NetApp BlueXP vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP comparison

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The compared NetApp BlueXP and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP solutions aren't in the same category. NetApp BlueXP is ranked #1 in SM , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 5.7% mindshare in the category. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is ranked #2 in CSDS , with an average rating of 9.0, and holds a 23.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of NetApp BlueXP users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP users who would recommend it.

NetApp BlueXP

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100% willing to recommend

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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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

NetApp BlueXP

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Storage Management (1st)

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Migration (3rd), Cloud Storage (10th), Cloud Backup (26th), Public Cloud Storage Services (11th), Cloud Software Defined Storage (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Storage Management and Software solutions, they serve different purposes. NetApp BlueXP is designed for Storage Management and holds a mindshare of 5.7%, up 4.6% compared to last year.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Software Defined Storage, holds 23.6% mindshare, down 26.7% since last year.

Storage Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetApp BlueXP	5.7%
NetApp OnCommand Insight	8.6%
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor	7.8%
Other	77.9%

Storage Management

Cloud Software Defined Storage Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP	23.6%
IBM Spectrum Scale	24.4%
Portworx Enterprise	16.3%
Other	35.7%

Cloud Software Defined Storage

Featured Reviews

Nagendra Nekkala.

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.

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reviewer5948293

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Offers performance control and cloud integration while supporting data management with granular flexibility

The scalability of NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is interesting. We have thought about it, but we haven't used it. I think the scalability is something you scale up rather than respond to peak demand. It wouldn't help with outages either; the scaling is manual, and there are no processes we've used to automate that for unexpected scenarios. We like the scalability; it's enough for what we're planning to use, but we haven't used any advanced features. The standard platform is NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, which is their cloud service. In fact, that's probably the most experience I have with NetApp. I've experienced it on-premise, but kind of secondhand.

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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

"When we compare it to classic infrastructure, we see money saving."

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

"It has improved our disaster recovery."

"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."

"All Pure products are very much compatible with cloud providers like AWS, Azure, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, maintaining a high level of compatibility-wise and security-wise, and are very much advanced and very useful."

"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 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."

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"With NetApp, you can integrate malware scanning or malware protection. This is something valuable that is not offered in SaaS solutions typically."

"CVO provides all the functionality any customer would need on cloud; it's a single solution that covers everything."

"So a lot of these licenses are at the rate that is required for capacity. So they're they're able to reduce the license consumption and also the consumption of the underlying cloud storage."

"The initial setup was straightforward. We started with a small pilot and we then moved to production with no downtime at all."

"It's helped us to dive into the cloud very fast; we were able to adopt it very fast, run our environment very efficiently, save money with deduplication and compression, and our staff did not have to learn new systems because they could keep all the same processes and knowledge they had before."

"I would recommend NetApp because it is a stable product."

"This solution has made everything easier to do."

"The storage tiering is definitely the most valuable feature... With respect to tiering, the inactive data is pushed to a lower tier where the storage cost is cheap, but the access cost is high."

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Cons

"It's a very expensive product."

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

"In terms of areas where NetApp BlueXP can be improved, I focus on privacy and governance."

"The VMware capabilities can be improved."

"It is not easy to integrate with Google because if we have some problems, we must talk with Google and NetApp support."

"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."

"I chose eight out of ten because the UI is slow sometimes, and the initial configuration is a bit complex."

"I would like to see something from NetApp about backups. I know that NetApp offers some backup for Office 365, but I would like to see something from NetApp for more backup solutions."

"The support is good in general but the initial, frontline support could be improved."

"The navigation on some of the configuration parameters is a bit cumbersome, making the learning curve on functions somewhat steep."

"Not a perfect ten because it's not very efficient with upgrades and management."

"I would like to have more management tools. They are difficult to work with, so I would like them to be a bit more user-friendly."

"When it comes to support provided by NetApp, they have room for improvement. Every time we go through their support, we end up answering the same routine questions."

"I would like to see them improve the perspective of start and search in the panels. This would allow for better visualization of the contents that are captured in the tool."

"I would want more visibility and data analytics where we can see anomalies within the shares within the GUI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Some flexibility around the licensing model would help. The product is licensed based on capacity. Basically, the largest capacity license that you can buy is 368 terabytes. At this point, NetApp is addressing some people's concerns around this."

