Delphix vs NetApp SnapCenter comparison

The compared Delphix and NetApp solutions aren't in the same category. Delphix is ranked #1 in TDM , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 30.3% mindshare in the category. NetApp is ranked #36 in BRS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of Delphix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Delphix

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81% willing to recommend

NetApp SnapCenter

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Delphix and NetApp SnapCenter based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Test Data Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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

Categories and Ranking

Delphix

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Data Management (1st), Copy Data Management (1st), Data Masking (1st)

NetApp SnapCenter

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (36th)

Mindshare comparison

Delphix and NetApp SnapCenter aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Delphix is designed for Test Data Management and holds a mindshare of 30.3%, up 28.8% compared to last year.
NetApp SnapCenter, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 0.6% mindshare, down 0.6% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

Amit-Rastogi

TDM Architect at T-Mobile

Handles large volumes of data with ease, but the self-service portal must be more user-friendly

My advice depends on an organization’s needs. If an organization has a large volume of data, Delphix is a good choice. It is robust and very efficient with large volumes of data and different kinds of databases. If someone is looking for a one-stop solution with all features and capabilities, they must consider a different tool. Overall, I rate the product a six or seven out of ten.

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Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Integrates well with various applications , provides a cloning feature for creating snapshots or clones of volume and a centralized command

It is basically centralized command control software. When the users visualize the workflow of the backup, the management and the customer storage administrator know the ins and outs of the backup and recovery. They can make the strategy for their backup and recovery and the certainty of their backups and restore. Strategic planning: Also, it is easy to make a strategy when you have visualized the inflow and outflow of the backup and recovery. With the CLI or native way, without any UI or management tool, you might not be able to create any strategy at all. This is especially important when you have multiple storage systems inside your data center or organization. You need a tool that connects and visualizes the workflow of the backup and recovery from all the storage systems and NetApp storage systems installed within the organization. It is very important when you have multiple storage systems, and you need to manage your backup and recovery workflow. Ease of Management: Unlike other storage vendors, NetApp has its own product called SnapCenter. Other vendors need to acquire third-party software or integrate with other software to manage storage systems. NetApp has its own solution, which is SnapCenter. NetApp's SnapCenter gels well with their storage systems and products. Ease of management is already there. It's a fine software with easy installation, management, and understanding. It's not a complicated software to understand.

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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

"Delphix can do data masking in any format. Not many solutions can do that."

"The solution's most valuable feature is data cloning."

"The product is efficient in handling large volumes of data."

"It is a stable solution."

"Delphix's technical support is fairly knowledgeable."

"It provides the ability to roll back to a point in time or roll forward without the assistance of a DBA."

"The most valuable aspect is the product is easy to manage, with a good dashboard. We can easily configure it on the front end and back end."

"Delphix's data distribution is powerful. It's easy to distribute data with this solution. The main advantage of Delphix is that it generates copies of data."

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"The initial setup was straightforward."

"Most banks and financial institutions use the solution."

"You can quickly deploy new virtual environments. It provides efficient and easy-to-use data protection. If a file goes missing or corruption occurs, you can restore it swiftly using the snap restore feature, allowing you to return to work almost immediately."

"It helps with strategic planning because it is easy to make a strategy when you have visualized the inflow and outflow of the backup and recovery."

"The central pane view is the most valuable feature. You have one console where you can monitor all your jobs, as opposed to going to different vCenters."

"Being able to add everything in as resource groups is a valuable feature... Having all the SQL servers put into specific buckets, based on their year of release - 2008, 2012, 2014 - allows us to get almost immediate backups that are easily seen and reported on."

"The backup features are the most valuable because they allow the DBAs to replace SnapManager for Oracle (SMO), which is going away, and to do cloning as well. We can also clone to different servers and have the actual backup clone mounted on different servers. And we can split easily too."

"The product’s most valuable feature is cloning."

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Cons

"One thing I would like to see improved is the unusual error messages we receive and some slowness we have while we are updating."

"It would be good if any CI/CD and DevOps-aligned feature could be triggered through the DevOps pipeline."

"Delphix is a strong solution for virtualization, but it's not strong enough for creating data, so we have to use another solution for creating new data."

"Could be improved with richer reporting capabilities."

"As a commercial model, it's very good. However, maybe it would be nice for Delphix to integrate with some other platforms."

"Delphix could be improved with better usability and an agentless option."

"My only complaint about this solution is the price."

"When it comes to unstructured and structured data, if Delphix can comply with the requirements for most of the structured data, it would be good, especially if it can include the data scanning part."

More Delphix cons

"Some of the minor functionalities from SnapManager did not transfer over to SnapCenter. These should be added in future releases."

"I feel a little bit that during the whole process of putting this software into production we were like a beta program. It was full of bugs... For example, we had a problem with truncating our Exchange log files... It has improved over time."

"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."

"Groups might be helpful for each site or data center so that we know a given data center has these resources while another data center has those resources. It's not always easy to group hosts by type."

