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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acronis Cyber Protect

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AAcronis Cyber Protect helps you safeguard your data from various threats while natively integrating your data protection and cybersecurity.

    $85

    per year

    IBM Storage Protect

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storage Protect (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect, or Tivoli Storage Manager) provides data resilience for physical file servers, virtual environments, and applications. Organizations can scale up to manage billions of objects per backup server.N/A
    Pricing
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Storage Protect
    Editions & Modules
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    $85
    per year
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    $85
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Storage Protect
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Storage Protect
    Considered Both Products
    Acronis
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Storage Protect
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IBM Storage Protect
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    4.7
    25 Ratings
    56% below category average
    IBM Storage Protect
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Universal recovery1.023 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Instant recovery1.022 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Recovery verification1.022 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Business application protection1.021 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations7.022 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.023 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud7.015 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression6.015 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Snapshots8.619 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Flexible deployment3.011 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Management dashboard2.016 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Platform support6.016 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Retention options2.015 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Encryption9.412 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Acronis Cyber Protect and IBM Storage Protect
    Feature
    Acronis Cyber Protect
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    156% below category average
    IBM Storage Protect
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Storage Protect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.7
    (48 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.2
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Acronis Cyber ProtectIBM Storage Protect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acronis
    If you don't have to manage your client's email and their email archiver Acronis works very well. If you're looking for just a backup service for what's on a particular computer then Acronis is perfect. It is easy to use, so newcomers are not overwhelmed with features.It does not include as robust features as Barracuda and Cloudberry, but it does work well as just a backup.
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    IBM
    IBM Storage Protect is well-suited for large heterogenous environments, with skilled IT staff on-hand. You need a person (or group of people) to monitor day-to-day operations, tweak schedules where needed and be mindful of things that might go wrong. It is also well-suited if you have other IBM products that integrate well with Storage Protect, like Storage Protect Plus or IBM Defender. It is less suited for small companies, with only one person responsible for IT. Employing Storage Protect would be overkill and use too much time of the administrator.
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    Pros
    Acronis
    • Image based backups. After the initial backup, the backups happen quite quickly. This allows for multiple backups per day.
    • We have different classes of data which requires different retention policies. Acronis makes that easy to manage.
    • Restoration can be done directly to hardware or to a VM. This makes it easy to migrate a physical server to a VM.
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    IBM
    • Tight integration with Db2. As an IBM product, it works seamlessly with Db2. You can query what is stored in TSM via Db2 itself. You can also use DB scripts to maintain the items being stored there.
    • Like most of its competitors, Tivoli handles deduplication well.
    • Provides a GUI for browsing and maintaining items stored there. I rarely use this feature, due to the next item I will post:
    • Command-line interface directly from my Db2 database servers.
    • Both client and server-side deduplication, compression and encryption are available.
    • If the requirements are zLinux and DB2 support then it's the most solid solution.
    • Can be complex to implement, but once up and running, it is rock-solid and immensely scalable.
    • Scalability is huge. Can be added onto easily.
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    Cons
    Acronis
    • Search function for restore points on boot media.
    • After upgrading to a newer build, some fixed issues may reappear.
    • Hard to cancel jobs, but it looks like version 16 is better on that. We have run version 16 for only a month.
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    IBM
    • Deployment and configuration is not easy for an unexperienced IBM Spectrum Protect administrator
    • Operations center uses a lot of data and needs a lot of storage for larger environments
    • Have not seen a redbook about it in the past 10 years
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acronis
    We have renewed our subscription over the course of a few years now. We used to use Backup Exec and it was tedious and difficult to obtain our backups when needed. Acronis just fits our environment style and the way we prefer to do business and use our third party software.
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    IBM
    Not required, company closed. TSM is not used in my current role at my current job.
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    Usability
    Acronis
    Although the capacity range for the price is impressive, the access to the user console is not trivial and it is necessary to be guided for the first visits. And also since there a broad support of data storage technologies for back-ups, the connection process can be sometimes tricky, not surprisingly. It is why the Professionnal Services teams is so important at Acronis to help facilitate the installation processes.
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    IBM
    In the present, a backup solution is a must-have, but then companies start using a solution for virtual machines, another solution for bare-metal servers, and another solution for their ERP. By using Spectrum Protect you can have all of that in a single pane of glass. This way you can have a simple recovery plan for all your information assets.
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    Support Rating
    Acronis
    I only got one issue resolved for more than 20 cases open. The escalation is ineffective. Most of the time, I have the feeling that I know the solution better than the support technician. Overall, case management is time-consuming, as our resolution rate is really low
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    IBM
    The few times we've called for support we eventually got an answer, but it's IBM and a very big company and getting to a support agent is hard.
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    Implementation Rating
    Acronis
    I don't have any real key 'insights' per say except that it wasn't difficult at all, and do not be afraid to dabble in its tools and settings. It is quite intuitive with built in common sense. I cannot say enough good things about our companies experience when using this backup software.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Acronis
    We've looked at SolarWinds, Veritas, etc. but none of them had the right combination of features, price and ease of use when compared against Acronis and its ease of implementation, setup and recovery options. We didn't like the wait time for recovery with some of the others and being able to quickly get a machine back entirely was important to us.
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    IBM
    IBM Spectrum Protect is related to the other IBM Spectrum products listed because it is part of the suite and is also the main backup product for backup and restoration of information. With Veeam it is related as they present competence in different lines of technology, often the integration of both tools can be the best solution for clients looking for a successful backup strategy.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Acronis
    I would love it if they offered better cloud space pricing or even "unlimited"
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    IBM
    Not at the moment, but it can leverage the billing outcomes as per the scales.
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    Scalability
    Acronis
    The ability to back up multiple servers from one source is a great tool to have for businesses that have equipment in different locations on the same network with a variety of software data to back up such as SQL, Exchange or a Files Server. You can decide to purchase individual server licenses as well if you would like to keep the process separate or have multiple sites where your data is housed.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Acronis
    • Every times you restore a file, you see the value and the ROI of backup.
    • Backup is a great protection against ransomware, you can always restore files that has been infected.
    • When you want to go back in previous version of files, it can be life saver.
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    IBM
    • Tivoli does well running file-level backups, but Exchange is clunky and restores are really hard. With no SharePoint agent, if you use SharePoint you will need another product like AvePoint DocAve. The web-based GUI console is MUCH improved over earlier versions, but you will still need to be a command-line guru to make Tivoli do everything, and local (node) config files still rule. This product was originally ported from Unix and retains may of its 'nix roots.
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