IBM Disaster Recovery Services vs N2W comparison

IBM and N2WS are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of N2WS users who would recommend it.

IBM Disaster Recovery Services

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100% willing to recommend

IBM Disaster Recovery Services

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We performed a comparison between IBM Disaster Recovery Services and N2W based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Disaster Recovery Services

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (8th)

N2W

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (7th), Cloud Backup (6th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (6th)

Featured Reviews

Şefik Mert Polatay

General manager at Atlas Consulting Bilisim Hizmetleri Ltd.

Ease of use, performance, availability, and scalability

The initial setup is very easy, user-friendly, and not complex. It mostly comes with all installed, an operating system, database, and security, all included in Power Systems. So users can easily install, configure, and use it. It's integrated with other systems. You can run different systems from IBM Power Systems, AIX Linux, or IBM I operating system. It's also integrated into Windows systems and other databases and servers.

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reviewer2802048

Service Delivery Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

Automated backups have transformed our multi-account recovery and now streamline compliance reporting

While N2WS has served us well, there are areas for improvement. The user interface feels somewhat dated and could benefit from modernization. Navigation between sections could be more intuitive, and the dashboard design could be more streamlined compared to contemporary AWS tools. The initial setup process has a steeper learning curve than we’d prefer, especially for complex multi-account configurations. More guided setup wizards would help new team members get up to speed faster. Reporting capabilities could be more granular, particularly around cost optimization metrics and backup performance analytics. Currently, we need to gather information from multiple screens to get comprehensive insights. For future releases, we’d value enhanced integration with AWS native services like Config and CloudTrail for better compliance reporting. More advanced scheduling options that adjust based on application load would also be beneficial. Better support for newer AWS services as they’re released would help us maintain comprehensive coverage as our infrastructure evolves. Additionally, native integration with popular ITSM tools beyond email notifications would improve our workflow automation.

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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 initial setup is very easy and user-friendly."

"Disaster Recovery Services is stable."

"The solution works well for very large organizations. It can scale quite well."

"The latest IBM environments are very powerful for our clients."

"The backup and recovery are the most valuable features. So, our developers can work with confidence."

"The backup and recovery are the most valuable features, so our developers can work with confidence."

"After acquiring two additional products in 2018, which we migrated from data centers to the cloud, N2W allowed us to streamline our backup process for three products within one tool."

"A recovery process that had previously taken a team of engineers the better part of a day was successfully completed in under an hour."

"N2WS Backup & Recovery is very easy to use and configure backup for AWS instances."

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

"The combination of disaster recovery, backups, and scheduling helps us be flexible with our approach to backup, start and stop times while being cost-effective."

"Overall, the product is successful with the SMB market, which means that price and service costs are aligned with the SMB market and well accepted by customers."

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Cons

"Stability could always be better."

"The infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."

"Disaster Recovery Services could provide better value for money."

"The infrastructure level of IBM's recovery systems could be improved."

"Improved disaster recovery options and expanded multicloud support are two areas where N2WS has already made significant advancements in the latest version."

"The GUI could be slightly improved."

"More documentation would be helpful, especially some step-by-step documents for recovery scenarios."

"The only challenges we have because we are enterprise level and have so many accounts is that the rollout of the new JSON scripts that come out when you upgrade sometimes can be a little tedious."

"Pricing can increase as backup volumes grow, so it is important to balance the level of protection with cost-optimization strategies such as tiering snapshots to S3 or Glacier."

"One area where we would appreciate improvement is support for additional AWS native services, such as Lambda function backups and S3 beyond archive."

"More documentation would be helpful, especially some step-by-step documents for recovery scenarios."

"The solution could benefit from a friendlier UI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution is based on the scale of the project or business. It's based on the server amount and the amount of data being stored. For our client, based on the amount of data they have, it may be around $20,000 USD. It could get much more expensive on the customer side."

"Disaster Recovery Services is expensive."

"It has very good pricing per instance and comes with three options, for both small and large environments, to fit your needs."

"It's very economical and worth the cost."

"AWS adds more features and offer things for free, or cheaply. Therefore, we will be evaluating AWS Data Lifecycle Manager, because it will probably do backups. Thus, make sure the product that you are using is competitive or adds more value than AWS."

"The purchasing process through the AWS Marketplace is easy. Just click the button."

"The pricing and licensing on AWS is fine, because you can do it for smaller tiers depending on your number of instances, so it's not that scary."

"The price is not cheap, nor is it costly."

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?

The pricing is perfect. It's not expensive because it's all-inclusive. The operating system, database, security, different file systems. So, overall, it's cheaper than Oracle or UNIX systems with O...

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What needs improvement with IBM Disaster Recovery Services?

Nothing, it’s almost perfect.

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What is your primary use case for IBM Disaster Recovery Services?

The use case is for high availability and disaster recovery.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N2WS Backup & Recovery?

The pricing for N2WS is generally reasonable and transparent, especially when compared to enterprise backup solutions. It is based on the number of instances you are backing up, which makes it easy...

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What needs improvement with N2WS Backup & Recovery?

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What is your primary use case for N2WS Backup & Recovery?

Our primary use case for N2WS is comprehensive backup and disaster recovery for our AWS infrastructure. We leverage it as our centralized backup solution across multiple AWS accounts and regions, p...

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Also Known As

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N2WS Backup & Recovery, N2WS Cloud Protection Manager, N2W Backup & Recovery for AWS Free Trial/BYOL

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Overview

IBM Resiliency Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can provide end-to-end integrated services using private, public and/or hybrid cloud. IBM Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) provides continuous replication of critical applications, infrastructure, data and systems to the cloud so users can recover within minutes of an IT outage. Intelligent Orchestration offers a unified DR management approach that delivers real-time readiness validation.

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N2W offers a cloud-native backup and recovery platform tailored for AWS and Azure environments, delivering secure and rapid data protection.

N2W enables IT teams to effortlessly manage backup and restore processes within AWS and Azure environments. By leveraging policy-based management, users gain full control over rapid, secure recovery across regions and accounts. Designed to scale with workloads of any size, N2W ensures business continuity through features like immutable ransomware-protected backups and smart data lifecycle management. Hosted directly in the cloud account, it simplifies the protection and recovery of mission-critical applications.

What are N2W's key features?

Immutable Backups: Protects against ransomware with unchangeable data versions
Fast Recovery: Ensures rapid data restoration within seconds
Policy-Based Management: Automates backup processes for efficiency
Cost Savings: Optimizes storage with smart data lifecycle management
Granular Reporting: Offers detailed compliance-ready audit trails
Seamless Archival: Supports low-cost storage integration including Wasabi

What benefits should users consider?

Ease of Use: Simple management for quick data recovery
Automation: Reduces manual intervention with automated policies
Cost Optimization: Manages storage efficiently to save costs
Business Continuity: Ensures resilience with flexible scheduling

Organizations across sectors use N2W for automated backup and disaster recovery of AWS resources like EC2 instances and RDS databases. It's employed to manage schedules, streamline backups in production settings, and rely on S3 for storage, providing a robust data protection approach.

N2WS

Sample Customers

i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n

Deloitte, NASA, Johnson & Johnson, Dyson, Deuthsche Bahn, Skechers, Allan Gray, Hewlett Packard, St. John's University, City of Oakland

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