IBM Spectrum Protect Plus vs QoreStor comparison

IBM and Quest Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IBM is ranked #51 with an average rating of 6.3, while Quest Software is ranked #54 with an average rating of 7.0. IBM holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quest Software’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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QoreStor

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 23, 2025

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus and QoreStor both compete in the data protection and backup solutions category. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus seems to have the upper hand in integration with applications, while QoreStor's strong point is in reducing storage costs with efficient deduplication and compression.

Features: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus offers extensive integration with systems like VMware, SQL, and Oracle, providing robust data protection functions, virtual snapshots, and centralized management. QoreStor stands out with its effective deduplication and compression, suitable for reducing storage costs, and provides cloud-tiering capabilities along with user-friendly integration with various backup software.

Room for Improvement: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve in security integration, reporting, and initial configurations. Users have noted the need for better technical support responses and documentation. QoreStor requires enhancements in ransomware protection and user interface simplicity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products support on-premises deployment. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus additionally supports public cloud environments and is recognized for superior customer service, though initial support could improve. QoreStor generally receives positive remarks for its user-friendly documentation, but its support response times and diagnostics need refinement.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus offers competitive pricing models focused on virtual environments, with short-term retention and VM-based licensing options. It is perceived as expensive, yet a worthwhile investment due to its integration capabilities. QoreStor adopts an attractive pricing model based on capacity, providing scalability and flexibility. Pricing for QoreStor is noted as cost-efficient without hidden fees, offering better visibility in ROI depending on user experience.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

51st

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

QoreStor

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

54th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Replication (11th), Disk Based Backup Systems (8th), Storage Software (6th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (31st), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (21st), Copy Data Management (6th), File and Object Storage (22nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QoreStor is 0.6%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus	1.1%
QoreStor	0.6%
Other	98.3%

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AhmedSorour

IT Specialist at Saudi Business Machines - SBM

Has provided straightforward backup and rapid deployment for diverse environments

There is reporting in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, but I'm not very familiar with this area. I always concentrated on getting the customer to do the backup, restore, and related tasks, but there is reporting. IBM has made a decision to withdraw the product and replace it with IBM Data Protect. The correct direction is Data Protect, which includes ransomware detection. With IBM Data Protect, you can add more servers for backup. It's scalable, which is a key feature over Storage Protect and Storage Protect Plus, even more capable than Veritas, because Veritas has an option to make different media servers. You can scale the backup process regardless of the load of the customer. This speeds up the backup and restore process for a complete data center, which cannot be done with any other product. I rate IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 9 out of 10.

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Calvin Hilgenstock

System Administrator at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

Cost savings and efficient data management improve operations but support quality varies

The importance of support is significant to me. I was working for a service provider, and all of our customers had a Quest or warning. Sometimes the support really underperforms. I always had to get it escalated or ask for someone specifically because those other people would just read knowledge-based articles that I had already done myself. Quest QoreStor does not work with any backup software, server, or storage hardware. It has the hardware compatibility list, and you need a specific number of IOPS, so it needs to run on decent hardware at least to have enough input-output operations. Otherwise, the setup result will be canceled. I'm not too sure if there are still physical appliances, but when I first started, we had some customers with a physical Quest QoreStor appliance, and it would only run on certain hardware. It doesn't work with every backup program. For example, Veritas Backup Exec is incompatible, but Veeam is compatible, and V Ranger is compatible as well. I didn't even know that Quest QoreStor has any static AI and behavioral AI technologies.

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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

"Pricing is good; it is reasonable and more reasonable than any other vendors."

"The solution offers a very straightforward deployment. You click, click, click and it's done. There's not much configuration to do."

"What I like about IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is its integration, plus it has very good technical support."

"The solution is scalable."

"This is a multi-platform backup solution where you can take a backup from AIX, Windows, or Linux servers and restore from CD, disk, or tape."

"The most valuable features of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus are you have many possibilities on how to use it. We use it for backups and to create secondary and third copies. It is possible to pick up Kubernetes containers and use a different cloud provider if you need to start backups on the cloud."

"The most valuable feature is how we can easily power speed up the VM even though the VM resides in remote storage."

"There is protection against disasters with good, fast, reliable recovery options."

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"Quest QoreStor is very stable compared to our previous solution."

"The extreme compression of data is a big thing for us. We were looking for an online backup solution, and QoreStor is very good in terms of data compression. It helps us minimize the required storage in the Blob Storage environment."

"We need revisions and safe backup so that it could be held up in court, but deduplication and compression are the main features why we have Quest QoreStor. That's where it really shines. I use ZFS and XFS at home, and Quest QoreStor is even better."

"The dedupe and compression are pretty extreme. On disk, we're getting dedupe rates of up to 65 percent of data and compression of 34 percent. When you go to the cloud, it's more like 76 percent for dedupe and almost 50 percent for compression."

"QoreStor has helped us to reduce our backup storage requirements on-premises. We've been using the same devices for quite a while, and so it lets us keep using them as opposed to having to rip out all that hardware and create a new on-prem solution. The advantage here is even if we had to retire the hardware tomorrow, the QoreStor part doesn't change. We just have to have additional hardware and put the solution back on whatever hardware we pick and it'll do the same thing."

"I would rate QoreStor a ten out of ten for what it offers for the price."

"The features we use for the data deduplication are nice because we're able to back up a much larger amount of data, yet it doesn't necessarily take up that much data on the devices."

"Deduplication is the most valuable feature. It saves us a lot of space. When we back up 100 terabytes of data, after dedupe, it only uses maybe five to six terabytes for the disk space in QoreStor."

