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."Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."
"All other products contain the same features, but when I'm backing up an IBM Power server I feel more comfortable with IBM Spectrum Protect because it's the same vendor."
"The way it covers backup and archive needs. The flexibility of backup copy group always allows me to cover the customer's requests."
"It helps our customers protect their data, keep it long-term, and feel pretty secure about it, basically sleeping well at night."
"Its flexibility is valuable. It is a very flexible solution. There are always more ways than one to do something. It is a software solution, which means you can buy your own hardware and expand it whenever you want. You are not boxed in or locked into something you've bought and outgrown. You can always expand it."
"It has increased our security, scalability, and high availability."
"The solution offers very good flexibility."
"A robust tool which allows us to backup pretty much any environment, virtual or physical."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"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."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"The features should be a little bit closer together."
"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."
"I would like to see more technical training online. Sometimes, it is a little bit difficult to find, or that I do not really know what I am looking for as somebody who is starting off finding their learning curve."
"The product’s recovery process in terms of agent installation needs improvement"
"The solution's ability to integrate with a cloud solution is one area that needs improvement."
"I would like to see the operations center be a lot more functional. It was nowhere near as functional as the admin center, and I'm doing a lot of command line with it."
"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."
"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."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
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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