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As of 4 November 2026, 39 storage systems are named by companies instead of NetApp: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

NetApp, companies in postings
558
Most used alternative
Amazon S3 · 4,518
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Amazon S3
Alternatives ranked
39
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

storage systems companies choose instead of NetApp

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs NetApppostings, 90 dCompare
1
Amazon S3Amazon
4,518810%12,902NetApp vs Amazon S3 →
2
Azure Data Lake StorageMicrosoft
839150%2,328NetApp vs Azure Data Lake Storage →
3
Google Cloud StorageGoogle
775139%2,348NetApp vs Google Cloud Storage →
4
Azure StorageMicrosoft
558100%1,328NetApp vs Azure Storage →
5
CephCeph Foundation
39070%886NetApp vs Ceph →
6
NFSIETF
38268%1,073NetApp vs NFS →
7
Hadoop Distributed File SystemApache Software Foundation
32358%781NetApp vs Hadoop Distributed File System →
8
Dell EMCDell Technologies
30354%707NetApp vs Dell EMC →
9
Azure Blob StorageMicrosoft
28251%649NetApp vs Azure Blob Storage →
10
iSCSIIETF
26447%593NetApp vs iSCSI →
11
Pure StoragePure Storage
22941%665NetApp vs Pure Storage →
12
NVMeNVM Express
19335%1,159NetApp vs NVMe →
13
Microsoft DFSMicrosoft
18734%375NetApp vs Microsoft DFS →
14
MinIOMinIO
16530%320NetApp vs MinIO →
15
Fibre ChannelINCITS
14426%308NetApp vs Fibre Channel →
16
LustreOpenSFS
13524%391NetApp vs Lustre →
17
VAST DataVAST Data
12122%378NetApp vs VAST Data →
18
IBM Spectrum ScaleIBM
10619%320soon
19
ZFSOpenZFS
10519%192soon
20
NTFSMicrosoft
9016%148soon
21
Dell PowerScaleDell Technologies
8716%242soon
22
WEKAWekaIO
8716%236soon
23
LVMLinux
7914%226soon
24
SynologySynology
7814%132soon
25
NetApp ONTAPNetApp
7714%353soon
26
Nimble StorageHPE
7313%167soon
27
SATASerial ATA International Organization
7313%448soon
28
SambaSamba Team
5911%99soon
29
Dell PowerStoreDell Technologies
5710%112soon
30
eMMCJEDEC
5510%154soon
31
Amazon S3 GlacierAmazon Web Services
509%99soon
32
BeeGFSThinkParallel
417%71soon
33
Universal Flash Storage (UFS)JEDEC
417%241soon
34
Azure FilesMicrosoft
407%86soon
35
RookCNCF
407%51soon
36
Cisco MDSCisco
397%72soon
37
LonghornCNCF
366%72soon
38
Dell PowerMaxDell Technologies
356%83soon
39
DDNDataDirect Networks
316%123soon
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39 storage systems are named by companies instead of NetApp: Amazon S3 by 4,518 companies, Azure Data Lake Storage by 839, Google Cloud Storage by 775, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/netapp/alternatives)
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  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

NetApp alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to NetApp?

Amazon S3: 4,518 companies name it in their own job postings, against 558 for NetApp.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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