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NetApp OnCommand vs NetApp OnCommand Insight comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

NetApp OnCommand
Ranking in Storage Management
3rd
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetApp OnCommand Insight
Ranking in Storage Management
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Storage Management category, the mindshare of NetApp OnCommand is 9.3%, down from 10.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp OnCommand Insight is 6.8%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Storage Management
 

Featured Reviews

Kenneth Etsula - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 24, 2021
Snapshot is a great feature; simple to deploy and stable
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…
Anuj_Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 5, 2022
Gives an end-to-end view of your environment and has a very good interface for report creation and customization
NetApp OnCommand Insight is a pretty good tool, and the only concern I have with it is the price. Its price is quite high and could be improved because the licensing feature of this particular tool is on a per GB basis instead of the price being for the complete tool itself. The more you discover, the more you need to pay, and this makes NetApp OnCommand Insight more costly when compared to other tools which are available in the market. My company doesn't have a cloud environment, so all storage is on-premises. I'm not aware of the integration of NetApp OnCommand Insight with the cloud environment, but the tool fits all the marks in terms of what I require and need. It checks all columns for me, so at the moment, nothing comes to mind in terms of additional features I'd like to see from the tool in the future.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Snapshot is a valuable feature."
"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."
"One of the main features is the ability to run the block and file storage from the same system."
"In OnCommand Unified Manager, we can monitor the entire cluster as well as configure data protection through Unified Manager."
"I am very happy with the stability. When your customers don't notice anything wrong, that's the biggest win for a product."
"It has helped us optimize our storage."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the reports, the complete analysis of the data. We also like the scalability, since it can work with Hitachi, Isilon, etc."
"It's stable and gives good feedback on performance."
"What I found most valuable in NetApp OnCommand Insight is that it gives me a complete view of the environment, particularly an end-to-end view. I can locate my searches and view my storage devices. I can also find my recent servers and other host devices. I can then map all those into a single view, so that I can learn about the performance of my devices, or if there's a bottleneck at a particular place. I like that I can view all those information in NetApp OnCommand Insight. I like that very much. I also like that NetApp OnCommand Insight has a very good interface that allows you to create and customize reports, and it also offers a bundle of reports as well."
"Being able to immediately look at my data. See the sizing, where I'm at on different virtual machines."
"The most valuable feature is the security. When we identify a vulnerability, it is easy to mitigate it. NetApp provides the solution. It's also easy to create and move volumes."
"The machine learning features help me troubleshoot faster."
 

Cons

"At present, OnCommand Unified Manager has just the monitoring and data protection features. It would be better to add some features for entire cluster management and storage management. Automation should also be included so that instead of separately accessing Unified Manager and OnCommand Workflow Automation, we can work in a single window. It is very much required."
"The solution lacks the ability to generate reports from Snapshot."
"There could be better performance in block storage and the GUI could be improved because not every operation is available. You need some operations in the CLI."
"The tool is not intuitive and the menus are confusing, especially the snapshot view."
"I'd like it to be more stable, simpler, and get Java out of it."
"Just make it one product, not in pieces like performance and discovery. Stop having all these individual pieces."
"OnCommand Insight lacks AI to protect against ransomware and identify users accessing things abnormally."
"NetApp OnCommand Insight is a pretty good tool, and the only concern I have with it is the price. Its price is quite high and could be improved because the licensing feature of this particular tool is on a per GB basis instead of the price being for the complete tool itself. The more you discover, the more you need to pay, and this makes NetApp OnCommand Insight more costly when compared to other tools which are available in the market."
"The UI: They have been growing and changing. There's been some growing pains with that, but they are moving into the new HTML5 interface, which is fantastic."
"I would like to see better graphics. We have seen regular graphs and pie graphs. I am sure that there are better ways to show this information."
"From 7-Mode to C mode a migration happened and many features, like FTP and SFTP, were dropped. We have been using it, but there needs to be better communication when features are dropped because there are end users using it who might find it a shock: "Oh, why was that dropped?""
"Enhance SNMP monitoring in order to broaden the number of storages that can be discovered."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"For me, it is always too much. Licensing is on TBs, and I think, nowadays that is outmoded."
"We just made a major investment back in May of this year, so we'll have it for another four and a half or five years easily. Thus, we have a five year bumper to bumper agreement."
"Pricing for NetApp OnCommand Insight could be cheaper. On a scale of one to five, I would rate its price a four."
"We like that it is one license and everything is bundled in together."
"Pricing by terabytes, not the end of the world, and that's okay. Stop if I want this, I have to buy that. Just release it as a single product."
"The cost: It is expensive as a solution. You need to be an expert to get anything out of it and we don't have that kind of expertise."
"The company has saved money by narrowing down issues faster using servers and performance."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
19%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Government
13%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about NetApp OnCommand?
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, t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp OnCommand?
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.
What needs improvement with NetApp OnCommand?
The tool is not intuitive and the menus are confusing, especially the snapshot view.
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Also Known As

NetApp Operations Manager, NetApp SANscreen
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Sample Customers

Norfolk County Council, Yahoo Japan, Sheridan College, Citrix Systems, Avanade, Quasar Data Center, DG Khan Cement Co. Ltd.
Société Générale, TechnologyOne
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