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.
"The most valuable feature is the backup speed."
"The tool proves invaluable in scenarios where systems need recovery, such as restoring damaged data."
"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."
"Our performance is better."
"With data deduplication and compression, we are reducing our overall storage footprint for our disk histories. Therefore, we are reducing the actual cost of the disk for our data protection and data backups."
"It has increased our security, scalability, and high availability."
"Our customers have come to trust IBM."
"It seems very scalable and robust. It can do what we require it to do."
"It has helped us to protect our IP address and critical information."
"Recovery of backup data is the most valuable feature."
"We have evaluated other solutions but Veeam is the best for virtualization."
"The most valuable feature is the continuous backup."
"It's simply very good software for backup purposes."
"One of the most valuable features is the simplicity of the solution's administration."
"The main feature for Veeam is that it's built primarily for virtualization, such as VMware or Hyper-V."
"It's streamlined the backup and recovery for my customers in the sense that it has an easy management console that's easy to set up any type of instant recovery."
"We have had some problems about using storage agents on the X6 environment. It is not quite stable, but it is also not supported in a virtualized environment."
"I should be able to backup Linux. I would like SUSE for Linux on POWER. Right now, we have to use Storex, which is a pain to use."
"The reporting could be better."
"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system."
"It could use single store. The ability to mark an archive from my backup for long-term retention."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"I need to have more than two instances working together. I need a worldwide grid able to have replication between three, four, or five instances."
"The main admin console from the UI cannot do anything in the product. It just allows us to maintain, maybe, 30% to 40%. For the rest, we have to use the command line."
"Restoration takes about two to four hours with Veeam. Zerto can restore in about 10 seconds. That's the restoration speed I'm looking for now that we're dealing with ransomware."
"I would want them to improve some technical features that are still missing because we are working with NetApp NVMe and they're not fully supporting it yet. But both NetApp and Veeam know about it and they're working on it."
"The web interface could be more visual."
"Margins should not be distinct; instead, they should seamlessly integrate with the Veeam Backup and Replication tools, requiring minimal separation."
"We try to compare Veeam with other solutions because we are the operations. Then we can give the answers for improvement which is the specific additional system features that other solutions provide."
"Occasionally, in the course of upgrading one's virtualization platform, the backup can be ruined."
"The Veeam portal should be better integrated with all the parts of the new release. But there's always a workaround to replicate the new solution. I'd like to have better integration with other solutions like SAP."
"The replication functionality only works for VMware environments. Veeam has a backup agent for AIX operating systems, and we will like to see the replication functionality available for the AIX operating system. Additionally, if the backup functionality for AIX to be included in the Veeam console would be an advantage."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 18 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Works with a multitude of platforms and databases, not limited to Windows or Linux and enterprise-class, reliable, and fast". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Simple deployment, exceptional restore capability, and seamlessly data recovery". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and NAKIVO Backup & Replication. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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