We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."This solution is very stable and has good support available online."
"With this product, we now have a reliable backup solution."
"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."
"The tool has enough documentation; you don't need to contact the support team."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The support from IBM is very good."
"The initial setup of IBM Protect Plus is simple and not complex."
"A full-featured data protection solution that is reliable and stable."
"The Veeam Backup and Replication Suite is very user-friendly."
"The user interface is good."
"It's most compatible with VMware. It can restore single files instead of having to restore the whole machine, once again leading to savings for the company."
"Veeam has a "next, next, finish" installer, and the overall deployment is straightforward. The deployment is easy because Veeam is compatible with all our VMware services and VMs. Veeam Backup and Veeam ONE are integrated into vCenter or vSphere site deployments, so we don't need to deploy each server one by one."
"What I found most valuable in Veeam Agent for Linux is that it can unify machines and even simplify management."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Veeam Backup & Replication console."
"I like the incremental backups and their failover."
"What I find most valuable about this solution, is that the user experience is very simple."
"Rooms for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are installation and configuration because those were difficult. They should try their best to improve those areas. In the next release of the product, better implementation and administration are what we're expecting."
"The one issue we are facing is related to file restores."
"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 backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."
"I would like integration into where the VMware guys can do their own restores."
"The user experience is very bad and the interface needs to be improved."
"There could be better integration with Spectrum Protect and Spectrum Protect Plus, it should be one solution."
"The software's technical support could improve its response time for different time zones."
"The pricing could be lowered if possible."
"Scalability, if you are talking about Linux, is good. However, if you need to backup more types of solutions or Unix systems, like HP/UX, AIX, etc., it's not compatible."
"There isn't much to improve. They just need to follow the trend or the development of other Linux products. Follow in terms of making the product compatible with new versions of Linux. They just need to include as many versions for Linux as possible."
"It has no cloud backup feature. You can't back up anywhere outside of your local network."
"In new releases, I hope they can support Oracle cloud."
"It could use deduplication features."
"There is a compatibility issue with HCI."
"The solution is pretty stable right now, however, we believe that the solution could be made to be even more stable."
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is ranked 19th in Backup and Recovery with 28 reviews while Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 23 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is rated 8.0, while Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus writes "Has very good integration features and can quickly backup data and optimize storage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] writes "Reliable and issue-free with a helpful onboarding wizard". IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect, Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] is most compared with Microsoft DPM.
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