Compare IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Nakivo
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"Some of the features we find very valuable and use a lot, are retention sets." "The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle." "The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2." "This solution is very stable and has good support available online." "With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution." "The feature I find most valuable is the offload to Spectrum Protect for long-term retention. I think the deduplication and replication are quite nice on Plus." "This is a multi-platform backup solution where you can take a backup from AIX, Windows, or Linux servers and restore from CD, disk, or tape." "A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable." | "This solution was surprisingly easy to configure." "Creating a backup task in NAKIVO is fast and easy." "We spend less time to get data recovered." "Perfect for someone who doesn't want to waste time." "Nakivo gives users confidence in knowing that if something happens with their application server, exchange server, or other applications, they can recover it easily and quickly." "It is fast, simple, powerful, and has a price without competition." "It is flexible." "It is affordable." |
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"An area that needs improvement is data validation. We currently use another product that gives us immediate validation, information about when the last backup was, and no risk of corruption happening. TSM in IBM Spectrum is not mature so that you can validate on the spot." "The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added." "I would like integration into where the VMware guys can do their own restores." "The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use." "Instead of using the command prompt for troubleshooting and administering the backup, there should be an easy-to-use graphical user interface." "The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved." "The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy." "Not particularly user friendly." | "An improvement would be to give us more control over the email alerts, with different emails going to different addresses based on a set of rules." "I think it is important to work not only in replicating the virtual machines in Amazon AWS, but in other cloud systems." "An improvement would be to include a general data backup solution that is not only for virtual machines." "It is missing the file and folder backup; however, this product is meant for virtual machine backup and recovery, so that is really outside of the scope of the software." "We want the backup job to consume fewer resources, as the utilization is very high if we choose the best compression." "I would like to have the option of creating a subfolder per job in the backup repository because we had an issue where some files were corrupted and we lost the backup of the majority of the VMs." "The interface might be improved, but the interface of every product might be improved." "While the solution provides mostly what we need, it would be ideal if there were some additional feature capabilities for the API." |
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"The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original." "In addition to the standard licensing fees, we paid for implementation and training." "Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features." "Depends on the licensing options that you choose." "The price is lower than that of some competing products." | "It has a much higher bang for the buck than other products we evaluated." "The price is not a problem in NAKIVO, as it is the most competitive in the market." "It's really cheap, and our company saves a significant amount of money on IT backup solutions per year." "Pricing is easy to understand and very affordable." "I advise that this is the best product for medium or small environments according to my cost-benefit analysis." "You have a lot of different options when it comes to pricing and the pricing models are pretty flexible and affordable." "The product is quite cheap compared to other products on the market, but despite this, it is rich in features both at the level of backup and recovery as well as at the level of additional options." "Nakivo Backup & Replication also have another great value, which is that it is one of the lowest prices on the market." |
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Top Answer: Virtual snapshots that offer incremental backups. Top Answer: Given that it's an expensive product I would suggest that if you're rich go with IBM, and if you're poor go with someone else. Most enterprise companies like to show off with these products. I've been… more » Top Answer: I don't think the solution is particularly user friendly, it requires expertise. Technical support could also be improved. Now that they're in the cloud I think they'll start enhancing with their… more » | Ask a question Earn 20 points |
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Overview | |
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and availability solution for virtual environments that can be deployed in minutes and protect your environment within an hour. It simplifies data protection, whether data is hosted in physical, virtual, software-defined or cloud environments. It can be implemented as a stand-alone solution or integrate with your IBM Spectrum Protect environment to off-load copies for long term storage and data governance with scale and efficiency. | NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides image-based, application-aware, and forever-incremental backup for VMware, Hyper-V, and AWS EC2 VMs. This means that NAKIVO Backup & Replication can capture all VM data, ensure the consistency of applications and databases (such as Exchange, Active Directory, MS SQL, SharePoint) running in VMs, and transfer only changes to the backup repository. NAKIVO Backup & Replication uses native change tracking
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Sample Customers | |
| PT Wings Surya, Tectrade, State of Ohio | Coca Cola, Honda, 3M, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Arkansas, Johns Hopkins University, Marriott, United States Military Academy West Point, Greenpeace, China Airlines, Radisson Hotels and Resorts, Fujifilm |
Top Industries | |
Computer Software Company40% Comms Service Provider16% Government7% Manufacturing Company7% | Comms Service Provider44% Computer Software Company20% Media Company4% Government4% |
Company Size | |
Small Business18% Midsize Enterprise18% Large Enterprise64% | Small Business69% Midsize Enterprise15% Large Enterprise15% |
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Nakivo and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
456,812 professionals have used our research since 2012.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery Software with 11 reviews while Nakivo is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery Software with 15 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.2, while Nakivo is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Enables us to have longer retention which saves us more money". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nakivo writes "Easy to setup and use, this is a flexible, viable, and inexpensive alternative to familiar solutions". IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Azure Backup, Commvault and Dell EMC Avamar, whereas Nakivo is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Altaro VM Backup, Acronis Backup, Vembu BDR Suite and Rubrik. See our IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Nakivo report.
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