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Azure NetApp Files vs Everpure Evergreen One comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.4
Azure NetApp Files provides high performance and flexibility, enabling significant cost savings and improved IT management despite initial costs.
Sentiment score
4.7
Everpure Evergreen One offers cost-effectiveness, reducing expenses over time by improving operational efficiency and lowering management needs.
It should more than pay for itself.
Virtual Storage Administrator at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
The total cost of ownership decreases over several years due to Evergreen architecture, although initial costs are high.
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
I have definitely seen a return on investment because upgrades, whether firmware upgrades or controller upgrades, save a significant amount of time.
Storage Server Operations Senior Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Microsoft and NetApp provide Azure NetApp Files with varying support quality, appreciated for complex issues despite regional inconsistencies.
Sentiment score
4.3
Everpure Evergreen One's customer service is highly rated for exceptional responsiveness, effective communication, and 24/7 availability.
Microsoft has limitations with Azure Files, which do not support disaster recovery, so they approached NetApp for help based on their experience in on-premises and cloud storage.
Cloud Architect at IBM
They have top-notch people.
Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
Support is available whenever I require it, always 24/7.
Storage Server Operations Senior Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
Pure Storage has the highest Net Promoter Score in the market.
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
We're dealing with an intermediary, and they have been exceptional.
Virtual Storage Administrator at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Azure NetApp Files offers flexible scaling and cost efficiency for large deployments, despite regional and minimum storage limitations.
Sentiment score
6.3
Everpure Evergreen One is celebrated for its scalability, allowing easy hardware upgrades and benefiting AI and data restoration.
Scalability is high. I would say it's probably around nine because it's quite a robust solution that can scale up to maybe even five hundred terabytes of data.
Cloud Architect at IBM
Meta built the biggest AI computer using Pure Storage for storage.
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
The scalability of Everpure Evergreen One is definitely good, especially when it comes to FlashBlade, where the scale-out is excellent.
Storage Server Operations Senior Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
Everpure Evergreen One's scalability is quick, fast, and resilient, with great stability.
Principal Client Solution Architect at Myriad360
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Azure NetApp Files is highly stable, offering reliable performance, seamless migrations, and no downtime, even under increased loads.
Sentiment score
7.8
Everpure Evergreen One is praised for stability, improving customer interactions and boosting client acquisition and renewal.
In terms of storage stability, I believe it's robust and stable, with a high level of redundancy in the cloud backend.
Cloud Architect at IBM
 

Room For Improvement

Azure NetApp Files needs enhanced disaster recovery, cost-effective pricing, improved support, and broader regional availability to boost user adoption.
Everpure Evergreen One improves cybersecurity, expands globally, reduces prices, offers flexible pricing, and enhances training for user satisfaction.
If they bring the cost a little bit closer to what Azure Files offers, it can be a great product in the market and bring a lot of business to NetApp.
Cloud Architect at IBM
I would like for them to have more compression so that it can avoid using more storage.
Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
The overall total cost of ownership can be reduced over time due to features like the Evergreen architecture.
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
I would love to explore more options on what Pure Storage Evergreen One can offer in general, mostly from the cybersecurity perspective and air gap.
Cloud Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It would be great for Everpure if prices and availability were better than those of other brands.
Technical Sales Account Manager at Nba Systems Sa De Cv
 