"I have an issue with SnapCenter because sometimes a VM cannot be backed up... The way SnapCenter works is that it makes a backup of all the VMs and then it removes all the old backups. If one VM cannot be backed up for some reason, it has already created a new backup for all the VMs but it cannot remove the old backups. It ends up creating so many backups in VMware and it will cause a performance problem if the condition is not fixed."

"The documentation could be a little bit better so that we could handle more of the troubleshooting ourselves, rather than having to go through support."

"There is one area that needs improvement and that's in the alerting. When you set up your SMTP alerts, it only has - and I don't understand why - the ability to send an anonymous SMTP. It doesn't do basic authentication, which frustrated me for a while until I figured out that I'm not missing something. It's just not there."

"I would like to see replication support between systems. Right now, it's kind of limited. We manage them separately from the storage system interface, not from SnapCenter. It would be nice if it was integrated into SnapCenter."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing was reasonable and lower than one million."

"Delphix's pricing is affordable."

"I would say the price is a little high but affordable for our needs."

"It is an expensive solution."

"The cost is $370K annually for the Delphix Masking Engine and Delphix Virtualization Engine."

"The product is a little bit expensive."

"I rate the product price seven to eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is the low price, and ten is the high price."

"The product is inexpensive."

"We have a site license, so it comes with the product."

"Pricing is very good because if you already have NepApp controllers, then it's included."

"It's free. The license is included with other NetApp products."

"It comes free with the amount of equipment we purchase from NetApp. In terms of pricing, zero is my favorite number."

"The licensing is well-designed because it's already included in some packages with NetApp storage. Therefore, for most customers, it's okay as the SnapCenter license is already included in some NetApp bundles."

"The license for SnapCenter was included with the storage array."

"We see a financial value with SnapCenter because we don't have to license Commvault, which is pretty expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

12%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

22%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Delphix?

The performance offered by the product, its price, and its ability to handle structured and unstructured data were good when compared to the other products in the market.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delphix?

The solution's pricing was reasonable and lower than one million.

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What needs improvement with Delphix?

It would be good if any CI/CD and DevOps-aligned feature could be triggered through the DevOps pipeline. Right now, we have to trigger the jobs and then integrate them with DevOps, which requires s...

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What do you like most about NetApp SnapCenter?

Most banks and financial institutions use the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp SnapCenter?

If you have a license, you don't need to buy anything extra. If you have multiple storage systems and want to manage them with a central tool, you are covered.

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What needs improvement with NetApp SnapCenter?

There is always a chance for improvement. One thing that might be improved is the ease of management. It might be made a little less complicated.

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Overview

Delphix is a software company that specializes in data virtualization and data management solutions. The company's primary product is the Delphix Dynamic Data Platform, which enables organizations to streamline data operations and accelerate application development.

Delphix focuses on solving data challenges faced by enterprises, such as data provisioning, data masking, data integration, and data versioning. The platform works by creating virtual copies of data, known as "data pods," which are lightweight and can be easily accessed and shared across various environments, such as development, testing, and analytics.

Delphix Features:

Data Virtualization: Create virtual data copies without physical copies, reducing storage needs.
Data Masking: Secure sensitive data with realistic yet fictional information for privacy and compliance.
Data Integration: Streamline data integration and provisioning across various sources and platforms.
Data Versioning: Manage multiple data versions for rollbacks, comparisons, and compliance.
Self-Service Data Management: Empower users to access and refresh data copies independently, boosting productivity.
DataOps Automation: Automate data operations for faster application development and streamlined workflows.

Delphix is used by organizations across various industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, and technology, to accelerate software development, improve data security, and enhance data management practices.

Delphix Benefits:

Data agility: Rapid provisioning of virtual data copies speeds up application development.
Storage efficiency: Lightweight virtual copies reduce storage needs and infrastructure costs.
Data security and compliance: Robust data masking ensures privacy and regulatory compliance.
Enhanced collaboration: Simultaneous access to data promotes teamwork and knowledge sharing.
Faster data integration: Seamless integration with various sources improves accessibility and insights.
Improved data governance: Centralized control enforces consistency and supports compliance.
Reduced risk and resilience: Data versioning allows easy rollbacks and recovery.
Operational efficiency: Automation streamlines processes and improves resource allocation.
Cost savings: Optimized storage and streamlined workflows lead to reduced expenses.

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot user, Product Owner & Scrum master at a financial services firm, says that "Delphix's data distribution is powerful. It's easy to distribute data with this solution. The main advantage of Delphix is that it generates copies of data."

Niaz Aziz, Projects Team Lead at Azeemi Technologies, states that Delphix “Has good scalability and works efficiently for data visualization”

Another PeerSpot user, DevOps ERP Engineer at a tech services company, writes that Delphix has “Excellent working environment, with continuous updates and affordable pricing”

Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.

Sample Customers

Alberta Blue Cross, Fastweb, SABMiller, California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA), Molina Healthcare, AT&T, Nike, Facebook, eBay, Comcast, IBM, HP, Intel, Avaya, BNP Paribas, P&B, Toyota, Walmart, Best Western, Directv, JPMorganChase, Verizon, Bank of the West, Fannie Mae

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