Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 vs IBM Spectrum Protect Plus comparison

The compared AvePoint and IBM solutions aren't in the same category. AvePoint is ranked #19 in B , with an average rating of 8.3, and holds a 0.5% mindshare in the category. IBM is ranked #23 in BRS , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of AvePoint users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 and IBM Spectrum Protect Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Backup and Restore for Shar...

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

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SaaS Backup (19th)

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

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Backup and Recovery (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Data Center Backup solutions, they serve different purposes. Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is designed for SaaS Backup and holds a mindshare of 0.5%, up 0.4% compared to last year.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, on the other hand, focuses on Backup and Recovery, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.

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Pramodh Maheshwar

IT Systems Engineer - Wintel at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

A scalable solution for backup and restore that has an easy setup

The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems. There's no other way around it. Recently, we have also faced RDS and print server issues. One of our clients experienced some remote desktop service issues. These things keep happening with Microsoft. They have a patch, and then they have some other rollout that fixes it. The solution should be more consistent with its patching updates.

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Atif Najam

Chief Information Officer and Program Lead at Gatron Industries Ltd

Enables organizations to make large-scale recoveries easily, but the security must be improved

The security must be improved. We face a lot of cyber threats like ransomware. It impacts data availability and protection. The tool must provide a mechanism to make resilient backups. The tool must ensure that the recent backups have no ransomware. The backup must be immutable. They must be cyber-resilient backups. Finding a good resource person for IBM Spectrum in Pakistan is difficult. We have to rely on the support team. Resource availability is a challenge.

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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 stability has always been very good."

"The most valuable feature includes leaving the stub files behind and integrating that with the recenter feature."

"The solution has good scalability."

"Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use."

"The solution integrates well with other tools."

"Large-scale recoveries are very straightforward."

"The biggest benefit of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is that it's an agentless backup product which is very easy to configure and use."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."

"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."

"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 solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."

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Cons

"I think the solution itself keeps up with everything else. Sometimes it would be nice if they could move a little bit quicker and have faster updates, but in terms of the features, it's absolutely fine and adequate."

"We need more options for the backup schedule."

"The user experience needs a little refreshing touch."

"The solution's updates and rollouts of the patches cause a lot of problems."

"There's significant room for improvement. They are not yet where I want them to be."

"The security must be improved."

"I think the graphical reports are a shortcoming of the tool since it fails to provide my company with what we want in terms of reporting. Due to the product's inability to take care of its reporting part, we have to use third-party software."

"The software's technical support could improve its response time for different time zones."

"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."

"The administration needs to be improved and made simpler to use."

"With ransomware protection and cyber protection, more improvement is possible."

"IBM has made a decision to withdraw the product and replace it with IBM Data Protect."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution could also be cheaper."

"Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte."

"The solution’s pricing is expensive."

"The price offering from IBM is coming down because it is based on number of VM machines. So, IBM is coming to the market to show the added value of the product."

"Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features."

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a little expensive."

"We have a perpetual license for the tool since it is deployed on-premise."

"If you need to extend it, it can be extended acting like a normal Spectrum Protect with a long archive."

"In addition to the standard licensing fees, we paid for implementation and training."

"The price is perpetual, but the maintenance cost is annual. That is, we pay once for the product and pay annually for the maintenance and support. The price was much cheaper than what we would have had to pay for EMC or Veritas. The pricing is competitive, and I would rate it at four out of five."

"The initial cost of the product is perpetual but the support fees are billed annually."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AvePoint DocAve Backup and Restore?

Backup and Restore for SharePoint & Microsoft Office 365 is easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AvePoint DocAve Backup and Restore?

Regarding CloudArchiver, you purchase per terabyte. There are no additional costs to the standard license.

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What needs improvement with AvePoint DocAve Backup and Restore?

We need more options for the backup schedule.

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What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Protect 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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

It is probably based on the number of CPUs. They are fairly expensive.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

I used IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, but IBM is now replacing it with IBM Data Protect, which is a giant product now in common development with a well-known company in backup solutions.

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Overview

DocAve Backup and Restore for SharePoint provides full-fidelity backup and recovery - from individual content items to entire SharePoint environments and all of their farm-level components - maintaining all metadata, security settings, and version histories. Featuring a highly intuitive user interface, enterprise-strength scalability, and deep integration with leading hardware providers, DocAve Backup and Restore offers simple and truly comprehensive SharePoint protection.

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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and availability solution for virtual environments that can be deployed in minutes and protect your environment within an hour. It simplifies data protection, whether data is hosted in physical, virtual, software-defined or cloud environments. It can be implemented as a stand-alone solution or integrate with your IBM Spectrum Protect environment to off-load copies for long term storage and data governance with scale and efficiency.

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Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services, Bunker Holding Group

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