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 most valuable feature of this solution is the centralized enterprise backup."
"It's a very stable product, and we've never had any downtime with it."
"We do not lose data. That is why we are using this product and have a backup in place."
"It is also a product that has been maturing for a long time. This is good because customers need reliability in their enterprise initiatives."
"Scalability: Our customers are able to grow the product without having to buy additional hardware, so it is very scalable."
"It integrates well with Spectrum Scale."
"High availability (HA): It is one of the best features."
"Replication processes with container storage pools allow reduction of storage space and network bandwidth, using deduplication and compression."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"It is a good overall suite of products."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"The solution's ability to integrate with a cloud solution is one area that needs improvement."
"I would like a little more ease with the virtual platforms, because it is a huge thing that is coming up."
"It's difficult in terms of the configuration at set up. In our case, it required another admin, one person dedicated to the backup."
"There is room for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect, especially regarding its support for virtual environment backups."
"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."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"Software-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect didn't handle virtual machines that well. The license cost is mainly the area for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect."
"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
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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