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."
"We do not lose data. That is why we are using this product and have a backup in place."
"IBM Spectrum Protect offers stable software and products."
"The backup of Sybase databases is the most valuable feature in the existing environment. They have got the most documentation out there on the internet for its software protection. The documentation is excellent, and there are a lot of blogs, websites. Because it's still one of the oldest products out there for data protection, there are also lots of people who have a lot of experience in using this solution."
"The file-restoring feature is the most valuable."
"It scales well. We have grown here in the last year or two, and it has been relatively easy."
"I find the whole product useful. The backup archive client, snapshot, spectrum for virtual environments are beneficial features."
"They have recently added support tickets specifically engineered around performance. This has been very useful for us when we run into issues where customers are looking to try to squeeze a lot more horsepower out of older system."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"They need to reduce the complexity and make the learning curve easier."
"It has a lot of areas for improvement. Its reporting for job completion or incompletion can be improved. It should also provide a granular recovery, ease of operation, data life cycle management, and media management. It should support a backup in such a format that in case of a disaster, one can start the virtual machine out of the backup itself. Its reliability can also be better. It is also expensive, and their support is also poor."
"Technical support could be improved."
"It needs agents that take into account more databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)."
"This product should be more user-friendly for newcomers."
"For the database side, it does not have object level recovery."
"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."
"Integration with some applications in the healthcare field could be added, as that is a big part of our business."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"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."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"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."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
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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