Dell NetWorker vs. IBM Spectrum Protect Report From PeerSpot 2023-09-02 1u07

IBM Spectrum Protect
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IBM Spectrum Protect and Dell NetWorker
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Contents
Advice From Real Users 4-9
Top Review by Topic of IBM Spectrum Protect and Dell NetWorker 10-11
Overview 12
Reviews From Real Users 13-20
Vendor Directory 21-22
Top Backup and Recovery Vendors 26-27
Top Backup and Recovery 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor 28
About This Report and PeerSpot 29
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Advice From Real Users
PROS
"The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features." [Full Review]
Robert
Hedblom
"The business value comes from the capability to overcome data losses." [Full Review]
Thomas
Eifert
"It is a really scalable solution." "We can scale it up." "Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten." [Full Review]
Ameer
Mahmood
Al-Jobori
"The most valuable features of the product are data deduplication and disaster recovery." [Full Review]
Umesh
Tayade
"The file-restoring feature is the most valuable." [Full Review]
Jean Bruno
YAYAKA
"Regarding technical support, if one has the entire enterprise support, I would rate it a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the
solution an eight out of ten." [Full Review]
Harshal
Sharma
"What I found most valuable in IBM Spectrum Protect is that it allows you to back up physical machines, and its proxy feature
lets you back up virtual machines." [Full Review]
Van
Duivenvoord
e Winston
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CONS
"If IBM could provide a partial module, that would be great." [Full Review]
Robert
Hedblom
"The software is complex; setup is complex." [Full Review]
Thomas
Eifert
"The solution's initial setup process wasn't easy...The solution is overly complicated in terms of architecture, especially
compared to other tools in the market." [Full Review]
Ameer
Mahmood
Al-Jobori
"The solution should improve the ability to monitor backup failure." [Full Review]
Umesh
Tayade
"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." [Full Review]
Jean Bruno
YAYAKA
"The solution's ability to integrate with a cloud solution is one area that needs improvement." [Full Review]
Harshal
Sharma
"Software-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect didn't handle virtual machines that well.The license cost is mainly the area for
improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect." [Full Review]
Van
Duivenvoord
e Winston
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PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE
"License-wise regarding IBM, it's licensed per terabyte." "And that is after compression and deduplication." [Full Review]
Robert
Hedblom
"I rate the pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is not cost-effective, and ten is cost-effective." [Full Review]
Ameer
Mahmood
Al-Jobori
"The solution is not cheap." [Full Review]
Umesh
Tayade
"We pay for a terabyte license to support our backend usage." [Full Review]
Jean Bruno
YAYAKA
"The solution's pricing is fair." "Price-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten." [Full Review]
Harshal
Sharma
"IBM Spectrum Protect, cost-wise, has way higher pricing than Veeam." "By switching over to Veeam, my company saved over
$600,000 in USD.The IBM Spectrum Protect pricing is a two on a scale of one to ten.My company paid additional fees for
maintenance, apart from the standard licensing fees." [Full Review]
Van
Duivenvoord
e Winston
"We have found that the pricing is high in our country." [Full Review]
Faisal Alam
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Dell NetWorker
PROS
"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system." [Full Review]
Lysias
Singbo
"It is scalable software." "All you need to increase is its RAM and CPU." "It's pretty easy." [Full Review]
Ramkumar
Kolli
"The initial setup is very easy." "It's incredibly fast." [Full Review]
Richard
Jacewicz
"Very user-friendly with a good interface." [Full Review]
Shrikant
Teggi
"The most valuable feature of Dell NetWorker is its quick configuration and handling of large databases." [Full Review]
Chea Thoya
"The solution is stable." [Full Review]
Saiyed
Shahab
Ahmed
"I like that it's stable and scalable." [Full Review]
Pratyush
Bhosale
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Dell NetWorker
CONS
"While upgrading to a new version, we encounter challenges related to specific algorithms or code regulations." [Full Review]
Lysias
Singbo
"he API side of the solution has certain shortcomings." [Full Review]
Ramkumar
Kolli
"Since the product is not on the front banner of Dell, the support may not be the best." [Full Review]
Richard
Jacewicz
"Could have a better recovery system." [Full Review]
Shrikant
Teggi
"Dell NetWorker could improve the GUI to include rack recovery." [Full Review]
Chea Thoya
"The end-user experience is not good." [Full Review]
Saiyed
Shahab
Ahmed
"It could be more user-friendly." [Full Review]
Pratyush
Bhosale
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Dell NetWorker
PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE
"It is a relatively inexpensive product compared to one of its competitors." [Full Review]
Lysias
Singbo
"The solution follows a subscription model for licensing." "We pay annually to use the solution and the price is high." [Full
Review]
Chea Thoya
"I have a capacity-based license, but I don't know the exact cost of that license." [Full Review]
Pratyush
Bhosale
"Dell NetWorker has two types of licensing models." [Full Review]
Ahmed Essa
"Pricing is cheaper for this product, compared to its competitors." [Full Review]
Arsalan
Orayedh
"The pricing is okay." [Full Review]
Anindya
Sinha
"The price of the solution could be lower, it is expensive." [Full Review]
Huseyin
Zengin
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Top Reviews by Topic

