IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is an expensive solution since it is mostly used for corporate-level projects. I rate the price of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus a one on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is very cheap.
Assistant Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 2, 2022
The initial cost of the product is perpetual but the support fees are billed annually. This pricing is something that can be negotiated. The price of this product is cheaper than some of the others that we evaluated. Price-wise, I would rate IBM competitively, at an eight out of ten.
The price is perpetual, but the maintenance cost is annual. That is, we pay once for the product and pay annually for the maintenance and support. The price was much cheaper than what we would have had to pay for EMC or Veritas. The pricing is competitive, and I would rate it at four out of five.
When it comes to licenses, we have capacity-based license for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and we are covered as a part of capacity license. They have a different license based on the number of VM you have protected. The license covers everything.
When compared to other vendors, the price is very competitive. Clients prefer to buy a perpetual license, but the majority opt for a yearly subscription. I would rate the licensing and price a nine out of ten. The price could be a little lower than that of the other vendors, but the licensing model is fine.
Given that it's an expensive product I would suggest that if you're rich go with IBM, and if you're poor go with someone else. Most enterprise companies like to show off with these products. I've been lucky to have worked in enterprise companies.
Senior Services Engineer at KENAC COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Real User
Aug 29, 2019
We only use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus with yearly licensing fees. It depends on which solutions or plan that you choose for exactly how much it will cost.
System Admin at a sports company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Aug 18, 2019
This solution is expensive, but compared to other backup solutions, it is fair. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features.
Principal Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Aug 12, 2019
Because we've got Spectrum Protect, we're going to use some of that licensing and convert it to Plus. One additional cost is obviously going to be the infrastructure that we need to buy for the solution.
IBM Spectrum Protect Expert at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 8, 2019
sP+ worth the investment in regards of capabilities vs cost. With the cotrect understanding of the administrator, the possibilities given by this tool worth any penny invested.
Principal Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Aug 8, 2019
The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original. It is much more efficient because of the cost. There are no additional set up costs that I am aware of. They charge you for every terabyte of licensing that you can back up. We have a contract with IBM that includes maintenance for three or five years.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a data protection and availability solution for virtual environments that can be deployed in minutes and protect your environment within an hour. It simplifies data protection, whether data is hosted in physical, virtual, software-defined or cloud environments. It can be implemented as a stand-alone solution or integrate with your IBM Spectrum Protect environment to off-load copies for long term storage and data governance with scale and efficiency.
Pricing is good; it is reasonable and more reasonable than any other vendors.
It is probably based on the number of CPUs. They are fairly expensive.
We have a perpetual license for the tool since it is deployed on-premise. We pay a fixed fee per year for support.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is an expensive solution since it is mostly used for corporate-level projects. I rate the price of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus a one on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely expensive, and ten is very cheap.
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a little expensive.
The solution is too expensive.
The initial cost of the product is perpetual but the support fees are billed annually. This pricing is something that can be negotiated. The price of this product is cheaper than some of the others that we evaluated. Price-wise, I would rate IBM competitively, at an eight out of ten.
The price is perpetual, but the maintenance cost is annual. That is, we pay once for the product and pay annually for the maintenance and support. The price was much cheaper than what we would have had to pay for EMC or Veritas. The pricing is competitive, and I would rate it at four out of five.
When it comes to licenses, we have capacity-based license for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and we are covered as a part of capacity license. They have a different license based on the number of VM you have protected. The license covers everything.
There is an annual license required to use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. The cost of the license could improve, it is expensive.
When compared to other vendors, the price is very competitive. Clients prefer to buy a perpetual license, but the majority opt for a yearly subscription. I would rate the licensing and price a nine out of ten. The price could be a little lower than that of the other vendors, but the licensing model is fine.
The price is lower than that of some competing products.
Given that it's an expensive product I would suggest that if you're rich go with IBM, and if you're poor go with someone else. Most enterprise companies like to show off with these products. I've been lucky to have worked in enterprise companies.
We only use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus with yearly licensing fees. It depends on which solutions or plan that you choose for exactly how much it will cost.
This solution is expensive, but compared to other backup solutions, it is fair. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. Unlike some other solutions, such as Veritas NetBackup where you have to pay for different licenses to use different features, there is a single license that allows you to use all of the features.
Because we've got Spectrum Protect, we're going to use some of that licensing and convert it to Plus. One additional cost is obviously going to be the infrastructure that we need to buy for the solution.
The licensing fees are on a yearly basis. In addition to the standard licensing fees, we paid for implementation and training.
We pay a monthly licensing fee.
sP+ worth the investment in regards of capabilities vs cost. With the cotrect understanding of the administrator, the possibilities given by this tool worth any penny invested.
The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original. It is much more efficient because of the cost. There are no additional set up costs that I am aware of. They charge you for every terabyte of licensing that you can back up. We have a contract with IBM that includes maintenance for three or five years.