Comparing Panzura to CTERA

IT leaders face a hurdle during storage upgrades, especially when migrating data and workloads to the cloud. File data, often an organization's most critical asset, can be tricky to handle. For many businesses, files are the very foundation of their operations. Even inactive files hold immense value, harboring insights crucial for business decisions. And, these can be leveraged by AI to accelerate workloads, improve decision making and automate repetitive tasks.

Choosing the right hybrid cloud storage and file services platform can unlock significant value and productivity gains across your organization.

However, some solutions offer only modest improvements. In many cases, the best choice may depend on the workloads you run.

CTERA and Panzura are two popular hybrid cloud storage and file services platforms. Both appear to offer similar benefits: modernizing storage, consolidating file data, reducing storage needs, enabling cloud migration, facilitating collaboration across locations, and protecting data against ransomware with features like immutable data, snapshots, and early threat detection.

While both options offer advantages over traditional NAS storage in terms of cost and resiliency, and pave the way for AI-powered data management, a closer look reveals key differences that significantly impact real-world performance.

This comparison will delve into the inner workings of these two platforms, explain why the differences matter, and outline what you can expect from each.