We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and Veritas NetBackup 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 features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."
"The solution integrates well with other tools."
"The API is very good."
"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."
"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 most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The solution is scalable."
"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."
"I think the support is fine. We haven't had issues with it."
"The troubleshooting is very good."
"It saves time for the backup needs of our organization."
"The solution is stable."
"It supports multiple, heterogeneous platforms."
"Veritas NetBackup is very stable and scales out very well."
"The reporting is very good, with all of the details highlighted and very clear."
"Good graphical user interface. It's easy to create policies and to do installs."
"The replication feature is not available."
"The software's technical support could improve its response time for different time zones."
"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."
"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."
"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."
"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"You end up needing to do a lot of troubleshooting to get things to work effectively."
"The solution could have a more clear dashboard about the license and the operation status."
"They currently have the Java concept and it should be less intensive and take less load."
"In regards to protecting the physical servers with parameters, it's a long and difficult process."
"There is room for improvement in the implementation of Power servers."
"They need to improve their support. In the beginning, their engineers had trouble understanding the issue we were presenting. It took a lot of conversations for them to start troubleshooting the problem."
"It's a little bit complex to manage."
"There may be a learning curve."
"The pricing could be improved, and the interface could be more intuitive."
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Rubrik, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec. See our IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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