IBM Spectrum Protect Dell NetWorker
VALUABLE
FEATURES Saeed ALZAHRANI Richard Jacewicz
There are a lot of features within these products. In Dell NetWorker, it is very simple to back up
One of them is for data backup and protection and VMs. Finally, the backup of VMC is working
the other one, the Spectrum Scale, is for parallel reliably and is simple. We are also backing up to
storage as a data storage solution. All of these data domains, which are well integrated with
features are very important. [Full Review] NetWorker. Additionally, we are backing up to
tape. Everything works fine. There is mutual
compatibility so that we can move backups and
clone backups from data domains to tape. It's
great. Also, we are using a cloud tier to offload
Van Duivenvoorde Winston backups on Data Domain 6800s. [Full Review]
What I found most valuable in IBM Spectrum

Protect is that it allows you to back up physical Nayab Rasool Shaik
machines, and its proxy feature lets you back up
virtual machines. [Full Review]
The solution offers very good backups and has all
of the basic features any other solution would
have on offer. There's tight integration between
Joost De Lijser Data Domain and NetWorker as well. Data Domain
is an EMC product. They have very good
integration between the two. The initial setup is
simple. Its stability is very good. The solution can
Its flexibility is valuable. It is a very flexible scale. [Full Review]
solution. There are always more ways than one to
do something. It is a software solution, which
means you can buy your own hardware and
expand it whenever you want. You are not boxed
in or locked into something you've bought and Stanislaw Jagielski
outgrown. You can always expand it. [Full Review]
The possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment

data is very useful. You can have any backup
registry onsite. There's a special database, which
will contain all index orders. The only thing you
have to do is set up the backup medium with the
proper backup. It's very easy to use. There is really
broad coverage as to what can be protected.
That's the thing from the point of view of the
usage and from the point of view of the
technology itself. It's very important how it can
operate easily and how i... [Full Review]
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Top Reviews by Topic

IBM Spectrum Protect Dell NetWorker
ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT Saeed ALZAHRANI Richard Jacewicz
IBM Spectrum Protect does have a lot of the There is a significant weakness. It's the advertising
features that we need, but I think they need to of the product by Dell. They are doing everything
improve their backup virtualization and backup for to discourage people from using NetWorker. So
container. But overall, they meet the requirements that's a weakness, but it's not a weakness of the
and they're okay. In terms of what I would like to product itself. It's a weakness of Dell as an
see in the next release, I think better reporting. organization. We would be pretty happy to use
Today the reporting lacks some of the features, NetWorker because we don't have any functional
interface, et cetera. If they increased that reporting problems with it. The main issue is the lack of a
and made it user friendly, it will be good. [Full clear vision for the future of NetWorker. Generally,
Review] the preferred backup solution is PowerProtect,
and it prob... [Full Review]
Van Duivenvoorde Winston

