N-able Cove Data Protection vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

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Updated on Aug 13, 2023

We compared NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and N-able Cove Data Protection across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:

  • Ease of Deployment: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP requires extensive planning and designing, resulting in a lengthy setup process. N-able Cove Data Protection is praised for its speed and efficiency, with an estimated setup time of 15-30 minutes per server.
  • Features: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is highly regarded for its seamless integration with both on-premises and cloud setups. N-able Cove Data Protection receives praise for its user-friendly interface, dependability, and effective backup and recovery functionalities.
  • Room for Improvement: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP needs enhancements in security updates, product guidance, interface navigation, metrics visibility, and monitoring/alerting. N-able Cove Data Protection could benefit from improvements in the image restore process, graphical interface, and speed of large data recoveries.
  • Pricing: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is perceived as having a high setup cost, whereas N-able Cove Data Protection is viewed as reasonably priced and competitive. NetApp offers customizable pricing options, but some users find them to be too expensive. On the other hand, N-able offers cost savings and adjustable scale licensing.
  • ROI: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and N-able Cove Data Protection both offer cost savings and increased profitability through their respective features. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP provides faster data replication and easier scalability, while N-able Cove Data Protection offers automation and cloud backup for remote data restoration.
  • Service and Support: NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP has received varying feedback regarding its customer service. Some customers appreciate the quick response and useful solutions provided. However, there have been instances where customers encountered difficulties with the initial support. N-able Cove Data Protection has garnered positive reviews in terms of customer service. Customers find answers on the website easily and have no trouble reaching out to the support team. 

Comparison Results: The setup process for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is more complex and requires careful planning and documentation. However, it offers extensive integration capabilities with on-premises and cloud environments, along with valuable features like AI-driven data analysis and data replication across cloud providers. On the other hand, N-able Cove Data Protection is praised for its user-friendly interface, reliability, and efficient backup and restore capabilities. It also provides cloud-based data protection and cost savings. However, it lacks advanced features and customization options compared to NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

To learn more, read our detailed N-able Cove Data Protection vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The most valuable aspect is the added protection of having a cloud-based backup service. It provides redundancy in case of data loss.""One of the bigger features and advantages of the solution is that it is easy to integrate with my RMM which is also N-able.""The product is simple to use and manage. The customers have access to verify the backups.""The monitoring makes it very easy to check whether a backup has gone bad.""The ability to back up, restore, and do different types of testing for the preventative maintenance has really increased our importance to these clients because they see the value in how fast we can get them back up and running. We're saving them money in that way.""The most valuables feature is the alerts and monitoring that catches the failed backups.""The most valuable feature by far is the Virtual Disaster Recovery. On top of that is the bare-metal recovery. The recovery options that we have are great. We have tested the Virtual Disaster Recovery and the bare-metal recovery in just about any scenario you can think of. We have even restored bare metal, a full server, to a laptop, and had full functionality. It's just insane how well it works and how simple it is. It does most of the work for you.""It provides a single dashboard for all types of data protection, we monitor everything through a single dashboard. It simplifies everything overall. It allows us to see everything, whether passing or failing any issues, any problems through a single pane of glass that we don't have to click through or adjust as we go forward."

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"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.""The most valuable feature of this solution is that it makes our data readily available and we don't have to go through a lot of trouble to access it.""One of the most valuable features is its similarity to the physical app, which makes it familiar. It's almost identical to a real NetApp, which means you can run all of the associated NetApp processes and services with it. Otherwise, we would definitely have to deploy some hardware on a site somewhere, which could be a challenge in terms of CapEx.""The feature which I like the most is that it has the capabilities that the traditional storage system offers. It provides all the functionality. The deduplication and compression work exactly like ONTAP's traditional storage. So people who have experience with that find it very easy to manage.""SnapMirror helps mirror metadata and data volumes between endpoints in a data fabric.""The most valuable feature is the ease of file storage.""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.""We are definitely in the process of reducing our footprint on our secondary data center and all those snapshots technically reduce tape backup. That's from the protection perspective, but as far as files, it's much easier to use and manage and it's faster, too."

