We performed a comparison between Unitrends 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."VM backup is much faster and more reliable, as I can test my backups with Data Copy Access jobs."
"It is fairly stable."
"When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"Being an appliance-based solution, we were able to migrate backup solutions without having to purchase a lot of hardware separately."
"The ability to back up both physical and virtual appliances under one roof."
"Replication to Forever Cloud."
"It is a quick and easy way to organize my backups and to keep track of them."
"I really like the reporting options you get for various email reports."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"It is a scalable product."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"In terms of improvement, the UI, especially in the recovery section, is unclear about which repository it uses."
"Probably the biggest issue I've had is actually paying for the unit, and part of that problem is that they use a third party for the billing."
"I would like to see more storage options for the free version."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"No appliance update notifications."
"Techs don't see to be well-versed in troubleshooting issues that arise and tickets stay opened for weeks for resolution."
"It seems like Unitrends moved away from enterprise customer engagement and moved more towards the managed service provider market."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
Unitrends is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Unitrends is rated 7.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Unitrends vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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