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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Storage Protect Plus

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storage Protect Plus (formerly IBM Spectrum Protect Plus) provides data recovery for virtual environments and databases.N/A

    Iperius Backup

    Score3.9 out of 10
    N/AIperius Backup is a backup software designed for IT resellers and IT consultants. It is presented as versatile backup software that also provides enterprise-level functionality. Its professional features like VM Backup, database backup, tape backup, drive imaging and much more don't impact the price. Iperius provides a cloud-based management platform (Iperius Console) that gives a central view of all installations to IT resellers, and a centralized view across all their customers.…

    $32

    per installation

    Pricing
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIperius Backup
    Editions & Modules
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    Iperius Backup Desktop
    32$
    per installation
    Iperius Backup Essential
    72$
    per installation
    Iperius Backup Advanced Database
    166$
    per installation
    Iperius Backup Advanced tape
    166$
    per installation
    Iperius Backup Advanced VM
    244$
    per installation
    Iperius Backup Full
    299$
    per installation
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIperius Backup
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    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 PlusIperius Backup
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of IBM Storage Protect Plus and Iperius Backup
    Feature
    IBM Storage Protect Plus
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Iperius Backup
    6.1
    1 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Universal recovery10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery9.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.13 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification10.04 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.04 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.54 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Platform support9.04 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Retention options9.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption8.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIperius Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage Protect PlusIperius Backup
    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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    Enter s.r.l.
    Iperius Backup is a very simple and cheap but absolutely effective solution for small infrastructures. You can use it both on Windows clients and servers, it can integrate with ESXi, MySQL, MSSQL, etc. I think the best way to use it is with their cloud space (Iperius Cloud Storage) that allows you to take care effortlessly of your small customers' data. When it comes to more complex infrastructures, I prefer relying on something different (Nakivo Backup and Replication, Promox Backup Server).
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    Pros
    IBM
    • recovery
    • replication
    • retention
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    • Less than 15' to set up
    • It has its own cloud storage solution
    • It has a monitoring console
    • It's very cost effective
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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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    • Lack of clear documentation
    • Rsync not supported
    • Apparently NFS shares are supported but it's not clear how to use them
    • Iperius Console should be improved (it's almost a read-only dashboard and you need too many clicks to get where you want to go)
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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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    Enter s.r.l.
    The company used several free solutions (e.g. Cobian Backup et al.) but they were outdated and there was no standardization, nor a simple way to monitor all the backup jobs. Iperius had all the key features needed for the task and the project is very much alive (regular new releases).
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Cloud backup can be expensive and slow
    Incentivized
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    Enter s.r.l.
    • One standard solution for small customers
    • One console to monitor backup jobs
    Incentivized
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