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."One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"It seems very scalable and robust. It can do what we require it to do."
"The solution can back up every kind of workload in the environment."
"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."
"It scales from very small to very large. It is easily the most scalable product out there."
"The platform has valuable stability."
"It is very stable after deployment and will perform in a steady state."
"Reliability: It has never had a problem with backups or restores. If you store something, it is there."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"The solution is evolving, so it has to be evolved to fit all new types of software requirements too."
"No one can fix every solution for backup and restore."
"Their support is lacking. I've talked to their developers and stuff in the last couple of weeks and they reassure me that some people have retired, and they're working on getting that bumped back up. But the support lacks a lot to be desired at this point."
"The software is very complicated. You have to do a lot of configurations to build a server, and you would need to backup and restore."
"Its price can be better. It is very expensive. Its interface is very old and not user friendly. They can improve its interface. Their support can also be better. My clients are not very satisfied with the support because they are not really quick."
"Our new leadership has pushed us to go more toward the cloud, so we are definitely going to leverage anything we can in that direction."
"For the database side, it does not have object level recovery."
"My customers are not always happy with the Level 1 support. Sometimes, it just takes too long for the response to come, which is probably something that needs to be addressed."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
"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."
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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