Nasuni vs StorSimple comparison

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Nasuni and Microsoft are both solutions in the Cloud Storage Gateways category. Nasuni is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.0, while Microsoft is ranked #7. Nasuni holds a 20.6% mindshare in CSG, compared to Microsoft’s 8.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Nasuni users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

StorSimple and Nasuni compete in the cloud storage and data management sector. Nasuni seems to have the upper hand in feature set and data management capabilities, while StorSimple offers potential advantages in pricing and support.

Features: StorSimple offers hybrid storage solutions, integrating on-premises and cloud environments for data tiering and management. It is advantageous for businesses prioritizing hybrid setups. Nasuni provides a cloud-native global file system for seamless distributed data access. Its features better address scalability and global collaboration needs.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: StorSimple simplifies deployment for users familiar with Microsoft infrastructures, offering support through Microsoft channels. Nasuni offers straightforward deployment for cloud-based solutions with proactive customer service. Both products provide strong service, but Nasuni’s cloud-centric approach may enhance specific deployment and service experiences.

Pricing and ROI: StorSimple often presents lower initial setup costs, promising quick ROI for businesses with Microsoft investments. Nasuni's higher initial costs are balanced by extensive cloud capabilities, potentially leading to long-term savings on infrastructure and management. Organizations with immediate budget constraints might favor StorSimple, while those seeking longer-term value may prefer Nasuni.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Nasuni

Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways

4th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (3rd), NAS (12th), Cloud Migration (7th), Cloud Storage (14th), Cloud Backup (34th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (18th)

StorSimple

Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways

7th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Cloud Storage Gateways category, the mindshare of Nasuni is 20.6%, down from 37.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StorSimple is 8.1%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Storage Gateways Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Nasuni	20.6%
StorSimple	8.1%
Other	71.3%

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SwapnilDaga

Infrastructure Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Cloud data management that achieves cost efficiency with advanced data protection features

I am currently using Nasuni for seismic data. We have a huge data size, and we want to reduce costs. Nasuni acts as a caching solution, so we put some data into the cache, and the rest goes to the blob, which helps us save on costs. We use it for applications like Petrol and Tech Log, where 3D…

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it_user687201

IT-Consultant Microsoft Solutions at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The deduplication technology saves time within a disaster recovery case.

The deduplication technology is the most valuable feature. It saves time within a disaster recovery case I hope that the virtual device in the cloud will get more functionality! I have used this solution for five years. The product is very stable. Due to the fact that it is combined with…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The global file locking feature is valuable. The ability to quickly deploy new sites is also valuable."

"We have absolutely seen an ROI, and we are super happy with our ROI."

"With a shift to more remote work during this past year, we deployed a new instance of Nasuni in Azure, which allowed us to be more flexible and support remote work better, something we wouldn't have been able to do with legacy file storage."

"With Nasuni Management Console (NMC), we get a single, centralized view of our entire internal structure and data center structure. This is very important because this caters to remote locations. One of the main care center teams is dependent on this solution. As it is directly connected to customers for the calls that they receive and troubleshoot, they can then help customers out in case they are not able to place an order."

"The feature I have found to be most valuable is the revision control of the files. If somebody deletes or accidentally makes a wrong change to files, we can go back to the revision history and restore the previous versions. That is a very good feature that we rely on."

"The most important feature is that things are backed up automatically in AWS. We have a lot of remote sites where there is a tiny server onsite and, in a lot of cases, we really don't have to back them up because the data is automatically copied to AWS. The cloud replication is the most useful functionality for us."

"Nasuni is helping us replace multiple data silos and toolsets with a single global file system."

"With Nasuni, the simplicity of management is light-years ahead of our previous processes because the old backup and recovery was so slow, and we had to keep growing the SAN as the business grew."

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"This product is easy to use and does all the work in the background for cloud replication and migration."

"This device has made it possible for us to almost entirely do away with Tape backup."

"The deduplication technology is the most valuable feature."

