Google Drive Enterprise vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

Google and NetApp are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Google is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.5, while NetApp is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0. Google holds a 2.0% mindshare in CS, compared to NetApp’s 12.9% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Google Drive Enterprise

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97% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Google Drive Enterprise are compared based on their features, room for improvement, ease of deployment, and pricing and ROI. Google Drive Enterprise has the upper hand due to its feature set and overall user satisfaction.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is praised for its efficient data management, storage optimization, and scalability. Google Drive Enterprise is valued for its collaboration tools, integration with other Google services, and ease of access from various devices. Users find NetApp's data management superior but highlight Google Drive's robust collaboration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP could improve by enhancing its interface, simplifying the setup process, and making it more user-friendly. For Google Drive Enterprise, users recommend better synchronization features, more advanced administrative controls, and technical advancements. NetApp needs user-friendly improvements, while Google Drive requires technical advancements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployment is viewed as straightforward, but some users report needing expert assistance. Its customer service is generally rated highly. Google Drive Enterprise is noted for its seamless deployment process, with users appreciating the limited need for technical support. Google Drive has the edge here due to its simplicity and minimal support dependency.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers competitive pricing with a favorable ROI, mainly due to its storage efficiency. Google Drive Enterprise's pricing is higher, but users feel the extensive features justify the cost, providing good ROI. NetApp is seen as cost-effective, whereas Google Drive's higher cost is balanced by its richer feature set.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Drive Enterprise

Ranking in Cloud Storage

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Content Collaboration Platforms (6th)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Storage

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Backup (9th), Public Cloud Storage Services (5th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Google Drive Enterprise is 2.0%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 12.9%, down from 13.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AshwinMor

Senior Test Lead at HCL Technologies

Offers the most simplest and easiest UI to use

I would not like many changes in the tool, but I think the 15 GB space provided by Google Drive Enterprise needs to be increased to around 25 five GB, as it would be really helpful for users. These days, the resolution of pictures and everything else has been increased. If you take a picture from an iPhone, it could easily be of around seven to eight GB. Photos are memories that one would want to keep or store properly. I believe that it is not possible to save a lot of photos in Google Drive Enterprise since it only provides 15 GB to users. The product does not offer a bit more storage space for users, which makes it an area that needs to be considered for improvement.

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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

"Accessing their services is simple, user-friendly, and does not require a lot of technology."

"The program is very stable."

"The solution's most valuable features are its flexibility and accessibility."

"Offers good storage."

"The most valuable features of the solution are in areas like synchronization and backup."

"Google Drive Enterprise has helped compile data in one spot."

"can create Google Docs links directly in Google Drive and choose whether to give edit or view access. As the owner of the link, I like that flexibility."

"Though I don't see a major difference between Google Drive Enterprise and other competitors, I find that the solution is easy to use. You just need to connect to it and upload files and give access to users who need access to the files. It's very easy to manage files and share files on Google Drive Enterprise, and these are its most valuable features."

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"The most valuable feature is its exceptional performance and storage efficiency."

"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."

"Another feature which gets a lot of attention in our environment is the File Services Solutions in the cloud, because it's a completely, fully-managed service. We don't have to take care of any updates, upgrades, or configurations."

"The most valuable features are that it's reliable, simple, and performs well."

"If you have a fair amount of experience with NetApp, you can work on it very easily."

"NetApp's XCP Migration Tool... was pretty awesome. It replicated the data faster than any other tool that I've seen. That was a big help."

"Its features help us to have a backup of our volumes using the native technology of NetApp ONTAP. That way, we don't have to invest in other solutions for our backup requirement. Also, it helps us to replicate the data to another geographic location so that helps us to save on the costs of backup products."

"This solution has made everything easier to do."

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Cons

"The product does not offer a bit more storage space for users, which makes it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."

"There are a few kinks to work out at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple and extremely useful."

"The solution's capacity could be increased to store more documents."

