NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

The compared NetApp and Broadcom solutions aren't in the same category. NetApp is ranked #2 in CSDS , with an average rating of 9.3, and holds a 26.3% mindshare in the category. Broadcom is ranked #3 in DRS , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 7.2% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of NetApp users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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95% willing to recommend

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88% willing to recommend

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

6.5

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP delivers cost savings, increased efficiency, and improved performance, reducing storage, maintenance, and power expenses.

Sentiment score

5.5

VMware Live Recovery offers strong ROI, reducing DR costs up to 50% and improving financial performance with effective resource planning.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.0

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP customer service is praised for expertise and responsiveness, with room for improvement in initial support.

Sentiment score

4.1

VMware Live Recovery customer service is generally effective, but occasional delays and improvement suggestions exist, especially with third-party issues.

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Our team has dedicated personnel for support who engage with the supporting teams.

SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

They are knowledgeable.

Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga

IT Infrastructure Manager at TMLI

The technical support from VMware is very good and operates based on a service level.

ErmiasGirma

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.2

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers scalable growth, dynamic expansion, and flexibility, though large environments face data size limitations.

Sentiment score

5.4

VMware Live Recovery is scalable, supports various environments, though licensing and upgrades may challenge some users.

It wouldn't help with outages either; the scaling is manual, and there are no processes we've used to automate that for unexpected scenarios.

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Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers high stability and reliability, with users valuing performance and responsive support despite occasional minor issues.

Sentiment score

8.5

VMware Live Recovery is generally stable and reliable, though some users face issues during upgrades or high-capacity use.

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For our test labs, dev labs, and production, it is very stable.

SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

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Room For Improvement

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users seek improved scalability, integration, ease of use, and features like security, monitoring, and cloud compatibility.

VMware Live Recovery needs better storage integration, automation, support, interface, documentation, pricing, cloud compatibility, and enhanced AI capabilities.

My opinion is that support is generally very good. There are instances where they take longer to respond or resolve issues, especially when customers have urgent needs, but ultimately, resolution is achieved.

Punit Waghela

Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited

It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.

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Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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It's important for the cost to be justified based on the features used in production.

Sven Nimmich

Solution Architect at Lenovo

I would like to see improved integration services with other solutions, such as SIEM management or security monitoring.

Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga

IT Infrastructure Manager at TMLI

The main issue is to improve the approach of resolving solutions.

SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

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Setup Cost

Enterprise users enjoy NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for its features despite higher costs, with discounts available for extended commitments.

VMware Live Recovery costs depend on VM count and protection plan, with pricing complexity increasing after the Broadcom acquisition.

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Previously, when acquiring a license for Ethiopian drug supply chains, the price was significantly high, especially after Broadcom joined VMware.

ErmiasGirma

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

We mostly prefer to recommend this to customers due to ease of use, abundant features, and support.

SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

For cloud-based solutions, the cost seems quite pricey, so we stick to on-premises deployment.

Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga

IT Infrastructure Manager at TMLI

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Valuable Features

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP offers reliable, flexible data protection, seamless integration, and optimized storage across diverse cloud environments.

The solution provides automated disaster recovery, VMware integration, and seamless management for robust business continuity and operational efficiency.

The granular ability to divide up the performance and the amount of storage you want is really fantastic.

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Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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If I talk about vCenter and the auto failover of the VMs, such as live migration, that is a very cool feature that we require in our environment because we have different data centers, and if some of the servers fail, they automatically failover and move the VM from one side to another.

SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

It is used for data replication between data centers and allows for quick response in times of failure, ensuring data availability.

ErmiasGirma

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

The capability and the functionality of the features are very helpful for us.

Yosevan Sinaga Sinaga

IT Infrastructure Manager at TMLI

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (2nd), Cloud Storage (3rd), Cloud Backup (29th), Public Cloud Storage Services (13th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)

VMware Live Recovery

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (1st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and VMware Live Recovery aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is designed for Cloud Software Defined Storage and holds a mindshare of 26.3%, down 28.7% compared to last year.
VMware Live Recovery, on the other hand, focuses on Disaster Recovery (DR) Software, holds 7.2% mindshare, down 9.6% since last year.

