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."It is very stable after deployment and will perform in a steady state."
"The solution is very stable. It is one of the most important features that we look for in a product before putting it into the market and when establishing a strategy with our customers."
"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"In general, the solution is quite user-friendly. The GUI is very nice."
"The business value comes from the capability to overcome data losses."
"It seems very scalable and robust. It can do what we require it to do."
"It protects our data. That is what it is there for."
"It's very robust and has been on the market for a long time."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"The solution is stable."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"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."
"It needs agents that take into account more databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)."
"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."
"Better integration with other tools and databases is needed."
"Its management part can be better and simplified. It is kind of a beast as compared to Commvault or Veeam, but they are more user-friendly. They are also easier to learn, whereas Spectrum Protect definitely takes time. They should simplify it. Our teams are pretty comfortable with it because we have been using it for a long time, but from the perspective of a new user who is evaluating or using this solution, it is definitely more complex in terms of manageability. Its monitoring could be improved so that it can even monitor the jobs that are scheduled by external schedulers. There are situations where a database team might decide to use their own schedulers, but currently, Spectrum Protect is not able to catch those jobs in the Operation Manager console."
"I think Spectrum Protect's interface is not so user-friendly, but the interface is not so friendly. Some of the functions are too complicated. I prefer a simpler solution."
"The solution is evolving, so it has to be evolved to fit all new types of software requirements too."
"Integration with Windows environments needs improvement. It should be more "assisted", both at the application and database level. It remains a product that fits better in Unix/Linux environments than in Windows environments, given its configuration procedures."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"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."
"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."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
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, Rubrik and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), 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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