IBM ProtectTIER vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

IBM and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #84, while Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.3. IBM holds a 0.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 60% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

IBM ProtectTIER

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60% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IBM ProtectTIER and Oracle Data Guard compete in the data protection and recovery solutions category. Oracle Data Guard has the upper hand due to its advanced features despite higher costs.

Features: IBM ProtectTIER offers valuable data deduplication, ease of use, and efficient data management. Oracle Data Guard provides real-time data synchronization, support for multiple database configurations, and enhanced flexibility.

Room for Improvement: IBM ProtectTIER needs better scalability, improved integration with cloud services, and more detailed documentation. Oracle Data Guard requires improvements in error handling, more detailed documentation, and simpler integration processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM ProtectTIER is praised for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. Oracle Data Guard has a complex initial setup with mixed reviews on customer service, but effective support channels.

Pricing and ROI: IBM ProtectTIER has competitive setup costs and favorable ROI. Oracle Data Guard requires higher initial expenses but provides long-term value with its comprehensive feature set and superior data protection.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM ProtectTIER vs. Oracle Data Guard Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM ProtectTIER

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

84th

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (13th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM ProtectTIER is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Data Guard	0.9%
IBM ProtectTIER	0.3%
Other	98.8%

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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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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

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

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

"The solution is highly stable."

"The command-line interface is good."

"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 solution has been stable so far."

"If you have a problem with your primary site and can't access your primary database, you can continue working with the database that you have as standby on the other site, by changing its role to primary."

"We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."

"Oracle Data Guard is scalable. I rate it a ten out of ten."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

"Technical support is very good. If at any time we write a ticket, we get the appropriate answer on time."

"The most valuable features are the backup and restore. With this in place along with the clustering, the database is safe from hacking, hardware failure, power failures, and system crashes."

"It's a very good solution if you want to protect your data across two data centers, or you have a middle man or many administrators who use these solutions for protecting their data. It's very reliable compared to other solutions that are most often not storage-based."

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Cons

"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."

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

"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."

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

"I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed."

"The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. Another area of improvement is support."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

"The predominant issue lies in the communication link between the secondary and primary databases."

"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."

"The deployment cost is expensive."

"We would like to be able to see the date time stamp when you execute DGMGRL commands."

"It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"IBM ProtectTIER is an expensive solution."

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

"This solution is very expensive."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	3

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Overview

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.

IBM

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

Oracle

Sample Customers

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

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