We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Veritas Backup Exec 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."We optimize our costs of media and storage use, thanks to the Incremental Forever backup. The TDP software provides us many ways to protect our data, so we don't need to use monstrous scripts for doing backups now."
"The business value comes from the capability to overcome data losses."
"Scalability is pretty much unlimited."
"It is a very mature product."
"In general, the solution is quite user-friendly. The GUI is very nice."
"It is a very stable product. The cost is similar to that of other enterprise solutions."
"One of the features which is most interesting in Spectrum Protect is the ability to scale out to great environments. This is something that not many vendors have on the market."
"The addition of the retention set feature provides a reduction in storage costs. It also reduces RTO and RPO so that you can respond quickly to your clients and services in case of data loss."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"It is a good backup tool."
"There could be various client systems and process integration included in the product."
"It does not do too well in our virtual environment."
"They can include more cloud-enriching features. I would like IBM Spectrum Protect to have the functionality for backing up a VM directly in Azure. I would like to be able to back up a VM directly in Azure without spinning up a Hyper-V cluster and backing up the virtual server."
"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"They took some of the funding off of it for a while. Therefore, instead of being a market leader, they took their position for granted. Then some competitors developed new bells and whistles that they advertise, and due to that lag a few years ago, there are not the resources to explain the differences."
"It lacks reporting and an efficient alert mechanism. The GUI could also be improved."
"It would be helpful if the solution included some sort of ransomware protection."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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