# Who does NetApp, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/netapp · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-23T07:31:32.373167+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: NetApp, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Broadcom Inc., Jabil. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 5 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-23).

### Instaclustr (high)
- note: NetApp completed its acquisition of Instaclustr, a provider of managed open-source databases and data-pipeline services. The purchase price was not disclosed.
- [confirms] NetApp (EN, ir, published 2022-05-24) https://www.netapp.com/newsroom/press-releases/news-rel-20220524-213045/: "NetApp today announced it has completed its acquisition of Instaclustr."

### Broadcom (mid)  → /broadcom.md
- note: Broadcom is an OEM partner whose Emulex host bus adapters and Brocade Fibre Channel switches are used in NetApp storage configurations. Supplier-specific purchasing value is not disclosed.
- [mentions] Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KO, research, published 2025-01-08) https://dl.kotra.or.kr/pyxis-api/2/digital-files/51c26374-36f2-459c-8a20-1b98f546e75e: "Broadcom and Marvell make storage controller chips, while NetApp designs customized storage hardware platforms."
- [confirms] NetApp (EN, ir, published 2019-11-13) https://www.netapp.com/newsroom/press-releases/news-rel-20191113-results-379973/: "NetApp and Broadcom published a new NetApp Verified Architecture."

### 자빌 (mid)  → /jabil.md
- note: Jabil is identified as a contract manufacturer for NetApp hardware. NetApp outsources production but does not disclose manufacturing payments to Jabil individually.
- [mentions] The Buildout (EN, analysis, published 2026-09-22) https://thebuildout.co/company/NTAP: "Supply-chain wiring names Flex Ltd. and Jabil Inc."
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-06-05) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1002047/000119312526259683/ntap-20260424.htm: "We use contract manufacturers for the production of major subassemblies and final system configuration."
- [confirms] Electronics Watch (EN, research, published 2022-11-05) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365131113_Regional_Risk_Assessment_The_Electronics_Industry_in_Hungary: "Other electronic appliances are still produced in the factory, such as NetApp."

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