We performed a comparison between Actifio and Azure Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"The solution helps reduce costs."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"Setting up Azure Backup is straightforward and the total deployment time was about a month."
"The MARS agent makes it easy to use."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"The most valuable feature is the ease in which it backs up our data."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"I have no issues with the stability at all. So I don't necessarily care about the stability of the product. I look more at whether or not can I recover. And I haven't had a failed recovery yet. I've got no failed recoveries of all my years."
"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."
"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."
"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."
"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."
"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"I would like to have the option to increase the frequency of the backups. Azure Backup does backups on an hourly basis, but I would prefer it to take backups more often."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
Actifio is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while Azure Backup is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication and Commvault Cloud, whereas Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Acronis Cyber Protect. See our Actifio vs. Azure Backup report.
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