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IBM Spectrum Archive vs. Vast Data

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricIBM Spectrum Archive

by IBM

Vast Data

by Vast Data

Overall rating4.24.4
Review count1127
Ease of use9.09.2
Ease of setup9.68.7
Quality of support8.89.0
Meets requirements8.99.0
NPS54.54545573.076923
Small Business45.5%33.3%
Mid-Market36.4%48.1%
Enterprise18.2%18.5%
Total page views57349
Total LLM citations122,373

IBM Spectrum Archive

IBM Spectrum Archive, a member of the IBM Spectrum Storage family, gives you direct, intuitive and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries by incorporating the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format standard for reading, writing and exchanging descriptive metadata on formatted tape cartridges. Spectrum Archive eliminates the need for additional tape management and software to access data. Spectrum Archive offers three software solutions for managing your digital files with the LTFS format: Single Drive Edition, Library Edition and Enterprise Edition.

Pros

    Vast Data

    VAST delivers the first AI Operating System, natively unifying and orchestrating storage, database, and compute to unleash the true power of agentic computing and data-intensive applications.​

    Pros

    • Storage Solutions
    • Performance
    • Data Management
    • Scalability
    • Value for Money
    • Simple