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CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 15, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.4
CTERA's customer support is highly rated for its responsiveness and effectiveness in addressing urgent issues and engaging with clients.
Sentiment score
7.7
Veeam Data Platform's customer service is praised for its efficiency and accessibility, despite occasional slow response times.
High-priority issues are handled promptly.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
5.8
CTERA Enterprise File Services should enhance user experience, optimize updates, manage devices globally, and improve administration and legacy support.
Sentiment score
6.6
Veeam Data Platform needs cost, integration, reporting, replication, cloud support, simplified setup, security, scalability, and hypervisor compatibility improvements.
Compared to where we started, they've made significant improvements in the last five years.
The improvement we would like to see is the option to scale Veeam Data up in smaller sections rather than large sections, which requires paying much more.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
The CTERA platform is scalable and adaptable, though licensing models raise concerns about scalability for CPU and memory upgrades.
Sentiment score
5.9
Veeam Data Platform scales smoothly for various environments, supporting diverse setups with minimal performance issues, despite cost challenges.
If we need to upgrade CPU and memory, we should be able to do that without a license upgrade.
In order to scale Veeam Data Platform, we have to pay a lot more money.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.0
CTERA offers cost-effective enterprise file services, competitive against EMC, Nasuni, NetApp, and beneficial in Total Cost of Ownership.
Sentiment score
7.1
Veeam Data Platform is praised for cost-effective, flexible pricing, with strong value and predictable licensing models for enterprises.
CTERA's pricing seems to be on par with some of the other players, such as Nasuni and Azure.
From what I know, it is expensive to add modules, with a scale rating of eight out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
The CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform boasts excellent stability, minimal downtime, and high user satisfaction with reliable data access.
Sentiment score
8.8
Veeam Data Platform is praised for stability and reliability, with minor issues swiftly resolved, enhancing user satisfaction.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.0
CTERA Enterprise Platform provides scalable, flexible data management with easy infrastructure expansion, seamless backup, and adaptable resilience across hardware.
Sentiment score
8.7
Veeam Data Platform provides easy installation, robust backup, seamless integration, and advanced tools ensuring efficient, reliable data management and recovery.
As soon as something is written to the device, CTERA copies it to the cloud, where it's versioned with snapshots so we can recover it.
Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance.
 

Categories and Ranking

CTERA Enterprise File Servi...
Ranking in Cloud Backup
18th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
14th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
File System Software (5th), NAS (11th), Cloud Migration (9th), Cloud Storage (13th), Cloud Storage Gateways (4th), Content Collaboration Platforms (14th)
Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Cloud Backup
1st
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
422
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

Igal Muginstein - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers flexibility, fast performance, and ransomware protection
The platform is releasing new features at a fast pace, which sometimes leads to version updates every three to six months. Although updates are generally not complex, it is challenging to stop the production environment during these updates, even if the downtime is just a few minutes. This is a common challenge across all NAS providers. From my perspective, the most important area for improvement is developing a method to perform updates without affecting customer production environments. Additionally, there are some cache size limitations that might become problematic for future use cases, though they don’t impact current applications. Collaboration for NFS and SMB protocols could also be enhanced. Although this issue isn't specific to CTERA, it is something we are working on together to improve. The quality of the versions has improved, but occasional issues still arise. All solutions face this challenge, but we hope to see a continued reduction in the number of bugs. That said, we haven't had any major production problems in the last four years, and we appreciate how responsive CTERA is to our issues. We engage in brainstorming sessions together, and we value this relationship.
Tommy Myo Min Aung - PeerSpot reviewer
Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features
We use Veeam Backup Replication for the data center, desktop recovery, daily backups, and for storage offline The solution is a user-friendly interface. The solution could improve by having a version to be compatible with the Linux system. They have improved the storage depository using the…
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
65%
Financial Services Firm
5%
University
4%
Educational Organization
3%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
I would rate it a six out of ten for pricing. It is fairly priced. I am not too involved in the pricing of what we used to pay, but it would have reduced the cost of ownership. I cannot give a figu...
What needs improvement with CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
We have one of the early systems because we were early adopters. The new Edge filer that they have comes with a lot more features than what we purchased. It would be better if we are able to add th...
What is your primary use case for CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
The primary use case is production data storage. Our live projects get stored on the filers.
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How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
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Also Known As

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Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE
 

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Sample Customers

McDonald's, WPP, US Navy, Gore, Festo, Stryker, Bezeq, PERI
Business & Legal Resources Inc., Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Alliance Healthcare, Poulin Grain Inc., Linear Technology, Northwestern University, ARKEMA, Sogegross, City of Lynchburg
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