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."Support of the IBM X platform and the backup data replication to DR are the most valuable features."
"Since the technology is reliable, it simplifies the backup process significantly. Now, our focus can primarily be on managing full backups and creating some offline copies."
"Technical support is okay. We have not had many issues with them."
"The most valuable features of the product are data deduplication and disaster recovery."
"I love the TDP for VMware because of the web interface and the possibilities provided by this tool. It's amazing."
"I have found that the most valuable feature is useful documentation and troubleshooting."
"The most valuable feature is the backup speed."
"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"It is a good overall suite of products."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is not a very user-friendly tool."
"The solution is evolving, so it has to be evolved to fit all new types of software requirements too."
"IBM's support hasn't been so good in the last few years."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"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."
"This solution is not mature in terms of disaster recovery and could be improved."
"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."
"We are not so happy with the technical support because dealing with them is not easy. We have a very complicated environment, therefore I understand for a support person that it is not easy to troubleshoot it."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"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."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"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."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
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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