NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS comparison

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS are both solutions in the Cloud Migration category. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ranked #2 with an average rating of 9.5, while NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS is ranked #34. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP holds a 6.2% mindshare in CM, compared to NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS users who would recommend it.

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Cloud Migration

2nd

Ranking in Cloud Storage

9th

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

12th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (28th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)

NetApp Cloud Volumes Servic...

Ranking in Cloud Migration

34th

Ranking in Cloud Storage

36th

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

26th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Migration category, the mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 6.2%, down from 14.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Migration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	6.2%
NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS	1.3%
Other	92.5%

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reviewer5948293

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Offers performance control and cloud integration while supporting data management with granular flexibility

The scalability of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is interesting. We have thought about it, but we haven't used it. I think the scalability is something you scale up rather than respond to peak demand. It wouldn't help with outages either; the scaling is manual, and there are no processes we've used to automate that for unexpected scenarios. We like the scalability; it's enough for what we're planning to use, but we haven't used any advanced features. The standard platform is NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which is their cloud service. In fact, that's probably the most experience I have with NetApp. I've experienced it on-premise, but kind of secondhand.

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reviewer2039379

Solution Architect at a university with 10,001+ employees

Great migrations, useful integrations, and offers good data replication

The local libraries from NetApp to NetApp are good. This way, we don't have to put the middleman in between to do the transition or conversion. The NetApp Cloud Volume Services for AWS has been helping migrate workloads onto the cloud. We did migrate a couple of native applications into AWS using this, and it was helpful. In terms of the integration with AWS native services, I did not configure it by myself. There was another team who did it. That said, I presume they didn't run into any issues, which is why we are using it. While the solution did not help us reduce the amount of storage, it allowed us to have data replicated across on-premises and in the cloud, so that we have a backup in DR. While it did not reduce the footprint, it helped DR expansion. It increased redundancy. Since deploying the product, we have not been affected by ransomware or other external threats.

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Pros

"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."

"The solution's high-availability features are cost-effective for us because we are able to use the cloud benefits to reduce the cost of DR."

"ONTAP's snapshot copies and thin clones in terms of operational recovery are pretty useful in recovering your data from a time in a snapshot. That's pretty useful for when you have an event where a disaster struck and then you need to recover all your data. It's pretty helpful and pretty fast in those terms."

"It offers ease of use and a comprehensive suite of applications, including features like SnapMirror, SnapVault, and unified snapshot management, all bundled into a single product."

"It gives us a way to optimize resource usage in the public cloud, without overpaying or wasting resources, while providing unified storage no matter what data you have and ensuring we have control of the data and know what it's being used for."

"We're using snapshots as well and it's a pretty useful feature. That is one of the main NetApp benefits. Knowing how to use snapshots in the on-prem environment, using snapshots on the cloud solution was natural for us."

"NetApp is a user-friendly solution, and I would recommend it to colleagues because of its user-friendliness for implementation and running your operations."

"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."

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"The NetApp Cloud Volume Services for AWS has been helping migrate workloads onto the cloud. We did migrate a couple of native applications into AWS using this, and it was helpful."

Cons

"They definitely need to stay more on top of security vulnerabilities."

"I would like to have more management tools. They are difficult to work with, so I would like them to be a bit more user-friendly."

"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."

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

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

"I have used technical support and it's mediocre."

"One difficulty is that it has no SAP HANA certification. The asset performance restrictions create challenges with the infrastructure underneath: The disks and stuff like that often have lower latencies than SAP HANA itself has to have."

"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."

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"We'd like the solution to be less expensive and offer lower latency."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"Cloud is cloud. It's still expensive. Any good solution comes with a price tag. That's where we are looking to see how well we can manage our data in the cloud by trying to optimize the costs."

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

"For enterprise customers, it's a very cost effective. But in the SMB segment, yeah, pricing is a little bit challenge for your time."

"The AWS consumer-based pricing model makes it easy for developers to use their credit cards to spin up virtual servers immediately."

"If we wanted to use the AWS solution, we would have to manage two or three different platforms and pay more money than what we should have to pay, as some of the features don't even exist. If we wanted to, we could use AWS cloning, but it is useless because it uses more space, is more expensive, and takes more time."

"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."

"We find the pricing to be favorable due to the educational sector we belong to."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

12%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

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Small Business

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Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	53

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is actually quite reasonable in price compared to other native cloud storage options. For example, a customer using 100 TB of AWS storage would not benefit from deduplica...

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.

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I use NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP mostly in customer companies.

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Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Cloud Volumes Service for AWS, NetApp CVS for AWS, CVS for AWS

Overview

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.

NetApp

NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS offers a robust, scalable cloud storage solution designed to meet advanced storage needs on AWS. It enables seamless data management with exemplary performance, making it an excellent choice for demanding workloads.

NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS is engineered to provide enterprise-grade storage that integrates natively with AWS. It delivers superior performance for high demanding applications with features like rapid data cloning, multiprotocol support, and advanced data protection. Designed for adaptability, it serves diverse industries with precision, ensuring reliable data management and quick deployment.

What are the key features of NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS?

Multi-Protocol Support: Offers NFS, SMB, and dual-protocol access.
Data Protection: Includes snapshots and cloning for backup and recovery.
High Performance: Delivers low-latency storage for demanding workloads.
Seamless Integration: Works effortlessly with AWS services and environments.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Scalability: Easily adapts to increasing data storage requirements.
Cost Efficiency: Optimizes expenditure through tailored pricing models.
Reliability: Ensures consistent uptime with robust backup options.
Flexibility: Supports multiple cloud architectures and services.

NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for AWS plays a crucial role in industries like finance, healthcare, and media by streamlining data-heavy applications and ensuring compliance with stringent data management regulations. Its adaptability allows companies to leverage data workflows efficiently, ensuring optimized performance in industry-specific scenarios.

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Sample Customers

1. Accenture 2. Acer 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. AIG 6. Apple 7. Bank of America 8. Barclays 9. Bayer 10. Berkshire Hathaway 11. BNP Paribas 12. Cisco 13. Coca-Cola 14. Comcast 15.ConocoPhillips 16. CVS Health 17. Dell 18. Deutsche Bank 19. eBay 20. Eli Lilly 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. Freescale Semiconductor 24. General Electric 25. Google 26. Honeywell 27. IBM 28. Intel 29. Intuit 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kellogg's 32. KeyCorp 33. Liberty Mutual 34. L'Oréal 35. Mastercard

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