We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP 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."The ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"Easy restoration and the solution works quickly."
"It's simple to set up."
"The most valuable feature is the duplication."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that I can by just one click, copy and paste anything that I would want. I do not have to restore the whole virtual machine."
"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."
"I would recommend it if there is a general case."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"The product is cost-effective compared to other vendors."
"The scalability has been good."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"Our client’s infrastructure is protected by the tool."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."
"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."
"Every time I change the disc, I have to do a full backup."
"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"The solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 reviews while Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Azure Backup is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". 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". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud, whereas Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Quest Rapid Recovery. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Azure Backup report.
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