Iron Mountain Connect vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Iron Mountain and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Iron Mountain is ranked #63, while Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 9.3. Iron Mountain holds a 0.6% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Iron Mountain users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Iron Mountain Connect

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100% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Iron Mountain Connect and Oracle Data Guard compete in the data management and protection category. Oracle Data Guard appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and reliability, justifying its higher price.

Features: Iron Mountain Connect offers comprehensive document management, security features, and a user-friendly design. Oracle Data Guard delivers robust data protection, automated failover capabilities, and advanced data security mechanisms.

Room for Improvement: Iron Mountain Connect could improve its reporting functions, integration capabilities, and expand its document management features. Oracle Data Guard could use better documentation, a more streamlined setup process, and enhanced user interface for easier navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Iron Mountain Connect has straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. Oracle Data Guard, though more complex to deploy, offers superior data security mechanisms and satisfactory support.

Pricing and ROI: Iron Mountain Connect is valued for its lower setup costs and faster ROI. Oracle Data Guard, despite higher initial investment, is seen as cost-effective due to its advanced capabilities and long-term benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Iron Mountain Connect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

63rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Iron Mountain Connect is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Data Guard	0.9%
Iron Mountain Connect	0.6%
Other	98.5%

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Raj Bhaduri

Enterprise architect at Centrica

Good policies related to data

I primarily use it for various policies related to data, such as data retention, data deletion, and archiving policies. All policies can be set using this system The most valuable feature for me is the policy management capabilities. I would like to see more integration with different platforms,…

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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 feature for me is the policy management capabilities"

"The most valuable aspect for me is undoubtedly the failover capability and the assurance of data safety provided by Oracle Data Guard."

"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."

"Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution."

"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any bugs, glitches, or crashes. We find it to be quite reliable."

"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

"We have found the replication feature the most useful. We use this feature the most. The ability to recover a database with less effort and the use of Oracle Data Guard Broker to administer the complete environment are also very useful features."

"You can see how the logs are applied, check the apply time, and how far behind the standby is at any given time."

"The solution has been stable so far."

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Cons

"I would like to see more integration with different platforms."

"A significant improvement for Oracle Data Guard would be enabling the disaster recovery site to handle read and write operations, not just data storage."

"The pricing of the solution is quite high. They should do what they can to bring it down so that it is more reasonable for customers like us."

"Oracle could be improved by the ability to manage it on the cloud. This on-premises version is secure and reliable, but I'm sure that they will soon provide a cloud solution that will be even better. In one to two years, we will probably move to the cloud—we have already moved to the cloud with Microsoft Exchange, but our databases are still on-premises. I would prefer managing a cloud version of Oracle."

"The implementation is complex for anyone who's jumping into it without any experience. It's all command-line driven implementations. For some, that's a turn-off."

"It is a rather complex solution, so it could be more user-friendly."

"Oracle Data Guard is stable, but you need to keep monitoring the system all the time. You need to keep monitoring the archives."

"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

"The database administration needs improvement. With Oracle, we have a lot of features for administrating data, but it might be too many. It needs to be simplified. It should be automated. Looking at Enterprise Manager, there are too many KPIs in place."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"The cost is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Retailer

16%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Legal Firm

Financial Services Firm

21%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Overview

Connected Accounting&ERP is a mid-range accounting program with single user and network editions for Macintosh and Windows operating systems. Connected can be shared concurrently by both Mac OS and Windows users on a single data file. Connected "Core Accounting" consists of the General Ledger, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable modules. Connected "Enterprise" builds on the Core Accounting aspects by adding powerful inventory, job costing, and currency additions. Pricing starts at $399.00.

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Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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