IBM Spectrum Protect vs Quorum OnQ comparison

IBM and Quorum are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.2, while Quorum is ranked #46 with an average rating of 8.3. IBM holds a 2.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quorum’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Quorum users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Protect

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86% willing to recommend

Quorum OnQ

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IBM Spectrum Protect and Quorum OnQ are leading data protection solutions. Quorum OnQ shows better overall user satisfaction with specific features, ease of deployment, and customer service effectiveness.

Features: IBM Spectrum Protect provides scalability, comprehensive data protection, and enterprise-level storage management. Quorum OnQ offers rapid recovery times, intuitive design, and effective disaster recovery functionalities.

Room for Improvement: IBM Spectrum Protect needs a simpler setup process, better support documentation, and improved user interface. Quorum OnQ requires better integration with third-party apps, enhanced reporting tools, and more flexible pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Spectrum Protect deployment can be complex and time-consuming, with responsive but sometimes slow customer service. Quorum OnQ features straightforward deployment and highly responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Protect is cost-effective for larger enterprises, offering good ROI over time. Quorum OnQ, initially more expensive, delivers rapid ROI due to efficient recovery and reduced downtime costs.

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Categories and Ranking

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

Quorum OnQ

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

46th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (33rd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (23rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect is 2.2%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quorum OnQ is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Mohamed Iqbal

Presales Information Technology Consultant at JBA

A stable and economical solution that provides quick disaster recovery

The most valuable feature of Quorum OnQ is quick recovery. We call it a single-click recovery. If any server goes down, crashes, or experiences downtime, we can bring up the DR (Disaster Recovery) server in just two minutes. We also have a "Single Pane of Glass," wherein we work with only a single window. You don't have to use multiple windows to perform basic tasks like failover or failback.

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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

"In general, the solution is quite user-friendly. The GUI is very nice."

"The ability to do dedupe in the product is nice to have."

"The software-defined ability to do data reduction through deduplication and compression, as well as being able to replicate data to a cloud container."

"The interface is easy to use."

"They have recently added support tickets specifically engineered around performance. This has been very useful for us when we run into issues where customers are looking to try to squeeze a lot more horsepower out of older system."

"It is a very mature product."

"Every time we go and try to get a file, we can get it. Restores are quick and the data is always there."

"It is a very stable product. The cost is similar to that of other enterprise solutions."

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"The most useful feature is the one-click recovery."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."

"When it comes to recovering what you need from a backup, it's really easy. You just drill through the directory, find the file and the date that you want, and click to recover. You then pick the directory you want to save it in. Usually, it takes a minute or two and it's done. It's quick and easy."

"The most valuable feature is spinning up a ready-to-go VM in a test or production environment that is based on a backup stored on the Quorum device."

"Quorum OnQ has a good ransomware protection feature, and customer service and support were very good."

"I have used the BMR (Bare Metal Restore) in several emergencies and it has absolutely saved my bacon."

"Quorum OnQ provides an elevated ability to filter on everything from people's location to age to their voting history."

"A very high level security environment for secondary data."

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Cons

"We cannot take VMware backups for our banking data center environment."

"Restoring massive files is a very time-consuming process."

"When it comes to virtualization in IBM it's not perfect."

"We are not so happy with the technical support because dealing with them is not easy. We have a very complicated environment, therefore I understand for a support person that it is not easy to troubleshoot it."

"It needs agents that take into account more databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)."

"The features should be a little bit closer together."

"They need to do a better job on Windows, because if you are running Windows, the scalability is more limited than AIX and Linux."

"The solution is evolving, so it has to be evolved to fit all new types of software requirements too."

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"I would like to see iSCSI support added so that NAS storage servers could be protected. We heavily utilize NAS storage and the risk there is minimal backup options. Currently, we are backing up NAS to NAS which is costly and slow. Being able to integrate NAS server backup would be the last item on my Quorum bucket list."

"Quorum OnQ's user interface is not very attractive and should be made more attractive."

"There seems to be a lack of technicians. Sometimes they are very busy and I don't hear back for a day or two. The technicians they have are great. They are fantastic, but it seems difficult, at times, to get in contact with anyone."

"I paid for subscription of Firewall. I paid for subscription of endpoint protection. Thet should introduce single subscription for all services."

"I don't love the scheduler, as I think that interface could use an overhaul."

"They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive."

"The cost could be reduced."

"I would really like it if they followed comparable products from other vendors and had an option where you could offload to tape. I know it sounds incredibly antiquated, but the benefit I see is that there would be a better air gap than you have with backing up to an online source."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees are between $8,000 and $10,000 per year."

"The solution is expensive."

"It is really expensive. Its price is not good for Latin America. Its price is good for the United States or Europe."

"The most important feature which I wish to be added involves the GUI, the user interface."

"The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive. However, there are a few packages and it is unclear because, for the entry suite they have both options, which are the back-end storage capacity and the front-end storage capacity."

"We have found that the pricing is high in our country."

"That's a hard estimate. It depends on the licensing, the hardware, and other stuff, but it is fairly expensive. It is generally more expensive than other solutions."

"We worked our licensing into a capacity model, which is nice. Now, everything is much simpler to manage from a licensing perspective."

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"The total for our current solution's licensing is about $14,000 for 12 servers for three years."

"I am not sure how much it costs, but I know it's expensive."

"We have never questioned whether it is worth it because it so obviously is a great value."

"When we first got the Quorum the licensing was different."

"The initial expenditure for us was a little under $40,000 for the recent renewal. For the first three years after that, other than electricity, there's no cost. After that, their support contract has to be renewed annually. We spent close to $6,000, between the two offices, for support."

"The cost is higher than other software and services, but it is an absolute must-have."

"When we quote the price of Quorum to customers, they find it expensive."

"The upfront cost of purchasing a license for the hardware is quite steep."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

University

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

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?

It's expensive. I acknowledge the cost associated with it.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect?

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What do you like most about Quorum OnQ?

It is a very scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quorum OnQ?

It's a little expensive. That said, the cost aligns with other advocacy tools we have evaluated.

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What needs improvement with Quorum OnQ?

They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments wit...

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Also Known As

IBM TSM, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

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Overview

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.

IBM

Quorum onQ is the global leader in 1-click instant recovery, providing full immediate recovery of your critical systems after any storage, system or site failure. It does this by automatically maintaining up-to-date, ready-to-run virtual machine clones of your physical and virtual servers stored on a dedicated appliance – clones that will transparently take over for failed servers within minutes.

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Sample Customers

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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