IBM Spectrum Accelerate vs Veritas Access comparison

IBM and Veritas are both solutions in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category. IBM is ranked #24, while Veritas is ranked #17 with an average rating of 9.0. IBM holds a 1.7% mindshare in SDS, compared to Veritas’s 1.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 5, 2024

IBM Spectrum Accelerate and Veritas Access compete in the data storage sector. IBM Spectrum Accelerate holds an edge in cost-effectiveness and integration within existing IBM infrastructures, while Veritas Access is notable for its advanced feature set and flexible data management.

Features: IBM Spectrum Accelerate offers robust scalability, seamless integration capabilities, and cost-effectiveness. Veritas Access focuses on optimized storage management, comprehensive data protection, and flexibility in data management.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Spectrum Accelerate simplifies deployment through integration with IBM infrastructure and receives strong customer support, aligning well with IBM's strategies. Veritas Access provides an adaptable deployment model suitable for various environments, though requiring more customization, and also receives positive feedback for customer service.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Accelerate presents a favorable pricing model with an attractive ROI, especially for enterprises using IBM's wider offerings. Veritas Access, while having a higher initial cost, provides long-term savings through enhanced data management, leading to a strong ROI.

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Pure Storage FlashBlade

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Software Defined Storage (SDS) category, the mindshare of Pure Storage FlashBlade is 4.4%, up from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Spectrum Accelerate is 1.7%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Access is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Eric Black

Solutions Architect at Recovery Point Systems

The ability to leverage multi-tenancy along with immutability is a huge benefit for us

The only thing I feel FlashBlade is missing is the SOS API. If it had SOS API, that would put it well over the top. Veeam Backup specifically has started to streamline their API, and they are doing that with SOS API. They have optimized it. Any of the S3 devices out there that support this SOS API can have far more API calls at once. On our side, that translates to better restoration. With SOS API, it can leverage far more restorations at a single given time or read from the device in simple terms. That results in maximizing the output and throughput from the device itself.

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reviewer1154616

IS Auditor at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

A robust solution with good performance and support

This is a solution that scales well, although I think that we have stabilized in terms of use. With respect to scalability, we have an open question as to whether we will be able to grow into a cloud-based deployment. We don't know in what ways this solution will assist us with the migration, or whether we can still use it for DR. We don't know about the type of backup, be it full, incremental, or otherwise. We are also looking for a cost-savings if we migrate. These are things that we will find out over time. We have about two petabytes of data.

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Jayson Martin

Head IT Data Storage at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Provides seamless integration within the existing infrastructure and has an easy deployment process

We leverage Veritas Access for efficient management of our extensive unstructured data. Its cost-effectiveness, notably providing the lowest cost per terabyte, has influenced our decision to use it for extended data retention periods. We aim to minimize yearly expenditure on capacity while ensuring high-performance levels. Despite focusing on long-term retention, it enables direct and efficient data recovery from the client, ensuring that accessibility is maintained. The most essential feature of Veritas Access for our storage needs is its support for both block and object storage. The data tiering capability of Veritas Access has had a positive impact on our storage efficiency by preventing unnecessary expenditures on capacity, especially in terms of backup operations. It provides seamless integration within the existing infrastructure. It helps us meet compliance and data retention requirements, particularly from an insurer's perspective. I rate the product a nine out of ten.

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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 most valuable features of FlashBlade include its replication capabilities, reports, and easy allocation. Everything is user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is performance."

"Using this solution has made our backups more reliable."

"It uses the same platform for connectivity so integration is seamless."

"Pure Storage FlashBlade is user-friendly. It's replication feature is great because it has active replication and active DR. That's the beauty of the product. It's a perfect solution for block storage."

"The initial setup is pretty easy and simple."

"The initial setup was straightforward. If you know how to plug in power and network you're pretty much qualified. They were on site to configure the network, the box to fit into our network architecture. Other than that, we self-managed from there."

"Among its most appealing features are its ease of handling and minimal maintenance requirements."

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"The ease of use is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's very user-friendly."

"The most valuable feature is the robustness, which is typical of IBM because their software generally just works."

"Veritas Access is user-friendly and the NAS and SAN volumes are valuable."

"The product deployment is easy."

"It has a huge deduplication ratio for backups of long-term archives."

Cons

"On our dedupe during our initial buy, we were expecting a number a little higher like 4x. However, we are getting about 3.6. While it is close enough, it doesn't quite hit the numbers. So, this has been a challenge."

"The Pure Storage Orchestrator is our biggest pain point at the moment. If we can have more say in future developments of feature sets that we will need to support for our use case, that would be pretty beneficial to us."

"There could be improvements in public cloud integration."

"The feature that we're waiting on is better integration with the cell services."

"It would be beneficial if the layer could support the S3 protocol and be container ready in the next release."

"In terms of technical support, the experience has been mixed. The support is done through email and is not that great, making it a very problematic area I've been dealing with for over four years."

"I would like to see more deduplication."

"An area for improvement in Pure Storage FlashBlade is its price. It could be reduced. The technical support for Pure Storage FlashBlade also needs improvement. It used to be good, with more experienced engineers. Nowadays, it isn't, and it takes longer for support to solve problems."

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"he interface is not user-friendly so the ease of use could be improved."

"The reporting mechanisms need improvement."

"The downtime of Veritas Access could be improved."

"They could improve additional fees for the platform's data capacity. It could be more cost-effective."

"I would like to see Veritas Access included as an S3 target."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is a little high."

"Licensing fees are paid yearly."

"Support is a separate line item. Support is a different cost, but whatever your support is now, that's what you're going to pay forever. If your support's $100 today, six years from now it's $100. It doesn't fluctuate unless you upgrade it, or change it, etc."

"The pricing for FlashBlade is between cheap and moderate."

"The price could be cheaper."

"I rate the tool's pricing a seven to eight out of ten."

"It's a costly solution, but Pure Storage FlashBlade doesn't require additional licenses. All of the software is combined into one bundle."

"The pricing is relatively expensive due to the FlashBlade technology. However, for companies needing quick and reliable data access, the cost is justified."

More Pure Storage FlashBlade pricing and cost advice

"For a database, on a yearly basis, we pay approximately $3,500 for licensing fees. The solution is sold as a subscription on a yearly basis so there are no other ancillary costs."

"If you are cost-sensitive then this solution is not for you."

"This product is not cheap. The only extra cost is the licensing."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pure Storage FlashBlade?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?

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What do you like most about Veritas Access?

The product deployment is easy.

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What needs improvement with Veritas Access?

They could improve additional fees for the platform's data capacity. It could be more cost-effective.

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We use the product for long-term data retention.

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Overview

FlashBlade is the industry’s most advanced scale-out storage for unstructured data, powered by a modern, massively parallel architecture to consolidate complex data silos (like backup appliances and data lakes) and accelerate tomorrow’s discoveries and insights.

Pure Storage

IBM Spectrum Accelerate is a software-defined block storage solution designed for rapid deployment across heterogeneous infrastructure for hybrid cloud and delivering consistent service levels to a dynamic workload mix. It is based on proven grid-architecture, enterprise-scale IBM XIV technology. IBM Spectrum Accelerate can be deployed, including as hyper-converged infrastructure, on any x86 server, on pre-installed third-party appliances or on public cloud infrastructure, and is available as a service on IBM Cloud infrastructure.

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Veritas Access is a software-defined, scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) solution for unstructured data that uses intelligent policies to optimize data placement on-premise or on public clouds. Access provides resiliency, multi-protocol access and automated data movement to realize application performance, cost-effectiveness and scalability gains.

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