NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP vs Verizon Cloud Portfolio

Likelihood to Recommend

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP has been greatly suited for running some lightweight applications our company uses as well as serving as a tertiary target that we mirror off to our Cloud Volumes ONTAP within our Cloud provider. The transfer of data runs very smoothly and consistently which has been tested thoroughly with ingest/egress. I do not believe this product would serve well for our large proprietary applications due to the effort it would take for us to shift workloads to the Cloud at this time.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 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

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Verizon Cloud Portfolio

Performance

Reliability

Pros

Integrates into major Cloud vendors.
Integrates with NetApp infrastructure.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 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

See additional integration with other storage vendors.
Create single pane of view with integrated ONTAP systems.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 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 10.0

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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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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 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

Increased savings from on-prem data center costs.
Ease of integration into preexisting environment.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 51-200 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

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Editions & Modules

Edition

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

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

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