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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
5th
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
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of CA 1 Tape Management is 5.6%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp BlueXP is 4.5%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
NetApp BlueXP4.5%
CA 1 Tape Management5.6%
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…
Naveen Radhwani - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT at TO THE NEW Digital
Improved security and performance and helps with data management
It's improved our data management significantly. The performance and transfer of data have improved significantly. The security functionality is very good. We are much more secure now. It has improved our disaster recovery. We now have a good disaster program in place thanks to BlueXP. BlueXP assists us with AI-driven data operations.

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."
"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."
"The tapes are mounted automatically. You can read a tape automatically without waiting for someone to insert 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."
"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."
"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."
"NetApp BlueXP makes it easier to deliver products and manage inventory."
"The software interface can extract the data from the backend effectively."
 

Cons

"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 solution's cost needs improvement."
"The product itself is fairly complex so the install is as well."
"The dashboard management could be improved."
"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 tool needs to make its licensing pages more user-friendly."
"It's a very expensive product."
"The VMware capabilities can be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Insurance Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
University
5%
Manufacturing Company
25%
Real Estate/Law Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
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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