Azure StorSimple vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Azure StorSimple

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

16 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	Score 8.9 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	NetApp's Cloud Volumes ONTAP combines data control with enterprise-class storage features for various use cases, including file shares and block-level storage serving NAS and SAN protocols (NFS, SMB / CIFS, and iSCSI), Disaster Recovery (DR), Backup and Archive, DevOps, Databases (SQL, Oracle, NoSQL), or any other enterprise workload.	$0.64 Hourly

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Editions & Modules

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

Explore: $0.64
Hourly
Standard: $1.68
Hourly
Premium: $2.71
Hourly
Bring Your Own License (BYOL): Purchased from NetApp

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Visit https://cloud.netapp.com/pricing for the pricing breakdown.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Azure StorSimple	NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Top Pros	Pro Private cloud Pro Web client Pro Plug and play	Pro Storage management Pro Managed service Pro Automation capabilities
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Bit lacking Minus Provide free Minus Granular permissions

Best Alternatives
	Azure StorSimple	NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
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Medium-sized Companies	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (4 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NetApp NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP was well suited to begin our journey to cloud storage as a service. The ease and intuitiveness of the product to enable our administrators to design, configure, and deploy the storage in a hybrid cloud environment was instrumental to the success and the early adoption of the service. Incentivized Gary Slebrch Director of Enterprise IT Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NetApp Simplicity Flexibility Cost savings Incentivized Randy Carpenter Vice President Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NetApp More competitive pricing at lower volumes of storage Make it possible to manage storage across hybrid and multiple cloud environments Incentivized Bill Floyd CIO/CTO Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NetApp No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Microsoft No answers on this topic	NetApp We utilized NetApp remote Professional Services to assist in our deployment and also engaged support since the deployment for assistance regarding some networking concerns. NetApp support was surprisingly quick to reply and very proactive in resolving our concerns much quicker than other support personnel from many of our other vendors we use. No complaints about NetApp support at this time. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NetApp ScienceLogic SL1 and SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) were the closest competitors to meeting our business objectives. Tivoli Storage Manager was not able to meet the initial requirements. There was a significant overlap of capabilities between ScienceLogic SL1, SolarWinds SRM, and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. The latter provided a more positive and cohesive experience for our administrators and executives. Incentivized Gary Slebrch Director of Enterprise IT Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	NetApp Not really any noticeable impact yet We are utilizing the free tier that is provided as a promotion with current systems It remains to be seen if it will continue to be enough value to renew the subscription Incentivized Randy Carpenter Vice President Read full review
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