Nayab Rasool Shaik
Software-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect didn't handle

virtual machines that well, but I heard that the The web console could be a lot better. All the
issue had been resolved on IBM Spectrum Protect customers are dependent on a separate console
Plus, though I didn't get a chance to test that server. If they want to access NetWorker, they
feature. The license cost is mainly the area for need to have a separate console server to access
improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect. Another the management window. I know they've come up
con in the solution is the Microsoft Office 365 with a browser-based management site in order to
backup, which needed to be handled better by monitor day-to-day backups and to perform the
IBM Spectrum Protect, and could have some administration or the setup within the web
improvements. [Full Review] console. Yet, for the web-based console, they still
need to do some improvements. The
documentation could be better. I find the... [Full
Review]
Joost De Lijser
Arsalan Orayedh
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 Dell EMC NetWorker is still not mature, compared
prevention and higher security. The ease of use to its competitors. For example: the TSM (Tivoli
also needs improvement. There are many Storage Manager) of IBM is very accurate in error
products that are easier to use than Spectrum logs, and it is very rare to get failure alerts when
Protect. It is quite complex to manage, and you using the TSM. It's fast and reliable which I didn't
need an experienced administrator to manage it, see from Dell EMC NetWorker. Another example is
whereas other products are easier to get into. You the Veritas which I also have experience with.
can have somebody with less experience... [Full Though Veritas is lower in level compared to the
Review] TSM, Veritas is more user-friendly than the TSM.
All features for Dell EMC NetWorker are good, but
the... [Full Review]
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Overview
SOLUTION IBM Spectrum Protect Dell NetWorker
OVERVIEW IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is Built on a reputation of efficiency and reliability,
a data protection platform that gives enterprises a thousands of customers trust Dell NetWorker to
single point of control and administration for protect their data and applications across multiple
backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in environments, from core to edge to cloud.
the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager)
family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups Inherently flexible, NetWorker helps you deploy
and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud and leverage the data protection that fits your
environments of all sizes. needs. NetWorker protects both physical and
virtual environments, including VMware and
Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as cloud workloads on
AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
NetWorker is available as...
SAMPLE CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Republic Bank, Westgate Resorts, Macquire Cloud
CUSTOMERS
Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Services, Shriners, Panatonni, Qatar Islamic Bank,
Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Eurosport
Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America,
Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV...
TOP Veeam Backup & Replication vs. IBM Spectrum Dell Avamar vs. Dell NetWorker
COMPARISONS Protect Compared 31% of the time
Compared 20% of the time
Veritas NetBackup vs. Dell NetWorker
Commvault Complete Data Protection vs. IBM Compared 11% of the time
Spectrum Protect
Compared 13% of the time Veeam Backup & Replication vs. Dell NetWorker
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs. IBM Spectrum
Protect
TOP INDUSTRIES, Energy/Utilities Company ... 8% Retailer ... 8%

BASED ON Insurance Company ... 8% Computer Software Company ... 8%
REVIEWERS*
Financial Services Firm ... 14% Energy/Utilities Company ... 12%
Healthcare Company ... 16% Financial Services Firm ... 23%
TOP INDUSTRIES, Government ... 8% Manufacturing Company ... 8%
BASED ON Retailer ... 8% Government ... 10%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* Financial Services Firm ... 14% Financial Services Firm ... 13%
Computer Software Company ... 16% Computer Software Company ... 15%
COMPANY SIZE, 201-1000 Employees ... 14% 201-1000 Employees ... 28%
BASED ON 1-200 Employees ... 30% 1-200 Employees ... 30%
REVIEWERS*
1001+ Employees ... 55% 1001+ Employees ... 42%
COMPANY SIZE, 1-200 Employees ... 22% 1-200 Employees ... 20%
BASED ON 201-1000 Employees ... 13% 201-1000 Employees ... 13%
COMPANIES
READING REVIEWS* 1001+ Employees ... 64% 1001+ Employees ... 67%
* Data is based on the aggregate profiles of PeerSpot Users researching this solution.
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IBM Spectrum Protect review by a real user
Stable, with a proxy feature for virtual machines, and provides

