IBM Storage Protect vs Quorum OnQ comparison

IBM and Quorum are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.3, while Quorum is ranked #48 with an average rating of 8.3. IBM holds a 2.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quorum’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Quorum users who would recommend it.

IBM Storage Protect

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86% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 12, 2025

Quorum OnQ and IBM Storage Protect are competing products in the field of data protection. IBM Storage Protect holds an advantage due to its extensive features and reliable performance, despite higher costs.

Features: Quorum OnQ offers backup automation, disaster recovery, and remote management capabilities. IBM Storage Protect provides scalable storage, comprehensive security features, and seamless data integration. Quorum OnQ focuses on simplicity and ease of use, while IBM Storage Protect delivers a deeper, more complex feature set.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Quorum OnQ is praised for quick deployment and responsive customer support. IBM Storage Protect requires a more intricate setup but benefits from robust customer service channels that ensure operational continuity.

Pricing and ROI: Quorum OnQ provides cost-effective solutions with a rapid ROI, appealing to small to medium-sized enterprises. IBM Storage Protect, with a larger initial investment, offers substantial ROI through its feature-rich environment, satisfying businesses seeking long-term data protection value.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Storage Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

13th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Quorum OnQ

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

48th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (36th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (24th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Storage Protect is 2.1%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quorum OnQ is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Storage Protect	2.1%
Quorum OnQ	0.5%
Other	97.4%

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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

"The most valuable features are compression and de-duplication."

"We've found the product to be quite stable and the performance is very good."

"With Spectrum Protect, you can use any type of disk to back-end the repositories. It gave us flexibility to use whatever storage we wanted at our secondary site."

"The most valuable feature is the backup speed."

"For initial setup, we started with the blueprints, which were great. The blueprints allowed us to be able to decide if we needed to use small, medium,k or large. Because we are a large environment, we used a large blueprint. Once we followed everything in the blueprint, it was a smooth transition from there."

"The file-restoring feature is the most valuable."

"It is a very good and mature enterprise product. Once it is set up and everything is put in, you don't have to manage it. It actually runs automatically by itself."

"The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features."

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"When it comes to recovering what you need from a backup, it's really easy. You just drill through the directory, find the file and the date that you want, and click to recover. You then pick the directory you want to save it in. Usually, it takes a minute or two and it's done. It's quick and easy."

"From a disaster-recovery point of view, one of the things I really like is that I can test the virtual copy of the physical server on a test network and compare the servers side-by-side, without interfering with the production network. So I can see and make sure that the latest copy of the server is the physical copy of the server, without interfering with production."

"Being able to spin up a machine in a sandbox is amazing because it allows us to test things that we otherwise would not be able to do."

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

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

"The solution is very cost effective."

"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."

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

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Cons

"This product comes up against other products available that are marketed better but the other products that it's in competition with are a single product and this is one of IBM products. If it could be marketed as more for competitors I think that's where it comes short."

"I would like a little more ease with the virtual platforms, because it is a huge thing that is coming up."

"Customers have migrated off of it because of its lack of virtual environment functions."

"The product should be improved to save more space."

"They should introduce more features for virtualization platforms and backing up IBMs. Backup speeds should also be improved."

"There is room for improvement in the service aspect."

"A lot of my customers always ask for legal holds, especially on email."

"Scalability is poor. As you get to bigger environments, this is where our gaps have been introduced. As we have grown over the past couple of years, the gaps have become more apparent."

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"The one thing they could do is some tweaking on the web solution that's supposed to monitor everything from one page, rather than having to bring each server up on its own webpage. It doesn't always accurately show what the system's state is at the time, and we have to restart that process now and then."

"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."

"It would be beneficial if file culling could be more granular."

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

"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."

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

"I don't love the scheduler, as I think that interface could use an overhaul."

"We found that some of the live SQL databases we were backing up would be inconsistent when we would restore them."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is fairly reasonable as compared to other solutions in the market."

"One can go with either a PVU licensing model or a capacity based licensing model. Either solution does not block the usage, if over used."

"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."

"We have capacity licensing. We use the front end. The capacity licensing is pretty okay on the licensing price. I used to use the old PVU-based licensing in the early environment, but now we use capacity-based licensing."

"Spectrum Protect is not a cheap option."

"It's very complicated. Licensing is a pain."

"Regarding retro-compatibility of the product between versions, your data is always available and the ROI is unquestionable."

"License-wise regarding IBM, it's licensed per terabyte. And that is after compression and deduplication."

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"Quorum OnQ can be described as a medium-priced product...There are no ingress and egress charges in the product."

"We have never questioned whether it is worth it because it so obviously is a great value."

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

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

"The solution’s pricing is economical."

"When we first got the Quorum the licensing was different."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

10%

Performing Arts

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	53
Midsize Enterprise	25
Large Enterprise	94

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Storage Protect?

The best point about IBM Storage Protect is that it can use IBM tape environments, which we still use and will continue to use in the future.

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

IBM Storage Protect is generally an expensive tool. However, with good contracts with IBM or its partners, the cost might not be so high. New customers can expect very high prices.

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What needs improvement with IBM Storage Protect?

One point for improvement for IBM Spectrum Protect is security, as IBM has not been investing as much as in the past. There is a need for additional layers of security to fill the gaps, which is wh...

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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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Overview

IBM Storage Protect offers data protection and management to secure critical business information efficiently. It's designed to be a scalable and flexible solution for data backup, recovery, and archive needs in complex IT environments.

IBM Storage Protect delivers comprehensive data protection by integrating backup, recovery, and archiving functionalities. It supports a range of workloads and infrastructures, from on-premises to cloud environments, facilitating efficient data management. Its platform provides seamless scalability to meet evolving business needs, underpinned by reliable security measures. Organizations leverage its capabilities to ensure business continuity and minimize data loss risks, making it vital in a data-driven world.

What are the key features of IBM Storage Protect?

Advanced Data Protection: Offers robust encryption and data integrity for secure backup processes.
Scalability: Grows with your data demands, supporting large data volumes without compromising performance.
Cloud Integration: Seamlessly integrates with cloud platforms, enhancing backup strategies with hybrid options.
Automated Operations: Simplifies management tasks with automation, reducing manual intervention and errors.

What benefits should users expect when evaluating IBM Storage Protect?

Cost Efficiency: Reduces storage costs by optimizing backup processes and data retention strategies.
Data Safety: Ensures data accessibility and integrity during recovery efforts, building trust in data protection strategies.
Operational Efficiency: Boosts productivity through streamlined and automated backup management workflows.
Compliance Readiness: Helps maintain compliance with data protection regulations by providing thorough reporting and audit trails.

Industries like finance and healthcare implement IBM Storage Protect to safeguard sensitive information against threats. In financial services, it's crucial for maintaining client data confidentiality, while healthcare institutions use it to protect patient records, ensuring both accessibility and compliance with regulations.

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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