We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Unitrends 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."One of the main things that I like about IBM is the versioning of the data - meaning that we can have multiple versions of a file or directory of a server."
"Every time we go and try to get a file, we can get it. Restores are quick and the data is always there."
"The ability to use S3 Data Store as a repository."
"Scalability is pretty much unlimited."
"The interface is easy to use."
"It is also a product that has been maturing for a long time. This is good because customers need reliability in their enterprise initiatives."
"The most valuable features are compression and de-duplication."
"It scales from very small to very large. It is easily the most scalable product out there."
"When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"It is a quick and easy way to organize my backups and to keep track of them."
"When we talk about a backup point of view, from a backup perspective, it's a good one."
"The predictive analytics are great and the reporting is awesome."
"They have great support."
"It is very easy to set up and get started. Almost too easy. We racked this device and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes."
"It is an easy system to use. The support, if needed, is always willing to help."
"The most valuable feature of Unitrends for me is the automated feedback"
"Restoring massive files is a very time-consuming process."
"The user interface (UI) for the admin is still not good. It is way too complicated to manage the product, as we still need to use command line. IBM launched the Operations Center (OC), but there are still functions lacking, especially since we cannot manage all our scheduled tasks by using the GUI."
"I would like to see more technical training online. Sometimes, it is a little bit difficult to find, or that I do not really know what I am looking for as somebody who is starting off finding their learning curve."
"RTO is a huge gap for us. If we had a disaster scenario and had to recover a bunch of stuff from tape, the RTO would be too long for us."
"Perhaps if they could add replication to a second site or third site from the same console, that would be helpful. Currently, we have to connect to another console."
"I want to see better compression than what it currently does."
"We cannot take VMware backups for our banking data center environment."
"Their support is lacking. I've talked to their developers and stuff in the last couple of weeks and they reassure me that some people have retired, and they're working on getting that bumped back up. But the support lacks a lot to be desired at this point."
"There's a lot that can be made better. For example, it could be more scalable."
"I would like to see the real-time replication process improved, and a zero RPO feature added."
"In terms of improvement, the UI, especially in the recovery section, is unclear about which repository it uses."
"It could be a little more customizable."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"It seems like Unitrends moved away from enterprise customer engagement and moved more towards the managed service provider market."
"If the interface could be less complex, it is would be great."
"Probably the biggest issue I've had is actually paying for the unit, and part of that problem is that they use a third party for the billing."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Unitrends 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 Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Unitrends report.
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