excellent support, but it has a higher licensing cost than its
competitors
Network Administrator at a energy/utilities

company with 501-1,000 employees
Van Duivenvoorde
Winston
WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?
My company was using IBM Spectrum Protect to back up the environment. It helped my company implement a backup policy.
My company needed different versioning and types of backup, but in the last two years, the license cost for the solution got
out of hand.
WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?
What I found most valuable in IBM Spectrum Protect is that it allows you to back up physical machines, and its proxy feature
lets you back up virtual machines.
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?
Software-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect didn't handle virtual machines that well, but I heard that the issue had been resolved on
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, though I didn't get a chance to test that feature.
The license cost is mainly the area for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect.
Another con in the solution is the Microsoft Office 365 backup, which needed to be handled better by IBM Spectrum Protect,
and could have some improvements.
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FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?
My company switched from IBM Spectrum Protect to Veeam, but I had hands-on experience with IBM Spectrum Protect within
the last twelve months.
My company has been using IBM Spectrum Protect for the last ten years.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
IBM Spectrum Protect is a very stable solution, so I'm rating it eight out of ten in terms of stability.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
Scalability-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect is a seven out of ten for me.
HOW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?
I'm rating the technical support for IBM Spectrum Protect a nine out of ten.
HOW WOULD YOU RATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?
Positive
WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?
We stepped away from IBM Spectrum Protect and have started using Veeam, primarily because of the higher license cost
of IBM Spectrum Protect.
Before using IBM Spectrum Protect, we used Omniback from HP, and we switched to IBM Spectrum Protect because
Omniback didn't keep up with the trend, was still working with OTA backup, and didn't support our backup needs, for
example, versioning.
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HOW WAS THE INITIAL SETUP?
Regarding the initial setup for IBM Spectrum Protect, it's a four out of ten for me. It's complex.
Complete deployment of IBM Spectrum Protect took two weeks.
Initially, the team had some problems with the setup because there was an error in the assessment, and my company ran out
of capacity within two months of implementing IBM Spectrum Protect. It was garbage in, garbage out. The evaluation by the
administrators was not done correctly, so that IBM couldn't supply an adequate solution.
WHAT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM?
We hired a consultant from IBM to deploy IBM Spectrum Protect ten years ago. The consultant assessed the environment and
implemented the solution.
WHAT WAS OUR ROI?
I don't have the metrics on ROI from IBM Spectrum Protect, but mostly, my company switched over to the product because
Omniback was no longer adequate.
Using IBM Spectrum Protect meant using fewer tapes versus Omniback because IBM Spectrum Protect could handle bigger
tape sizes, while Omniback held three or five-millimeter tape sizes. IBM Spectrum Protect required less storage, so it
was mostly good enough to support my company's new backup policy through versioning, encryption, and security.
ROI-wise, I'm scoring IBM Spectrum Protect as seven out of ten.
WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?
IBM Spectrum Protect, cost-wise, has way higher pricing than Veeam. By switching over to Veeam, my company saved over
$600,000 in USD.
My company was on a PPU license for IBM Spectrum Protect, which was okay initially. After two or three years, IBM called to
switch the license to terabyte licensing, and it seemed OK to change at the time, but in the last three or four years, it became
expensive.
The IBM Spectrum Protect pricing is a two on a scale of one to ten.
My company paid additional fees for maintenance, apart from the standard licensing fees.
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WHICH OTHER SOLUTIONS DID I EVALUATE?
I evaluated a solution from Quantum, though I can't recall its name.
WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO I HAVE?
I have experience with IBM Spectrum Protect, formerly Tivoli Storage Manager.
My company was an IBM customer but has stepped away and moved to Veeam.
The company had three different sites where the solution had on-premise deployments.
Regarding the implementation, there was an IBM consultant on site and two backup administrations learning the IBM
Spectrum Protect installation process along the way. My company also had a team of five or six system and network
administrators who helped with client-related concerns because my company had more than one hundred fifty clients for
separate sites. The two backup administrators handled the maintenance for IBM Spectrum Protect.
One thousand two hundred people use the solution.
I would suggest to others looking into implementing IBM Spectrum Protect to research terabyte licensing and be clear on how
much data your company has, including your expected data growth, so you can assess where you'll stand regarding license
costs. If you're moving to big data or you'll be storing big data, PPU licensing could be a more suitable option.
My rating for IBM Spectrum Protect is seven out of ten because it's one of the two best backup software currently available. It
also has excellent support if you have a maintenance contract, but I live in a small country, so this could be why IBM provided
better support.
I'm an IBM Spectrum Protect customer.
WHICH DEPLOYMENT MODEL ARE YOU USING FOR THIS SOLUTION?
On-premises
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Dell NetWorker review by a real user
Easy to implement with good backup capabilities and tight

