We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication has the winning edge in this comparison because it received higher marks in the ease of deployment, pricing, and service and support categories.
"It is also a product that has been maturing for a long time. This is good because customers need reliability in their enterprise initiatives."
"The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features."
"It integrates well with Spectrum Scale."
"Data reduction definitely reduces costs, not only software costs, but from the infrastructure needed."
"We can freeze and start databases for consistent backups."
"With the new features that we have added, it has made a difference as far as faster recovery and speed."
"Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."
"You can do restores very quickly. You can mount a drive and restore it right from the drive."
"I can't think of any improvements yet for Veeam because they are very good. It integrates very well with Microsoft applications. It is very easy to integrate. Micro Focus can also integrate but it's more complex. You have to know the product very well to be able to integrate. While Veeam, it's very user-friendly. You don't need to have certifications or anything to work on Veeam."
"The interface is very user-friendly."
"Sandbox feature is like a power tool for troubleshooting."
"It's simply very good software for backup purposes."
"The solution is very easy to deploy."
"Good compression when storing data."
"The advantage of Veeam Backup and Replication is that it is very economical. The price is affordable and the cost benefit is good."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"Better integration with other tools and databases is needed."
"We have had some problems about using storage agents on the X6 environment. It is not quite stable, but it is also not supported in a virtualized environment."
"The solution's ability to integrate with a cloud solution is one area that needs improvement."
"There were scalability issues only in the brand new features which were recently released."
"We are still using TSM Manager for many of our projects to administer our platform because the gap was not resolved with the new Operations Center."
"The installation process could be simplified."
"We need better protection from ransomware or the ability to identify ways we can protect ourselves from ransomware. Having backups is one thing, but specifically, we need methods to recover if we have a ransomware attack."
"The solution could be more user-friendly and provide better monitoring. The monitoring should be improved first since it is a higher priority."
"In Linux, I suggest you backup for a PostgreSQL database."
"Although the solution offers documentation, it has it only in English, which doesn't help us much in Belarus."
"It is always nice to get products cheaper."
"Its price is higher than other solutions and can be improved. They can also change the version of the software more often."
"The patching can be quite difficult at times."
"We're using both Backup and Replication, Veeam Cloud Connect, and Veeam Office 365. What I am missing is a good graphical user interface between these three products."
"I would prefer it if the backup console did not require use of a specified program but rather that it could be opened from any website."
"Veeam needs to have more support for non-Windows systems and other databases. For example, I can do SQL with Veeam but not Informix or Oracle. This is unfortunate because we have many partners with Oracle systems and Informix databases, and Veeam does not yet have the agents we need for specific Oracle and UNIX operating systems."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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