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Zadara pros and cons

Vendor: Zadara
4.3 out of 5

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PROS

Zadara provides valuable integration with other cloud solutions, enabling users to maintain low latency and scale on demand.
Zadara allows significant cost savings, offering approximately 50 to 60 percent reduction over five years compared to self-managed solutions.
Flexibility in deployment options is highlighted as a key advantage of using Zadara.
Zadara offers storage performance and scalability, outperforming other systems in expandability and flexibility.
Zadara enhances user operations with 24/7 management and high IOPS from its all-flash architecture.

CONS

The pricing is considered high, with Zadara not offering competitive rates in regions like South Africa and Ethiopia.
There are ongoing issues with performance, reporting, and backups not functioning as expected.
Updates and patches require customers to initiate support tickets, which could be more proactive.
Firmware upgrades can be disruptive, and maintenance often requires complex troubleshooting via the CLI.
The initial setup of Zadara is complex and frequently necessitates command line interface use.
 

Zadara Pros review quotes

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Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Jul 22, 2026
Zadara offered better cost and better cost-benefit regarding cloud compatibility and also data traffic over the internet.
NV
AI product lead at Sortis
Jul 18, 2026
Zadara has positively impacted my organization as it has added power and momentum to our vision, particularly when working with AI.
Kirubel Behailu - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
Nov 11, 2024
I find Zadara's user-friendliness from both the customer and engineering perspectives highly appreciated.
Learn what your peers think about Zadara. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
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KirillKolesnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
Mar 28, 2025
Zadara saves both time and money.
reviewer1778676 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Head of Infrastructure, Information Systems Group at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 14, 2024
It provides very satisfactory storage performance.
SH
CTO at Pratum
Aug 10, 2022
One of the most valuable features is its integration with other cloud solutions. We have a presence within Amazon EC2 and we leverage compute instances in there. Being able to integrate with compute, both locally within Zadara, as well as with other cloud vendors such as Amazon, is very helpful, while also being able to maintain extremely low latency between those connections.
IA
Chief Information Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Mar 29, 2021
One of the most useful features is that they provide iSCSI as a service.
MR
CEO at Momit Srl
Sep 12, 2022
Zadara Storage Cloud having 24/7 management saves me support and engineering costs because the storage and computing are managed by a third-party. We are able to focus more attention on the customer, which is truly our core business. Even at 1:00 AM or 2:00 AM at night, someone will answer, which is important.
KirillKolesnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
Jan 5, 2022
The most valuable feature of Zadara is its ease of use and safety, and overall the solution is a complete package with all the features needed.
it_user1754853 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief IT Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 5, 2022
The processing is much faster with this product.
 

Zadara Cons review quotes

AA
Arquiteto De Cloud at Claro Brasil
Jul 22, 2026
When I had experience with Zadara, the team in Brazil was in a very early stage, so support was not that efficient.
NV
AI product lead at Sortis
Jul 18, 2026
Zadara can be improved by making their interfaces more attractive. They currently look like simple PHP interfaces, but they need to customize and work on their interfaces and user interfaces significantly.
Kirubel Behailu - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud System Engineer at cloud251
Nov 11, 2024
There is room for improvement in pricing as it is currently quite expensive.
Learn what your peers think about Zadara. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
908,834 professionals have used our research since 2012.
KirillKolesnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
Mar 28, 2025
The initial installation was difficult because many steps required the command line interface (CLI). Maintenance can also be complicated, especially when deeper troubleshooting requires navigating the CLI and searching for logs.
reviewer1778676 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Head of Infrastructure, Information Systems Group at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 14, 2024
Currently, when we do firmware upgrades, it sometimes causes issues and is not as nondisruptive as desired.
SH
CTO at Pratum
Aug 10, 2022
I would like to see them be a little bit more proactive in terms of the patches and updates that are available. I would like to see more disclosure and information around what fixes or what enhancements are available within a patch, and help in coordinating and scheduling that. Right now, it's driven more by the customer in reaching out via a support ticket.
IA
Chief Information Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Mar 29, 2021
Having iSCSI over the internet using a VPN, the IPSec tunnel is really the only thing that I find missing from this product.
MR
CEO at Momit Srl
Sep 12, 2022
There are still some storage features that they lack. For example, other vendors implemented the auto-tiering feature a long time ago, while Zadara Storage Cloud is just coming out with this feature today. So, they are a little bit late compared to the market.
KirillKolesnikov - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technical Architect at AVALIS
Jan 5, 2022
The initial setup of the solution is complex.
it_user1754853 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief IT Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 5, 2022
The range of support of VMware could be better. It can support Windows, however, it cannot support other operating systems like IBM AIX. This needs to improve.