integration with Data Domain
Technical Lead at Infineon Technologies
NAYAB RASOOL
SHAIK
WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?
We have used the solution largely for backups, including all our databases and UX machines.
WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?
The solution offers very good backups and has all of the basic features any other solution would have on offer.
There's tight integration between Data Domain and NetWorker as well. Data Domain is an EMC product. They have very good
integration between the two.
The initial setup is simple.
Its stability is very good.
The solution can scale.
WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?
The web console could be a lot better. All the customers are dependent on a separate console server. If they want to access
NetWorker, they need to have a separate console server to access the management window. I know they've come up with a
browser-based management site in order to monitor day-to-day backups and to perform the administration or the setup within
the web console. Yet, for the web-based console, they still need to do some improvements.
The documentation could be better. I find the solution is not properly documented. If you want to set up a SharePoint, there
are certain steps to be followed, which I have to discover myself, I have to find out myself, which was not found in those
installation setup guides. That's something I would suggest. We have already passed this suggestion to Dell EMC, letting them
know that there are a few steps missing. The documentation was not properly maintained or properly updated. Previously, the
older documentation was good. However, it seems that now, when they update and move forward it's not properly
documented.
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FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?
I've been using the solution for ten years.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
It's stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance is good.
WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?
The solution can scale. We only need to get an additional license if we want to do a scaling of our infrastructure. We just need
to buy the capacity we need. We can just upgrade the RAM in case it needs additional resources also. We can even deploy
another NetWorker server.
Scaling is purely based on capacity. You don't have to buy it per server either as most of the servers are virtualized. As you
have the socket license and the capacity license, then you can actually deploy a new server.
We have more than 1,000 users on the solution right now.
WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?
We've used EMC, Veeam, and Rubrik.
We do have Rubrik and I set up Rubrik a few months back, and it's working fine.
EMC, in terms of cost, is more expansive. I would definitely go for NetWorker instead as, when you compare it with the Veritas
NetBackup, NetWorker is cheaper. Rubrik is cheaper than NetWorker, however, with Rubrik, we're only using it to back up our
VMs. For the other kinds of workloads, such as Exchange or SharePoint, we are still using NetWorker.
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HOW WAS THE INITIAL SETUP?
The initial setup is not complex. It's straightforward. Once you have all your prerequisites ready, then you are good to go.
WHAT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM?
As integrators, we are able to handle the initial setup. We handled the setup ourselves mostly in-house.
WHAT WAS OUR ROI?
I don't have any information on the ROI.
WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?
We'll have the solution for about five years. I can't say how much it will cost in total.
WHAT OTHER ADVICE DO I HAVE?
We are users and integrators as well.
My advice would be to have, once you have started to use it, something more on the Windows-based tools. If you see the
commands, all those commands are as if you're running a query. The underlying structure of NetWorker is a skill database, so
it's actually running on a skill database. Mostly you'll be running some queries, or querying commands to get the reports using
the command prompt. For someone who is familiar with Windows, they'll find it very easy to use.
I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten.
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WHICH DEPLOYMENT MODEL ARE YOU USING FOR THIS SOLUTION?
Public Cloud
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Vendor Directory For Backup and Recovery

