IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup [EOL] comparison

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

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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88% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup compete in the backup solutions category. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus appears to have the upper hand due to its extensive feature set and flexibility, which has been highly rated by users.

Features: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus offers retention sets, content validation, and integration with applications like SQL, Oracle, and IBM Db2. Its centralization, deduplication, and replication capabilities are valued, along with cloud and multi-platform support. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup [EOL] was recognized for ease of deployment, flexible integration, and a user-friendly setup.

Room for Improvement: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus needs better integration with security protocols, enhanced reporting capabilities, and simpler administration tools. Improvements in user experience, backup scheduling flexibility, and recovery speed are also desirable. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup [EOL] required better integration with advanced security measures, streamlined compliance features, and less deployment complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is mainly deployed on-premises with some cloud instances. While support is generally well-rated, there are occasional issues with first-level support responsiveness. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup [EOL] is praised for simpler deployment and strong initial support but faced challenges with support efficiency.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is considered expensive but offers comprehensive licensing, covering extensive features with a good ROI for enterprises with a budget. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup [EOL] was initially less affordable for small businesses but cost-effective for mid-market and enterprise segments, featuring a straightforward pricing model and satisfactory ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

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Nutanix Mine Integrated Bac...

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

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Featured Reviews

reviewer1656648

Senior System Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Offers reliable recovery and backup but needs better ransomware protection

With ransomware protection and cyber protection, more improvement is possible. IBM provides these through a third party, so enhancement is needed. There's significant room for improvement. They are not yet where I want them to be. It does not offer horizontal and vertical scaling. These are areas IBM can improve.

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Ingvar Ingason

Channel Sales Manager at Arrow Electronics

An affordable product that offers a reasonably good technical support

I rate the product's initial setup phase an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup phase, and ten is an easy setup phase. The product's installation phase took me around two weeks. On average, it usually takes about a week or two to deploy when everything is in place. The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud from Azure.

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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 IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."

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

"The most valuable feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its ease of use. Additionally, it does backups of all of the things we need, such as OS, files, and databases."

"The API is very good."

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

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

"Large-scale recoveries are very straightforward."

"The solution's stability is high because it is derived from Spectrum Protect."

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"We use this solution as an integrated backup solution and it is integrated from the backup provider to the Nutanix solution."

"Nutanix can converge legacy-style rack mount servers, so it is highly scalable."

"I like the autofill-over feature and the simplicity of the solution."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten."

"Nutanix has its own backup system known as HYCU, as well as its own virtual server."

"We find the ease of use valuable."

Cons

"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."

"It requires much more automation features."

"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."

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

"The tool needs to increase the number of threats."

"Instead of using the command prompt for troubleshooting and administering the backup, there should be an easy-to-use graphical user interface."

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

"The Gui interface and usability are not so friendly and easy."

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"It could be cheaper."

"I would like to see the multi-cloud improve."

"The solution's setup process should be simplified."

"Nutanix is not secure enough, and it needs to be more resilient."

"This solution could be improved with regards to the hosts that integrate with the platform itself. Each of the hosts integrated with the storage and networking only provide one instance of a backup."

"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are a few options available for purchasing the solutions. Overall, the price of the is high."

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

"The solution is too expensive."

"The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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"While Nutanix Mine is extremely expensive for small businesses, it is a very cost-effective product for enterprise businesses."

"Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup is fairly priced."

"I rate the pricing a five out of ten because the price is average."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is affordable or low, and ten is expensive or high, I rate the price as two."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

10%

University

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

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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What is your primary use case for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

I have been using it for our own organization.

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Overview

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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Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup is a turnkey solution that makes backup infrastructure simple and invisible by combining the Nutanix Cloud Platform technology with leading enterprise backup software for dedicated data backup and recovery.

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