IBM Spectrum Protect vs Quorum OnQ comparison

IBM and Quorum are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.2, while Quorum is ranked #46 with an average rating of 8.3. IBM holds a 2.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quorum’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Quorum users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Protect

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86% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IBM Spectrum Protect and Quorum OnQ are leading data protection solutions. Quorum OnQ shows better overall user satisfaction with specific features, ease of deployment, and customer service effectiveness.

Features: IBM Spectrum Protect provides scalability, comprehensive data protection, and enterprise-level storage management. Quorum OnQ offers rapid recovery times, intuitive design, and effective disaster recovery functionalities.

Room for Improvement: IBM Spectrum Protect needs a simpler setup process, better support documentation, and improved user interface. Quorum OnQ requires better integration with third-party apps, enhanced reporting tools, and more flexible pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Spectrum Protect deployment can be complex and time-consuming, with responsive but sometimes slow customer service. Quorum OnQ features straightforward deployment and highly responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Protect is cost-effective for larger enterprises, offering good ROI over time. Quorum OnQ, initially more expensive, delivers rapid ROI due to efficient recovery and reduced downtime costs.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

17th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

149

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Quorum OnQ

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

46th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (33rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect is 2.2%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quorum OnQ is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Syed Habib

Head of Infrastructure Security (S.A.V.P) at EXIM Bank Ltd

Manageable and comprehensive and integrates robust backup features for core banking

It's adequate for my core banking, however, I am looking for another solution for all systems. It is not compatible with other operating systems like Windows or Linux, and lacks a consolidated dashboard from Browser Spectrum. This is why I am searching for another solution. The product also lacks any centralized graphical user interface (GUI), such as Jarek Pod, and I am limited to using a console-based text user interface, which my local partner handles completely.

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Mohamed Iqbal

Presales Information Technology Consultant at JBA

A stable and economical solution that provides quick disaster recovery

The most valuable feature of Quorum OnQ is quick recovery. We call it a single-click recovery. If any server goes down, crashes, or experiences downtime, we can bring up the DR (Disaster Recovery) server in just two minutes. We also have a "Single Pane of Glass," wherein we work with only a single window. You don't have to use multiple windows to perform basic tasks like failover or failback.

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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

"Incremental backup is highly valuable as it allows for significant time and cost savings."

"It allows us to have one interface."

"The most valuable feature for data recovery in IBM Spectrum Protect is its database protection capabilities."

"Some of the people in our group, like our DBAs and non-technical people, can restore some stuff themselves via Spectrum Protect. That is how simple it is."

"Data reduction definitely reduces costs, not only software costs, but from the infrastructure needed."

"Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."

"Reliability: It has never had a problem with backups or restores. If you store something, it is there."

"We cannot live without it, since it gives us the confidence to move forward."

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"One of the most valuable features was the usability, since many of the features were very straightforward. The backup and restoration process was also very fast. Although we weren't able to fully test the scenarios, one of the features was that we could have it restored on a remote site. However, since we were on-prem, we weren't able to test the remote site restoration."

"I like this product because it is easy to use."

"Quorum OnQ provides an elevated ability to filter on everything from people's location to age to their voting history."

"Quorum OnQ has a good ransomware protection feature, and customer service and support were very good."

"The most valuable feature of Quorum OnQ is quick recovery."

"A very high level security environment for secondary data."

"It does automated tests to the systems to make sure that you could spin them up if you needed to. And if something doesn't come back up in those tests, we get a notification saying the system didn't come back up."

"The most valuable feature is spinning up a ready-to-go VM in a test or production environment that is based on a backup stored on the Quorum device."

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Cons

"If IBM could provide a partial module, that would be great."

"I am looking forward to new features in the next release. One of the main features is the cloud storage integration, which was one of my main required features. I've had more difficult experiences with other platforms than with this one."

"The interface could be more user-friendly."

"We cannot take VMware backups for our banking data center environment."