Cons

"The user-friendliness of its access needs improvement. When I log into the console, I see all the files that we handle globally. There are hundreds of Nasuni files that I can see on the console, but no way that I can filter them down. While this is a small thing, I need to scroll down and select the ones that I want. "Control F" doesn't work nor is there a dropdown menu that I can click on and select the ones that I want."

"I would like to see improvement in the training Nasuni provides. Compared to some of the other vendors out there, like Microsoft, where you can find how-to videos, Nasuni only has a lot of PDF documents that you have to go hunting for. It's workable, it certainly isn't a problem, but video walkthroughs would always be helpful."

"Its pricing can get a tad expensive."

"It is difficult to configure Nasuni. Adding a filer is an easy task, but deciding where to add them, how many to add, and what size to add takes a lot of time. I have to analyze my existing storage to understand how many users are going to access which folders. I have to design the Nasuni architecture accordingly."

"There is some room for improvement when it comes to monitoring. We are not using Nasuni monitoring. We are using our own monitoring through Xenos. Nasuni can provide better monitoring capabilities for us to monitor all the filers and NMC so that we don't have to use a third-party tool."

"Nasuni provides enough reporting to see what's happening. You can see the number of shares, total volume, issues, conflicts, etc., but it doesn't provide much visibility from a content perspective. For example, it doesn't tell you the data age. When you're trying to sort and filter information, the data creation date is a critical factor. Nasuni doesn't give you that. You can't get a count of all the file types, like the number of PDFs, Word docs, and PPT files."

"They could lower the cost, but it saves so much money when you go into it (by losing all the backup)."

"One area that we've recently spoken to Nasuni about is single sign-on. Another is integrating Nasuni with Azure Active Directory. In our particular case, that would allow for third-party consultants to access our Azure Active Directory environment as opposed to coming to our on-premises environment."

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"I would like more options besides iSCSI."

"Had a SSD drive go bad in one of our older units. This was replaced under our service plan, but during the rebuild process encountered a bad block in another SSD that it was reading from and downed the device hard."

"I hope that the virtual device in the cloud will get more functionality!"

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would not say it is economically priced, but it is affordable. If you can afford to pay for it, it is worth the money, but it is definitely not overpriced. It is priced about where it needs to be in the market. We were satisfied with the way they did their licensing and how they handled it. I believe they actually license by data size. It is based on how much data is being held on the machine and replicated, and that's completely understandable. So, for us, their pricing was as expected and affordable."

"The cost of licensing is negotiated and billed annually per terabyte."

"It has a license fee as well as hardware costs, which we would incur if we want to use Nasuni Cloud Storage Gateway for upgrades."

"There are annual costs that we pay for maintaining all of the snapshot history in the cloud. That is the primary cost that we pay. We occasionally buy newer Nasuni appliances or deploy them to new offices when the need occurs. That capital equipment expenses is less than the cost of buying new file storage systems. For the most part, you are trading a CapEx cost of storage equipment for an OpEx cost for management of all the snapshot data in the cloud."

"Its pricing can get a tad expensive. When we first took Nasuni out, we were just paying for the service. We got storage at a reduced rate. It has now changed, and they're now more of an all-in-one type of thing. It can be quite expensive, but it works out. Apart from that, licensing-wise, it's very simple."

"Nasuni should provide small-scale licenses, like a 20 TB license. Currently, the smallest is a 30 TB license."

"Its price is fair and reasonable. I don't have anything negative about its pricing and licensing. For us, there is also the cost of monitoring. We are monitoring through Xenos and not through Nasuni. That is another cost for us from the monitoring perspective, but as far as Nasuni goes, we don't have any other cost apart from the licensing fee."

"With this solution, the license renewal is pretty swift. With the virtual appliance, you just need to take care of the OS versions and patches. In a way, we don't have to struggle much with renewals because the only thing that we need to take care of are the licenses. We renew it every three years. This aspect goes with infrastructural costs because it doesn't cost us too much to maintain the solution."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

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Large Enterprise	24

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Questions from the Community

Does Nasuni have a good pricing model?

