We performed a comparison between Asigra and IBM Spectrum Protect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The solution has been very stable."
"The agentless architecture has minimized our software footprint at the client level."
"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."
"All other products contain the same features, but when I'm backing up an IBM Power server I feel more comfortable with IBM Spectrum Protect because it's the same vendor."
"The product is very stable."
"Scalability, performance, mass platform coverage. It's one of the few backup products on the market right now which an organization can bring in and it will serve all of their backup needs. It's a completely centralized solution."
"The product helps us do data protection and restoration for disaster recovery (DR)."
"The ability to use S3 Data Store as a repository."
"This solution has improved our organization through better file and database recovery."
"The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features."
"We can freeze and start databases for consistent backups."
"The management could be a bit better."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"Integration with some applications in the healthcare field could be added, as that is a big part of our business."
"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system."
"Generally, the implementation of virtualization could be improved. The workflow service and so on are not working properly."
"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."
"The features should be a little bit closer together."
"I need two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems. I need IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for virtual systems and Spectrum Protect for physical systems and that's a pain. It would be an improvement if they were combined."
"They do not have a unified GUI, they only work on CLI and operations center, which is really complicated for the installation and configuration."
"In terms of features, they've got it all covered. The features they have are quite good. The only downside to it is that it is for an enterprise or big organization. In my opinion, it is not for a small business."
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Asigra is ranked 57th 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, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik.
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