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Acronis Cyber Protect vs IBM Spectrum Protect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (5th)
IBM Spectrum Protect
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
149
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 4.4%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect is 2.2%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Stuart Grigor - PeerSpot reviewer
Good backup solution but challenges with the stability
It is recommended that people know what they are starting with. A part of our challenge was we bought and needed to implement it. So by the time we went to implement it, we were running into support issues. Also, make a market comparison to ensure that the product you choose is what you want to end up with. I would give it a six out of ten because restoring from a backup takes longer than usual. It should happen in a matter of hours, not a matter of days. We are yet to have an experience when trying to restore from Acronis that we haven't had to wait at least a couple of days for our server to be available for testing or working.
Syed Habib - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The main reasons that our customers like Acronis are that it is very strong and easy to use."
"I've reimaged servers and been back up and running in exactly no time with the completely new hardware."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."
"In terms of system-critical support, Acronis' technical support does really well. I would give them an eight out of ten for that."
"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."
"It's always stable. It's very good, useful, and user-friendly."
"From my perspective, the most valuable features in Acronis Cyber Protect include ransomware protection and antivirus. These features not only add significant value but also play a crucial role in closing deals. When selling backup for Microsoft 365, these security features, like ransomware protection and antivirus, serve as a starting point to offer backup and protection."
"The user interface (UI) is easy to use."
"IBM Spectrum Protect offers stable software and products."
"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."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The product is very stable."
"We optimize our costs of media and storage use, thanks to the Incremental Forever backup. The TDP software provides us many ways to protect our data, so we don't need to use monstrous scripts for doing backups now."
"Some of the people in our group, like our DBAs and non-technical people, can restore some stuff themselves via Spectrum Protect. That is how simple it is."
"We have a very good team of administrators who know the product perfectly and are able to manage it on a day-to-day basis."
"The file-restoring feature is the most valuable."
 

Cons

"If we could have a mass deployment option using Acronis, that would be helpful."
"Because Acronis Backup is an on-premises solution, there is extra overhead. It's harder to manage, and there's no real remote access. You have to physically log in to the machine to manage it. The reporting feature works fine, and you will be able to send out reports. However, that is where it stops. The deployment could be improved and could be through a network chain. If we need to deploy two machines that are not connected to the internet but connected to two different networks, it would be great to have a machine with dual mix that has access to the backup server and to those machines. It would be like a relay that you can install on the machine with a two-mix, and that machine can then connect to your backup server and to the other machines. You should be able to see the other machines on that network and be able to deploy to it and push jobs to it."
"The support takes too much time to respond to callbacks. Calls are often scheduled around four to five PM and tend to occur with a two-hour delay each time."
"The licensing approach becomes intricate when dealing with SharePoint."
"​It would be nice if it could support more types of storage: EMC, HPE, Veeam, etc."
"The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities."
"Acronis has some limitations on the cloud side."
"It does not delete locked files."
"Integration with some applications in the healthcare field could be added, as that is a big part of our business."
"We recently had a situation where we quickly got code, and the number of tapes exceeded the library capacity so we were waiting a while to change. We got a fix for this right away."
"I should be able to backup Linux. I would like SUSE for Linux on POWER. Right now, we have to use Storex, which is a pain to use."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I would not recommend the tool to others because it is a really complex product."
"There is room for improvement in the service aspect."
"The solution should improve the ability to monitor backup failure."
"We have run into some periods where we have found some tape issues which were causing us problems, but we resolved them. For some reason, we had a bunch of drives go offline on our disk storage (our virtual library)."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis."
"The pricing is comparable to the newest solution available on the market, Altaro."
"I think that the prices of the product go up every year. If one is extremely expensive and ten is absolutely cheap, I rate the product price as six."
"Our licenses come with a one-time yearly subscription fee."
"Licensing fees are billed annually and there are no extra charges."
"I would rate the solution’s pricing an eight out of ten. The tool’s subscription is yearly."
"It is a low-cost solution."
"It is very cost-effective for the SMB segment, especially for start-ups and smaller environments. It is cost-effective for on-premises and on-cloud deployments in such environments."
"We have been at our size for a few years. We are not really looking to battle the licensing costs, as this is our primary system."
"We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective.​"
"The most important feature which I wish to be added involves the GUI, the user interface."
"It is fairly reasonable as compared to other solutions in the market."
"The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive and there is only a standard licensing fee."
"Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment."
"The different license models can give good benefits to the end customer."
"I rate the pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is not cost-effective, and ten is cost-effective."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Acronis Backup?
One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface.
What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?
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 dash...
 

Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced
IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Kings Academy, Rush Memorial, Pentagon Credit Union, Oxford School District, New York City Probation, Dolmen Insurance, New Bedford Community Health, Gerard Darel, Ready Honda
CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology
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