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."The solution is mostly stable."
"The archiving feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The product is very stable."
"You can protect your data and keep it for long durations, without it spending too much time on the local disk."
"The scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good."
"It's a very stable product, and we've never had any downtime with it."
"The tool proves invaluable in scenarios where systems need recovery, such as restoring damaged data."
"The platform’s most valuable feature is its ability to verify the recoverability of backups."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The solution needs to work on disaster recovery integration. Basically, VMware applications to the cloud, for example. There needs to be integration with the storage, and integration with VMware."
"Better integration with other tools and databases is needed."
"The solution's initial setup process wasn't easy...The solution is overly complicated in terms of architecture, especially compared to other tools in the market."
"This product should be more user-friendly for newcomers."
"The product should be improved to save more space."
"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."
"I want a better user interface, support, and integrations."
"Probably educating the virtual group who are not as used to the product. Most of our expertise is with AIX servers and virtual server backups."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"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 initial installation needs some effort."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"The one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 68 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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