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."It protects our data. That is what it is there for."
"The licensing isn't very clear. They should work to simply or clarify the cost structure."
"It scales well. We have grown here in the last year or two, and it has been relatively easy."
"Good deduplication and compression features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is application-aware backups."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is a scalable solution."
"Replication processes with container storage pools allow reduction of storage space and network bandwidth, using deduplication and compression."
"What I found most valuable in IBM Spectrum Protect is that it allows you to back up physical machines, and its proxy feature lets you back up virtual machines."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"Stability is very good now. It used to be rocky years ago."
"The main admin console from the UI cannot do anything in the product. It just allows us to maintain, maybe, 30% to 40%. For the rest, we have to use the command line."
"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."
"Our customers would like to see metadata replication, tearing to tape, and more cloud capabilities."
"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."
"Getting technical support all the necessary diagnostic information is still very painful."
"I find the solution somewhat difficult to use with virtual environments or VMware."
"There could be various client systems and process integration included in the product."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"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 solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
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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