ConnectWise Cloud Backup vs. IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Score 6.3 out of 10
N/A
SkyKick is a cloud migration solution, from ConnectWise since the late 2024 acquistion. It features cloud backup and cloud management features for control of customer access to cloud resources.N/A
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is designed to make cloud adoption easier, allowing the user to optimize the value of existing on-premises infrastructure, while leveraging the same tools, technologies and skills in the cloud. The solution provides rapid scalability, deployment in 35+ global data centers and access to disaster recovery, backup, security and compliance solutions from an array of ecosystem partners. To address varying workload needs, IBM Cloud…
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IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly)
Pricing
ConnectWise Cloud BackupIBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Editions & Modules
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Add-on
$0
IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly)
On-demand
$0
0.25 IOPs 1 GB
Reserved (monthly or 730 hours)
$0
0.25 IOPs 1 GB (Per gigabyte of storage (hourly))
Add-on
$0
IBM Cloud Block Storage 1 GB (hourly)
On-demand
$0.01
Per vCPU (hourly)
On-demand
$0.09
Per gigabyte of network and bandwidth egress (monthly)
Reserved (monthly or 730 hours)
$0.09
Per gigabyte of network and bandwidth egress (monthly)
Reserved (monthly or 730 hours)
$12.80
Microsoft license (monthly) per 1 vCPU²
Add-on
$13
Veeam backup license
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ConnectWise Cloud BackupIBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Considered Both Products
ConnectWise Cloud Backup
Chose ConnectWise Cloud Backup
For migration purposes, we have chosen SkyKick over and over again. Their tool just works and does a great job with multiple different sources. Their support team is awesome albeit could be somewhat faster sometimes. Regarding cloud backup, it seems like that space is quite …
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Trust in the IBM brand and their Industry experience into delivering Value to the customers and the management relationship with the sales and delivery teams proceeded to the selection of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions for delivering VMware Horizon cloud.
IBM Cloud for VMware …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Compared to AWS, I found the IBM Cloud for VMware solutions service very easy to use since the administration interface is intuitive, well distributed and easy to use, also in the way of performing configurations and deployments it has fewer steps than on AWS, the security …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
We have previously used Veeam and while they offer a very good solution for the purposes of backups and virtualization, IBM's is superiors by far. I would imagine the years of experience IBM has in the industry has helped them come up with a more efficient version of the …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions stacks up against them, we fully agree there are so many features in IBM cloud for VMware Solutions that make it unique and different. The system provides us hypervisor security level and the system even has live backup and storage capacity of …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
They are both comparable services and we had done some research into both.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
IBM Cloud for VMware [Solutions] stacks up against the rest, if nothing else, based on support. Their support is great once you engage them and that is the main reason for going with them.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
IBM Cloud for VMware was a cheaper alternative to AWS and provided best-in-class tools such as security, backup, recovery/DR. The interface was easy to navigate and the support skillset is high.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
We chose VMware over Azure App Service because of the way that it was at that point natural and still offered similar cloud capacities that Azure would have acquired us. This permitted us to continue to utilize a similar interface and not need to relearn everything beginning to …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
We ended up choosing iland instead of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions primarily because of support and performance. IBM's cloud is not on par with others. It's slower and out of date on some aspects, and the support is just not responsive or available.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
We believe IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions really stood out from Nutanix and Oracle VM VirtualBox. We really liked that the solution was a one-stop shop where IBM could provide all the required elements. We also trust IBM to provide the best-in-class solution to our problems …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
We looked at Citrix but the model was not what ideal in considering all our business needs.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is better for clients on a dollar to dollar basis compared to AWS Backup. It allows customers to easily see how much resources they are using in the cloud (a feature not fully available with AWS). This helps save them money and be smarter with …
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
IBM Cloud for VMware solutions has been great and we haven't seen a need to look into competitors.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
I haven't used other products, but I am happy with VMware VSphere on IBM Cloud. Our team enjoys using it as well, and the support that we have gotten from IBM keeps us satisfied as customers.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
IBM Cloud for VMware solutions is much easier to use and makes migration simple. This is huge for a diverse team that needs to learn software quick and be able to utilize it fast to respond to a data issue. We have also saved money by switching.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
We selected VMware over Azure due to the fact that it was already familiar and still offered the same cloud capabilities that Azure would have gained us. This allowed us to keep using the same interface and not have to relearn everything from start to finish with a new product.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
From what I've seen so far, IBM cloud has the same features as any other cloud provider.
Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
When you want to manage the hypervisor and have root access to control the entire environment.
Features
ConnectWise Cloud BackupIBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
ConnectWise Cloud Backup
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Ratings
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings5.30 Ratings
Management console00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ConnectWise Cloud BackupIBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.0
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Usability
-
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9.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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9.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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8.0
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User Testimonials
ConnectWise Cloud BackupIBM Cloud for VMware Solutions
Likelihood to Recommend
Ideal if your a Microsoft partner with a focus on the MS cloud. Less appropriate for Google vendors.
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VMware Cloud Foundation for Disaster Recovery environment, when the client needs to deploy a pay-as-you-go service or if they need to migrate SAP workloads, you can use VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic and VPC. We are the unique SAP-Certified VMware cloud service provider.
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Pros
  • Customer Interface for Backups
  • Migration support team
  • Comprehensive backup suite
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  • Ease of use - we don't want to spend extra hours trying to figure out a problem.
  • Easy Setup - onboarding was simple and quick.
  • Great documentation - Most of the answers to our questions are very easily accessible without additional help.
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Cons
  • Response time and [ease] to get hold of
  • Integration with 3rd party apps for billing
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  • Support is horrible and or non-existent
  • Documentation is out of date and incorrect for the most part
  • IBM employees and salespeople are not aware of features or offerings
  • Does not integrate the Zerto, only Veeam and has limited options for data migration
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Usability
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Everything is very clearly laid out. Being familiar with vSphere already, it was a quick transition over to the IBM environment. This allowed us to spend less time on the implementation phase and move quickly to actually utilizing the system on a day to day basis. Also, the performance is very good. No lagginess to the website like our previous on-prem environment.
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Support Rating
Responsive, technically capable, and friendly. Ive always had a good experience working with SkyKick su[[ort.
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Overall, just a great experience here. No one in my opinion gets a perfect 10/10 rating (no one is ever perfect), so 9/10 is probably as good as it gets! From initial planning to post implementation support, the IBM Cloud and professional services has been there for my group as much as we have needed them. Great job!
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Implementation Rating
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IBM professional services helped us plan and implement the project with great success. They guided the project from planning, scoping, pre-implementation, testing, roll-out, then production and post-production support. We were very impressed with their knowledge of VMware and really appreciated their desire to make our project a success. I would highly recommend them!
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Alternatives Considered
For migration purposes, we have chosen SkyKick over and over again. Their tool just works and does a great job with multiple different sources. Their support team is awesome albeit could be somewhat faster sometimes. Regarding cloud backup, it seems like that space is quite commoditized as every vendor offers the same. SkyKick does have some good promotions on migration costs when signing up for cloud backups as well which makes them more competitive than other vendors.
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We chose VMware over Azure App Service because of the way that it was at that point natural and still offered similar cloud capacities that Azure would have acquired us. This permitted us to continue to utilize a similar interface and not need to relearn everything beginning to end with another item.
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Return on Investment
  • Helps to reduce costs on specific projects by reducing in-house or [outsourced] technician labor costs.
  • Reduced risk by keeping a copy of your data in their cloud.
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  • One of our business objectives was to ensure as close to 100% uptime of our servers and applications. This solution has helped us achieve that goal.
  • Another goal was to try and minimize our datacenter footprint. This was achieved by using the product.
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