IBM Spectrum Control vs NetApp BlueXP comparison

IBM and NetApp are both solutions in the Storage Management category. IBM is ranked #5 with an average rating of 6.0, while NetApp is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.4. IBM holds a 9.5% mindshare in SM, compared to NetApp’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Control

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87% willing to recommend

NetApp BlueXP

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100% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Control

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Control and NetApp BlueXP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Control

Ranking in Storage Management

5th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp BlueXP

Ranking in Storage Management

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Control is 9.5%, up from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp BlueXP is 4.3%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Aamir Jameel

Senior Systems Manager at Tapal tea

Scalable but not user-friendly

Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly. IBM also needs to provide proper training to handle Spectrum Control because it's a complicated solution I've been using Spectrum Control for almost three years. Spectrum Control's stability is fine. Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can…

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Naveen Radhwani

Head IT at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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.

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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

"Technical support is quite responsive and helpful."

"Spectrum Control is highly secure and competitively priced."

"Spectrum Control's scalability is fine - we can extend it for the backup requirement."

"The granularity of this solution has been most useful. Customers can click on a single item and get the information only for the single item they choose."

"The benefits would be mostly the ability to diagnose a problem."

"The product keeps historical data for a very long time."

"In my opinion, it's the best monitoring and report creation tool for IBM storage devices. You can do a lot of performance stats and reports with very nice tools for IBM storage devices."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use. The ability to get into a storage device and look at whatever you are trying to look at as far as performance, then obtain the reports that you need to do your analytical work."

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"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."

"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."

Cons

"I would like to see is more information regarding the copy groups (the replication)."

"The solution must support multi-vendor storage."

"The pain points were, and may still continue to be, the fact that there are multiple components of the product which are installed, you might say, somewhat individually."

"The database could be improved so that the complexity of installation could be easier. We would also like to have more granularity in the profiles and products for users. We would like to link the users to the tool to managers or auditors."

"If we were to add VM level performance being able to monitor VMs on a VM level, then that would be good."

"Spectrum Control could be more user-friendly."

"The initial setup for IBM Spectrum Control is a bit complicated. They should also make it easier to integrate and use the Cosmos Analytics tool, which is very complicated."

"It's a very expensive product."

"The tool needs to make its licensing pages more user-friendly."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is reasonably priced."

"We were already licensing Spectrum Control. This was one reasons why we went to Control rather than using the other product."

"It is pay for the amount of storage that you are monitoring. The more that we use the tool and like the tool, we may want to extend it to other storage platforms. This is just a matter of cost."

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Manufacturing Company

39%

Computer Software Company

12%

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Government

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Control?

The product keeps historical data for a very long time.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Control?

The solution must support multi-vendor storage.

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What is your primary use case for IBM Spectrum Control?

The solution can be used for monitoring storage.

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What do you like most about NetApp BlueXP?

NetApp BlueXP makes it easier to deliver products and manage inventory.

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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.

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What needs improvement with NetApp BlueXP?

The dashboard management could be improved.

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Also Known As

Spectrum Control

NetApp Cloud Manager, NetApp OnCommand Cloud Manager

Overview

IBM Spectrum Control is a comprehensive solution that can significantly improve monitoring, automation and analytics capabilities in multi-vendor storage environments. IBM Spectrum Control helps manage storage systems, software-defined storage, storage-area network (SAN) fabrics and devices. Storage can be seen from multiple perspectives, including departmental, application and server views. IBM Spectrum Control helps simplify provisioning, tier optimization, performance management and data replication processes.

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NetApp BlueXP brings storage and data services together in a unified control plane that will revolutionize your experience. An intuitive interface and powerful automation help decrease resource waste, complexity, and the risk of managing diverse environments. Operational simplicity, here you come.

BlueXP. Its short name belies its myriad capabilities. So, what is BlueXP, and what can it do for you? BlueXP:

Is a unified control plane delivering a simplified hybrid multicloud experience for storage and data services.
Helps you deploy, discover, manage, and optimize data and infrastructure with the simplicity of SaaS.
Combines visibility and manageability of storage instances, with data services like data protection, governance and compliance, mobility, and resource monitoring and optimization.
Enables multicloud operations via a unified control plane to eliminate fragmented and redundant toolsets, frameworks, lexicons, and competencies.

In short, BlueXP enables the evolved cloud you need to run your business your way.

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Sample Customers

Nuance

RapidScale, Bank of Cyrus, Societe Generale, Denver Broncos

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