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Updated on Jul 19, 2023

We compared Veritas NetBackup and IBM Spectrum Protect based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.

  • Features: Veritas NetBackup is praised for its versatility and integration with third-party applications. Users appreciate its virtual server backup capabilities, cloud integration, and malware protection. Veritas NetBackup would benefit from streamlining implementation and incorporating additional cloud solutions. IBM Spectrum Protect is highly regarded for its ability to integrate with tape libraries and its customization options. Users also praised Spectrum Protect for its compatibility with various products, scalability, and stability. IBM Spectrum Protect could improve its integration with cloud services and make its interface more user-friendly.

  • Service and Support: Some users reported positive experiences with Veritas customer service, but others said that it sometimes took a long time to resolve issues and support is inconsistent across regions. IBM’s customer service is described as high quality, friendly, knowledgeable, and responsive. At the same time, some said the support process can be lengthy.

  • Ease of Deployment: On the other hand, opinions on Veritas NetBackup's setup complexity are diverse, with some finding it straightforward and others perceiving it as more intricate. IBM Spectrum Protect's initial setup is challenging and demands skilled professionals to configure multiple parameters and features. This process can be time-consuming.

  • Pricing: Opinions on Veritas NetBackup's pricing vary. Some consider it expensive but say it’s worth the price due to its extensive features. There are no additional fees aside from the basic license. IBM Spectrum Protect is considered expensive. The pricing model is complex, taking into account factors like processor type and volume.

  • ROI: Veritas NetBackup prioritizes constant availability and quick access, also resulting in a positive ROI. Users have realized benefits from IBM Spectrum Protect’s data protection and retrieval. They appreciate its ability to reduce storage requirements with larger tape sizes.

Comparison Results: Users say Veritas NetBackup is a versatile solution that offers robust compatibility, seamless cloud integration, and strong protection against malware and ransomware. NetBackup received mixed reviews for pricing and ease of setup, and some users said it could improve its cloud support. IBM Spectrum Protect is a reliable, customizable solution that allows smooth integration with tape libraries. At the same time, some say that the user interface could be more intuitive and Spectrum Protect could integrate better with the cloud.

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Pros
"We do not lose data. That is why we are using this product and have a backup in place.""I love the TDP for VMware because of the web interface and the possibilities provided by this tool. It's amazing.""Incremental forever: This feature helps us reduce backup time and backup storage space.""It scales well for the amount of clients that we use with it.""It is a really scalable solution. We can scale it up. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.""Since the technology is reliable, it simplifies the backup process significantly. Now, our focus can primarily be on managing full backups and creating some offline copies.""The scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good.""With data deduplication and compression, we are reducing our overall storage footprint for our disk histories. Therefore, we are reducing the actual cost of the disk for our data protection and data backups."

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"Veritas NetBackup provides good backup performance, and I can mount the snapshot without an installer.""We have a file server and our data file server, everything. We use it for VM server backup, too.""I think the support is fine. We haven't had issues with it.""The most valuable feature from Veritas NetBackup is the data is very easy to backup. It is similar to VMware. They recently introduced a cloud feature that is useful.""The tool's most valuable feature is backups.""It saves time for the backup needs of our organization.""This is the best solution that I know of.""I have found it to be the simplest solution to the market. It gives us a complete end to end solution. We are using this solution, Veritas Appliance and another one for access archiving. It is convenient to have all the support from one vendor."

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Cons
"We are still using TSM Manager for many of our projects to administer our platform because the gap was not resolved with the new Operations Center.""There have been scalability issues. The core product does not support scale out. We needed to create a new system and manage resources separate from the existing one.""I should be able to backup Linux. I would like SUSE for Linux on POWER. Right now, we have to use Storex, which is a pain to use.""We have run into some periods where we have found some tape issues which were causing us problems, but we resolved them. For some reason, we had a bunch of drives go offline on our disk storage (our virtual library).""We need better protection from ransomware or the ability to identify ways we can protect ourselves from ransomware. Having backups is one thing, but specifically, we need methods to recover if we have a ransomware attack.""It needs better connectivity with other non-IBM application hardware and non-IBM platforms.""It needs BMR (bare machine recovery) solutions for both Windows and Linux systems.""We need everything cloud. Strong support for cloud services. S3 connectivity, which is mandatory for us in the future along with this integration of Spectrum Copy Data Management or Spectrum Protect services together with these Spectrum Protect Plus functionalities, e.g., hardware, snapshots, and Copy Data Management. They should come together in one solution."

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"It would be better if it had a cloud integration feature. I would like to use a single product for the cloud instances and the on-premise instances. The price could also be better.""This product would be improved with the inclusion of a Sandbox feature like Veeam Sandbox.""NetBackup's reporting features are a little poor.""When the customer is using SaaS applications like Office 365, the integration falls short and needs to be improved.""The security and performance could improve with Veritas NetBackup. The security could be improved by protecting the data from attackers.""We want a solution that can be scaled-out because our data is growing very quickly, and we aren't able to back it up quickly. It takes one or two days, which is a problem. It is very slow. We just use one backup server. We want another solution with maybe a backup server cluster to back up more data in one day. We want a solution that can be scaled-out to back up our data quickly and efficiently.""I do not really like NetBackup as it is coming from a mix of other software packages.""Enhancing reporting across the board would be beneficial."

