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 scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good."
"The product helps us do data protection and restoration for disaster recovery (DR)."
"When I have to do disaster recoveries, I can do it with this tool."
"Regarding stability, it's been rock solid."
"The backup is very good. In other backup systems, you need a lot of storage to gain the same backup policy."
"Scalability: Our customers are able to grow the product without having to buy additional hardware, so it is very scalable."
"The customization and the ability to backup across all platforms are the most valuable features."
"The platform has valuable stability."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"I find the solution somewhat difficult to use with virtual environments or VMware."
"Replication of data could be more user friendly."
"The GUI has long been a problem for TSM/Spectrum Protect."
"The solution should have better integration with VMware and with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"This solution does not have good support for virtualization and a hyper-converged environment."
"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."
"The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."
"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."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
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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