NetApp Cloud Insights delivers significant efficiencies in addressing performance issues as experienced by an application team running on a single VM. The VMware team must methodically check each component—servers, switches, and storage—to find the cause of application slowness, which is time-consuming and frustrating for all parties. With NetApp Cloud Insights, a single click allows for immediate identification of whether the issue is with the storage, server, or network, ensuring faster resolution and improved customer satisfaction. I would rate NetApp Cloud Insights a nine out of ten.
Storage Engineer at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Aug 19, 2020
It is worth a small amount of effort to activate at the free tier: To see whether there is anything there which might help your business. Then, if you feel there will be stuff there, then maybe you can look at getting some licensing for the non-NetApp side of it. I would rate this product as a seven out of 10.
Sr. storage Administrator at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Real User
Top 20
Nov 2, 2023
I rate NetApp Cloud Insights eight out of 10. It has some room to grow. I only say eight because sometimes it's a little difficult to interpret what the metrics mean. They can report on these metrics, track them, and train them, but there is never a good answer about what they mean. I realized it's hard to do when you're integrating with 30-something products. I can highlight it and get some context clues about what's happening, but it doesn't give me the scope or the impact. It will tell you that if you're seeing these types of issues, contact your support vertical to resolve them. However, if you're reporting on these metrics, it could be helpful to get large amounts of information within that menu or a submenu.
Product Manager - Netapp at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Apr 6, 2023
I give the solution a nine out of ten. No maintenance is required. The data retention is only for a one-year period of time. For longer retention, the customer must download and store the data somewhere. NetApp Cloud Insights is an excellent product that can be used regardless of whether we are using NetApp, HP, Dell, or Nutanix. One of the great things about this product is that there is a freeware license available for customers who manage up to 500 gigabytes. However, this license has limited features and does not include reporting.
Learn what your peers think about NetApp Data Infrastructure Insights. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
Director of IT at a logistics company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Oct 20, 2020
Work with NetApp to get the best support possible. The biggest lesson I've learned from using the solution has been understanding the relational side of things, how our nodes interact with each other, and how applications can affect multiple nodes in our environment. It's helped us to load balance to make our environment more efficient. Because it was so easy to deploy I would rate it a 10 out of 10.
Information Technology Consultant at TELUS Corporation
Consultant
Oct 11, 2020
The biggest lesson I have learned is that basic licensing that is free, is useless. That is the biggest lesson. The basic free Cloud Insights does everything, but only with NetApp products, and this information alone doesn't add value to our troubleshooting. I would rate NetApp Cloud Insights a nine out of ten. I really liked the product. I would have bought it if it wasn't for the cost. I had a perfect business case for it but it didn't work out.
Senior Systems Administrator at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 19, 2020
My advice would be to take a look at it, do a PoC, and see all the value that it can add, and all the power that it provides. We rely on it to manage the storage, to look at trending, and determine where we're going to have problems. We can deal with things before they become problems. That's probably the most powerful thing that we get out of it. I don't think a day goes by that we don't utilize it.
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NetApp Cloud Insights delivers significant efficiencies in addressing performance issues as experienced by an application team running on a single VM. The VMware team must methodically check each component—servers, switches, and storage—to find the cause of application slowness, which is time-consuming and frustrating for all parties. With NetApp Cloud Insights, a single click allows for immediate identification of whether the issue is with the storage, server, or network, ensuring faster resolution and improved customer satisfaction. I would rate NetApp Cloud Insights a nine out of ten.
It is worth a small amount of effort to activate at the free tier: To see whether there is anything there which might help your business. Then, if you feel there will be stuff there, then maybe you can look at getting some licensing for the non-NetApp side of it. I would rate this product as a seven out of 10.
I rate NetApp Cloud Insights eight out of 10. It has some room to grow. I only say eight because sometimes it's a little difficult to interpret what the metrics mean. They can report on these metrics, track them, and train them, but there is never a good answer about what they mean. I realized it's hard to do when you're integrating with 30-something products. I can highlight it and get some context clues about what's happening, but it doesn't give me the scope or the impact. It will tell you that if you're seeing these types of issues, contact your support vertical to resolve them. However, if you're reporting on these metrics, it could be helpful to get large amounts of information within that menu or a submenu.
I rate NetApp Cloud Insights nine out of 10.
Overall, I would rate it ten out of ten.
I give the solution a nine out of ten. No maintenance is required. The data retention is only for a one-year period of time. For longer retention, the customer must download and store the data somewhere. NetApp Cloud Insights is an excellent product that can be used regardless of whether we are using NetApp, HP, Dell, or Nutanix. One of the great things about this product is that there is a freeware license available for customers who manage up to 500 gigabytes. However, this license has limited features and does not include reporting.
I would rate Cloud Insights eight out of ten.
I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Work with NetApp to get the best support possible. The biggest lesson I've learned from using the solution has been understanding the relational side of things, how our nodes interact with each other, and how applications can affect multiple nodes in our environment. It's helped us to load balance to make our environment more efficient. Because it was so easy to deploy I would rate it a 10 out of 10.
The biggest lesson I have learned is that basic licensing that is free, is useless. That is the biggest lesson. The basic free Cloud Insights does everything, but only with NetApp products, and this information alone doesn't add value to our troubleshooting. I would rate NetApp Cloud Insights a nine out of ten. I really liked the product. I would have bought it if it wasn't for the cost. I had a perfect business case for it but it didn't work out.
My advice would be to take a look at it, do a PoC, and see all the value that it can add, and all the power that it provides. We rely on it to manage the storage, to look at trending, and determine where we're going to have problems. We can deal with things before they become problems. That's probably the most powerful thing that we get out of it. I don't think a day goes by that we don't utilize it.