Druva inSync vs IBM Spectrum Protect Plus comparison

"Users do not need to contact IT administrators to recover lost or deleted files. They can do it on their own, eliminating waiting time."

"Druva inSync is very easy to use."

"It's incredibly fast."

"We get control over authentication policies and create an agentless backup by generating a token for that."

"All the data is well encrypted. In addition, the data is split into pieces so that if an endpoint is attacked or compromised with any kind of ransomware, the compromised machine can be relocated or restored. All the data that was previously backed up can be restored from the cloud. It has a lot of security features. Druva currently offers only the cloud version on AWS. Being a cloud solution, Druva goes by a lot of security compliances and provides a security portfolio. People are very skeptical of the data security in cloud solutions, and Druva has given consideration to that. It has some good geo-location features. If a machine is lost, when the machine is switched on and connected to the internet, that machine can be geo-located and tracked. It also has got the geo-wipeout feature. If someone tries to take out the data from a lost machine, they won't be able to do that. The moment an IT admin comes to know that the machine is no longer with a user, he or she can auto-run the geo-wipeout feature so that the data cannot be read by any third party. Duality replication is a unique thing about this solution. Everybody's data is not backed up if the data is common. Similar data is not backed up from other machines. The data backup also happens very smoothly. The bandwidth choking is very less. When the data is getting backed up, the users do not even get to know. There is no impact even when the users are not using high-speed bandwidth."

"You don't need a certified administrator to manage this product."

"The tool has good features. The backup is also accurate."

"The way they handle the backups is pretty good."

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

"The solution is scalable and can be fitted for any customer."

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

"The API is very good."

"The solution integrates well with other tools."

"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 initial setup of IBM Protect Plus is simple and not complex."

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

"If I could have an accelerator or something to back up the solution on the cloud, that would be helpful. Also, it would be helpful if the accelerator could give me a buffer of a couple of days for any kind of immediate recovery on an offsite."

"The backup time is very poor. The backup runs continuously. It goes on from morning till night. The system performance also becomes very poor when Druva inSync is running."

"The product needs to improve its support."

"The solution takes a lot of time during restoration."

"It would be good if bare metal backups were possible."

"The one area that needs to improve is the pricing."

"The support of other cloud services needs to be improved. It has very good cloud support for AWS but not with others."

"The speed could be better."

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

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."

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

"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 security must be improved."

"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."

"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."

"An area that needs improvement is data validation. We currently use another product that gives us immediate validation, information about when the last backup was, and no risk of corruption happening. TSM in IBM Spectrum is not mature so that you can validate on the spot."

"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very cheap and ten being very expensive."

"The pricing is thirty-five dollars per year or three dollars per month per user."

"Out of all the solutions we evaluated, Druva inSync was the most affordable."

"Once you decide to go with this product the cost can be worked out with the vendor."

"It's approximately $4000.00 per user for one year."

"The pricing is good."

"The price is quite good, It's approximately $4000.00 per user for one year."

"The product is fairly priced, I would rate its pricing five out of ten."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a little expensive."

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