Arcserve UDP vs Bacula Enterprise comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
18th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
42
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (9th)
Bacula Enterprise
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
31st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (18th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the market share of Arcserve UDP is 1.5% and it decreased by 28.1% compared to the previous year. The market share of Bacula Enterprise is 0.6% and it increased by 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
Unique Categories:
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
2.3%
Cloud Backup
0.7%
 

Featured Reviews

MukundKambli - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 8, 2022
Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options
I give the solution ten out of ten. This solution offers one dashboard to manage the BC con, disaster recovery plan, DR solution, and backup as well as different licensing options, unlike other OEM products. We are the system integrators for our clients, so we design the solution as per the customer's requirements. We provide several solutions options to our clients such as Druva inSync, Druva Phoenix, and Arcserve UDP with the specifications and the client makes a decision based on their requirements. I would advise potential users to first be clear on whether they are going to use it as a backup solution for compliance purposes, just wanting to take the backups of files and servers, or for instant recovery. The IQ and RPO discussion with our customers usually takes 30 minutes. I recommend this solution.
Davilson  Aguiar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2022
Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression
We use the solution as a complete backup solution for virtual machines and databases in Prodap - Data Processing in Amapá. Its very lean and simple architecture, with its deduplications not covering our network, made our traffic around 60% lighter.  We also like the efficiency of data compression…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."
"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."
"It's simple to set up."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"The product's deployment process was straightforward."
"The recovery part of the product is very good."
"Easy restoration and the solution works quickly."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
 

Cons

"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"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 problem is just reliability. If the promises in the marketing material were realized in real life, it would be the perfect solution, but it's just the reliability issues."
"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."
"They could work on their marketing approach. I don't see many people leveraging it."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."
"The price of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is competitive in the market."
"The solution is expensive."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a four or five out of ten."
"The pricing of the product can be considered to be reasonable enough for the Asian region."
"The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution."
"The price of this product is high and it should be lower."
"Its price seems reasonable. Its price is average as compared to the other products I've looked at. We have a three-year license right now. There are no other costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"We have a perpetual license."
"This is an open-source solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Government
7%
Non Profit
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
13%
University
10%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...
What do you like most about Arcserve UDP?
The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is the initiative UI and the logs are clear and detailed that are generated when there has been an issue or failure on the user's system. We only have to l...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Arcserve UDP?
The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution.
What do you like most about Bacula Enterprise?
It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light.
What needs improvement with Bacula Enterprise?
It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it....
What is your primary use case for Bacula Enterprise?
We use the solution as a complete backup solution for virtual machines and databases in Prodap - Data Processing in Amapá. Its very lean and simple architecture, with its deduplications not coverin...
 

Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer
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Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services
NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.
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