We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Bacula Enterprise 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."Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."
"It is very stable."
"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."
"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"The product's deployment process was straightforward."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"The ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."
"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."
"Licensing can be quite difficult."
"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."
"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"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 would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Bacula Enterprise is ranked 31st in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup, Veritas NetBackup and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Arcserve UDP vs. Bacula Enterprise report.
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