2BrightSparks Pte Ltd SyncBack Pro Commvault Commvault Complete Data Protection
2BrightSparks Pte Ltd SyncBackSE Commvault Commvault HyperScale X
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Commvault Commvault Backup & Recovery
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office CrashPlan CrashPlan
Amazon CloudEndure Disaster Recovery CyberFortress CyberFortress Managed Backup as a

Service, Powered by Ahsay (BaaS)
AOMEI Software AOMEI Cyber Backup
CyberFortress CyberFortress Managed Backup as a
Aranda Software Aranda Data Safe Service, Powered by Asigra (BaaS)
Arcserve Arcserve UDP CyberFortress CyberFortress Endpoint Backup &

Recovery
Arcserve StorageCraft ShadowXafe [EOL]
datto Datto File Protection
Arcserve Arcserve Backup
Dell Technologies Dell Avamar
Arcserve Arcserve OneXafe Solo
Dell Technologies Dell BakBone
Arq Backup Arq Backup
Dell Technologies Dell NetWorker
Asigra Asigra
Dell Technologies Dell ProtectPoint [EOL]
Atempo Atempo Time Navigator
Dell Technologies Dell Data Protection Advisor
Atempo Atempo Live Navigator
Dell Technologies Dell PowerProtect Data Manager
Backup4all Backup4all
Dell Technologies Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)
BackupAssist BackupAssist
EaseUS EaseUS Todo
BackupSheep BackupSheep
EnterpriseDB EDB Backup and Recovery Tool
Bacula Systems Bacula Enterprise
ExaGrid ExaGrid Tiered Backup Storage
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Backup
FalconStor FalconStor Virtual Tape Library [EOL]
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Virtual Backup
FalconStor FalconStor VTL
Barracuda Networks Barracuda Backup Appliance
FalconStor FalconStor CDP
Bocada Bocada Enterprise
Google Actifio
Carbonite Carbonite Endpoint Backup
GuruSquad GS RichCopy 360 Enterprise
Catalogic Catalogic DPX
GuruSquad GS RichCopy 360 Standard
CleverFiles Disk Drill Data Recovery Software
Handy Backup Handy Backup Standard
Clumio Clumio
Handy Backup Handy Backup Professional
Code42 Code42 Incydr
Handy Backup Handy Backup for Small Business
Cohesity Cohesity DataProtect
Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Data Protection Suite [EOL]
Cohesity Cohesity Imanis Data
Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup
Cohesity Cohesity Helios
Hornetsecurity Hornetsecurity 365 Total Backup
HYCU, Inc. Protege
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Vendor Directory
IBM IBM ProtectTIER
IBM IBM Tivoli CDP for Files
IBM IBM Spectrum Protect
IBM IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
IBM IBM Storage Protect
IBM IBM Storage Protect Plus
IDERA IDERA SQL Safe Backup
Igneous Igneous DataProtect
INFINIDAT INFINIDAT InfiniGuard
Infrascale Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery
Iperius Backup Iperius Backup
Iron Mountain Iron Mountain Connect
KernelApps Pvt Ltd. Kernel IMAP Backup
Macrium Software Macrium Reflect Workstation
Microsoft Microsoft DPM
Microsoft Azure Backup
MSP360 MSP360 Backup
N-able N-able Cove Data Protection
N2WS N2WS Backup & Recovery
Nakivo Nakivo
Nanosystems Uranium Backup
NetApp NetApp V-Series [EOL]
NetApp NetApp AltaVault
NetApp NetApp SnapCenter
NetApp NetApp Cloud Backup
NovaStor NovaStor NovaBACKUP
Nutanix Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup
Odaseva DailyExport.io
Odaseva Salesforce Backup and Restore
OpenText OpenText Data Protector
OpenText EVault [EOL]
OpenText Carbonite Server
OpenText VM Explorer
Oracle Oracle Data Guard
OwnBackup OwnBackup
Parablu Inc BluVault Microsoft 365
Parablu Inc BluVault Servers
Parablu Inc BluVault Endpoints
Paragon Software Paragon Hard Disk Manager
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Percona Percona Platform
Quantum Quantum DXi Series
Quest Software Quest Rapid Recovery
Quest Software vRanger
Quest Software Quest NetVault
Quest Software LiteSpeed for SQL Server
Quorum Quorum OnQ
R-Tools Technology R-Drive Image
Reduxio Reduxio [EOL]
Retrospect Inc Retrospect Backup
Rocket Software Rocket Servergraph
Rubrik Rubrik
SEP Software SEP sesam
Sesame Software Relational Junction
Shoviv Software Shoviv Office 365 Backup and Restore

