appliance enhances efficiency with deduplication, saving storage costs, and providing ransomware protection, though not ideal for small setups.
The immutability feature ensures customers do not incur costs in case of ransomware, allowing for a safe restore, which means they are avoiding ransom payments, and that is a big win for the customer.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Veritas NetBackup Appliance has helped reduce costs by 30% and has improved operational efficiency.
Deputy Vice President - IT at TransUnion
 

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
6.6
Veritas NetBackup Appliance support varies, with differing response times, technical understanding, and effectiveness based on package and location.
Veritas has a very good support infrastructure with trained engineers.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Their support is good, with technical teams available 24/7.
Senior Manager at Cloud4C Services
I contacted their support once, and the process was slow, which discouraged further contact.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
 

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
7.4
Veritas NetBackup Appliance excels in scalable data management for enterprises, though expansion and cloud flexibility incur additional costs.
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.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I would rate the scalability of the product as a nine out of ten.
ICT Director at SSA
 

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
8.1
Veritas NetBackup Appliance is highly rated for stability and reliability, despite occasional recovery complexities and upgrade challenges.
I am satisfied with its performance and would rate it ten out of ten for stability.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
They do lab tests before releasing any patch, so currently, the product is stable.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
 

Room For Improvement

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users seek improved scalability, integration, ease of use, and features like security, monitoring, and cloud compatibility.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance needs a more intuitive interface, improved recovery, better cloud integration, and enhanced scalability and security.
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.
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.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The main issue is with technical support and pricing.
Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.
I believe they can do more to give customers more insight into their data, allowing them to see it and understand what they can do, such as archiving old data.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Improving the interface could enhance user experience.
Senior Manager at Cloud4C Services
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users enjoy NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for its features despite higher costs, with discounts available for extended commitments.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance pricing is high but competitive due to features, with satisfied users rating six to nine out of ten.
It's more costly than Commvault, which offers similar features at 70% of the price.
Oracle Technology Manager at MOPCO
The price is slightly expensive for small and medium enterprises.
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Regarding cost, it's quite expensive, but I'm not sure about the exact licensing costs.
Deputy Vice President - IT at TransUnion
 

Valuable Features

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers reliable, flexible data protection, seamless integration, and optimized storage across diverse cloud environments.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance offers high-speed backup, integration, scalability, ease of use, strong protection, and cost-effectiveness for enterprises.
The granular ability to divide up the performance and the amount of storage you want is really fantastic.
Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The biggest advantage is that I do not need to manage backups on traditional tapes, which helps maintain total business continuity.
Deputy Vice President - IT at TransUnion
The product itself and the new features are excellent.
Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.
It integrates with monitoring tools like Splunk and supports automation through Python, Shell, or Ansible.
Senior Manager at Cloud4C Services
 

Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (3rd), Cloud Backup (27th), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (21st), Deduplication Software (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Veritas NetBackup Appliance aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is designed for Cloud Software Defined Storage and holds a mindshare of 25.4%, down 30.4% compared to last year.
Veritas NetBackup Appliance, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 5.5% mindshare, up 4.2% since last year.
Cloud Software Defined Storage Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP25.4%
Portworx Enterprise27.4%
IBM Spectrum Scale25.1%
Other22.099999999999994%
Cloud Software Defined Storage
Deduplication Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance5.5%
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain25.4%
HPE StoreOnce18.1%
Other51.0%
Deduplication Software
 

Featured Reviews

Punit Waghela - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
SG
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Backup management excels with user-friendly interface and effective deduplication, offering robust data protection
Leveraging AI in Veritas NetBackup Appliance is one of the road maps now that they have done a collaboration with Cohesity, which is a feature I'm looking forward to. Using AI is one improvement I recommend for the Veritas NetBackup Appliance. They have implemented some aspects of AI for features such as malware detection and anomaly detection. I believe they can do more to give customers more insight into their data, allowing them to see it and understand what they can do, such as archiving old data. They can do more by utilizing the data effectively to provide insights to customers about their space usage, future projections, and options for managing old data.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise53
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise27
 

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.
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 experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
The price is slightly expensive for small and medium enterprises. If they can review the prices, we feel it would be beneficial, especially for the African market.
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
Veritas NetBackup Appliance as a product is good, but currently the support services are weaker. Technical support and call logging support need improvement. The main issue is with technical suppor...
What is your primary use case for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
This requirement is based on what the customer wanted. For example, hospitality customers want Veritas NetBackup Appliance because they are familiar with the options, it is easy to use, easy to con...
 

Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO
NetBackup Appliance
 

Overview

 

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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