Asigra vs IBM ProtectTIER comparison

Asigra and IBM are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Asigra is ranked #69, while IBM is ranked #86. Asigra holds a 0.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to IBM’s 0.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Asigra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 60% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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60% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IBM ProtectTIER and Asigra compete in the backup and recovery solutions category. Asigra seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features, despite IBM ProtectTIER's easier deployment.

Features: IBM ProtectTIER offers deduplication, scalability, and infrastructure efficiency. Asigra provides comprehensive cloud backup, efficient data restoration, and robust cloud integration.

Room for Improvement: IBM ProtectTIER needs better integration with third-party tools, extended interoperability, and enhanced performance analytics. Asigra requires improvements in performance analytics, reporting tools, and analytics capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM ProtectTIER is praised for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. Asigra's deployment is more complex but balanced by comprehensive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: IBM ProtectTIER is noted for cost-effective setup and quick ROI. Asigra's setup costs are higher, but the extensive features justify the expense, delivering a higher ROI in the long run.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Asigra

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

69th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM ProtectTIER

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

86th

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Asigra is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM ProtectTIER is 0.1%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer1361796

Manager Technical Procurement & Logistics - Global IT at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Affordable, easy to use, and offers good pricing

The solution is primarily used for the backup of the endpoints within our organization The solution has been very stable. It's quite easy to use and simple to navigate around. The performance has always been very good. The pricing of the product is excellent. I wouldn't describe it as a…

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ValereFEUGWANG

Information System Consultant at CFAO Technologies

Protects data in hybrid infrastructures, but it is an expensive product with poor support

The main challenge for our customers is to replicate the virtual environment upon restart, without using any additional solutions such as VMware SLM. I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM. It would be much better for us. This solution can be made easier to use. Technical support is very frustrating and we are considering other solutions because of it. Stability is something that should be improved. The product is expensive and the licensing should be changed.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution has been very stable."

"The agentless architecture has minimized our software footprint at the client level."

"I have found all the features useful in the solution."

"It has helped us to provide comprehensive data protection with high recovery rates and a malware scanning feature."

"The most valuable features are the Self-Service, and the ability to search the data."

"In terms of stability, I've found it to be very stable. I've walked into the server room when it was at 60 degrees Celcius, and it was still running fine."

"The solution is highly stable."

"Overall IBM ProtectTIER is a great solution. It is easy to use."

"The cataloging is the best feature. It takes millions of frames for the backup. It's incremental, so it takes less time to complete."

"The command-line interface is good."

Cons

"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."

"The management could be a bit better."

"IBM ProtectTIER could improve by being more user-friendly."

"I would like the possibility to back up the infrastructure and then replicate it upon on restart, without having to orchestrate the starting of the VM."

"Setting up the system to work with legacy equipment is a bit complex at times."

"The backup for a large amount of data is slow."

"The configuration wizards are still complex and hard to navigate. These should be easier to manage."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Asigra is priced competitively, but requires technical expertise to operate, optimize, and maintain its services."

"The price of Asigra could improve, it is expensive. We have purchased an annual license."

"IBM ProtectTIER is an expensive solution."

"This solution is very expensive."

"We have a capacity-based license, which is managed centrally for all the sites of my company."

"The customer can decide how they want to purchase a license. However, the price of the solution is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

24%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Overview

Asigra makes award-winning enterprise backup and recovery software that leads the industry in secure, reliable, manageable and affordable data protection. Asigra Cloud Backup works in the cloud or on-premise, for everything from mobile devices to entire data centers.

Asigra

IBM TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway is designed to meet the disk-based data protection needs of the enterprise data center while enabling significant infrastructure cost reductions. The solution offers industry-leading inline deduplication performance and scalability up to 1 petabyte (PB) of physical storage capacity per system, and can provide up to 25 PB or more backup storage capacity. Combined with IBM or third-party storage, TS7650G ProtecTIER Deduplication Gateway provides a powerful disk-based repository to improve the performance, retention and availability of backup and archive data in a small footprint for energy and cost efficiency.

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Sample Customers

British Red Cross, Special Olympics, London and Capital, L and K Bennett London, The Commonwealth, Hanrick Curran

Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber

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