Cloud Software Defined Storage Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	26.3%
Portworx Enterprise	27.0%
IBM Spectrum Scale	26.8%
Other	19.900000000000006%

Cloud Software Defined Storage

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
VMware Live Recovery	7.2%
Veeam Data Platform	14.1%
Commvault Cloud	9.2%
Other	69.5%

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

Featured Reviews

Punit Waghela

Technical Specialist at Softcell Technologies Limited

Offers advanced features with notable emphasis on innovation

The best features of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP include deduplication, compaction, and autonomous ransomware technology that native cloud storage solutions in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud do not support. Moreover, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP allows the use of multiple protocols including NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI, whereas native options may only support NFS and iSCSI. Customers already using on-premises NetApp storage such as FAS, AFF, or ASA can experience the same functionality on the cloud with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which adds significant value. For data protection, customers can take advantage of the Snapshot technology available with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. This technology facilitates data recovery by allowing snapshots to be stored either on the same storage or on a disaster recovery (DR) storage. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP helps us to take snapshots and store them on the same storage, with options for migration or replication of those snapshots to different storage, including on-premises DR storage or other cloud storage, providing excellent disaster recovery capabilities.

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SuhailAkhtar

Integration Architect at App In Snap (Pvt) Ltd

Has enabled seamless VM management and automated failover while support response needs improvement

For support issues, they help with the issue, but it takes a very long time. The reason is that they engage a very initial resource and then escalate to another level, and during these level escalations, our time is wasted. They do not understand the severity of the issue. They go through step-by-step and then go to the upper level. This may be their SOP, but we require instant support and instant resolution of the problem, so here VMware Live Recovery is lacking. They follow their SOP, but they initially engage very low-level personnel who are not able to answer or resolve the issue, so they escalate or take a very long time to resolve the issue. The main issue is to improve the approach of resolving solutions. I may not be able to suggest new features because in these recent months, I have not been very close to it as we are exploring different solutions.

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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Nov 9, 2014

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	53

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	40

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is actually quite reasonable in price compared to other native cloud storage options. For example, a customer using 100 TB of AWS storage would not benefit from deduplica...

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.

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What do you like most about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

We have been using VMware Live Recovery since 2015, and most of our effort relies on it. I personally feel that it is very easy to use, easy to manage, and provides many features compared to other ...

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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

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Comparisons

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Compared 9% of the time

Amazon FSx vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 8% of the time

Red Hat Ceph Storage vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 6% of the time

Pure Storage Evergreen One vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Compared 4% of the time

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Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 32% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 21% of the time

HPE Zerto Software vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 9% of the time

Azure Site Recovery vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 3% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs VMware Live Recovery

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM

Overview

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.

NetApp

VMware Live Recovery is a disaster recovery solution that protects and recovers virtual machines (VMs) across on-premise and public clouds. Key features include rapid ransomware recovery, an on-demand recovery environment for testing procedures without affecting production, live behavioral analysis to detect threats, push-button VM network isolation to contain threats, guided restore point selection, and immutable, air-gapped recovery points to prevent tampering. VMware Live Recovery provides a comprehensive solution to safeguard critical data and applications from cyberattacks and other disasters.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

1. Accenture 2. Acer 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. AIG 6. Apple 7. Bank of America 8. Barclays 9. Bayer 10. Berkshire Hathaway 11. BNP Paribas 12. Cisco 13. Coca-Cola 14. Comcast 15.ConocoPhillips 16. CVS Health 17. Dell 18. Deutsche Bank 19. eBay 20. Eli Lilly 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. Freescale Semiconductor 24. General Electric 25. Google 26. Honeywell 27. IBM 28. Intel 29. Intuit 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kellogg's 32. KeyCorp 33. Liberty Mutual 34. L'Oréal 35. Mastercard

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