Acronis Cyber Protect vs IBM Spectrum Protect comparison

Acronis and IBM are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Acronis is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1, while IBM is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.1. Acronis holds a 4.7% mindshare in BRS, compared to IBM’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Acronis users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of IBM users who would recommend it.

Acronis Cyber Protect

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87% willing to recommend

IBM Spectrum Protect

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86% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IBM Spectrum Protect and Acronis Cyber Protect are two leading data protection solutions. IBM Spectrum Protect stands out for its comprehensive backup and recovery capabilities, while Acronis Cyber Protect is noted for its integrated cybersecurity features and user-friendly interface.

Features: IBM Spectrum Protect is valued for its robust and scalable backup options, including snapshot, and archival capabilities. It also supports a wide range of platforms, offering reliability to users. Acronis Cyber Protect integrates cybersecurity features with backup solutions, providing real-time protection against malware and ease of configuration. Users find its all-in-one approach beneficial as it simplifies management and deployment.

Room for Improvement: IBM Spectrum Protect can be complex to manage, with users suggesting improvements for a shorter learning curve and better reporting features. Acronis Cyber Protect users recommend expanding advanced backup features for larger enterprises and enhancing integration with third-party tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Spectrum Protect has a more involved deployment process that can be challenging for new users, though it benefits from responsive and knowledgeable customer support. Acronis Cyber Protect is known for straightforward deployment and intuitive setup, coupled with robust customer service that efficiently addresses issues.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Protect is perceived to have a higher initial setup cost, but its comprehensive features can justify the investment for larger organizations seeking robust data management. Acronis Cyber Protect offers a cost-effective pricing model with significant ROI due to its combined cybersecurity and backup functionalities, making it advantageous for businesses seeking integrated solutions.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Acronis Cyber Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (5th)

IBM Spectrum Protect

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

16th

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 January 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Acronis Cyber Protect is 4.7%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect is 2.2%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Stuart Grigor

Senior Manager Governance and Quality Assurance at Motus Car Rental

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.

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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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."

"All the necessary features required to set up a proper backup are already present in Acronis Backup."

"The performance has been fine so far."

"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."

"Some of the most valuable features are recovery, protection against malware, and software management. I am happy with the dashboards and user interface."

"It has simple buying options and deployments. You can buy on-cloud, on-premises, or hybrid solutions. Acronis Backup is very easy to deploy. It also does not consume much hardware. The administrator's tasks are very simple. It is very user friendly, and it also has good security features with low-level encryption and data encryption."

"The most valuable features of Acronis Backup are instant restore, antivirus, and ransomware protection. Additionally, the documentation is good."

"The administration is pretty flexible in terms of defining a multi-tenant type of setup."

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"The scalability of IBM Spectrum Protect is good."

"Its flexibility is valuable. It is a very flexible 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 outgrown. You can always expand it."

"All other products contain the same features, but when I'm backing up an IBM Power server I feel more comfortable with IBM Spectrum Protect because it's the same vendor."

"Every time customers make a change or we have made a change, then they use the product to do a cloning and refreshing. They are happy that they get good performance something changes."

"It is more efficient than most traditional backup solutions."

"The interface is easy to use."

"Incremental backup is highly valuable as it allows for significant time and cost savings."

"We cannot live without it, since it gives us the confidence to move forward."

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Cons

"I have no suggestions for improvements as I have only used the product for a month and have yet to really discover all of its aspects."

"I would change the GUI a little to make it a bit more interactive. It should have a slightly more updated look, not something which looks like it was designed five years ago despite the fact it is easy to follow and very appealing."

"The reporting can be improved."

"If there was a wizard that would lead you down a road, when creating a backup, that would probably be better than having to go online or call somebody to actually do a backup. It's not intuitive..."

"If I could create a protected image backup on a computer partition that just would be just for the image backup; and only the program could access it to prevent viruses from getting into it. That would be very, very good."

"The tool's dashboard for daily operations is useful, but I find that it could benefit from enhancements, particularly in terms of reporting. While exporting reports, the format is not fancy as it appears on the dashboard. The exported files are typically in Excel CSV or PDF format."

"A little bit more integration would be good. It should support broader platforms."

"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."

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"I would not recommend the tool to others because it is a really complex product."

"I find the solution somewhat difficult to use with virtual environments or VMware."

"There were scalability issues only in the brand new features which were recently released."

"The user interface needs to be improved."

"Any feature that is compliant with virtualizing the application should be improved."

"It needs better connectivity with other non-IBM application hardware and non-IBM platforms."

"An area for improvement would be the ease of use - the GUI is not up to the mark compared to other products in the market."

"Ease of use. That has got to be the one thing that I routinely hear from clients and customers, that it's a little bit more difficult than it should be. What I'm finding is that IBM has heard that and they're responding with updated interfaces and things like that."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a Cyber Cloud backup license and we have on-premises storage. Both can be useful for our customers."

"The pricing model is a little complex to find the right size for what you need. It takes a lot of hours to figure it out."

"We pay a yearly subscription fee and the pricing is reasonable."

"The tool is cheap compared to other products."

"The pricing is significantly higher than it was last year, which is understandable since they have introduced new technology, such as transitioning from backup to cybersecurity."

"We were on a perpetual license for Acronis Backup."

"We use the free version that provides very basic functionalities."

"This is an affordable product and fits within our customers' budgets."

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"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."

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

"IBM provides an open license policy, which is more like a gentlemen's agreement."

"We chose IBM Spectrum Protect, because they actually have something called MSP pricing, which means managed services provider pricing. The pricing was attractive, and it seems to be a platform that IBM is totally investing on in terms of new functions and new capabilities."

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

"The licensing is varied. If we have small environments (not many TB being managed) it is best to license by PVUs (depending on the number of cores of the machine). If we manage many TBs we look at licensing by capacity which allows us to use all the agents of the product."

"I rate the pricing a four on a scale of one to ten, where one is not cost-effective, and ten is cost-effective."

"I don't have an idea about the pricing. They send that over to someone else, but I know that one of the issues they had was the licensing costs. I don't think they were happy with how they were charged."

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What do you like most about IBM Spectrum Protect?

IBM Spectrum Protect is stable.

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

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Also Known As

Acronis Backup, Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard, Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Overview

Acronis Cyber Protect offers a revolutionary approach to cyber protection by integrating data protection with cybersecurity. This integrated method eliminates complexity challenges, delivers better protection against today’s threats, and maximizes efficiency by saving time and money. With its full-stack antimalware protection and comprehensive endpoint management, Acronis Cyber Protect combats advanced cyberattacks with a unique integration of protection technologies while simplifying daily IT operations, endpoint deployments and management, and reporting. Now you can manage all cyber protection aspects from a single pane of glass.

IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) is a data protection platform that gives enterprises a single point of control and administration for backup and recovery. It is the flagship product in the IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli Storage Manager) family. It enables reliable, cost effective backups and fast recovery for virtual, physical and cloud environments of all sizes.

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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