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CA 1 Tape Management vs NetApp BlueXP comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

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
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.4%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp BlueXP is 4.7%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp BlueXP4.7%
CA 1 Tape Management5.4%
Other89.9%
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…
Rajeshk Kumar Nayak - PeerSpot reviewer
Open Shift Engineer at Dhanyaayai enterprise private limited
Centralized dashboard has simplified cloud backups and now streamlines multi-cloud data migrations
The best features NetApp BlueXP offers, in my experience, include a single dashboard for every operation, which helps reduce manual work. It has a great dashboard with better visibility and works across multiple clouds, whether in a hybrid or multiple cloud environments. The dashboard helps my team day-to-day by providing a very easy-to-use UI that is not too complex. We can easily add cloud details, create buckets, and manage all the information for backup. The operations are GUI-based, making it very helpful for configuring these tasks without using complex CLI commands. NetApp BlueXP positively impacts my organization by providing good integration with NetApp storage including ONTAP and Trident, along with built-in monitoring and alerts. It saves a lot of time and reduces the in-field engineers' costs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"CA 1 is our intake management system, and it's just one of the best products out there."
"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!"
"To me, the CA 1 tool is the industry standard."
"The solution is stable."
"NetApp BlueXP makes it easier to deliver products and manage inventory."
"If your use case involves backing up data from the cloud or transitioning data from on-prem to cloud or between multiple or hybrid clouds, NetApp BlueXP is a very good tool."
"It has improved our disaster recovery."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to view all our different systems in one place. That's the most important feature for us."
"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."
"The software interface can extract the data from the backend effectively."
"When we compare it to classic infrastructure, we see money saving."
 

Cons

"Sometimes it does not detect all chaining errors and the reporting on them could be improved as well."
"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"The solution's cost needs improvement."
"Installation and customization could be improved."
"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."
"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."
"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"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."
"The dashboard management could be improved."
"The VMware capabilities can be improved."
"It's a very expensive product."
"It is not easy to integrate with Google because if we have some problems, we must talk with Google and NetApp support."
"I chose eight out of ten because the UI is slow sometimes, and the initial configuration is a bit complex."
"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
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
12%
Healthcare Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
26%
Real Estate/Law Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp BlueXP?
The pricing is reasonable. I'd rate the affordability seven out of ten.
What needs improvement with NetApp BlueXP?
The dashboard management could be improved.
What is your primary use case for NetApp BlueXP?
We primarily use the solution as storage for our media files. We have an online system. The processing is also being done on that storage server. It's like native storage.
 

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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