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CData Sync vs Hitachi ShadowImage comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CData Sync
Ranking in Data Replication
10th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Hitachi ShadowImage
Ranking in Data Replication
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Data Replication category, the mindshare of CData Sync is 4.7%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hitachi ShadowImage is 3.8%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Replication Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Hitachi ShadowImage3.8%
CData Sync4.7%
Other91.5%
Data Replication
 

Featured Reviews

AM
Data Analyst
Data workflows have become automated and unified while support and security still need improvement
There are times when you are streaming and trying to connect that CData Sync fails. However, the team has been very helpful. There is a particular technical support person that has usually come to my aid whenever there are issues. For improvement, I think the turnaround time for support can increase, especially on weekends. I want to discuss the security of CData Sync. It is not something I actually have visibility to, but I think if CData Sync could give users the opportunity to put their own security layer on this, that would be beneficial. If CData Sync is compromised, who do we hold responsible? So security is an area for improvement. CData Sync's interface is good. For integration with other tools, I think CData Sync could do well by integrating with other providers, especially AI agents so that one can easily integrate CData Sync to more agents out there.
Bratislav Petkovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead for Core Infrastructure at Raiffeisen bank Serbia
Efficient replication and helpful for improving data processing and management
The technology behind Hitachi ShadowImage has been around for a long time, and while it works correctly, it does have some issues. We have experienced problems with it, even though Hitachi provides good hardware. Technical support could also be improved, as it sometimes takes a few days to resolve issues.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The beautiful thing about CData Sync is that you can preview the data directly on their UI."
"Without CData Sync, I estimate that the project would have taken us about six or seven months, but given that we had CData Sync, we were able to conclude the project within four months."
"The most valuable feature of Hitachi ShadowImage is high-speed data transfer from one server to another. Other solutions would have problems with transferring 50 TB of data. I also like that Hitachi ShadowImage is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are its ability to handle large databases efficiently and the asynchronous replication capability."
 

Cons

"There are times when you are streaming and trying to connect that CData Sync fails."
"The first improvement I would like for CData Sync is the user interface, which sometimes does not allow for custom sorting of jobs, making pipeline management cumbersome at scale, especially when you want to do custom sorts or filters, plus the limited transformation capability means that since CData Sync is primarily a replication tool, complex transformations require external tools."
"API and script configuration in Hitachi ShadowImage is sometimes complicated, so this is an area for improvement. Another area for improvement is that the Hitachi ShadowImage interface isn't as user-friendly."
"We have experienced problems with it, even though Hitachi provides good hardware."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CData Sync?
For startup cost, I think it is still fair. Although we are a startup with a lean budget, if the startup cost was expensive, we might not have considered CData Sync at all.
What needs improvement with CData Sync?
There are times when you are streaming and trying to connect that CData Sync fails. However, the team has been very helpful. There is a particular technical support person that has usually come to ...
What is your primary use case for CData Sync?
The main use case is that the stack is MongoDB, with the main data source from Mongo. CData Sync comes as a third party that is layered on Mongo. Power BI is directly connected to CData Sync, so we...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hitachi ShadowImage?
The pricing of Hitachi ShadowImage is reasonable, especially when you purchase Hitachi storage, as ShadowImage and Thin Image are part of the protector. The protector includes several components li...
What needs improvement with Hitachi ShadowImage?
The technology behind Hitachi ShadowImage has been around for a long time, and while it works correctly, it does have some issues. We have experienced problems with it, even though Hitachi provides...
What is your primary use case for Hitachi ShadowImage?
We use Hitachi ShadowImage for data replication processes. It is a practical tool for copying data from one LUN disk to another within the same storage. In our bank, we utilize it for making tests ...
 

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