Setup Cost

Azure NetApp Files is costly with a four-terabyte minimum, but its premium features compete with Oracle and Amazon.
Everpure Evergreen One offers competitive pricing and superior performance, with reduced long-term costs and high reliability for enterprises.
It is expensive, especially with NetApp Ultra Storage.
Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
It's highly priced, and there's no cost reservation option available compared to Azure Files.
Cloud Architect at IBM
It's actually less than what we were using before, and even the service contract side is less than what we were using before.
Virtual Storage Administrator at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Initially, the starting price is high, but over time, due to reduced management needs and environmental savings, the total cost of ownership decreases.
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is definitely straightforward and very fast.
Storage Server Operations Senior Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Azure NetApp Files excels in performance, integration, and scalability, providing high redundancy, data protection, and efficient storage solutions.
Everpure Evergreen One offers seamless upgrades, robust performance, cost savings, and enhanced security, improving efficiency and attracting opportunities.
The most valuable feature is that the sixty-terabyte database snapshot can be done in less than two to three minutes.
Cloud/Data/Database Manager at a government with 10,001+ employees
I think the most valuable feature is using the cross-region replication because this feature was not available in Azure Files, and this was the differentiator.
Cloud Architect at IBM
It is used primarily in the financial industry where low latency and fast transactions are critical.
Account Manager at TD SYNNEX
Everpure Evergreen One has positively impacted my organization by making everything predictable; we knew what we were going to pay every year, which made planning fiscal budgets so much easier.
Director at UMES
Everpure Evergreen One has positively impacted my organization because the Evergreen model provides a hardware refresh every three years, essentially giving you new hardware and better performance.
Storage Server Operations Senior Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure NetApp Files
Ranking in Cloud Storage
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Migration (9th), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th)
Everpure Evergreen One
Ranking in Cloud Storage
4th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
File and Object Storage (9th), Managed Cloud Services (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Azure NetApp Files is 3.0%, down from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Everpure Evergreen One is 2.9%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Everpure Evergreen One2.9%
Azure NetApp Files3.0%
Other94.1%
Cloud Storage
 

Featured Reviews

Rajat Wadhwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect at IBM
Cross-region replication has delivered seamless disaster recovery for enterprise storage needs
In terms of improvement, I would say cost reservation; the cost is a bit high. If we compare Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files, I know that customers are using less of Azure NetApp due to the cost. If they bring the cost a little bit closer to what Azure Files offers, it can be a great product in the market and bring a lot of business to NetApp. Backup is quite critical. As of now, Azure NetApp Files requires you to use Azure NetApp Backup solution, which is in public preview at the moment. I would definitely expect NetApp to come up with that solution so that customers can start using it because they do not have confidence in backup as it is still in preview. They are still doing some testing and research on that product, which is not officially released for use by multiple customers.
reviewer2858025 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Server Operations Senior Engineer at a media company with 11-50 employees
Seamless upgrades have boosted reliable block performance and simplified data center operations
Using block storage with Everpure Evergreen One has helped my production workloads primarily through performance and reliability. The performance is excellent because of Pure's simple architecture with just two controllers. Everpure Evergreen One offers exceptional features, including hardware that is compact and does not occupy multiple racks in data centers. The cooling and electricity savings are significant, and the ease of management means that even someone without any experience can manage Pure. The ease of management has helped my team because storage provisioning is straightforward. You can provision storage with just two clicks without waiting. There is no spinning, no loading, nothing—just one action, assuming you have already completed the zoning and added the hosts and host groups. Everpure Evergreen One has positively impacted my organization because the Evergreen model provides a hardware refresh every three years, essentially giving you new hardware and better performance, which is one of the coolest things. From these hardware refreshes, I have seen specific outcomes including no downtime at all. I performed a controller upgrade from M series to X, and it was seamless—no downtime, just one controller replacement at a time, with no performance issues and data still accessible.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
6%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Retailer
6%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

How does Azure NetApp Files compare to NetApp ONTAP?
Azure NetApp Files is a Microsoft Azure file storage service built on NetApp technology. The platform combines the file capabilities of Azure and NetApp to move critical file-based applications to ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure NetApp Files?
On pricing, I would rate it around eight. It's highly priced, and there's no cost reservation option available compared to Azure Files. If NetApp could bring that kind of model for customers to sav...
What needs improvement with Azure NetApp Files?
In terms of improvement, I would say cost reservation; the cost is a bit high. If we compare Azure Files and Azure NetApp Files, I know that customers are using less of Azure NetApp due to the cost...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage Evergreen One?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is typical, depending on whether there are deal regulations involved.
What needs improvement with Pure Storage Evergreen One?
Customers are very happy with Everpure Evergreen One solutions; however, it could be improved with better prices and availability of new storage or flash arrays. There is a current global issue wit...
What is your primary use case for Pure Storage Evergreen One?
My main use case for Everpure Evergreen One is for storage of a customer that needs big capacity. For example, the customer has a file system, a big file system, and they plan to have another two f...
 

Also Known As

NetApp ANF, ANF
Pure Storage Evergreen One
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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