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Cons
"The only area that needs improvement is that it is a little bit difficult when you get into virtual machines. The initial deployment of Cove is a little tedious, not for standard machines, but when you get into specialty stuff, like Hyper-V.""N-able Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 is an area with shortcomings that need improvement.""A feature I'd like to see would be a more customizable admin console.""There could be a possibility to create a local NAS backup for infrastructure.""Having the licensing available for partners to be able to take advantage of testing without paying would make a big difference.""A disaster recovery console would be an improvement for the product.""An area for improvement that would really work out well would be if there were a little bit more of an elegant handshake relationship between SolarWinds RMM and the PCs that are being backed up, to advise regarding "up" status... Since RMM is an agent that feeds back that a machine is alive and on, I don't see any reason why they can't either tap into that one feature or build the same exact polling within the backup agent, to update right away and say the system is online or offline.""We would like to have better reporting."

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"Cloud Volumes ONTAP's interface could use an overhaul. Sometimes you have to dig around in Cloud Manager a little bit to find certain things. The layout could be more intuitive.""When it comes to support provided by NetApp, they have room for improvement. Every time we go through their support, we end up answering the same routine questions.""I rate the scalability a five out of ten.""We would like to have support for high availability in multi-regions.""I would like NetApp to come up with an easier setup for the solution.""The navigation on some of the configuration parameters is a bit cumbersome, making the learning curve on functions somewhat steep.""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.""The data tiering needs improvement. E.g., moving hard data to faster disks."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing of SolarWinds seems to be fair compared to the rest of the industry."
  • "When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."
  • "There is no per node cost, at least not the way I am doing it. I am on bulk. New customers can be set up on a trial, where they can get things all squared away, then they can switch over to being a billed customer."
  • "I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."
  • "The only option I would like to see is an adjustable scale. Right now we have 250 seats and we're not using all of them. It would be nice to be able to save that little bit of money by being able to buy just what we need."
  • "Cove only takes the data you have on the physical server. I can back that up for long periods of time, and I don't accrue high charges to have the data in the cloud. It stays at one rate. This allows me to forecast payment for the next one or two years and show clients their estimated growth."
  • "The price isn't extreme, but I'd love to pay less."
  • "The pricing is very competitive and it's well worth the price."
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  • "Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was good, but it was a test system, not a real purchase."
  • "We purchased the product directly from NetApp."
  • "The deal with the seller was acceptable; the pricing is reasonable."
  • "The AWS consumer-based pricing model makes it easy for developers to use their credit cards to spin up virtual servers immediately."
  • "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..."
  • "The standard pricing is online. Pricing depends. If you're using the PayGo model, then it's just the normal costs on the Microsoft page. If you're using Bring Your Own License, which is what we're doing, then you get with your sales contact at NetApp and start figuring out what price is the best, in the end, for your company."
  • "In addition to the standard licensing fees, there are fees for Azure, the VMs themselves and for data transfer."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.
    Top Answer:N-able Cove Data Protection is an averagely-priced product.
    Top Answer:N-able Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 is an area with shortcomings that need improvement. The amount of time to get to the support engineers of the solution is too much, so the support team… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:The pricing of CVO is fair across the board. It's exactly where it should be for the data we're getting. The price-performance ratio is right where we need it to be. I've seen solutions that cost more… more »
    Top Answer:I would want more visibility and data analytics where we can see anomalies within the shares within the GUI.
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    N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup
    ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO
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    Overview

    Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable. 

    The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control. 

    With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

    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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    N-able Cove Data Protection is ranked 8th in Cloud Backup with 20 reviews while NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ranked 11th in Cloud Backup with 60 reviews. N-able Cove Data Protection is rated 9.0, while NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of N-able Cove Data Protection writes "Provides feature flexibility and modularity for our customers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP writes "Its data tiering helps keep storage costs under control". N-able Cove Data Protection is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and MSP360 Backup, whereas NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is most compared with Azure NetApp Files, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Portworx Enterprise and Google Cloud Storage. See our N-able Cove Data Protection vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP report.

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