We compared NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and Veeam Backup for Office 365 across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Comparison Results: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ideal for hybrid or multi-cloud environments, providing comprehensive data management and integration capabilities. However, it has a complex setup process and is considered expensive. On the other hand, Veeam Backup for Office 365 is praised for its simplicity, stability, and ease of use. It has a straightforward setup and is more affordable. However, it lacks some integration features and may have inconsistent performance. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is better suited for organizations with complex data management needs, while Veeam Backup for Office 365 is a user-friendly option for Office 365 backup.
"If you have a fair amount of experience with NetApp, you can work on it very easily."
"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."
"For us, the value comes from the solution's flexibility, speed, and hopefully cost savings in the long term."
"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 fast recovery time objective with the ability to bring the environment back to production in case something happens."
"If anything happens, their technical support will come onsite and fix it."
"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."
"It's very easy to set up, and within 40 minutes, you can apply storage notes in Azure."
"I believe the solution is very scalable. We can continuously add mailboxes and sites."
"Backup and replication are the most valuable features."
"I want an additional copy of my data in the Office cloud and it works."
"The solution is easy to use and stable and can be made to fit one's needs."
"This covers the areas of backing up Office 365 that Microsoft does not include in its standard routine."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with our Teams environment."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up not only to the cloud but also to your local environment so a copy of your data can be kept on-prem."
"The solution is easy to use. It's very simple and clients find it very easy to find all objects and things they need with the Veeam Explorer."
"NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP needs to have customizable pricing options such as 10 TB increments. They seem to have only two options: 10 TB or 250 TB."
"The integration wizard requires a bit of streamlining. There are small things that misconfigure or repeat the deployment that will create errors, specifically in Azure."
"I would like this solution to be brought to all the three major players. Right now it's supported only on AWS and Azure. They should bring it to Google as well, because we would like to have flexibility in choosing the underlying cloud storage provider."
"If they could include clustering together multiple physical Cloud Volumes ONTAP devices as an option, that could be helpful."
"The cost needs improvement."
"There is room for improvement in tier one support, especially with potential language barriers and communication challenges."
"I would like to see something from NetApp about backups. I know that NetApp offers some backup for Office 365, but I would like to see something from NetApp for more backup solutions."
"NetApp CVO needs to have more exposure and mature further before it will have greater acceptance."
"You can't really edit. For example, if you have created a backup for a user, you can't drill down on a granular level during the backup. You have to back up the mailbox completely. That's it. It would be helpful if you could at least go inside the mailboxes to choose what you want."
"The capacity storage is a challenge everywhere in the backup industry. The general feedback people are coming back to about this is that there is no deduplication based on it."
"Veeam is quite expensive."
"It would be beneficial to implement a mechanism that allows for more efficient input processing, such as recognizing the first capital letter of an email account."
"When you are working in the Cloud security is very important."
"The solution could offer better reporting."
"While I don't have a use case in mind, it would be great if they could integrate more automation capabilities into the solution."
"Its price could be improved."
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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ranked 10th in Cloud Backup with 60 reviews while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is ranked 6th in Cloud Backup with 58 reviews. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is rated 8.8, while Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP writes "Its data tiering helps keep storage costs under control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 writes "Safe storage, reliable, and easy to use". NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is most compared with Azure NetApp Files, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Google Cloud Storage and Red Hat Ceph Storage, whereas Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is most compared with AvePoint Cloud Backup, Cirrus Backup, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 report.
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