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  • "Technical support is pretty good. It is doing fine, but you pay for it."
  • "Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment."
  • "At scale, the consumption license (per TB) is very expensive."
  • "Use capacity licensing. It's easier and cheaper."
  • "We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective.​"
  • "We chose IBM Spectrum Protect, because they actually have something called MSP pricing, which means managed services provider pricing. The pricing was attractive, and it seems to be a platform that IBM is totally investing on in terms of new functions and new capabilities."
  • "Spectrum Protect is not expensive, and it is simple to use."
  • "It is very scalable, but the downside is that it costs money."
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  • "Licensing was very expensive and did not scale well if needed to move between license models."
  • "Smaller virtualized environments will want to stick to a traditional licensing model if possible. It will likely be cheaper, but it is a pain to manage all the individual licenses for each client."
  • "So far I can only say that the license structure could be looked at to be aligned as either capacity-based or traditional."
  • "If you have a complex environment with dozens of different servers and apps, I recommend you look for TB licensing."
  • "The software and license are very expensive."
  • "Pricing is pretty costly as compared to the other products but worth investing for the long term and high ROI."
  • "Acceptable if you need to implement it for larger environments, e.g. over 1000 clients. For smaller setups it might be too expensive."
  • "The licensing model is cost-prohibitive as you scale out."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The platform’s most valuable feature is its ability to verify the recoverability of backups.
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    Top Answer:The tool's most valuable feature is backups.
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    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.

    Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise-grade backup and recovery software solution. NetBackup securely restores and backs up files, raw partitions, and directories on a server known as a media server. A server protected by NetBackup is referred to as a NetBackup client. During the backup process, the NetBackup client sends the data through the network to the NetBackup media server, which chooses the appropriate storage media as the backup point.

    Veritas NetBackup is a trusted enterprise backup solution that integrates with many of today’s popular databases, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Linux, Unix, and Microsoft operating systems. The solution is able to backup data to tape, disc, and public clouds and keeps the popular Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors safe and secure.

    Veritas NetBackup Features

    • Cloud optimization: NetBackup offers intuitive multi-cloud intelligence to improve security and reduce costs. Users can experience lower TCO using integrated NetBackup SaaS Data Protection. Easily automate and develop DR to scale using DR rehearsals, single-click recovery, and custom scripts.

    • Automated processes: NetBackup produces a more sustainable, cost-effective cloud environment. Users are able to immediately recover what they want, when they want, where they want by way of a robust, efficient multi-cloud cross-platform recovery.

    • Cyber security: Easily recover important data with the latest intuitive cyber defenses. The solution protects against ransomware and malware with excellent clean, fast recovery. NetBackup’s process of Protect, Detect, and Recover offers some of the most intuitive aggressive cyber protection protocols to keep your organization safe at all times.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Mahdi B., Solution Architect and IT Consultant at Merdasco - Rayan Merdas Data Processing, says, “Veritas integrates well with the cloud, all databases, all operating systems, all hardware, and all software. Veritas also has solid malware and ransomware protection features. From time to time, we face a new kind of attack, and Veritas has always proven to be the best protection solution for some of my customers. Our customers who have faced ransomware attacks were able to recover their data in less than one day without any stress. Veritas is ransomware resilient and because of its implementation, it is not dependent on the operating system to work. Most of the functions of the Veritas software are isolated from the operating system and it's not dependent on the operating systems involved. This is very important. When some of our operating systems are infected by a virus, Veritas still works perfectly and protects our data. This feature is very well implemented in Veritas NetBackup.”

    A PeerSpot user who is a General Manager at a comms service provider relates, “Veritas enterprise has many agents who perform the backup, whether it is a consistent backup or recorded backup. The solution has everything from the snapshot to the multiple database agents.”

    Mir-Ali, Infrastructure Manager - Oracle SCM at a financial services firm, shares, “It covers all kinds of different architectures. Plus, it's very user-friendly and it is very reliable. Reliability is the most important thing because once the backup is done, if it is successful, then we're sure that it was successful and we will be able to restore it.”

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    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas NetBackup
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas NetBackup and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    IBM Spectrum Protect is ranked 17th in Backup and Recovery with 18 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 22 reviews. IBM Spectrum Protect is rated 8.0, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Spectrum Protect writes "Works with a multitude of platforms and databases, not limited to Windows or Linux and enterprise-class, reliable, and fast". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "A stable and versatile product that is compatible with many platforms". IBM Spectrum Protect is most compared with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Cohesity DataProtect and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our IBM Spectrum Protect vs. Veritas NetBackup report.

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