"Integration with some applications in the healthcare field could be added, as that is a big part of our business."

"The stability could be improved."

"The software is complex; setup is complex."

"High availability (HA) is a scalability challenge."

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"It feels to me like it's going to be a little bit more work than I originally anticipated when upgrading the appliance. I haven't done that yet so I can't speak from true experience, but I went through the project plan and it feels to me like there's quite a number of pieces and components and things that have to be done. Quorum is going to manage the rollout, but in starting the initial conversation there were a lot of unanswered questions"

"I would really like it if they followed comparable products from other vendors and had an option where you could offload to tape. I know it sounds incredibly antiquated, but the benefit I see is that there would be a better air gap than you have with backing up to an online source."

"They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments with different needs."

"Better integration with cloud-based solutions like Azure and Office 365 is needed."

"Quorum OnQ can be improved by providing support for other operating systems like Ubuntu."

"Quorum OnQ's user interface is not very attractive and should be made more attractive."

"I would like to see iSCSI support added so that NAS storage servers could be protected. We heavily utilize NAS storage and the risk there is minimal backup options. Currently, we are backing up NAS to NAS which is costly and slow. Being able to integrate NAS server backup would be the last item on my Quorum bucket list."

"There was a situation I faced in the past when I contacted the tool's support team, and it took them a while to respond."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"At scale, the consumption license (per TB) is very expensive."

"The solution is not cheap."

"The pricing is a little expensive for our current employer, so they want to move to a cheaper solution."

"The solution has a capacity based licensing, front and back-end license."

"Its licensing is complex, and its price is not really reasonable. It is on the expensive side. IBM, in general, is slightly expensive, but with IBM Spectrum for the virtual environment, they are looking into the aspect of helping customers with the cost and providing a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing model of this solution is another difficult area, it's very sophisticated in the way they charge. It's based on PBU, which is a type of processor, how, many processors, and you need to put everything into an equation. However, they have different ways of charging or licensing. One way is a back-end volume or front-end volume, which is quite complicated."

"The licensing is varied. If we have small environments (not many TB being managed) it is best to license by PVUs (depending on the number of cores of the machine). If we manage many TBs we look at licensing by capacity which allows us to use all the agents of the product."

"The pricing of the solution is high in comparison to other products on the market. For example, IBM and Symantec have less costly options."

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"The cost is higher than other software and services, but it is an absolute must-have."

"I am not sure how much it costs, but I know it's expensive."

"When we quote the price of Quorum to customers, they find it expensive."

"The pricing is about $1,400 a month. It's a little bit on the higher side. But it's one of those situations where time is valuable for me. So if it costs a little bit more money for me to have a solution that just works and requires less of my day-to-day management, I'm willing to pay a little bit more."

"The initial expenditure for us was a little under $40,000 for the recent renewal. For the first three years after that, other than electricity, there's no cost. After that, their support contract has to be renewed annually. We spent close to $6,000, between the two offices, for support."

"The solution’s pricing is economical."

"The upfront cost of purchasing a license for the hardware is quite steep."

"The total for our current solution's licensing is about $14,000 for 12 servers for three years."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

University

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Protect?

IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Spectrum Protect?

It's expensive. I acknowledge the cost associated with it.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?

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What do you like most about Quorum OnQ?

It is a very scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quorum OnQ?

It's a little expensive. That said, the cost aligns with other advocacy tools we have evaluated.

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What needs improvement with Quorum OnQ?

They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments wit...

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Also Known As

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Overview

IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud environments of all sizes.

IBM

Quorum onQ is the global leader in 1-click instant recovery, providing full immediate recovery of your critical systems after any storage, system or site failure. It does this by automatically maintaining up-to-date, ready-to-run virtual machine clones of your physical and virtual servers stored on a dedicated appliance – clones that will transparently take over for failed servers within minutes.

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Sample Customers

CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology

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