IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs Own Data Platform comparison

IBM and Own are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #51 with an average rating of 6.3, while Own is ranked #39 with an average rating of 9.0. IBM holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Own’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Own users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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85% willing to recommend

Own Data Platform

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100% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and Own Data Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. Own Data Platform

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

51st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Own Data Platform

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

39th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Security (5th), SaaS Backup (14th), Application Testing Services (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Own Data Platform is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Own Data Platform	0.6%
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus	1.1%
Other	98.3%

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AhmedSorour

IT Specialist at Saudi Business Machines - SBM

Has provided straightforward backup and rapid deployment for diverse environments

There is reporting in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, but I'm not very familiar with this area. I always concentrated on getting the customer to do the backup, restore, and related tasks, but there is reporting. IBM has made a decision to withdraw the product and replace it with IBM Data Protect. The correct direction is Data Protect, which includes ransomware detection. With IBM Data Protect, you can add more servers for backup. It's scalable, which is a key feature over Storage Protect and Storage Protect Plus, even more capable than Veritas, because Veritas has an option to make different media servers. You can scale the backup process regardless of the load of the customer. This speeds up the backup and restore process for a complete data center, which cannot be done with any other product. I rate IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 9 out of 10.

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Divaker Singh

Salesforce Consultant at Girikon LLCGirikon

Efficient data management with robust restore feature and room for improved anonymization

We manage the customizing and seeding parts for our customers, using Own Data Platform to provide backup and recovery services. We work with exhibition companies that regularly expand their operations Own Data Platform provides a comprehensive backup and recovery solution, allowing us to manage…

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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 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."

"With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution."

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

"If the system were to go down, we needed to make sure that the system could be recovered and available as soon as possible. Spectrum Protect provides you access to directly bind the backup volume to the server and make the system available instead of restoring it and copying the system."

"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, and it is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."

"This is a modern technology that supports not only data protection, but include HIPAA resources and virtualization."

"The solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."

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

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"The reliable backup and restoring of the Salesforce data is the most valuable feature."

"The most valuable feature for our customers is the restore functionality."

Cons

"I would like more integration with security. We need to show the value of the product in regards to handling security."

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

"The replication feature is not available."

"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."

"Their first level of support can be improved. Often they are too junior to understand the issues we are having, and it takes too much time to get from them to the next level of support, which is what we actually need."

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

"The solution should allow for backup of iOS snapshots."

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

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"The anonymization feature can be improved."

"There is need to do the same for the other SaaS applications."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you need to extend it, it can be extended acting like a normal Spectrum Protect with a long archive."

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a little expensive."

"We have a perpetual license for the tool since it is deployed on-premise."

"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."

"Depends on the licensing options that you choose."

"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."

"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."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

12%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	17

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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?

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is very simple to deploy for us, but for more clients or competitors, the solution is hard to deploy and to integrate. For our team, deployment of IBM Spectrum Protect Plu...

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

We are an IT integrator and we need to have a good vision of all recovery and backup recovery solutions. Most frequently, we use Veeam Backup. We use Cohesity. For some old workloads, we use IBM TS...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Own Data Platform?

The pricing is somewhat high, rated at an eight out of ten. However, the value provided justifies the cost compared to other tools.

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What needs improvement with Own Data Platform?

The anonymization feature can be improved. It’s currently not straightforward and often requires a technical person to operate, which can be challenging for non-technical users.

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What is your primary use case for Own Data Platform?

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Comparisons

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

Atempo Live Navigator vs IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Compared 4% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs Own Data Platform

Compared 8% of the time

Rubrik vs Own Data Platform

Compared 8% of the time

GRAX vs Own Data Platform

Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

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Own Data Archiving, Own Data Security, Own Data Seeding

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.

IBM

OwnBackup offers administrators and developers peace of mind around SaaS data loss and corruption recovery. Our platform provides a comprehensive solution to backup, compare, recover, and manage large, complex SaaS-based data sets. With OwnBackup Sandbox Seeding, Development and QA teams can shorten cycles by configuring and replicating relevant test data sets to sandboxes, on demand, with just a few clicks.

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Sample Customers

PT Wings Surya, Tectrade, State of Ohio

Workiva, HR Owen, Tommy Bakama, Kanshoo, NTN, Athena Health, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Arizona State University, Pauley Financial

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