Dell ProtectPoint [EOL] vs IBM Spectrum Protect Plus comparison

Dell Technologies and IBM are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 50% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

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50% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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88% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

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Backup and Recovery (25th)

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Umar-Qureshi

Deputy Manager at Reliance Industries Ltd

Speedy and easy setup but it needs to mature

One way this solution could be improved is if they could come up with better options to migrate. As for what could be included in the next release, we have shared a couple of points with them. First, the account should be more in balance and coordinated with us. They already communicated to our project management team that they are going to implement some of these features. I would definitely recommend this solution. But as time goes on and new features are getting added the product will be more comprehensive.

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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

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Pros

"The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex."

"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support."

"A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable."

"Using this tool, we can easily backup and restore or recover the data for PCs and mobiles in case of system crashes."

"The tool has enough documentation; you don't need to contact the support team."

"Some of the features we find very valuable and use a lot, are retention sets."

"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."

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

"Reliability, recovery features, and stability are valuable to me."

"There is protection against disasters with good, fast, reliable recovery options."

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Cons

"The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated."

"The interface and documentation need to improve."

"I would like integration into where the VMware guys can do their own restores."

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

"It requires much more automation features."

"In the future, I would like to see support for global deduplication."

"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."

"Rooms for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are installation and configuration because those were difficult. They should try their best to improve those areas. In the next release of the product, better implementation and administration are what we're expecting."

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve by adding SAP Rena."

"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."

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"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."

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

"There is an annual license required to use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The cost of the license could improve, it is expensive."

"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 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."

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

"The price is lower than that of some competing products."

"I rate the price of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus a one on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is very cheap."

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Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	17

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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?

Pricing is good; it is reasonable and more reasonable than any other vendors.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

Technical support could be improved significantly. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could be made more lightweight and user-friendly in terms of GUI features to make it closer to a perfect score.

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Overview

Dell EMC ProtectPoint technology provides up to 20x faster, more efficient backup and 10x faster recovery while eliminating the backup impact on application servers. By integrating primary storage and industry leading protection storage, ProtectPoint reduces cost and complexity by eliminating traditional backup applications while still providing the benefits of native backups. Overall, ProtectPoint provides the performance of snapshots with the functionality of backups.

Dell Technologies

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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