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."Replication processes with container storage pools allow reduction of storage space and network bandwidth, using deduplication and compression."
"The product helps us do data protection and restoration for disaster recovery (DR)."
"Every time customers make a change or we have made a change, then they use the product to do a cloning and refreshing. They are happy that they get good performance something changes."
"I've had no problems with the stability of this solution."
"It is a really scalable solution. We can scale it up. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten."
"The archiving feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The product is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is application-aware backups."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The flexibility is very good."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"For Spectrum Protect Plus, I would like to see more enhanced reporting features and integration with Spectrum Protect."
"It does not do too well in our virtual environment."
"IBM's support hasn't been so good in the last few years."
"We would like to see capabilities of long-term archiving and more support for hardware platforms."
"I am looking forward to new features in the next release. One of the main features is the cloud storage integration, which was one of my main required features. I've had more difficult experiences with other platforms than with this one."
"There were scalability issues only in the brand new features which were recently released."
"It lacks reporting and an efficient alert mechanism. The GUI could also be improved."
"An area for improvement would be the ease of use - the GUI is not up to the mark compared to other products in the market."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
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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