AvePoint Cloud Backup vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

AvePoint and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Backup category. AvePoint is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.7, while NetApp is ranked #9 with an average rating of 9.0. AvePoint holds a 3.8% mindshare in CB, compared to NetApp’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of AvePoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and AvePoint Cloud Backup compete in the cloud data management and protection category. NetApp seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive cloud integration and data protection features, although AvePoint's focused backup functions meet specific business needs.

Features: NetApp is noted for its data management capabilities, high availability, and data protection features such as SnapMirror and SnapVault. It provides versatility in a unified storage solution that supports both Linux and Windows and boasts efficient data compression and cloning capabilities. AvePoint Cloud Backup excels with granular restore capabilities, particularly with Office 365 and SharePoint, and offers features like Unlimited Storage and Immutable Storage tailored for SaaS environments.

Room for Improvement: NetApp users see a need for better cloud integration, improved data tiering support, and enhanced high-availability capabilities. There are also comments on its complex licensing and deployment process. AvePoint, while innovative, could improve its user interface, backup speed, and customer support. Additionally, some requests for more cost-effective industry solutions and better documentation exist.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp's deployment across diverse cloud environments is versatile, but technical support receives mixed reviews, with suggestions for improvement in initial support levels. AvePoint offers straightforward deployment with efficient customer support, although some users find initial support interactions challenging.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp is considered high-cost, justified by its comprehensive cloud integration. While its flexible pricing model can be complex due to additional cloud service fees, users recognize cost savings from efficient storage management. AvePoint’s subscription model is seen as expensive, but its user-friendly experience and storage options provide clear ROI, despite price considerations for smaller businesses.

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Categories and Ranking

AvePoint Cloud Backup

Ranking in Cloud Backup

11th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

SaaS Backup (3rd)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Backup

9th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Storage (1st), Public Cloud Storage Services (5th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of AvePoint Cloud Backup is 3.8%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Robert Hedblom

Cloud and Solution Principal Architect at sumNERV Provider AB

Focuses on not just backup but also on providing highly granular restore capabilities, ensuring that data can be restored at a very specific level rather than restoring entire environments

The fact that AvePoint focuses on restore capabilities, not just backup is valuable. The main intention of backup is to restore data, and that's the major differential with AvePoint compared to other vendors. Many claim to do backup, but that's not the same. The crucial part is the ability to perform granular restores, having restore-level objectives (RLO) instead of restoring entire SharePoint sites when you only need a single document. AvePoint excels in providing extremely granular restore capabilities with great Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). AvePoint Cloud Backup comes with Immutable Storage and our OPEX licensing model also includes Unlimited Storage.

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Pramod-Talekar

Sr Service Engineer at Evolent Health

Allows customers to manage SAN and NAS data within a single storage solution

The tool's most valuable features are the SnapLock and SnapMirror features. If something goes wrong with the data, we can restore it. This isn't a mirror; we store data in different locations. If there's an issue on the primary site, we can retrieve data from the secondary site. Multiprotocol support in NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is beneficial because it allows customers to manage SAN and NAS data within a single storage solution. This feature eliminates the need to purchase different types of storage.

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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

"The recovery options in Microsoft 365 are not adequate and it does not help to recover data from the recycle bin that is older than 90 days. The solution has made us more efficient and helps to recover data that is older than 90 days."

"I rate the overall solution a 9 out of 10."

"It is the best product in the market for Office 365 backup, and our customers are satisfied with it."

"The most promising feature of the product is data security policies, which make it simpler to include compliance processes."

"It is the only product in the market that offers platform backup."

"It is a very good and stable solution...With AvePoint's support, our experience has been exceptional"

"The most valuable features are the email backup and the SharePoint backup."

"The product's initial setup phase was super easy."

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"The Cloud Manager application that's on the NetApp cloud site is easy to use. You can set up and schedule replications from there, so you don't have to go into the ONTAP system. Another feature we've recently started using is the scheduled power off. We started with one client and have been slowly implementing it with others. We can cut costs by not having the VM run all the time. It's only on when it's doing replication, but it powers off after."

"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."

"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."

"Lastly, the API and web services are fairly good. That is an important feature too. We write some code to do different things. We have code that runs to make sure that everything is being backed up as we say it is and we try to also detect places where we may have missed a backup."

