We performed a comparison between IBM Spectrum Protect and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is really scalable."
"The software-defined ability to do data reduction through deduplication and compression, as well as being able to replicate data to a cloud container."
"Everyone wants a full backup. It gives them safety and peace of mind, like an insurance policy for that rainy day when they may need to restore a system."
"It is pretty easy to use and maintain."
"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"It has increased our security, scalability, and high availability."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is a scalable solution."
"We have a very good team of administrators who know the product perfectly and are able to manage it on a day-to-day basis."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"The solution is stable."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"The administration interface should implement more functionalities that exist only in the command line and needs improvement in how some reports are created."
"I would like to see more technical training online. Sometimes, it is a little bit difficult to find, or that I do not really know what I am looking for as somebody who is starting off finding their learning curve."
"It might be seen as leaning towards the legacy side, missing some features of newer solutions. The main drawbacks would be its complexity and high pricing."
"The usability of IBM Spectrum Protect could be improved, specifically additional features to the product in the operations center. Additional reporting facilities and stronger reporting tools such as build dashboards would be beneficial."
"I would like to see a way to have "always on" implemented."
"There could be various client systems and process integration included in the product."
"The product should be improved to save more space."
"Stability is very good now. It used to be rocky years ago."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 146 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Performance and recoveries are better, and customers are happier with performance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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