"The feature for synchronization of data from multiple systems with the same single ID is not happening in Google Drive. This feature should be added. For example, if I have only one single mail ID and I'm using it in a different location to upload different data, this is the challenge. It is happening from one system or one server. The synchronization of data from the local system to Google Drive will not happen if the IDs are the same. If I'm using it for different systems in different locations, synchronization is not happening. The system hets logged out. This feature is very important for us and they need to add it."

"There are still many restrictions on what the solution can do on the GenAI front, and much work needs to be done there."

"There is really not too much that I think needs to be added to the product to improve it. Some of the features within Sheets could be enhanced so this product is a more complete replacement for Excel."

"I am not sure what will happen if you forget to renew your license."

"Improvements could include better editing features within a Word document, similar to the characteristics of on-premises versions, such as more formatting functions. Another improvement could be file transfer from the browser to the desktop, making it as simple as drag and drop."

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"We want to be able to add more than six disks in aggregate, but there is a limit of the number of disks in aggregate. In GCP, they provide less by limiting the sixth disk in aggregate. In Azure, the same solution provides 12 disks in an aggregate versus GCP where it is just half that amount. They should bump up the disk in aggregate requirement so we don't have to migrate the aggregate from one to another when the capacities are full."

"The automated deployment was a bit complex using the public APIs. When we had to deploy Cloud Volumes ONTAP on a regular basis using automation, It could be a bit of a challenge."

"When Azure does their maintenance, they do maintenance on one node at a time. With the two nodes of the CVO, it can automatically fail over from one node to the node that is staying up. And when the first node comes back online, it will fail back to the first node. We have had issues with everything failing back 100 percent correctly."

"NetApp's support could improve"

"I would like to see better integration with Active IQ."

"We have customers that are still using IBM mainframes and that very old SNA architecture from IBM. There are questions about how you interconnect the data on the mainframe side... But I don't know if it's worth it for NetApp to invest in developing products to include mainframes for a few customers."

"The key feature, that we'd like to see in that is the ability to sync between regions within the AWS and Azure regions. We could use the cloud sync service, but we'd really like that native functionality within the cloud volume service."

"The support is good in general but the initial, front-line support could be improved. Because I have already been using the product for so long, when I call support I would rather talk to somebody who is a little bit more advanced or senior, rather than talking to the first-level support. Usually, it takes some time to reach out to their senior support."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has a subscription-based license."

"I have evaluated Amazon AWS and IBM solutions. Amazon AWS has competitive prices for cloud storage and backups."

"Google Drive is free."

"The product is not expensive."

"The licensing is yearly. We pay for the high-tier subscription."

"I am using the free version."

"In the free subscription, Google Drive Enterprise provides limited integrations. You get basic integration features, but for more extensive API usage, a paid subscription is required. Even with the paid subscription, there are limits on free API usage, such as a certain number of calls per day or month."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."

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"For NetApp it's about $20,000 for a single node and $30,000 for the HA."

"The pricing of this solution is definitely higher than what the typical Azure Files and AWS solutions charge, but given the features and the stability NetApp has provided, we are okay with it. We are not complaining about the pricing."

"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."

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

"If a customer is only using, say, less than 10 terabytes, I don't think CVO would be a good option. A customer using at least 100 or 200 terabytes should get a reasonable price from NetApp."

"Our licensing is based on a yearly subscription. That is an additional cost, but because of the storage efficiencies that the NetApp gives, even with the additional cost of the NetApp license, you still end up saving money versus straight Azure native for storage. It's definitely worth it."

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

"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was good, but it was a test system, not a real purchase."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

17%

Government

12%

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

52%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Drive Enterprise?

With Google Drive Enterprise, multiple people can edit a document, and you can open it as Google Docs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Drive Enterprise?

We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution.

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What needs improvement with Google Drive Enterprise?

The search function in Google Drive Enterprise could be improved as it currently requires looking through many documents to find the right one. I am not aware of the security level it provides, and...

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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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Also Known As

Drive Enterprise, Google Drive

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

Drive Enterprise enables you to transform how your business stores, accesses, and secures files, all without extensive change management. Drive Enterprise is a standalone offering with usage-based pricing that includes all the features of Drive.

Google

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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