IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL] comparison

"This solution is very stable and has good support available online."

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

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

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

"We used to use the solution with tapes a few years ago. We've switched to discs, and it has gotten much faster."

"Large-scale recoveries are very straightforward."

"The solution integrates well with other tools."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the integration with Oracle."

"The most valuable feature is the backups."

"I like that they have some new devices that are simpler to use because they kind of tie right into the cloud."

"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."

"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."

"There's significant room for improvement. They are not yet where I want them to be."

"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."

"I would like more integration with security. We need to show the value of the product in regards to handling security. For example, how it handles current malware or viruses. IBM should be more proactive in this direction."

"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."

"The security must be improved."

"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."

"StorageCraft ShadowXafe should improve the on-premises console management controls and protection and recovery."

"Their restoration protocols could be better. I pulled all my clients out of their cloud mostly because I wasn't confident that they could restore out of the cloud. This was backed up by friends who had been burned by stuff like that. We moved away because of the lack of resources to restore from a potential catastrophic failure. It's challenging, and in some cases, they couldn't do it because they didn't have enough resources. For example, if there was a major disaster, and everybody needed their images out of the cloud, they couldn't give them to everybody."

"The price is perpetual, but the maintenance cost is annual. That is, we pay once for the product and pay annually for the maintenance and support. The price was much cheaper than what we would have had to pay for EMC or Veritas. The pricing is competitive, and I would rate it at four out of five."

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

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

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

"There is an annual license required to use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The cost of the license could improve, it is expensive."

"In addition to the standard licensing fees, we paid for implementation and training."

"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 solution is too expensive."

"They are more expensive than some of the others out there. We have gone away from their cloud due to pricing."