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CA 1 Tape Management vs NetApp BlueXP comparison

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Categories and Ranking

CA 1 Tape Management
Ranking in Storage Management
7th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp BlueXP
Ranking in Storage Management
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.7%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp BlueXP is 5.7%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp BlueXP5.7%
CA 1 Tape Management5.7%
Other88.6%
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Beyza Aksöz - PeerSpot reviewer
Mainframe System Programmer at Türkiye İş Bankası
An easy-to-use solution with good technical support services
We use the solution to manage virtual tape volumes The solution is easy to use. The solution's pricing could be better. We have been using the solution for eight years. I rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten. We have 20 solution users in our organization. Also, we plan to…
Nagendra Nekkala. - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager Ict & Innovations at Bangalore International Airport Limited
Unified control plane has simplified hybrid data management and has automated workflow orchestration
In terms of areas where NetApp BlueXP can be improved, I focus on privacy and governance. What I mean by this is that personally sensitive information in the interface needs to be encrypted, which is called privacy. As per the governance policy, that is for data security governance policy, it also needs to have a specific policy on how this data has been categorized. If I had the opportunity to add a feature or function to NetApp BlueXP, I would ensure that privacy and governance are taken care of properly.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"With this product, it all becomes automatic: locating the data, backing up the data, restoring the data. We can automate all that with it."
"Literally everything about the product is great!"
"The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert it."
"CA 1 is our intake management system, and it's just one of the best products out there."
"To me, the CA 1 tool is the industry standard."
"It has become easy to backup and archive all our system data and financial data. It helps us mainly in managing the backup of our databases, and it is easy to retrieve that data and find it in a secure place."
"The Vault Management function keeps track of where a tape should be and tells the operators which tapes should be sent offsite, and which ones should return."
"package that manages all of your tapes. Create/write/catalog, retention, delete. There are queries and reports, which are needed to know when/where/length keeping, etc., in order to track them or find out current status."
"When we compare it to classic infrastructure, we see money saving."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to view all our different systems in one place. That's the most important feature for us."
"NetApp BlueXP ensures my data management by storage, mobility, protection, analysis, and control, so discovering, deployment, and managing storage are all of the real strong features for it."
"NetApp BlueXP has positively impacted my organization because it takes a lot of time to log in to different portals or to log in to VPN and then access the VMware or other on-premises servers, and with this platform, I just log in through our single application and can manage and review all of our service providers easily."
"It has improved our disaster recovery."
"NetApp BlueXP makes it easier to deliver products and manage inventory."
"The software interface can extract the data from the backend effectively."
"The primary benefit is that it simplifies data management. We face a lot of classification issues with our customers. They need to classify data, but they don't know how to do it. We can help them do it using BlueXP Datasense."
 

Cons

"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"When we want to interface the CA 1 product with other vendors, IBM or others, it is difficult to interface it with them, because you need some exits, you need to compile some assemblers."
"Installation and customization could be improved."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"Sometimes it does not detect all chaining errors and the reporting on them could be improved as well."
"The VMware capabilities can be improved."
"It is not easy to integrate with Google because if we have some problems, we must talk with Google and NetApp support."
"Performance could be a little better. In my opinion, it's a bit slow. If you click on something, it takes a while for the data to load."
"It's a very expensive product."
"I chose eight out of ten because the UI is slow sometimes, and the initial configuration is a bit complex."
"In terms of areas where NetApp BlueXP can be improved, I focus on privacy and governance."
"The dashboard management could be improved."
"The tool needs to make its licensing pages more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
22%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp BlueXP?
Related to pricing, this is managed by the financial team, but I understand it is a bit high. Compared to competitors including Dell PowerStore, Dell APEX, and IBM Spectrum, these are slightly less...
What needs improvement with NetApp BlueXP?
I actually cannot think of any small thing or minor feature or tweak I would wish for in NetApp BlueXP. I find it to be good as it is.
What is your primary use case for NetApp BlueXP?
My main use case for NetApp BlueXP is to secure our hybrid multi-cloud environment, and because we are an MSP, we are using Azure, AWS, and Google. It has helped us to integrate all of them into a ...
 

Also Known As

BrightStor Tape Management
NetApp Cloud Manager, NetApp OnCommand Cloud Manager
 

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Sample Customers

TravelPort, AlphaServe, Rogers Communication
RapidScale, Bank of Cyrus, Societe Generale, Denver Broncos
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