"The cost is quite high."

"Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace was good, but it was a test system, not a real purchase."

"Our licensing costs are folded into the hardware purchases and I have never differentiated between the two."

"Our licensing is based on a yearly subscription. That is an additional cost, but because of the storage efficiencies that the NetApp gives, even with the additional cost of the NetApp license, you still end up saving money versus straight Azure native for storage. It's definitely worth it."

"Once we deploy the pay as you go model, we cannot convert this product as a BYOL model. This is a concern that we have."

"The solution's pricing is reasonable."

"Make sure you investigate what your requirements are going to cost you using the native cloud solutions versus what NetApp is going to cost you, to make sure you have a business case to go with NetApp."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

20%

Outsourcing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

Real Estate/Law Firm

Construction Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	53

Questions from the Community

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...

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What needs improvement with NetApp BlueXP?

I actually cannot think of any small thing or minor feature or tweak I would wish for in NetApp BlueXP. I find it to be good as it is.

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What is your primary use case for NetApp BlueXP?

My main use case for NetApp BlueXP is to secure our hybrid multi-cloud environment, and because we are an MSP, we are using Azure, AWS, and Google. It has helped us to integrate all of them into a ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is actually quite reasonable in price compared to other native cloud storage options. For example, a customer using 100 TB of AWS storage would not benefit from deduplica...

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What needs improvement with NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

It would be nice to see technology supporting the Elastic Fabric Adapter on Amazon AWS, therefore getting RDMA technology for more low-latency connections.

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What is your primary use case for NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP?

I use NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP mostly in customer companies.

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Also Known As

NetApp Cloud Manager, NetApp OnCommand Cloud Manager

ONTAP Cloud, CVO, NetApp CVO

Overview

NetApp BlueXP offers a unified dashboard, enhancing cloud operations with improved visibility across multiple platforms. Its integration with NetApp storage and user-friendly interface makes it a preferred choice for managing data, ensuring compliance, and optimizing disaster recovery.

NetApp BlueXP simplifies cloud storage management, providing tools for efficient data migration and extraction. Organizations manage data centers and media storage while utilizing a single control panel for unified monitoring and configuration deployment. BlueXP supports a broad range of environments, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, Azure, AWS, and Google. Despite occasional interface slow speeds and complex initial setups, it delivers significant benefits in security management and disaster recovery.

What features does NetApp BlueXP offer?

Single Dashboard: Centralized operations management across clouds.
Enhanced Visibility: Clear insights into multiple cloud platforms.
Easy Integration: Seamless connection with NetApp storage systems.
Security Functions: Advanced tools for improved data protection.
Unified Control: Streamlined monitoring and configuration from one point.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Data Management: Efficient data handling and transfer processes.
Disaster Recovery: Robust features enhancing recovery capabilities.
Compliance: Enhanced tools for meeting regulatory requirements.
Security Management: Comprehensive security for digital assets.

NetApp BlueXP's flexibility makes it valuable in industries like media and entertainment, where efficient data management and storage are critical. It supports extensive cloud-to-cloud and bare metal transfers, facilitating comprehensive solutions across diverse technological environments.

NetApp

NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is an efficient storage management solution for managing and storing data in the cloud. It offers seamless integration with cloud providers, advanced data replication capabilities, and high data protection. With reliable performance, it is ideal for industries like healthcare and finance.

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Sample Customers

RapidScale, Bank of Cyrus, Societe Generale, Denver Broncos

1. Accenture 2. Acer 3. Adidas 4. Aetna 5. AIG 6. Apple 7. Bank of America 8. Barclays 9. Bayer 10. Berkshire Hathaway 11. BNP Paribas 12. Cisco 13. Coca-Cola 14. Comcast 15.ConocoPhillips 16. CVS Health 17. Dell 18. Deutsche Bank 19. eBay 20. Eli Lilly 21. FedEx 22. Ford 23. Freescale Semiconductor 24. General Electric 25. Google 26. Honeywell 27. IBM 28. Intel 29. Intuit 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kellogg's 32. KeyCorp 33. Liberty Mutual 34. L'Oréal 35. Mastercard

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