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CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 22, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

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Sentiment score
7.6
Veeam Data Platform enhances cost efficiency by reducing backup time, storage needs, and licensing costs, ensuring reliable data recovery.
Adding SSD storage to Windows file servers is expensive, and we no longer need to back up those devices.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.4
Users praise CTERA support for accessibility and effectiveness, highlighting strong relationships and quick resolution of high-priority issues.
Sentiment score
7.4
Veeam Data Platform's customer service is praised for its efficiency and accessibility, despite occasional slow response times.
High-priority issues are handled promptly.
I have not needed to contact technical support as frequently as before.
They have been able to work with us even when we look at licensing and the amount of licenses that we have to purchase for all these devices.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
CTERA scales efficiently for global users, but licensing and small device performance issues may impact expansion flexibility.
Sentiment score
7.5
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.
CTERA is a very scalable product, allowing us to grow.
In order to scale Veeam Data Platform, we have to pay a lot more money.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
CTERA has improved in stability and reliability, resolving most bugs and sync issues, enhancing user satisfaction overall.
Sentiment score
7.9
Veeam Data Platform is praised for stability and reliability, with minor issues swiftly resolved, enhancing user satisfaction.
It has been pretty stable since then.
We had things deployed for years, and we were suddenly getting cloud sync issues that were crashing our sites.
 

Room For Improvement

CTERA platform needs improved monitoring, updates, collaboration, storage, unified management, and smoother onboarding with minimal disruptions.
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.
One suggested improvement for the CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform is the ability to distribute data across multiple active backend storage nodes rather than the current limitation of a single active node.
It would be nice if there was an intermediary between HC400s and going bigger, something that would allow additional storage or even add storage to the HC400s, which recurrently cannot do.
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.
 

Setup Cost

CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform offers cost-effective pricing and favorable ownership costs, appealing to budget-conscious enterprises.
Veeam Data Platform is praised for cost-effective, flexible pricing, with strong value and predictable licensing models for enterprises.
Unlike other solutions that require hardware purchases, CTERA offers software licensing with flexibility across multiple infrastructure providers.
CTERA's pricing seems to be on par with some of the other players, such as Nasuni and Azure.
I find the pricing reasonable.
From what I know, it is expensive to add modules, with a scale rating of eight out of ten.
 

Valuable Features

CTERA Platform provides scalable, flexible file services with hybrid cloud support, data protection, and seamless access for efficient operations.
Veeam Data Platform provides easy installation, robust backup, seamless integration, and advanced tools ensuring efficient, reliable data management and recovery.
A vital advantage of this platform is its instantaneous recovery capability, allowing seamless access to a secondary gateway if the primary one fails.
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.
You can do all the right steps and follow the runbook that is provided by CTERA, but you still need CTERA to help you dig down deep when you find an issue because new ones happen all the time.
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
13th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
9th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
File System Software (3rd), NAS (8th), Cloud Migration (7th), Cloud Storage (10th), Cloud Storage Gateways (2nd), Content Collaboration Platforms (12th)
Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Cloud Backup
1st
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
422
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (5th), Cloud Monitoring Software (10th)
 

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.
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
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Comparison Review

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Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
67%
Financial Services Firm
5%
Educational Organization
4%
University
4%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
I find the pricing reasonable. They offered us deals that helped us. Especially with the upgrade to a bigger unit last year, they were helpful with the deal.
What needs improvement with CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
They fixed all the requirements that we had in the beginning. The beginning was a little bit rough, but we tuned it nicely. However, in some cases, they could improve performance.
What is your primary use case for CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform?
We use the CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform as a file share.
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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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