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IBM Spectrum Protect vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
14th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
150
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
56
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect is 2.2%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is 0.7%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Syed Habib - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Ahmed Handal - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced data retention and recovery with robust backup features
The Oracle Agent and Oracle RAC support are valuable features; they are crucial for taking backups and cloning applications. NetBackup Appliance has many features. Backup Exec is a great product as well. NetBackup is well-developed with strong features, including deduplication technology, which allows us to retain backups for longer periods—exceeding our expectations by keeping backups for almost a month. It's effective for data recovery and capable of handling large-scale data recoveries. It is very stable and keeps applications secure. However, the AI integration is not yet tested.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Traditional storage works perfectly with it."
"Incremental forever: This feature helps us reduce backup time and backup storage space."
"Data archiving is easier and less time-consuming."
"Its incremental forever approach is valuable, so we don't have to load tapes to do a restore."
"It is pretty scalable. It will scale to anything."
"It scales from very small to very large. It is easily the most scalable product out there."
"The components of IBM Spectrum Protect explain how the data is protected. The administration is very easy, and the vertical migration is intuitive."
"The customization and the ability to backup across all platforms are the most valuable features."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"The most valuable features of Veritas NetBackup Appliance include extension syncing, making copies of the data, expiring images, replication, and speed."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"The solution offers high-secured appliances and supports enterprise-class encryption algorithms."
"The solution is very scalable."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance is a total backup solution. We don't have to buy other applications to do it."
"NetBackup is based on really good architectural hardware, and Veritas has the best backup and replication technology in the world."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
 

Cons

"I want to see better compression than what it currently does."
"It can be improved for large file systems with many files. Spectrum Protect can restore large files very well, but if you're restoring millions of little files, it is not as great. At one point, we tried to implement the VMware module with it, and it was awful and terrible. I don't know if that has improved. If it hasn't, this would be one big improvement."
"I want a better user interface, support, and integrations."
"We did not see any drawbacks to IBM Spectrum Protect before assisting a customer using Windows that wanted to migrate to using UNIX. IBM Spectrum Protect does not offer an option to migrate from other operating systems."
"The product should be improved to save more space."
"The administration tools for GI need improvement, as the current assessment suggests shortcomings in the back-end system."
"They are behind on many things, especially security. They are catching up a little bit now, but the competitors are doing better security-wise. There should be malware detection and prevention and higher security."
"My customers are not always happy with the Level 1 support. Sometimes, it just takes too long for the response to come, which is probably something that needs to be addressed."
"The scalability isn't great. Every time you want to add storage, you can't just add a little bit, you need to add a lot."
"The price needs to be improved because it is really expensive."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"The price is slightly expensive for small and medium enterprises. If they can review the prices, we feel it would be beneficial, especially for the African market."
"The product should provide more AI and ML features."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"With technical support, it feels like they aren't well trained and it takes forever to get answers out of them."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"At scale, the consumption license (per TB) is very expensive."
"The solution is expensive."
"It is expensive."
"I rate the pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is not cost-effective, and ten is cost-effective."
"The most important feature which I wish to be added involves the GUI, the user interface."
"Customers need to pay for licensing in order to use IBM Spectrum Protect. The customers that have been using it for a long time are okay and happy with it. From a cost point of view, it's better for them to renew their licenses than to go through the difficult process of changing a backup product in their environment, and migrate from one product to another."
"IBM Spectrum Protect can be considered an averagely-priced product."
"Its licensing is complicated. It goes by CPUs, and it is pretty expensive as well."
"The product is expensive and comes with a yearly license."
"I cannot say whether our licensing costs are on a monthly or annual basis, as we have a global contract."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"We pay annually. It is a huge figure for us."
"Appliances do not come cheaply."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price, and ten is a low price, I rate the solution's pricing an eight."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?
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 dash...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
The price is slightly expensive for small and medium enterprises. If they can review the prices, we feel it would be beneficial, especially for the African market.
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
Leveraging AI in Veritas NetBackup Appliance is one of the road maps now that they have done a collaboration with Cohesity, which is a feature I'm looking forward to. Using AI is one improvement I ...
 

Also Known As

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
NetBackup Appliance
 

Overview

 

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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