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CA 1 Tape Management vs NetApp BlueXP comparison

 

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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
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.5%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp BlueXP is 5.3%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NetApp BlueXP5.3%
CA 1 Tape Management5.5%
Other89.2%
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

"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."
"The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert it."
"Literally everything about the product is great!"
"To me, the CA 1 tool is the industry standard."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"With this product, it all becomes automatic: locating the data, backing up the data, restoring the data. We can automate all that with it."
"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."
"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."
"When we compare it to classic infrastructure, we see money saving."
"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."
"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 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."
"NetApp BlueXP has positively impacted my organization by reducing storage management effort by thirty to sixty percent, with less time spent on day-to-day storage operations, resulting in faster provisioning of storage, where storage provisioning time drops from hours to minutes."
"It has improved our disaster recovery."
 

Cons

"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 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."
"It's a very expensive product."
"NetApp BlueXP is powerful but can feel dense; what could be improved are more guided workflows, such as 'set up backup for this workload' or 'optimize storage cost in three steps.'"
"The VMware capabilities can be improved."
"The dashboard management could be improved."
"The tool needs to make its licensing pages more user-friendly."
"I chose eight out of ten because the UI is slow sometimes, and the initial configuration is a bit complex."
"It is not easy to integrate with Google because if we have some problems, we must talk with Google and NetApp support."
"In terms of areas where NetApp BlueXP can be improved, I focus on privacy and governance."
 

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
25%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
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?
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 ...
What is your primary use case for NetApp BlueXP?
NetApp BlueXP allows me to store and share large amounts of my digital data across physical and hybrid cloud environments, which is the main purpose of utilizing this solution.
 

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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