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 most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."
"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"The product's deployment process was straightforward."
"It is very stable."
"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."
"Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"The solution can improve by allowing older versions to support the latest version of the OS."
"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th 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, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup, 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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