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IBM Tivoli CDP for Files vs Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery comparison

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli CDP for Files
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
80th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Infrascale Backup & Disaste...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
17th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (14th), Disaster Recovery as a Service (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (12th), SaaS Backup (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli CDP for Files is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is 1.0%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery1.0%
IBM Tivoli CDP for Files0.5%
Other98.5%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1035033 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Aix Admin at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Restoration and infrastructure are extremely reliable
We are currently using Tivoli to backup 15 terabytes within our Oracle Database using a RMAN backup script. The RMAN's utility and restoration has been perfect, we have yet to experience any issues. It's very reliable The restoration and infrastructure are extremely reliable. We would like to…
Vivek_Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at LTI Mindtree
Cloud backups have strengthened ransomware recovery and now protect critical business data
I see several areas where Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery could be improved. First is the architectural design and configuration, along with operational maturity, as well as security integration. The performance of support can definitely be improved with easier on-call support features for P1 and P2 incidents. Getting quick support from the vendor during major recoveries or disasters would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, improving the strength of ransomware protections, addressing critical gaps in deployments, enforcing backup immutability policies, and making disaster recovery testing routine instead of an ad hoc process are important. Validating that I can quickly recover data should be a priority, and improved runbooks or operational maturity platforms would be beneficial for data recovery from critical incidents.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Even though a lot of other people like Veeam, Tivoli's restoration and infrastructure are unbeatable, making them the only ones that we rely on despite other feasible options."
"The restoration and infrastructure is extremely reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is simple to use."
"The overall ease of use and ease of management of the solution using the Infrascale dashboard is excellent. I'd rate it 10 out of 10 because the dashboard is very simple to use. For someone with a technical background, it's a wonderful piece of software to be using in a cloud environment. But if you're not technical, then it might be a problem. It could be confusing for non-technical people. If you don't know what you're doing, you could kind of screw it up. Any human with two brain cells can do it. It's like anything else. So, once you train a human, they're good. Anybody can do it. Anybody with a competent brain can use it and go with a little bit of technical skill. It might be confusing in the beginning, but once you're trained up and you've used it a little bit, like anything else in your life, it'll be easy. They'll come as normal."
"The initial setup was straightforward and we received support from the manufacturer."
"Given that we are in the hurricane belt, the spin-up of replicated servers in the cloud is among the most valuable features, because if our site goes down we can just connect to the cloud appliance, spin up the servers, and we are good to go."
"There is a great return on investment with Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery, as I have saved a significant amount of time and money. I need fewer employees to support maintenance requirements, alerts monitoring, and recovery requests."
"The Infrascale Dashboard is very easy to understand, has a good overview, and gives me access to all my appliances without having to have a local VPN connection to the individual clients. It makes it very easy to find my way around."
"Infrascale has been great for us and for the relationship with this client."
"The biggest lesson that I have learned from using this product is that we should have switched years before we did."
 

Cons

"We would like to have the opportunity to omit data from being backed up. For example, we have three virtual machines, each with three disks. When running the backup, it will automatically take each disk rather than allowing us to select what data we want backed."
"We rarely need to reach out to customer service; however, when we do, they have not been able to help us resolve a single call."
"I'm a little bit disappointed that over the last year and a half, there hasn't been too much contact from them regarding what's going to be new or coming out."
"I think they could increase security. I would like to see more features for the section on the viruses and maybe another in reference to two-factor authentication."
"In terms of overage, or outgrowing capacity with backups, I have an issue."
"One of the significant drawbacks of it is due to the fact that we're using two devices to manage the same vCenter, or virtualization environment, and they don't talk to each other. That means I can't easily see what VMs are already being protected. If I'm on Infrascale device "A" and I have protected these VMs, when I go over to device "B," I can't see that those VMs are already covered."
"In terms of what I would like to see, it would be to make the solution available across multiple clouds."
"The only point of improvement I can think of for Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is that the restore process could sometimes be easier to do and faster. A file-only restore or directory-only restore can sometimes take quite some time; however, a server restore goes fast."
"Today, they are not as cost-efficient as many other places, but I'm comfortable, I trust the service."
"The pricing model that they recently changed to is a little bit complicated, and the biggest area for improvement is a better way of figuring out how to price it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's expensive, but it's worth for it due to the volume of critical information within our database. We are currently paying about $22,000 per year."
"The licensing is based on how much data you have plus what appliances you need."
"It is super competitive. It is worth taking a look at it from a licensing and pricing perspective."
"The appliances have different prices because of storage, size, and memory. For example, the older machines support more virtual machines, whereas the new one only supports one virtual machine. As we have purchased the later appliances, they have probably been a little bit more expensive because they have to be good enough to keep the business running if the physical server goes down. We learned our lesson from the one that went down when we tried to run products and it wasn't quick enough."
"Pricing of the product could be improved. It definitely makes it a harder sell. They will usually end up getting close to the price we need, but I have to go through everybody to get the price reduced. Their list pricing is significantly higher than that of other solutions."
"They are incredibly fair and willing to work with their partners to make their pricing work for both partners and the end users."
"Our licensing fees are billed every four months."
"I appreciate their pricing. We went for this solution for its pricing."
"The pricing is fair, and they are interested in working with MSPs as part of their market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
10%
Retailer
10%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Construction Company
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise7
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?
The pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery have been handled by the account manager and leadership. The discussions regarding the pricing and licensing cos...
What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?
In terms of how Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery can be improved, I can suggest using the recovery time objective system, where current state systems can be restored in about zero downtime...
What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?
My main use case for Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is that day-to-day, we never use it; we use it only yearly once. I can give you a quick, specific example of a time when I used Infras...
 

Also Known As

Tivoli CDP for Files
Infrascale Platform
 

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Sample Customers

Cyberian Data Protection
MSPs servicing small and mid-size companies VARs servicing mid-sized companies Direct SMB or mid-sized companies
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