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Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge vs NetApp AltaVault comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Hitachi Content Platform An...
Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways
10th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp AltaVault
Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (41st), Deduplication Software (9th), Disk Based Backup Systems (5th), Cloud Backup (31st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Storage Gateways category, the mindshare of Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge is 3.4%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp AltaVault is 7.8%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage Gateways Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp AltaVault7.8%
Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge3.4%
Other88.8%
Cloud Storage Gateways
 

Featured Reviews

Roberto Guzman - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Manager at TELCOMBAS SA
A scalable, stable solution with good tech support and good ROI
I think the most important thing to consider is the complexity of the organization's distribution of user data. For example, some organizations have three, four, five, or more servers, so it's most important to think about how they are going to handle the migration of those servers to HCP Anywhere Edge. I would rate this solution as a nine out of ten.
ST
Consultant at Tata Consultancy
Positive impacts seen with improved data security and reliable support
I have six months of experience with the product, and as a consultant, the use cases for NetApp AltaVault mainly stand out for me. Regarding the deduplication feature in the product, I am interested in whether clients are using it. There are different integrations available with NetApp AltaVault, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and I want to understand how they impact data security policies in my case.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can be used for manually attaching storage."
"There is a good technical support team for the solution."
"The jobs we have baseline into the AltaVault, it seems to be able to recover faster than the previous solution."
"The most valuable feature is the portability of large archived data, as you're able to put things on large on-prem, low-cost storage and then augment that with even lower cost storage in the cloud."
"Able to reduce administrative burden on tape management."
"It's pretty simple. Once you set it, it goes; and then the idea of being able to get it to the cloud very quickly. It's kind of a set-it-forget-it."
"Our restore window has been cut by 10 times, from having to pull back from tape - I'd definitely recommend it."
"We're doing AWS S3 with Glacier with cloud-based backup and the integration is good, as it works with Veeam and Commvault."
"You can store backups for a while."
"The flexibility, being able to virtualize it, port it wherever I like, test my backups, test my DR capabilities whenever I like without impacting anybody, is great."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the administration of the users' files and information."
"My advice is to stick with ONTAP and ownCloud because NetApp AltaVault is going to die."
"The initial installation is difficult for my clients who have it on both on-premises and on cloud."
"The initial setup phase of the tool was difficult."
"I don't actually use the solution."
"It's a good product, but it's becoming outdated and moving to their other primary architecture."
"What could be helpful is different user base authentication so then maybe we could allow different customers to point to a single appliance and they only see the backups and things that they have."
"It would be nice if the solution was more complete. Many customers are looking for a single solution or silo that they can manage everything from. It would be nice, instead of having different products, if everything a client needed was in one solution."
"I really want to partner it with the SnapCenter. We haven't implemented that yet. We're upgrading all of our stuff to the ONTAP 9, which you had to have."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is a rather expensive program."
"In one use case, and we have several, to run for a particular customer, the price is about $375,000 a year."
"It's quite cost-effective."
"The pricing is not too bad, but could be a little better."
"There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution, which comes to around 3,000 USD."
"The price is a bit high."
"You could compare it to a Dell EMC or ECS, and I think it's probably a little less costly than that. Within the marketplace, it's a medium cost."
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Construction Company
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Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise10
 

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Is NetApp AltaVault compatible with AWS?
Hello. Yes, it is compatible with AWS but the great thing about it is that it's actually working with so many cloud providers, it may be just for everyone. Besides the Amazon cloud services, NetApp...
Can AltaVault be used for data reduction?
Hello, you can definitely use NetApp AltaVault for reducing your data and giving yourself some more storage. This product offers you deduplication and compression, helping you achieve that. I'm su...
What kind of security does NetApp AltaVault give you?
My organization is very happy with the security that NetApp AltaVault gives us for our data on the cloud. First, it gives us the option for data recovery, which is very good, especially if someone...
 

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