NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Verizon Cloud Portfolio

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Gary Slebrch

Director of Enterprise IT

General Dynamics Information TechnologyGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employees

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I think this service works very well for me, but I have been a Verizon customer for almost 15 years. If you are someone who hops carriers it may not be the best fit. I also like that you can easily use it with all of your employees regardless if they prefer Android or Apple phones. (Whereas using Apple's or Google's services may not work seamlessly for all phones.) I think it still has room for improvement, and sometimes I worry about the longevity of utilization due to the nature of cell phone carriers constantly changing prices, plans, and every option under the sun to make a buck that we could be very screwed in the future if Verizon does something stupid (because historically, they all have)

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Jennifer Larson

Project Coordinator

Craftsmen ContractorsConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Verizon Cloud Portfolio

Video files

Audio files

File search

Device sync

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Verizon Cloud Portfolio

User and role management

File organization

Device management

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Verizon Cloud Portfolio

Performance

Reliability

Pros

Migrate on-prem storage volumes to AWS
Provides Disaster Recovery in the cloud options
NetApp [Cloud Volumes ONTAP] has been very stable so far!

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Mark McCully

Senior Network Administrator

University HealthSystem ConsortiumHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Auto-Sync of files or contacts to the cloud that are chosen to be auto-synced.
Has the ability to turn off auto-sync and allow only manual sync.
Stores files and contacts in the cloud for later recovery in case of a data loss.

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Additional cloud vendor support
Expanded capabilities
Lower pricing tiers for licensing
Free/included entry tier

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Randy Carpenter

Vice President

First Network Group, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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The home screen shows a little bit of everything, but being a control freak, I would like to be able to customize it. (Granted, it would most likely have most of the same elements, but, for example, I don't need photos scrolling across the top. I'd rather have buttons like quick links to jump directly to what I want or to see a further bird's eye view of the content.
I like receiving notifications that a back-up is complete, but I would like to be able to set what other notifications are and aren't allowed to push to my phone.
I have set Verizon Cloud to back up on wifi OR using the data network. But if you are using wifi while doing a content restore and you lose that connection, either by leaving the building or the local wifi dropping out momentarily, the entire content restore will stop and need to be restarted. This can be very frustrating.

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Jennifer Larson

Project Coordinator

Craftsmen ContractorsConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP 8.4

Based on 6 answers

I have used NetApp solutions at various companies in the data center over the past 10+ years. NetApp always provides exceptional customer support with excellent support during setup/configuration and implementation. No professional services or consulting needed to get up and running quickly. Ongoing support and maintenance is also excellent--not that we need to use it very often due to the excellent reliability of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

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Bill Floyd

CIO/CTO

LexipolComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Cost was a huge factor and ease of integration and deployment led us to ultimately choose NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP for our tertiary backup design. For our lightweight applications, we chose NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP because we were able to kill two birds with one product and have the deployment efforts and time kept at a minimum which again helps saves cost.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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All of the others provide more free storage. Verizon should out best or at least equal the best when you are already a Verizon data subscriber. It seems that by not doing this that they want to "nickle-and-dime" their already loyal customer base

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Verified User

Project Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive Benefit: Measurable customer satisfaction increase by 50% attributed to visibility
Positive Benefit: Go-to-market time saving--reduced time by two weeks
Neutral Impact: Integration with third-party monitoring was not made easier but was able to be completed

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Gary Slebrch

Director of Enterprise IT

General Dynamics Information TechnologyGovernment Administration, 10,001+ employees

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Thus far is has been a positive experience, and has saved a lot of man hours of both employees who replaced their phones to the IT department trying to help them put everything back no longer needs to go through a lengthy process.
The cost of this option is a bit higher than I'd like. I think Verizon is a little too proud of a product that every company is now starting to offer.
There is a free version with limited space, so at least trying it out to see how it will fit with your needs isn't much of a risk.

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Jennifer Larson

Project Coordinator

Craftsmen ContractorsConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Editions & Modules

Edition

Bring Your Own License (BYOL)	Purchased from NetApp
Explore	$0.64²
Standard	$1.68²
Premium	$2.71²

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Hourly

Additional Pricing Details

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

General

Free Trial

—

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

—

Verizon Cloud Portfolio Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Verizon Cloud Portfolio

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Verizon Cloud Portfolio