NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Wasabi comparison

NetApp and Wasabi Technologies are both solutions in the Public Cloud Storage Services category. NetApp is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0, while Wasabi Technologies is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.2. NetApp holds a 7.4% mindshare in PCSS, compared to Wasabi Technologies’s 6.4% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of Wasabi Technologies users who would recommend it.

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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95% willing to recommend

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77% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Wasabi are both cloud storage solutions with distinct features and capabilities. Based on user reviews, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP appears to have better data management features, while Wasabi is noted for its competitive pricing.

Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers advanced data management, integration options, and scalability, making it highly valuable for complex use cases. Wasabi provides straightforward and affordable storage without added complexities. Users prefer NetApp for intricate needs and Wasabi for cost-effective storage solutions.

Room for Improvement: NetApp users suggest enhancements in cost predictability and simplifying certain configurations, and better integration with other cloud services. Wasabi users recommend improving integration with other cloud services, enhancing data transfer speeds, and adding more security features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is praised for smooth implementation and robust customer support, though some find the initial setup complex. Wasabi is commended for its simple setup process and responsive customer service, making deployment easier.

Pricing and ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users report high initial setup costs but note good ROI due to extensive features. Wasabi users like the low setup costs and quick ROI due to its straightforward pricing model.

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

7th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (1st), Cloud Storage (2nd), Cloud Backup (14th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (1st)

Wasabi

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is 7.4%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wasabi is 6.4%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Pramod-Talekar

Sr Service Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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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DavidWork

Owner at Earthclick.net

Offers reliable and cost-effective backups with impressive stability

We use Wasabi to back up all of our WordPress sites. Anytime we have a new website, it's just easy to add it The cost is low, it is foolproof, and it has redundancy. We have never had an outage, and it is very reliable and stable. Since it is so inexpensive, it does not impact our profit…

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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

"Its scalability is very good."

"CVO gives us the ability to access data as quickly as possible, which is critical because of the mission set we handle. Some things cannot wait. For example, we tried having the data in the cloud itself, but it took too long for us to retrieve it from cold or deep storage. If we have it ONTAP or on-prem, it's so much easier to pull it within minutes."

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

"Snapshots are one valuable feature within ONTAP, but CVO's appeal is that it acts just like the on-prem solution. It's the same OS, but in the cloud. We can continue to use ONTAP as we did on-premise."

"The solution’s unified file and block-storage access across our infrastructure is invaluable. Without it, we can't do what we do."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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"We can store our videos on hot storage, allowing immediate access to them."

"Overall, I would rate Wasabi a ten out of ten."

"Wasabi is an easy-to-use solution."

"Wasabi's simplified pricing model is phenomenal in helping our organization predict and manage cloud costs."

"The tool is very user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is its cost."

"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is the backups."

"Basically, I set Wasabi up and forget it. I'll monitor it every once in a while just to make sure that it's working correctly."

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Cons

"The product is more restricted with underlying cloud."

"I would like to see more aggressive management of the aggregate space. On the Cloud Volumes ONTAP that we use for offsite backup copies, most of the data sits in S3. There are also the EBS volumes on the Cloud Volumes ONTAP itself. Sometimes what happens is that the aggregate size just stays the same. If it allocates 8 terabytes initially, it just stays at 8 terabytes for a long time, even though we're only using 20 percent of that 8 terabytes. NetApp could undersize that more aggressively."

"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."

"The cost needs improvement."

"I would like to see them improve the perspective of start and search in the panels. This would allow for better visualization of the contents that are captured in the tool."

"NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP should improve its support."

"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."

"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."

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"The solution must allow the extension of the retention period."

"The most important improvement we would like to see in Wasabi is the ability to find files and folders easily on the platform, as it is not very easy at all right now."

"Setting up users on the appliance should be improved."

"I don't have enough experience to understand the nuances of where they might improve."

"Having the ability to upload and download data using third-party apps such as Mega which can sync to the desktop would be excellent."

"Wasabi could be cheaper, however, it is already really cheap, so I cannot say if there is anything specific that would be an improvement."

"The scalability could be improved."

"The solution’s user reporting could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Overall, the pricing of NetApp is aggressive and the pricing becomes more aggressive as the amount of data increases. The cost for a given volume of data that you are storing becomes lower. The greater the volume of data, the cheaper the license."

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

"Compared to other storage vendors, NetApp, is not always able to compete with their pricing. Yet, we acknowledge the ease of use ONTAP brings with the AWS integration."

"They allow a special price if you are working closely with them. Since we have a lot of NetApp systems, we got some kind of discount. That's something they do for other customers, not just for us. The price was fair. In addition to the licensing fees, you're paying Amazon for your usage..."

"It is expensive. There are no costs in addition to their standard licensing fees."

"Make sure you investigate what your requirements are going to cost you using the native cloud solutions versus what NetApp is going to cost you, to make sure you have a business case to go with NetApp."

"The cost is quite high."

"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."

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"Wasabi has better pricing than Nutanix."

"The tool’s price is very reasonable."

"Wasabi is a cost-effective solution for data storage, priced at just under six dollars per terabyte."

"I can only tell you that Wasabi costs about half what Amazon Web Services is charging. Now, the cost per month is a more difficult question. That varies depending on the capacity, the services you're employing, and that type of thing."

"The price is reasonable."

"The price of the solution is inexpensive."

"Wasabi is a cheap solution, and users have to pay for a monthly license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

18%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

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Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Wasabi?

The tool is very user-friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Wasabi?

We can reserve capacities based on our usage expectations for two to three years. We can pay for it annually. It is quite easy for the organization. The pricing model is quite affordable. The price...

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What needs improvement with Wasabi?

The most important improvement we would like to see in Wasabi is the ability to find files and folders easily on the platform, as it is not very easy at all right now.

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Comparisons

Azure NetApp Files vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 18% of the time

Amazon S3 vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 12% of the time

Red Hat Ceph Storage vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 10% of the time

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 8% of the time

Portworx Enterprise vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 6% of the time

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Microsoft Azure File Storage vs Wasabi

Compared 49% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

Google Cloud Storage vs Wasabi

Compared 6% of the time

Amazon S3 vs Wasabi

Compared 6% of the time

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs Wasabi

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

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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.

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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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