"It gives a solution for storage one place to go across everything. So, the customer is very familiar with NetApp on-prem. It allows them to gain access to the file piece. It helps them with the training aspect of it, so they don't have to relearn something new. They already know this product. They just have to learn some widgets or what it's like in the cloud to operate and deploy it in different ways."

"It's very easy to set up, and within 40 minutes, you can apply storage notes in Azure."

"This solution has helped us because it is easy to use."

"Its functionality and technical support are adequate to help prevent failure due to errors."

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Cons

"Some customers choose other backup solutions because AvePoint is Office 365 and CRM backup system, but they have other backup needs for Azure and so on. Such customers often choose another backup solution instead of AvePoint."

"The configuration could be made easier."

"The restoration could be faster."

"For improvement, AvePoint can provide details on how the tool's backup scope works."

"The product's price is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The component in the product that can be improved revolves around the area where the tool should focus on providing more of a custom touch to the policies."

"I would like to see improvements in the tool's initial seed. The initial seed of around 10 TB of SharePoint data took 45 days to complete."

"It is challenging for small or medium-sized businesses to purchase it."

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"I think the challenge now is more in terms of keeping an air gap. The notion that it is in the cloud, easy to break, etc. The challenge now is mostly about the air gap and how we can protect that in the cloud."

"Not a perfect ten because it's not very efficient with upgrades and management."

"The solution could be better when we're connecting to our S3 side of the house. Right now, it doesn't see it, and I'm not sure why."

"The encryption and deduplication features still have a lot of room for improvement."

"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."

"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."

"NetApp's support could improve"

"I'm very happy with the solution, the only thing that needs improvement is the web services API. It could be a little bit more straightforward. That's my only issue with it. It can get pretty complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The platform is more expensive than other vendors."

"I am not sure, but I believe that the cost is $7 USD per user."

"The pricing part of the solution is based on a subscription model, which is based on the number of users or storage capacity."

"I would say that the pricing policy of the product is flexible and good."

"I rate the product's price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive."

"It is very good for many of my customers in the banking and finance segments. The price isn't a problem there, but in some other industries, people ask for a cheaper solution. When the price is an issue for the customer, we recommend Veeam, Metallic."

"It costs a little bit more than other competitors in the market."

"Some flexibility around the licensing model would help. The product is licensed based on capacity. Basically, the largest capacity license that you can buy is 368 terabytes. At this point, NetApp is addressing some people's concerns around this."

"They have a very good price which keeps our customers happy."

"The cost is quite high."

"Our licensing costs are folded into the hardware purchases and I have never differentiated between the two."

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

"Cost is a big factor, because a lot of companies can't afford enterprise grade equipment all the time. They skimp where they can. I would recommend that they improve the cost."

"Once we deploy the pay as you go model, we cannot convert this product as a BYOL model. This is a concern that we have."

"The pricing could be improved. It is a good product, but it is very expensive for me."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Retailer

Educational Organization

51%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

How does AvePoint Cloud Backup compare with Veeam Backup for Office 365?

AvePoint Cloud Backup for MS Office 365 is a SaaS backup whose features include secure storage and unlimited and automated backups. The storage is saved in AvePoint’s Azure storage or it can also b...

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What do you like most about AvePoint Cloud Backup?

The product's initial setup phase was super easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AvePoint Cloud Backup?

When I deal with enterprises, good pricing is achieved. However, pricing becomes less favorable for smaller companies. Offering a package plan for multiple small clients would be beneficial.

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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?

The solution's pricing is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp's support could improve.

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ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

AvePoint Cloud Backup is a comprehensive data protection solution designed to safeguard critical business data stored in Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. It offers automated and secure backup and restore capabilities, ensuring that organizations can recover their data quickly in the event of accidental deletion, data corruption, or cyberattacks. With AvePoint Cloud Backup, businesses can easily manage and monitor their backup and restore processes through a centralized dashboard, enabling efficient data protection and compliance management.

This solution also provides granular recovery options, allowing users to restore individual files, folders, or entire sites with ease. AvePoint Cloud Backup offers flexible retention policies, enabling organizations to meet their specific data retention requirements.

Additionally, it provides advanced security features such as encryption and multi-factor authentication to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of backed-up data.

With its user-friendly interface and robust features, AvePoint Cloud Backup is a reliable and efficient solution for organizations seeking comprehensive data protection for their Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 environments.

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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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