Based on the experience of my organization, Nasuni is definitely worth the money, since it gives you an all-in-one solution where you'd usually need several programs. About the cost, there isn't a ...

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Is it easy to restore files with Nasuni?

As someone who has used this feature of Nasuni I can tell you - yes, it's good for file recovery and you'll definitely benefit from very quick times. I can't tell you if it's the best one because I...

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What features and services does Nasuni offer?

Hi, if you pick Nasuni, you'll be benefiting from many services for a good price. Well, it's a personalized price you get after an agreement with the company but in my organization's case, it is a ...

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Overview

Nasuni provides a robust platform for seamless global file storage, offering unified file management, data protection, and cost-effective scalability.

Nasuni's approach integrates a unified file system with high-level security features, ensuring seamless data access and synchronization. Despite its strong capabilities in data replication and storage, Nasuni faces challenges in integration and small file performance. Users appreciate its scalability and cost reduction but call for enhancements in cloud mirroring, automated load balancing, and multi-factor authentication. Better content visibility, mobile access tools, and refined monitoring are desired to enhance user experience. Organizations utilize Nasuni for global file sharing, disaster recovery, and collaborative data management across distributed teams, effectively replacing older systems.

What are Nasuni's Key Features?

Seamless Data Transmission: Enables efficient data flow across locations.
Unified File System: Centralizes file management for ease of access.
Unlimited Storage Capacity: Offers scalable options with global access.
Data Protection: Continuous versioning and ransomware protection.
Single Management Console: Streamlines administrative tasks.

What Benefits Can Users Expect from Nasuni?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces infrastructure expenses by leveraging scalable architecture.
Data Accessibility: Enhances sync and access across multiple sites.
Improved Collaboration: Supports teamwork across dispersed teams.
Confidence in Data Security: Comprehensive encryption and private key management.

Nasuni is adeptly used in industries requiring robust data management such as finance, healthcare, and media, where file synchronization and disaster recovery are critical. Enterprises deploy it to replace outdated file-sharing systems, enhancing workflow efficiency and data reliability.

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StorSimple is an integrated storage management solution designed to meet cloud-integrated storage needs effectively, providing automation and scalability for businesses seeking efficient data management.

StorSimple offers seamless data storage by combining on-premises and cloud-based storage systems. This hybrid approach ensures data is efficiently managed, secure, and easily accessible. It reduces the burden on IT resources with its centralized management, enabling easy cloud transition and integration into existing systems. Designed for dynamic workloads, StorSimple provides valuable cost savings by automating data tiering between local environments and cloud storage, ensuring optimal performance and storage efficiency.

What are the most important features of StorSimple?

Automated Data Tiering: Ensures efficient use of storage resources by automatically moving data to the most appropriate storage tier.
Centralized Management: Simplifies storage administration by providing a single interface for managing multiple storage resources.
Data Security: Enhances protection through advanced encryption and secure access protocols.
Scalability: Adapts quickly to growing data storage requirements, leveraging the cloud's scalability.
Disaster Recovery: Facilitates efficient backup and recovery processes to ensure business continuity.

What benefits or ROI should users consider?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces storage costs through effective tiering and cloud integration.
Time Savings: Minimizes manual storage management tasks, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives.
Enhanced Reliability: Increases data reliability through robust backup and recovery options.
Improved Accessibility: Facilitates quick data access and retrieval, supporting better business operations.

Industries like healthcare and finance implement StorSimple for its ability to handle large volumes of sensitive data efficiently. Healthcare providers benefit from secure patient data management, while financial institutions leverage its reliable backup and disaster recovery features to ensure uninterrupted services.

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Sample Customers

American Standard, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, E*TRADE, Ithaca Energy, McLaren Construction, Morton Salt, Movado, Urban Outfitters, Western Digital

AGC AusGroup. Black & Veatch, Catholic School Board, Convergent Computing, GF Health Products, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Mazda, Medplast, Mulvanny G2 Architecture, Paul Smith, Provoke Solutions Ltd, Saudi ReadyMix, SK Telecom, TechSmith, Textron, Walbridge

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