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Cons

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve security."

"Not particularly user friendly."

"I would like more integration with security. We need to show the value of the product in regards to handling security. For example, how it handles current malware or viruses. IBM should be more proactive in this direction."

"IBM has made a decision to withdraw the product and replace it with IBM Data Protect."

"The backup support for IBM Power Virtualization needs to be added."

"The solution only supports HyperV and VMware but doesn't support Nutanix."

"The tool needs to increase the number of threats."

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus could improve the IBM Spectrum Protect environment. It can be difficult to administer. The initial configuration can be difficult for entry-level teams or deployment teams, and it might be difficult to integrate. There's just too much content involved in the solution. The documentation is way too large."

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"The importance of support is significant to me. I was working for a service provider, and all of our customers had a Quest or warning. Sometimes the support really underperforms."

"Overall, I am happy with this solution, but a way to export configuration settings would be beneficial. After everything is set up and configured, there should be a way to export the configuration. In case something happens to the QoreStor server, and we need to reinstall and configure everything, being able to import the configuration would be helpful. This feature does not currently exist."

"They could improve on support a little bit. We have not had to engage their support much, but when we do have issues, it can take longer to get things resolved."

"There can be some kind of monitoring solutions to alert users to issues with the appliance or software, making it easy for customers to monitor their systems in the field."

"In terms of improvement, we would like to have an Air Gap feature to prevent a virus from attaching to something. So that when we don't do a backup, we want the QoreStor to stay offline. It would be a nice feature to have."

"The management interface is in need of improvement. The graphical user interface (GUI) for the web management tools appears clunky, and not super intuitive."

"Overall, I am happy with this solution, but a way to export configuration settings would be beneficial."

"They need to increase their maximum capacity. Other than that, they're doing a pretty good job."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is lower than that of some competing products."

"The licensing model of Spectrum Protect Plus is more efficient and cheaper compared to the original."

"The price offering from IBM is coming down because it is based on number of VM machines. So, IBM is coming to the market to show the added value of the product."

"Depends on the licensing options that you choose."

"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."

"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a little expensive."

"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."

"Clients prefer to buy a perpetual license, but the majority opt for a yearly subscription."

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"The cost is per terabyte, and overall, the cost was reasonable when compared to some competitors."

"Quest QoreStor's pricing is affordable. We evaluated Veeam, a well-known company for backup solutions, but found their pricing to be quite high. Veeam's price was almost double. For us, Quest QoreStor is very affordable."

"Its pricing model is very attractive. You have one price, and you get everything from QoreStor."

"The pricing is good. It is competitive for a managed services provider. I like the ability to pay by the terabyte, allowing for an incremental cost that we and our customers can afford, so the solution grows with the customer."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

11%

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Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	17

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

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

Pricing is good; it is reasonable and more reasonable than any other vendors.

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What needs improvement with IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is very simple to deploy for us, but for more clients or competitors, the solution is hard to deploy and to integrate. For our team, deployment of IBM Spectrum Protect Plu...

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What is your primary use case for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus?

We are an IT integrator and we need to have a good vision of all recovery and backup recovery solutions. Most frequently, we use Veeam Backup. We use Cohesity. For some old workloads, we use IBM TS...

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What else besides data replication does QoreStor offer?

Quest QoreStor can be used for multiple things besides data replication. For example, it can be trusted to make a backup of your data. You know that replication and backups are different, right? Re...

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How does Quest QoreStore protect your data?

One of our favorite features of Quest QoreStore for data protection isn't the backup, actually, though we're using it actively (maybe just as much as data replication, to be honest). We absolutely ...

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How does Quest QoreStore solve repetitive data replicas?

When I first found out about data replication and the many benefits it had, I couldn't help but wonder - what about the copies you don't need? Like it's unavoidable for some of the copies to get da...

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Overview

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.

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QoreStor optimizes storage costs through advanced deduplication and compression, seamlessly integrating with backup infrastructures and supporting diverse hardware. It enhances data security with replication and offers flexible deployment with minimal maintenance.

QoreStor offers significant benefits in deduplication, which leads to space savings and reduced storage expenses. This system integrates effortlessly with backup platforms like NetVault and Veeam, functioning as a reliable backup target for both on-premises and cloud environments. The ease of integration is complemented by its replication capabilities, which add a layer of data security by enabling geographically dispersed backups. Its cloud tiering functionality extends storage capabilities, ensuring cost-effectiveness compared to other solutions. While enhancements are needed in areas like Cloud Tier support, Air Gap features, and GUI intuitiveness, the continued developments aim to further optimize storage and backup solutions.

What are QoreStor's key features?

Deduplication and Compression: Achieves high deduplication rates and space savings.
Seamless Integration: Works well with diverse backup infrastructures.
Replication: Facilitates data security through multi-location backups.
Cloud Tiering: Extends storage capabilities efficiently.
Minimal Maintenance: Requires low maintenance efforts.

What benefits should be considered in user reviews?

Cost-Effectiveness: Offers competitive pricing and optimized storage.
Storage Optimization: Reduces storage needs with advanced data handling.
Flexibility: Supports diverse hardware and deployment options.
Data Security: Enhances protection with robust replication features.

QoreStor is widely implemented in industries for backup and restore operations, providing data deduplication and compression as key functionalities. Its integration as a backup target across platforms like NetVault and Veeam makes it ideal for enterprises that require efficient data management and storage cost control. Many organizations utilize its features to optimize cloud storage seamlessly while focusing on internal data handling or acting as service resellers.

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