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."The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable features of Acronis Backup are cloning and many other capabilities. For example, you are able to clone the whole operating system and drive. Additionally, the solution is a complete package."
"The image backup and image restore features have been very beneficial to us."
"One of its most valuable aspects is its user-friendly interface."
"It is a very fast and reliable backup, which requires less management and restores quickly."
"For my first experience, it is the best software for backups, especially for a five-system backup."
"Consistency and reliability. The interface is easy to understand and consistent across applications. While not 100%, it is a very reliable backup solution."
"For me, the tool proved most valuable in scenarios where it offered easy setup, fast backups, and recognition of SQL logs on virtual machines."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"A little bit more integration would be good. It should support broader platforms."
"The UI performance can be slow at times, especially when handling operations like checking backup status or initiating a restore. The response time for these actions could be improved."
"The solution could use a single sign-on integration that can default to the admin dashboard. Right now, it's only username and password. If you had had an additional two-factor authentication, this would be beneficial for me."
"This is not a feature-rich solution."
"The solution could be better if some of the features were more in-depth."
"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."
"It does not delete locked files."
"This might be a lack of understanding on my part, but it's difficult to purge old backups."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". 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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