IBM Aspera on Cloud vs. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Aspera on Cloud
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
IBM Aspera on Cloud is an on-demand SaaS offering for global content transfer and exchange. It enables organizations to move large files and data sets securely and reliably across on-premises and multi-cloud environments at high speed. IBM offers 30% off the first monthly or annual subscriptions on Essentials and Lite Editions. Offer ends 15 December.
$1.01
per month per GB transferred
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Score 6.4 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
IBM Aspera on CloudNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Editions & Modules
Pay as You Go
USD 1.01
per month per GB transferred
Essentials Edition
Starting at $250.20
per year
Standard Plus Edition
Starting at $7488
per year
Premium Edition
Contact Sales
per year
Explore
$0.64
Hourly
Standard
$1.68
Hourly
Premium
$2.71
Hourly
Bring Your Own License (BYOL)
Purchased from NetApp
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Aspera on CloudNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsVisit https://cloud.netapp.com/pricing for the pricing breakdown.
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User Ratings
IBM Aspera on CloudNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(27 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(4 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Aspera on CloudNetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
In one specific situation I had to quickly transfer about ten files really fast that were really large but my colleague from another company only had Aspera and it worked so well with no errors and was so fast. It was really helpful to get our promo done with our strict deadline.
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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.
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Pros
IBM
  • Ease of use: the Graphical User Interface doesn't require technical know-how to operate
  • Delivery Receipts: this allows us the confidence to know our files have reached our customers
  • Activity Monitor: lets you know how much data you have used, which is important for budgeting reasons.
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NetApp
  • Simplicity
  • Flexibility
  • Cost savings
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Cons
IBM
  • Track upload/download usage OVERALL to know how much space is left
  • Track cloud storage overall to know how much space is left
  • More easily send single links to users for download, rather than full access (I know it is possible, but it is not intuitive)
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NetApp
  • More competitive pricing at lower volumes of storage
  • Make it possible to manage storage across hybrid and multiple cloud environments
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Usability
IBM
My experience with Aspera applications and with other vendors. My score will go to 8 as soon as AoC's Files App has the Search Through Sub-folders feature. We want to remove Aspera Shares, which has an older inefficient user interface.
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NetApp
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
IBM
The support from IBM is fast and reliable. Very knowledgeable engineers provide you with the support on Aspera. We had a very good experience when opened tickets and we were able to get our issues resolved quickly. Most solutions are provided within a day so you can expect a quick turnaround time. Overall, the support has been very good.
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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.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
The service provided by the authorized vendor was excellent. It was a good collaboration between the vendor IT team and internal IT team. They provided us with a timeline and we verified and approved that timeline. Daily stand ups and weekly meetups were conducted to update the internal team on progress. They were able to deliver all deliverables on time also, they conducted both alpha testing and beta version testing in time. Overall, they were able to complete the implementation in the given timeline.
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NetApp
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
IBM
These cloud storage products deliver sufficient space to store data and access and have an array of ways to transfer this data and keep it secure. IBM Aspera on Cloud focuses on the transfer and makes it a lot faster mainly due to its patented tech and altered UDP protocol. Since most of production code uses IBM services, it was natural to go with IBM Aspera on Cloud.
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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.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • IBM Aspera has allowed us to scale our file-based deliveries to several terabytes across thousands of assets per month.
  • IBM Aspera has allowed us to deliver reliably without many issues, increasing operational efficiency.
  • IBM Aspera has allowed us to deliver materials on time, which has had a direct and positive impact on our content consumption.
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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
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ScreenShots

IBM Aspera on Cloud Screenshots

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NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Screenshots

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