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 seems very scalable and robust. It can do what we require it to do."
"Once it is completed properly, it is low maintenance. Most of the functions do not require much deliberation. It is all the blueprints and technologies laid out, and it is straight forward."
"Spectrum Protect's best feature is that I can use it practically anywhere, on any platform, and for any servers or clients."
"The solution is very stable. It is one of the most important features that we look for in a product before putting it into the market and when establishing a strategy with our customers."
"It is a very mature product."
"The fact that we can take the backup straight onto tape is the most valuable feature."
"The D2D2T archive of my PACS data improved after I put Spectrum Protect 8.1.4 into production."
"Because of the flexible parameters, everything can be fine-tuned to the customers’ needs in their environment."
"The solution works well in two different environments, whether it is on-premises, cloud, or a combination."
"It's very easy to work with and it's very reliable."
"The most valuable feature is the internal recovery."
"The solution does a good job with VM backups."
"The technical support is good."
"Veeam communicates with the vCenter in VMware, which means it's very smooth and doesn't interrupt production on VMware and you can backup or restore anytime, anywhere."
"Veeam Backup Replication is easy to use and has high performance. The backups are very fast. It's a complete solution that fulfills our current needs."
"Integration with VMware is excellent with very granular recovery."
"There were scalability issues only in the brand new features which were recently released."
"I would like a little more ease with the virtual platforms, because it is a huge thing that is coming up."
"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."
"Restoring massive files is a very time-consuming process."
"Its price can be better. It is very expensive. Its interface is very old and not user friendly. They can improve its interface. Their support can also be better. My clients are not very satisfied with the support because they are not really quick."
"It does what we need it to do, but it could be better with VM backups. It could be better integrated with virtual machines or VM backups, but that's why they have their Plus out now. Plus version is more geared toward VM backups. The regular version is more for endpoint clients."
"There have been some sizing issues now, and we are dealing with those."
"It needs some software upgrades to fix some of its current bugs."
"The implementation was straightforward. However, we used an integrator, the process could be easier for us to do it ourselves."
"Its import and export processes for information and policies could be better."
"I would like to see the Veeam cloud solution and Microsoft Office 365 included all in one platform."
"The solution could improve by having more user-friendly dashboards."
"My biggest issue with Veeam at the moment is how the backup reports are displayed. We use the SolarWinds integration to generate consolidated reports for monitoring purposes, but we aren't getting all the available data shown to us in the way that we want."
"The virtual sandboxes seem complex to setup, so I have not invested time in leveraging this feature. It would be nice if this feature was more user-friendly."
"Lacks online training."
"I prefer a software backup solution that allows me to easily define my origin data, including data files, folders, and virtual machines."
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 328 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, Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Zerto. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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