We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veeam Backup & Replication has the winning edge in this comparison because it received higher marks in the ease of deployment, pricing, and service and support categories.
"It's a very stable product, and we've never had any downtime with it."
"It is more efficient than most traditional backup solutions."
"The main feature of this product is a flexible architecture and functionality that allows you to solve problems of any complexity and scale. Most importantly, it is not just a product that simply makes a backup, but it restores and saves a large number of services in critical situations. By the way, it works fine with different types of clouds, supports S3."
"Replication processes with container storage pools allow reduction of storage space and network bandwidth, using deduplication and compression."
"The solution is really scalable."
"We can use it with any storage for the back-end to save data."
"Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."
"The most valuable features are the stability and also how it's seamlessly integrated with other IBM offerings."
"I am not a direct user of this product, but my technical guys tell me that they like the product, and it is easy to use. We don't have any issues with it."
"It helps with process restoration. With Veeam, we never had backup or restoration issues."
"It's very easy to work with and it's very reliable."
"The replication is the most valuable feature for us."
"Integration with VMware is excellent with very granular recovery."
"The granular restoration that it provides for a business application is most valuable. For example, for Exchange, we can restore a single mailbox or email. We can also do SQL Server restoration and bare-metal recovery for operating systems."
"Initially setting up the product is easy."
"Its stability and scalability were the main reasons for going for this solution. It is highly scalable, and its stability is also powerful. It has a friendly interface, and its monitoring and performance are the best in the market."
"It needs agents that take into account more databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)."
"I would like to see integration with Copy Data Management, which is an IBM product. Right now, these two products are siloed, so if these two become integrated, the product would become a bit of a powerhouse."
"Needs more support for non-mainstream databases, in particular PostgreSQL, SQL, and MySQL."
"We need better protection from ransomware or the ability to identify ways we can protect ourselves from ransomware. Having backups is one thing, but specifically, we need methods to recover if we have a ransomware attack."
"I find the Level 1 and Level 2 support spend 80% of the time communicating the same information that I have already provided."
"There is room for improvement in the service aspect."
"Ease of use."
"In terms of features, they've got it all covered. The features they have are quite good. The only downside to it is that it is for an enterprise or big organization. In my opinion, it is not for a small business."
"If a single file is corrupt then the restoration of the entire backup will fail."
"Occasionally, in the course of upgrading one's virtualization platform, the backup can be ruined."
"The price can be better."
"I would prefer it if the backup console did not require use of a specified program but rather that it could be opened from any website."
"Pricing can be improved."
"Physical backup is always where room for improvement could be but Veeam has always stated they are not going in that direction."
"There's a lot of room for improvement surrounding the backup process."
"It would be ideal if they could capture everything and then timestamp and back up everything up to that timestamp."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. 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 Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Commvault Cloud, Rubrik, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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