NetApp ONTAP Reviews

Name: NetApp ONTAP
Brand: NetApp
Rating: 4.3 (76 reviews)

4.3 out of 5

76 reviews
98% willing to recommend

What is NetApp ONTAP?

NetApp is the data authority for hybrid cloud. We provide a full range of hybrid cloud data services that simplify management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments to accelerate digital transformation. Together with our partners, we empower global organizations to unleash the full potential of their data to expand customer touchpoints, foster greater innovation and optimize their operations.

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NetApp ONTAP is the #1 ranked solution in top Storage Software solutions. PeerSpot users give NetApp ONTAP an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. NetApp ONTAP is most commonly compared to DataCore SANsymphony: NetApp ONTAP vs DataCore SANsymphony. NetApp ONTAP is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 67% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a manufacturing company, accounting for 20% of all views.

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Featured NetApp ONTAP reviews

Christopher Cagayan

IT Server and Storage Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

NetApp ONTAP is scalable. They have two types of scalability, "scale up" and "scale out." With "scale up," you can get up to petabytes of data if you have the money to buy those servers and add them to the system. And "scale out" also, you can buy additional controllers, up to 12 nodes, which is pretty good when you are a big company. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. NetApp is one of our organization's main storage systems. Every application is scattered on all of our NetApp devices. Applications won't run without it because they need to pull data from NetApp ONTAP.

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Dan Pride

Senior IT Specialist at HIAa

We manage all of our storage with it. In terms of the version, we're in the process of going to the newest version. It's probably 9.12 Resiliency is the big one for us. Its ease of use, for the most part, through the interfaces is valuable. It's very expensive. I have been using this solution…

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reviewer2561004

Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin

NetApp allows a lot more ease to conduct business, especially with the customer. In our organization, a lot of solutions may seem simple, but we have to get through the hoops. For government security reasons, it is very hard to find solutions, and NetApp has done a very good job at being IL6 compliant. They have made it easier for us to be compliant with our customers. It allows us to speed up processes that normally would take days. That is the way we currently use it. We are still looking into other ways we could use it, but right now, it allows us to transfer and move data extremely faster than what we were doing before. It is at least 60% to 70% faster.

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NetApp ONTAP mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of NetApp ONTAP in the Storage Software category stands at 42.9%, up from 42.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports based on NetApp ONTAP reviews

Type	Title	Date
Category	Storage Software	Mar 13, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Mar 13, 2025	Download
Comparison	NetApp ONTAP vs DataCore SANsymphony	Mar 13, 2025	Download
Comparison	NetApp ONTAP vs Dell PowerPath	Mar 13, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
DataCore SANsymphony	4.6	30.2%	97%	56 interviews Add to research
Dell PowerPath	4.2	11.1%	100%	8 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"The single management plane in NetApp ONTAP, with BlueXP and Cloud Insights, is valuable. It allows us to see globally all physical and cloud-hosted systems within one management plane, which is a big plus."
"Our organization is short-staffed, and ONTAP's ease of storage management is well-suited to our small team."
"The whole point of our project and the team I lead is that we wanted to be able to move data from a ship back to shore. With ONTAP, we are able to do that extremely fast, especially based on the way we were doing it before."

Room for Improvement

"One of the challenges we have is the ability to tag data with ownership for internal billing and chargeback. We have to utilize some third-party tools for that. It would be good if they were integrated with NetApp ONTAP. Everything else is pretty good."
"ONTAP's GUI does not encompass all the features available in the CLI."
"Sometimes, we face problems with support."

ROI

Calculating ROI on NetApp ONTAP directly wasn\'t specified by all users. However, multiple users confirmed observing ROI benefits. Key advantages noted include reliable performance, ease of management, and staff reductions in managing storage systems due to software efficiencies. Additionally, NetApp ONTAP\'s compression and deduplication technologies are highly valued, especially for enhancing data handling across diverse cloud environments. These capabilities facilitate substantial operational savings and efficiency improvements.

Pricing

"It has been cost-efficient. Compared to our legacy Dell infrastructure, we have realized cost savings. It is good."
"NetApp ONTAP is moderately priced."
"The product is a bit expensive."

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