NetApp OnCommand Reviews

Name: NetApp OnCommand
Brand: NetApp
Rating: 3.6 (6 reviews)

Vendor: NetApp

3.6 out of 5

6 reviews
80% willing to recommend

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What is NetApp OnCommand?

NetApp OnCommand data management software allows you to gain a new level of control over your shared storage infrastructure, and gives you the visibility you need to achieve common data management across resources in the Data Fabric.

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NetApp OnCommand is the #3 ranked solution in top Storage Management solutions. PeerSpot users give NetApp OnCommand an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. NetApp OnCommand is most commonly compared to Dell VPLEX: NetApp OnCommand vs Dell VPLEX. NetApp OnCommand is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 61% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a manufacturing company, accounting for 16% of all views.

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May 2025

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Henry Aragon

Storage Administrator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

The ease of configuring NetApp FAS series is noteworthy, as they support multiple standards like iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel, and NVMe. NetApp's data efficiency protocols are unmatched in the industry. ActiveIQ offers significant improvements in data monitoring and error notification. It provides crucial data management features and has versatile support for various protocols and standards, making it a one-size-fits-all storage solution.

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Henry Aragon

Storage Administrator at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

OnCommand is an appliance that connects to the NetApp which is a monitoring appliance. The tool provides alerts on events and errors of NetApp. I am impressed with the product's ability to warn us whenever something is wrong with the system. It is connected with Active Directory and Exchange.…

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Kenneth Etsula

General Manager at Dataposit Ltd

The primary use case of this solution is for centralized storage. We are silver partners of NetApp and I'm a technical manager Snapshot is the most valuable feature. The solution lacks the ability to generate reports from Snapshot. The latest version is not quite as user-friendly as the older…

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NetApp OnCommand mindshare

As of June 2025, the mindshare of NetApp OnCommand in the Storage Management category stands at 8.3%, down from 10.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"The ease of configuring NetApp FAS series is noteworthy, as they support multiple standards like iSCSI, NFS, Fibre Channel, and NVMe."
"I am impressed with the product's ability to warn us whenever something is wrong with the system. It is connected with Active Directory and Exchange. Whenever there is anything wrong with NetApp, the solution will alert you to an event error, post which you can start to troubleshoot."
"Snapshot is a valuable feature."

Room for Improvement

"ActiveIQ only provides read access and does not allow making changes directly."
"The tool is not intuitive and the menus are confusing, especially the snapshot view."
"The solution lacks the ability to generate reports from Snapshot."

Pricing

"The tool is cheaper than EMC but more expensive than HP and Pure Storage. I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"When we compare with other similar kinds of products from Dell EMC and HP, the price of NetApp OnCommand is reasonable."

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Manufacturing Company

16%

Government

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

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Healthcare Company

Outsourcing Company

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Learn more about NetApp OnCommand

This suite of industry-leading management products unleashes the power of the ONTAP software, to help maximize system utilization, meet storage SLAs, minimize risks, and boost performance. Use the OnCommand portfolio’s intuitive graphical user interfaces, automation, and integration to simplify data management of your on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.

NetApp OnCommand was previously known as NetApp Operations Manager, NetApp SANscreen.