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 is the backup speed."
"The solution is not complex, it's very easy to configure agents or VM backup and restore. Upgrades from one version to another are very fast and the product is very stable."
"Scalability: Our customers are able to grow the product without having to buy additional hardware, so it is very scalable."
"It is more efficient than most traditional backup solutions."
"You can scale the product."
"In the past, one of the most valuable features, and the biggest advantage, was the incremental forever feature. Not many other backup vendors provided that. In the pre-virtualization environment, it was very robust and simple technology, especially writing to tape."
"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."
"Nothing beats this solution for file backup."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"It is a good backup tool."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"It does not do too well in our virtual environment."
"Scalability is poor. As you get to bigger environments, this is where our gaps have been introduced. As we have grown over the past couple of years, the gaps have become more apparent."
"It needs some software upgrades to fix some of its current bugs."
"I would like to advance reporting and analytics for the platform to see how much data is coming into the platform. how much data is expiring everyday, and what tape savings we are getting through reclamation."
"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."
"The Hyper-V and SQL Server backup could be improved. In the 2016 version there was a significant improvement, but I think IBM has a big challenge with these technologies."
"High availability (HA) is a scalability challenge."
"It's difficult in terms of the configuration at set up. In our case, it required another admin, one person dedicated to the backup."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"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."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"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."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"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."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
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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