We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and Veeam Backup & Replication 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."Some of the features we find very valuable and use a lot, are retention sets."
"The most valuable features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."
"The most valuable features are the API features because it allows you to integrate with your Microsoft SQL, your Oracle, and your IBM Db2."
"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."
"A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that the product works and helps with restoration areas whenever there is a need to restore something."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its ease of use. Additionally, it does backups of all of the things we need, such as OS, files, and databases."
"Replication is most valuable."
"The backup and replication capabilities are quite good."
"Storage Snapshot is a good feature and very safe."
"We get a lot of features with Veeam and we are happy to use this solution. After shutdown, the servers here automatically turn off and Veeam is keeping up all this. It's tension free work."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is the ease of use."
"The solution offers the normal benefits of a virtual machine versus a physical, actual machine. It doesn't take up space, for example."
"It is cost-effective. A lot of times, people pick Veeam because of its price."
"Veeam Backup Replication has good performance and can do location-to-location backups. Additionally, it is user-friendly and easy to manage."
"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."
"The solution should allow for backup of iOS snapshots."
"The replication feature is not available."
"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."
"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."
"Not particularly user friendly."
"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"I prefer a software backup solution that allows me to easily define my origin data, including data files, folders, and virtual machines."
"It needs to offer an automatic check for backups."
"The DR component should be part of the comprehensive package, not separate."
"I would like to see more broad support for other applications such as databases, or other operating systems."
"The automation could be better."
"I have found that the reporting could improve in its structure."
"The documentation and communication could be better in Veeam Backup Replication."
"There's a lot of room for improvement surrounding the backup process."
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". 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 Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, Veritas NetBackup and Rubrik, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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