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IBM Storage Protect vs INFINIDAT InfiniGuard comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 22, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Storage Protect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
19th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
INFINIDAT InfiniGuard
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
85th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Storage Protect is 1.7%, down from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of INFINIDAT InfiniGuard is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Storage Protect1.7%
INFINIDAT InfiniGuard0.4%
Other97.9%
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Featured Reviews

reviewer2787573 - PeerSpot reviewer
Interim Head of Infrastructure at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Backup coverage has supported immutable protection and now needs a more modern, intuitive interface
IBM Storage Protect is from a previous generation of backup software. In those days, backup software was complex in setting up and complex to manage. The new software, such as Rubrik, is very easy to use and more relatable to younger engineers because its interface design is more similar to Office 365 and the newer controls and labels that we are accustomed to. The difficulty that we now have with IBM Storage Protect is that for this day and age, compared to other products that are out there, it seems complex. If we look back 15 years ago, all enterprise class backup software was complex, so IBM was not any different. However, many of these older systems, such as Commvault, still have the same complaint that they are very complex because they have tried to keep that same interface and the same way it works. This suits them, but it probably needed a complete overhaul to bring it into the ease of use that we have with modern software. However, that upgrade has not been done. IBM Storage Protect has not been upgraded into a modern platform. It still looks a legacy platform.
JG
Supervisor, IT Operations at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Fast data recovery for large scale datasets
The Infiniguard (dedicated disc storage), offers a petabyte of storage space for on-site disc storage for backups. Because of this, we were able to get rid of our tapes. Essentially, it replaced our tape backups. We're definitely going to be buying another INFINIDAT array. We do have another location that is going to be needing a new array sometime soon, so we'll be buying another one. The beautiful thing about them is that you can set them up to replicate for disaster recovery between the two of them and set up some nice replication jobs, site to site, for automatic database replication.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The capacity of the storage is huge, it can be affected with all of our requirements, and we also have two copies for each volume, which makes life easier and safer for us in cases of disasters happening and for any volume or data corruption as well, and it has increased our security, scalability, and high availability."
"One way they have improved our organization is through the stability of the solution and the availability of the product."
"With the new features that we have added, it has made a difference as far as faster recovery and speed."
"Every time customers make a change or we have made a change, then they use the product to do a cloning and refreshing. They are happy that they get good performance something changes."
"The platform’s most valuable feature is its ability to verify the recoverability of backups."
"The solution can back up every kind of workload in the environment."
"When I have to do disaster recoveries, I can do it with this tool."
"IBM Spectrum Protect is the best of them."
"Essentially, it replaced our tape backups."
"Overall, this solution has been very cost-effective for us."
 

Cons

"The Hyper-V and SQL Server backup could be improved."
"IBM Spectrum Protect does have a lot of the features that we need, but I think they need to improve their backup virtualization and backup for container."
"The solution is quite outdated compared with others and I feel IBM to be lagging a step or two behind other vendors."
"The product has always been too expensive and not very easy to negotiate."
"The product’s recovery process in terms of agent installation needs improvement"
"Customer Service: Poor. Technical Support: From my perspective, IBM gives almost no support."
"It could use single store. The ability to mark an archive from my backup for long-term retention."
"My customers do use the technical support, and it's getting less effective, because it is not coming from North America anymore as it used to."
"I would like to see more improvement in the GUI."
"I would like to see more improvement in the GUI; for example, better graphs and statistics so that you have a better vision of what exactly you have stored."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is low cost. It is very cool when we design it to using licensing based on post capacity."
"Some of the new advanced features are definitely more into cost savings, e.g., dedupe compression, so doing more with less."
"Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment."
"Licensing IBM Spectrum Protect can be somewhat confusing for new users due to the options available, such as licensing on a capacity or per server basis."
"It's very complicated. Licensing is a pain."
"Going to IBM Tech University Conference saved me from making a major purchase of the wrong thing, which was very helpful."
"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."
"At scale, the consumption license (per TB) is very expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
16%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business54
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise95
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Storage Protect?
I do not know the current licensing cost for IBM Storage Protect and how we get our support because our licensing model is not quite standard. We do not buy IBM Storage Protect direct from IBM. We ...
What needs improvement with IBM Storage Protect?
IBM Storage Protect is from a previous generation of backup software. In those days, backup software was complex in setting up and complex to manage. The new software, such as Rubrik, is very easy ...
What is your primary use case for IBM Storage Protect?
IBM Storage Protect is my primary tool for backup and recovery. We also use it for immutable backups to protect against ransomware. We use IBM Storage Protect for everything on-premises. The benefi...
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IBM Spectrum Discover
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