CA View vs N-able Passportal comparison

Broadcom and N-able are both solutions in the Document Management Software category. Broadcom is ranked #17, while N-able is ranked #10 with an average rating of 10.0. Broadcom holds a 1.7% mindshare in DMS, compared to N-able’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N-able users who would recommend it.

CA View

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100% willing to recommend

N-able Passportal

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382 Views
130 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CA View and N-able Passportal based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Document Management Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

CA View

Ranking in Document Management Software

17th

Average Rating

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

N-able Passportal

Ranking in Document Management Software

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Password Managers (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Document Management Software category, the mindshare of CA View is 1.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Passportal is 1.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Document Management Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
N-able Passportal	1.5%
CA View	1.7%
Other	96.8%

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it_user851850

Sr. Platform Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Helps us secure viewing of customer accounts; scalability streamlines production of large reports

You can control who views what, as far as security is concerned, in viewing customer accounts. I'm not sure if that was available in the product at the beginning, but we use it extensively now. Also expandability. It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along.

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Emil Heinemann

IT Manager at Cerberus IT Solutions

Straightforward software saves time with its simplicity and useful password management features

Secure password storage is the primary function of N-able Passportal that works well, and all the other features are add-ons. The best advantages of N-able Passportal are that the software is straightforward and easy to use. The ease of use is a significant benefit for N-able Passportal. If you need a degree to figure out how to do three small functions in your software package, it is not worth it because you will have to spend time figuring out what goes wrong. With how N-able Passportal software works, there is a perception of simplicity and straightforwardness. You do not have to sit and figure out what is happening. This is important because it saves time. You can always get more money and clients, but you can never get more time.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We standardized our CIS log processing with CA View. We support a whole bunch of LPARs, about 80 or so. When we go to an LPAR, we know just where the CIS log is, it's in CA View, and we know how to get to it, we don't have to search around for it."

"It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along."

"Passportal also helps manage assets. You can add information about your infrastructure, like routers, including model numbers, operating systems, expiration dates, and licensing."

"The ease of use is a significant benefit for N-able Passportal; if you need a degree to figure out how to do three small functions in your software package, it is not worth it because you will have to spend time figuring out what goes wrong."

"The most valuable feature of the N-able Passportal is its functionality. You can store your passwords safely, and not just anyone can gain access to them. If you have an onsite system, it can change the password for you on a daily basis. This is a great benefit because you don't have to worry about if the account's breached tomorrow, your pass is going to be changed. It's perfect."

"The most valuable features of the N-able Passportal are the password rotations, and the ability to be able to store passwords. You can have it on your phone or your desktop. You're not required to have it only on your desktop computer."

Cons

"I believe they do probably have a GUI interface for the laptop, so you can just use the interface instead of the mainframe ISPF interface. I think that's already available but, if not, that would be my only issue."

"There was one customer we were trying convert over, and it was complicated. There were retention criteria which seemed a little more limited than with some of the other products."

"N-able Passportal can improve the stability because sometimes I can't log in. I had some issues a couple of months ago where I couldn't log in and that was problematic."

"I do not see any return on investment in terms of savings, time saving, or money saving, especially since this economy is struggling."

"Sometimes accessing the solution is a bit slow, but that could be due to conditions at many different points. However, some issues that do arise are outside of our control."

"I'd like to see the ability to provide both credential management and documentation management for clients. Currently, they only get access to credential management."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It requires other pieces of CA software and license keys, thing like that. That's one thing to keep in mind. It requires CA Common Services in order to actually be licensed to run on LPAR."

"For its value, Passportal's price is affordable."

"The price of N-able Passportal is approximately $15 for the license."

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Unicenter CA-View Output Archival and Viewing

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Overview

CA View is an automated archival and retrieval system that provides immediate and flexible online viewing of mainframe and distributed output. Its repository is capable of housing many types of documents and file types to give you an easy mechanism for selectively viewing and managing a variety of data types. CA View integrates with other solutions to automate the flow of reports between mainframe and distributed platforms, offering a solution that grows with changing business needs.

Broadcom

Create and control strong credentials and user access to devices, networks, and applications with the N‑able™ Passportal™ solution. Elevate password and credential management with a solution that helps eliminate guesswork and busy work.

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DHL, Intergrupo

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