We performed a comparison between Actifio and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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."They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"The solution helps reduce costs."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."
"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."
"The initial setup of IBM Protect Plus is simple and not complex."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is the deduplication functionality. The clients moved to this solution originally because of this feature."
"The API is very good."
"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 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."
"The solution is scalable."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."
"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."
"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."
"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."
"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."
"The replication feature is not available."
"It still needs to grow and add new features. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, I believe, requires time to become competitive due to a weakness in the other software products."
"I would like to see continuous data protection (CDP). If there is machine failure, you don't have to go to the backup copy that you took 12 hours ago. You can actually go back to the backup copy made half an hour ago. That is, it would be good to have certain-point-in-time recovery."
"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 tool needs to increase the number of threats."
"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."
"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."
"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."
Actifio is ranked 32nd in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Rubrik. See our Actifio vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus report.
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