Tool
Siber Systems GoodSync
Skyvia Skyvia Backup
SnapShooter SnapShooter
SQLBackupAndFTP SQLBackupAndFTP
SqlBak SqlBak
StarWind StarWind Backup Appliance
StoneFly Stonefly VSO Backup And Disaster

Recovery Appliance
Storware Storware Backup and Recovery
Synology Synology DSM
Tenorshare 4DDiG Windows Boot Genius
Teradata Teradata Data Stream Architecture
Unitrends Unitrends
UpdraftPlus UpdraftPlus
UrBackup UrBackup
VaultPress VaultPress
Veeam Software Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Software Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]
Veeam Software Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL]
Veeam Software Veeam Data Platform
Vembu Technologies BDRSuite
Veritas Veritas Backup Exec
Veritas Veritas NetBackup
Veritas Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Vinchin Vinchin Backup & Recovery
VMware VMware vDPA [EOL]

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Top Backup and Recovery Vendors

Over professionals have used PeerSpot research. Here are the top vendors based on product reviews, ratings, and comparisons. All
reviews and ratings are from real users, validated by our triple authentication process.
Chart Key
Views Comparisons Reviews Words/Review Average Rating
Number of views Number of times compared Total number of reviews on Average words per review Average rating based on
to another product PeerSpot on PeerSpot reviews
Bar length
The total ranking of a product in a category, represented by the bar length, is based on a weighted aggregate score. The score is calculated
using the following factors:
ul>
li>Comparisons Views: the product with the highest number of comparisons with other products-in-the-category gets a
maximum of 25 points. Every other product gets assigned points based on its total in proportion to the #1 product
in that ranking factor. For example, if a product has 80% of the number of comparison views compared to the
product with the most reviews then the product's points for reviews would be 25 * 80%./li>
li>Views: We calculate the number of Views based on the percentage of category comparisons out of the total comparisons of the
product./li>
ul>
li>For example, if a product has 100 Comparisons with other products in the category and a total of 1,000 Comparisons,
the product will be assigned 10% of the total number of Views. If the product has a total of 2,000 Views,
it will be assigned 200 Views for this ranking factor./li>
li>The product with the highest number of views gets a maximum of 25 points.
Every other product gets assigned points based on its total in proportion to the #1 product in that ranking factor./li>
li>For example, if a product has 100 Comparisons with other products in the category and a total of 1,000 Comparisons,
the product will be assigned 10% of the total number of Views. If the product has a total of 2,000 Views,
it will be assigned 200 Views for this ranking factor./li>
/ul>
li>Reviews: the product with the highest number of reviews gets a maximum of 15 points. Every other product gets assigned points
based on its total in proportion to the #1 product in that ranking factor. For example, if a product has 80% of the number of
reviews compared to the product with the most reviews then the product's points for reviews would be 15 * 80%./li>
li>Rating: the maximum score is 25 points awarded linearly between 6-10/li>
ul>
li>e.g. 6 or below=0 points; 7.5=7.5 points; 9.0=18 points; 10=25 points./li>
/ul>
li>Words/Review: the maximum score is 10 points awarded linearly between 0-900 words/li>
ul>
li>e.g. 600 words = 4 points; 750 words = 7 points; 900 or more words = 10 points./li>
li>If a product has fewer than ten reviews, the point contribution for Rating and Words/Review is reduced: 1/3 reduction in points
for products with 5-9 reviews, two-thirds reduction for products with fewer than five reviews./li>
/ul>
/ul>
Reviews that are more than 24 months old, as well as those written by resellers, are completely excluded from the ranking algorithm.
All products with 50+ points are designated as a Leader in their category.
Rankings for June 2023 and earlier used our previous ranking methodology. Learn more here.
1 Veeam Backup & Replication
57,342 views 48,633 comparisons 94 reviews 456 words/review 8.5 average rating
2 Zerto
12,437 views 7,530 comparisons 99 reviews 1,125 words/review 9.1 average rating
25
3 Rubrik
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4 Commvault Complete Data Protection
5 Nakivo
6 Cohesity DataProtect
7 Veritas NetBackup
8 Azure Backup
9 Acronis Cyber Protect
10 BDRSuite
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Top Backup and Recovery 5 Solutions by Ranking Factor

