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NetApp SnapCenter vs Perforce Delphix comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp SnapCenter
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (53rd)
Perforce Delphix
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Test Data Management (1st), Copy Data Management (1st), Data Masking (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

NetApp SnapCenter and Perforce Delphix aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. NetApp SnapCenter is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 0.7%, up 0.5% compared to last year.
Perforce Delphix, on the other hand, focuses on Test Data Management, holds 28.3% mindshare, down 29.2% since last year.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
NetApp SnapCenter0.7%
Veeam Data Platform11.4%
Commvault Cloud6.0%
Other81.9%
Backup and Recovery
Test Data Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Perforce Delphix28.3%
Informatica Test Data Management (TDM)15.3%
Broadcom Test Data Manager15.1%
Other41.3%
Test Data Management
 

Featured Reviews

MervynMorgan - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to save data for data projection but could improve its integration with other backup solutions
NetApp SnapCenter is highly efficient because it allows you to automate the creation of snapshots. Instead of manually creating snapshots using IMS or HMS, you can schedule and automate them, specifying the timing and frequency. This eliminates the need for daily manual intervention and streamlines the process. SnapCenter also enables you to assign specific user roles to manage these tasks, enhancing efficiency. SnapCenter ensures that your LPOs and RTOs are extremely quick. Although it may seem expensive initially, after using it for a while, you'll appreciate the efficiencies and gains it provides. I recommend the solution. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Amit-Rastogi - PeerSpot reviewer
Handles large volumes of data with ease, but the self-service portal must be more user-friendly
My advice depends on an organization’s needs. If an organization has a large volume of data, Delphix is a good choice. It is robust and very efficient with large volumes of data and different kinds of databases. If someone is looking for a one-stop solution with all features and capabilities, they must consider a different tool. Overall, I rate the product a six or seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"A feature that stands out is cloning databases. If you have a SQL database and it's huge, like one terabyte, the classical SQL way would be to do a backup-restore to create a clone of your database for test purposes. With SnapCenter now, we can clone a database but through the Snapshot technology, which means if you right-click and you click Clone, the one terabyte database is there instantly."
"The central pane view is the most valuable feature. You have one console where you can monitor all your jobs, as opposed to going to different vCenters."
"It has very fast backup and can handle a huge amount of data. It also enables really fast recovery."
"The backup process finishes very quickly."
"Restoring and cloning are easy to do."
"The most valuable feature is the RBAC, the Role-Based Access Control. In our managed service, we can have different layers of security."
"Most banks and financial institutions use the solution."
"The main advantage is its fast backup and restore."
"The most valuable aspect is the product is easy to manage, with a good dashboard. We can easily configure it on the front end and back end."
"Data being available anytime is a life changer."
"The most valuable feature is VDB provisioning."
"It is a stable solution."
"It provides the ability to roll back to a point in time or roll forward without the assistance of a DBA."
"The product is efficient in handling large volumes of data."
"The performance offered by the product, its price, and its ability to handle structured and unstructured data were good when compared to the other products in the market."
"The most valuable feature is creating virtual databases."
 

Cons

"The documentation could be a little bit better so that we could handle more of the troubleshooting ourselves, rather than having to go through support."
"We tend to have a lot of Hyper-V... so now we have two management consoles and we would ideally like to leverage SnapCenter to include Hyper-V."
"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."
"Groups might be helpful for each site or data center so that we know a given data center has these resources while another data center has those resources. It's not always easy to group hosts by type."
"I want to see a few more features add that will help our team in managing solution better."
"I have an issue with SnapCenter because sometimes a VM cannot be backed up... The way SnapCenter works is that it makes a backup of all the VMs and then it removes all the old backups. If one VM cannot be backed up for some reason, it has already created a new backup for all the VMs but it cannot remove the old backups. It ends up creating so many backups in VMware and it will cause a performance problem if the condition is not fixed."
"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."
"The DBAs are comparing it to SMO but it doesn't have a lot of the functionalities that SMO has."
"This product should be extended and made to be a more comprehensive storage solution."
"Delphix is quite expensive."
"The solution's price needs improvement."
"Delphix needs better partnerships from a customer perspective. It's how they sell it, not what they're selling."
"One thing I would like to see improved is the unusual error messages we receive and some slowness we have while we are updating."
"Could be improved with richer reporting capabilities."
"It would be good if any CI/CD and DevOps-aligned feature could be triggered through the DevOps pipeline."
"As a commercial model, it's very good. However, maybe it would be nice for Delphix to integrate with some other platforms."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's free. The license is included with other NetApp products."
"Pricing is very good because if you already have NepApp controllers, then it's included."
"The license for SnapCenter was included with the storage array."
"The licensing is well-designed because it's already included in some packages with NetApp storage. Therefore, for most customers, it's okay as the SnapCenter license is already included in some NetApp bundles."
"The product is inexpensive."
"We see a financial value with SnapCenter because we don't have to license Commvault, which is pretty expensive."
"We have a site license, so it comes with the product."
"It comes free with the amount of equipment we purchase from NetApp. In terms of pricing, zero is my favorite number."
"The product is a little bit expensive."
"It is an expensive solution."
"The cost is $370K annually for the Delphix Masking Engine and Delphix Virtualization Engine."
"I would say the price is a little high but affordable for our needs."
"I rate the product price seven to eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is the low price, and ten is the high price."
"Delphix's pricing is affordable."
"The solution's pricing was reasonable and lower than one million."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Insurance Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp SnapCenter?
The product should be free because it is just software to administrate systems purchased from NetApp, which are already expensive.
What needs improvement with NetApp SnapCenter?
The interface usability needs improvement. It should be more user-friendly and easier for customers to use.
What is your primary use case for NetApp SnapCenter?
I help my customers to install and integrate NetApp SnapCenter ( /products/netapp-snapcenter-reviews ). The solution is used for central consolidation of NetApp ( /products/netapp-41749-reviews ) d...
What do you like most about Delphix?
The performance offered by the product, its price, and its ability to handle structured and unstructured data were good when compared to the other products in the market.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delphix?
The solution's pricing was reasonable and lower than one million.
What needs improvement with Delphix?
It would be good if any CI/CD and DevOps-aligned feature could be triggered through the DevOps pipeline. Right now, we have to trigger the jobs and then integrate them with DevOps, which requires s...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

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