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."Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"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 data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"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 product's deployment process was straightforward."
"It is easy to configure."
"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"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."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"The flexibility is very good."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."
"StorageCraft ShadowProtect can improve by making one console that can control backups of all desktops and servers in one place. Additionally, the recovery process of the backups is very slow and could improve. It's very slow when we went to recover a complete disc but to recover one file is very fast."
"The technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Backups are very slow and time consuming."
"They could work on their marketing approach. I don't see many people leveraging it."
"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."
"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."
"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 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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