We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Veritas Backup Exec 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 ability to switch between different hardware platforms and utilization tools are some of this solution's most valuable features."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"The ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too."
"The standard backup and restore feature is most used."
"One of the things that I do like about it is that it has a very good deduplication feature."
"It is very stable."
"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"One of the valuable features is the instant recovery for VMs. It reduces the RTO (Recovery Time Objective) drastically."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"Based on my experience, whenever we need support, there are difficulties with communication when trying to resolve the issue."
"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."
"The only problem with the solution is that when I change the drive capacity, it has to do a full backup. It's a problem when I have five servers to backup. When I only want to change the size of the drive, I have to do a full backup that can take one week."
"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"One of the biggest drawbacks of Arcserve UDP is that it does not have a single console, making it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."
"The initial setup was complex."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas Alta SaaS Protection. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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