IBM Storage Protect Plus vs. Cove Data Protection

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Storage Protect Plus
Score 9.3 out of 10
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IBM Storage Protect Plus (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus) provides data recovery for virtual environments and databases.N/A
Cove Data Protection
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Cove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.N/A
Pricing
IBM Storage Protect PlusCove Data Protection
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Storage Protect PlusCove Data Protection
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIBM Spectrum Protect Plus is available in a monthly license or perpetual license.
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Features
IBM Storage Protect PlusCove Data Protection
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage Protect Plus
9.0
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Cove Data Protection
8.3
16 Ratings
2% above category average
Universal recovery10.03 Ratings8.413 Ratings
Instant recovery9.03 Ratings9.213 Ratings
Recovery verification8.53 Ratings8.314 Ratings
Business application protection8.04 Ratings8.213 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations8.03 Ratings6.715 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.04 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.04 Ratings9.915 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression9.03 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Snapshots9.53 Ratings7.111 Ratings
Flexible deployment9.54 Ratings8.414 Ratings
Management dashboard9.54 Ratings7.816 Ratings
Platform support9.04 Ratings8.115 Ratings
Retention options9.54 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Encryption8.03 Ratings7.915 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Storage Protect PlusCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.3
(16 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Storage Protect PlusCove Data Protection
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Good for daily operational backups and their replications and areas like VM backup, when it comes to resting the backups in a cloud environment especially features like BYOL is an edge to IBM over its near competitors. On the other hand, a lot of scopes to improve to have native/application-aware backups for modern applications like AI and microservices.
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N-able
Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.
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Pros
IBM
  • recovery
  • replication
  • retention
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N-able
  • Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
  • Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.
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Cons
IBM
  • Incorporation of more touchless agents for physical servers.
  • Direct offload to tape - instead of requiring Spectrum Protect.
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N-able
  • Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
  • Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
  • Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
  • Option to recovery security key.
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Usability
IBM
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N-able
Because is a flexible, easy-to-use, complete solution.
it has a complete support site, you can find everything you need.
it can script everything on your network,
it can remote control the pc's and server of your customers.
it can restore from everywhere files and databases.
it can backup quickly and compress finely every kind of data
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Support Rating
IBM
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N-able
We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.
All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.
there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.
Every it specialist should evaluate it.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus doesn't allow taking backup of the Meditech HIMS application, due to the unique nature of the database and its functionality. As it's a special case, the vendor supports only a few fully integrated backup solutions which resulted in using Bridgehead as a trustable backup option specific to the application.
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N-able
Cove is able to cover all aspects of backup in a single package. From the same dashboard I can check servers, workstations, and even Office 365. Cove is a much better solution in terms of overall management for a company such as ours. It also provides integration options with N-Able's RMM and Take Control solutions. This allows us to offer our customers with a full service suite in a single package.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Cloud backup can be expensive and slow
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N-able
  • There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
  • The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.
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