CloudDRIVE vs. Spot by NetApp

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CloudDRIVE
Score 7.0 out of 10
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CSS Corp in Milpitas, California offers CloudDRIVE, a cloud management platform designed to optimize application performance and reduce costs post cloud migration, and smooth adoption of new cloud capabilities and applications.N/A
Spot by NetApp
Score 6.4 out of 10
N/A
Spot by NetApp, now including CloudCheckr, helps companies to run their cloud investments. The Spot product suite uses machine learning and analytics to automate and optimize cloud infrastructure, to ensure that workloads and applications always have the best possible infrastructure that is available, scalable and available at the lowest possible cost. Spot’s technology provides insights into cloud costs, recommendations for how to optimize utilization and costs, and automation to implement…N/A
Pricing
CloudDRIVESpot by NetApp
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudDRIVESpot by NetApp
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
CloudDRIVESpot by NetApp
Cloud Management
Comparison of Cloud Management features of Product A and Product B
CloudDRIVE
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Ratings
Spot by NetApp
9.0
1 Ratings
4% above category average
Cloud Management Security00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Automation and Orchestration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cost Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Cloud Management Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Governance and Compliance00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Systems Integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
CloudDRIVESpot by NetApp
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
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User Testimonials
CloudDRIVESpot by NetApp
Likelihood to Recommend
CSS Corp
It seems to be adequate for those companies that have a lot of information and have the need for many of their workers to integrate or can visualize their information quickly and at any time. It helps to save space on the company's servers and it is very easy to access, it is also easy to use and understand, and it is a scalable storage system
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NetApp
CloudCheckr is fantastic for those that are purely in the Cloud as it provides everything you need under one roof for a comprehensive configuration and usage monitoring tool. It has SysLog capabilities though so you can farm out the alerts into a SIEM or other log management system, so hybrid environments could also benefit from its use.
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Pros
CSS Corp
  • Keeps my information safe in the cloud which is safer
  • I can view my information from any device at any place and time
  • With this application, I can transfer the data with ease
  • Automatic backup of all files is performed
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NetApp
  • Detailed Best Practices. It's important to align your cloud to industry best practices for security and cost—it just performs better if it's used the way it's meant to be used. AWS is very flexible, and that's great when you have special requirements, but you've got to at least know when you're using something in a non-standard way so you can think through the implications.
  • Cost Reduction. Some recommendations are almost impossible to make at least for our setup, but many, many others are easy. We only have to log into CloudCheckr every few months and make a few changes for it to more than pay for itself.
  • Right-Sizing. This is related to the other points, but for some reason is separate from their cost module. The metrics it's able to pull only tell half the story, so it's good to verify it's sizing recommendations before making changes. But it does show you what instances to focus on first, and even if you choose a slightly different size to move it to, it does clearly indicate it's current size isn't appropriate. And this works both ways, if the size is too big, you can save some cash by making it smaller, but if it's too small, you want to be sure to scale up before you run into performance problems.
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Cons
CSS Corp
  • Internet access is needed at all times
  • If many people manage the cloud they can make the mistake of deleting some files
  • Confusing legal coverage, there are countries that do not have data protection laws
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NetApp
  • CloudCheckr features have a tendency to break without warning. Functionality in place for months could suddenly stop working.
  • CloudCheckr support often delays work on support tickets for fixing broken application functionality.
  • The CloudCheckr platform and documentation website often crash or experience performance degradation.
  • CloudCheckr cost reporting is often impacted by faulty code or broken report functionality. This can contribute to a low level of confidence in CloudCheckr's ability to deliver accurate cost reporting.
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Usability
CSS Corp
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NetApp
Overall, CloudCheckr covers all our AWS monitoring needs and great integration through SysLog into our SIEM to capture alerts for investigation. The reports are great and allow for an easy daily review. Small improvements could be made to the interface and better filtering in places would be good. Great product and the price is fair.
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Support Rating
CSS Corp
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NetApp
Fantastic Support team who are responsive and address question and concerns promptly with a thorough explanation and fast resolution.
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Alternatives Considered
CSS Corp
Basically this cloud is much more practical than others, it is fast and have greater storage capacity, but in reality, almost all cloud applications have the same function.
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NetApp
There are a few products out there that'll do an aspect or two of what CloudCheckr does, but I honestly couldn't find anything nearly as comprehensive as CloudCheckr.
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Return on Investment
CSS Corp
  • Reduction of expenses in the company
  • A lot of capacity to keep information
  • You can store any type of file
  • It could improve if you could see files without internet
  • Sometimes a little slow
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NetApp
  • CloudCheckr has allowed us to increase resell margins as an MSP.
  • CloudCheckr has made us aware of cost savings opportunities that exceed the price of the platform itself.
  • CloudCheckr has given us additional visibility that has allowed us to manage and understand cloud computing costs.
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