Views
VIEWS
1 Veeam Backup & Replication 57,342
2 Rubrik 27,441
3 Commvault Complete Data Protection 23,955
4 Cohesity DataProtect 18,920
5 Veritas NetBackup 16,488
Reviews
REVIEWS
1 Zerto 99
2 Veeam Backup & Replication 94
3 Commvault Complete Data Protection 36
4 Nakivo 36
5 Dell Avamar 30
Words / Review
WORDS /
REVIEW
1 Code42 Incydr 1,697
2 Quest Rapid Recovery 1,655
3 N-able Cove Data Protection 1,499
4 Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery 1,327
5 Cohesity Imanis Data 1,224
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Reviews From Real Users 13-20

Vendor Directory 21-22

Top Backup and Recovery Vendors 26-27

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Advice From Real Users

IBM Spectrum Protect

"The file-restoring feature is the most valuable." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

IBM Spectrum Protect

"The software is complex; setup is complex." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

IBM Spectrum Protect

PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE

"The solution is not cheap." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

"Very user-friendly with a good interface." [Full Review]

"The solution is stable." [Full Review]

"I like that it's stable and scalable." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

"Could have a better recovery system." [Full Review]

"The end-user experience is not good." [Full Review]

"It could be more user-friendly." [Full Review]

Advice From Real Users

PRICING AND LICENSING ADVICE

"Dell NetWorker has two types of licensing models." [Full Review]

"The pricing is okay." [Full Review]

"The price of the solution could be lower, it is expensive." [Full Review]

Top Reviews by Topic

What I found most valuable in IBM Spectrum

The possibility of recovering up-to-the-moment

Top Reviews by Topic

Van Duivenvoorde Winston

Software-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect didn't handle

NetWorker is available as...

TOP INDUSTRIES, Energy/Utilities Company ... 8% Retailer ... 8%

IBM Spectrum Protect review by a real user

Stable, with a proxy feature for virtual machines, and provides

Network Administrator at a energy/utilities

WHAT IS OUR PRIMARY USE CASE?

WHAT IS MOST VALUABLE?

WHAT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT?

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FOR HOW LONG HAVE I USED THE SOLUTION?

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE STABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?

WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THE SCALABILITY OF THE SOLUTION?

Scalability-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect is a seven out of ten for me.

HOW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?

HOW WOULD YOU RATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUPPORT?

WHICH SOLUTION DID I USE PREVIOUSLY AND WHY DID I SWITCH?

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HOW WAS THE INITIAL SETUP?

Complete deployment of IBM Spectrum Protect took two weeks.

WHAT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM?

WHAT WAS OUR ROI?

ROI-wise, I'm scoring IBM Spectrum Protect as seven out of ten.

WHAT'S MY EXPERIENCE WITH PRICING, SETUP COST, AND LICENSING?

The IBM Spectrum Protect pricing is a two on a scale of one to ten.

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