We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect 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."Acronis Backup is valuable if your data is affected by ransomware, you are able to get it back."
"The licensing model is very good."
"Acronis is a flexible solution. It can back up workstations, endpoints, and even your virtual environments and cloud-based environments. So, we can do the backup of the whole gamut of products."
"There is advanced management where we can do passing, software inventory, and hardware inventory."
"Acronis has many features, which are really very interesting, when it comes to data backup and recovery, especially disaster recovery (DR)."
"Consistency and reliability. The interface is easy to understand and consistent across applications. While not 100%, it is a very reliable backup solution."
"The most valuable feature is its consistency."
"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The reporting can be improved."
"The initial setup was complex. We had to deploy it through an external consultant team."
"I've had some issues with the understandability of the interface. I think if they had someone with expertise in user interfaces to look at this, they could clean up the user interface."
"When you are using enterprise hardware and software that increases over time, there need to be better and more management features. For pure backup software, it is fine, but when it comes to managing a large infrastructure it is lacking."
"Acronis Backup has a straightforward initial setup process and an easy-to-use interface. However, a potential issue for Acronis partners is that registered partners do not have access to marketing materials, which can make it difficult for them to reach mass markets and sell the product. This could be improved by allowing registered partners to access marketing materials and tools, such as email templates, that would help them to promote Acronis Backup effectively."
"In some cases, at the time of reinstallation, some disasters happen. For the licensing on the computer the name of the computer and domain, everything is removed from the registry level. Then we have to install the Acronis from the start for it to work properly. Otherwise, the Acronis software will cause a lot of trouble at the time of reinstallation. That's where they need to improve the product. In the case people want to install the same software with the same hardware, it should not stop me."
"Acronis Backup isn't scalable at all."
"The solution's error handling can be improved specifically for Linux errors."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 25 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 16 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes "A single solution protecting all platforms, that is highly secure, and easy to deploy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Supports synthetic backup and allows you to start virtual machines on the backup set and do multiple things in one backup configuration". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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