We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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 product is cost-effective compared to other vendors."
"The hardware is always updated and it's saved us a lot of money."
"I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"The best aspect of the solution is its backup functionality."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"I have no issues with the stability at all. So I don't necessarily care about the stability of the product. I look more at whether or not can I recover. And I haven't had a failed recovery yet. I've got no failed recoveries of all my years."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution."
"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."
"The API is very good."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is the deduplication functionality. The clients moved to this solution originally because of this feature."
"The solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."
"If the system were to go down, we needed to make sure that the system could be recovered and available as soon as possible. Spectrum Protect provides you access to directly bind the backup volume to the server and make the system available instead of restoring it and copying the system."
"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"I would like to have the option to increase the frequency of the backups. Azure Backup does backups on an hourly basis, but I would prefer it to take backups more often."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"I think the graphical reports are a shortcoming of the tool since it fails to provide my company with what we want in terms of reporting. Due to the product's inability to take care of its reporting part, we have to use third-party software."
"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect and Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup. See our Azure Backup vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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