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Product	IBM Storage Defender by IBM View product	Spanning Backup by Spanning View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for Cyber Resilience software? IBM Storage Defender by IBM provides data protection and cyber recovery for recovery. Compare features and alternatives.	Free trial available. Spanning Backup by Spanning offers ransomware anomaly alerting. Compare features, use cases and leading SaaS Backup alternatives.
Product type	Storage security and cyber resilience	Enterprise Cloud-to-Cloud SaaS Backup & Data Protection
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise	Enterprise IT, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, Legal, MSPs
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloud
Deployment details	Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud	Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	United States; European Union; Australia; Canada; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Data resilience platform combining threat detection, backup protection, recovery orchestration and storage security. Data protection Cyber recovery Ransomware protection Cyber resilience Storage security Ransomware resilience Backup security	Automated daily cloud backups Point-in-time recovery rollback Granular file and email restore Ransomware anomaly alerting End-user self-service portal Cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup Ransomware data recovery Accidental deletion rollback
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise storage and workloads	Cloud SaaS PortalsMicrosoft 365 TenantsGoogle Workspace Domains
Compliance	Compliance capabilities depend on deployment	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFERPA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	On-premiseshybridcloud	Microsoft 365Google WorkspaceSalesforceKaseya IT CompleteAzure
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentEnterprise	Enterprise ITEducationFinancial ServicesHealthcareLegalMSPs
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Spanning
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	250,000+	5,000+ (parent: Kaseya)
Founded	1911	2010

IBM Storage Defender

by IBM

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Spanning Backup

by Spanning

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Overview

What it is

IBM Storage Defender

Looking for Cyber Resilience software? IBM Storage Defender by IBM provides data protection and cyber recovery for recovery. Compare features and alternatives.

Spanning Backup

Free trial available. Spanning Backup by Spanning offers ransomware anomaly alerting. Compare features, use cases and leading SaaS Backup alternatives.

Product type

IBM Storage Defender

Storage security and cyber resilience

Spanning Backup

Enterprise Cloud-to-Cloud SaaS Backup & Data Protection

Best for

IBM Storage Defender

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise

Spanning Backup

Enterprise IT, Education, Financial Services, Healthcare, Legal, MSPs

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Storage Defender

Contact Vendor

Spanning Backup

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Storage Defender

Spanning Backup

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Storage Defender

Cloud

Spanning Backup

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

IBM Storage Defender

Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud

Spanning Backup

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS

Data residency

IBM Storage Defender

Deployment and region dependent

Spanning Backup

United States; European Union; Australia; Canada; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

IBM Storage Defender

Data resilience platform combining threat detection, backup protection, recovery orchestration and storage security.
Data protection
Cyber recovery
Ransomware protection
Cyber resilience
Storage security
Ransomware resilience
Backup security

Spanning Backup

Automated daily cloud backups
Point-in-time recovery rollback
Granular file and email restore
Ransomware anomaly alerting
End-user self-service portal
Cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup
Ransomware data recovery
Accidental deletion rollback

Platform & access

API access

IBM Storage Defender

Spanning Backup

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Storage Defender

Spanning Backup

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Storage Defender

Spanning Backup

Multi-tenant

IBM Storage Defender

Spanning Backup

Mobile app

IBM Storage Defender

Spanning Backup

Supported platforms

IBM Storage Defender

Enterprise storage and workloads

Spanning Backup

Cloud SaaS PortalsMicrosoft 365 TenantsGoogle Workspace Domains

Compliance

IBM Storage Defender

Compliance capabilities depend on deployment

Spanning Backup

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAFERPA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Storage Defender

On-premiseshybridcloud

Spanning Backup

Microsoft 365Google WorkspaceSalesforceKaseya IT CompleteAzure

Industries

IBM Storage Defender

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentEnterprise

Spanning Backup

Enterprise ITEducationFinancial ServicesHealthcareLegalMSPs

Regions

IBM Storage Defender

Global

Spanning Backup

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Storage Defender

IBM

Spanning Backup

Spanning

Headquarters

IBM Storage Defender

Armonk, New York, USA

Spanning Backup

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

IBM Storage Defender

250,000+

Spanning Backup

5,000+ (parent: Kaseya)

Founded

IBM Storage Defender

1911

Spanning Backup

2010