We performed a comparison between Asigra and IBM Spectrum Protect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The agentless architecture has minimized our software footprint at the client level."
"The solution has been very stable."
"It has helped us to provide comprehensive data protection with high recovery rates and a malware scanning feature."
"I have found all the features useful in the solution."
"The way it covers backup and archive needs. The flexibility of backup copy group always allows me to cover the customer's requests."
"The solution is mostly stable."
"It has a lot more capabilities and functions than a lot of other products. Even though it is more complex, the reason is because it gives you a lot more features. This is what I prefer, especially for a long retention."
"Our customers have come to trust IBM."
"The feature we have found most valuable is when you want to integrate it with a Tape Library and then do the DRM life cycle. That is when it works the best."
"The interface is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the backup speed."
"Incremental backup is highly valuable as it allows for significant time and cost savings."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"The management could be a bit better."
"We need everything cloud. Strong support for cloud services. S3 connectivity, which is mandatory for us in the future along with this integration of Spectrum Copy Data Management or Spectrum Protect services together with these Spectrum Protect Plus functionalities, e.g., hardware, snapshots, and Copy Data Management. They should come together in one solution."
"In a future release, it would be a benefit to have the ability to add an application as a storage target, as a storage pool. Additionally, they should add more functionality to the administration for the Operation Center."
"I need to have more than two instances working together. I need a worldwide grid able to have replication between three, four, or five instances."
"Our customers would like to see metadata replication, tearing to tape, and more cloud capabilities."
"They should have a proper technical support team serving the customers and get issues resolved earlier."
"The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."
"Integration with some applications in the healthcare field could be added, as that is a big part of our business."
"The features should be a little bit closer together."
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Asigra is ranked 58th in Backup and Recovery while IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews. Asigra is rated 8.2, while IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Asigra writes "Automated notifications work much better than other solutions we've employed, and the ability to add usage reports to invoices through DS-Billing is a very useful feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". Asigra is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Asigra vs. IBM Spectrum Protect report.
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