We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Azure Backup 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 product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the duplication."
"Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."
"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."
"The standard backup and restore feature is most used."
"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"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 log onto the client's system to retrieve the information. It is possible to precisely identify the problem's location. The system categorizes and logs every step in a structured manner, selectively displaying only the essential logs. However, to view a comprehensive log, one must access the line machine log and examine the actual client for detailed logging."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"It's stable."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"The solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"One of the biggest drawbacks of Arcserve UDP is that it does not have a single console, making it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."
"It takes much time to verify and consolidate images for backups."
"Based on my experience, whenever we need support, there are difficulties with communication when trying to resolve the issue."
"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."
"The time required to restore files should be a little faster."
"There is a limitation of 99 files restores per day which means that we can't complete a huge file restore. We would like Azure to increase the number of the possible file restorations."
"I believe more options could be available to understand better what's happening in the system. Additionally, automating the client updates and connector updates would be beneficial. Updating the connector from time to time can be challenging, and it could be made more transparent and straightforward for users. Moreover, another drawback lies in the time it takes to test full data backup recovery. Deploying a full recovery takes longer. We need to allocate a longer period for complete data recovery to establish the environment again."
"It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 reviews while Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Azure Backup 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 Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Commvault Cloud, whereas Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas Backup Exec. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Azure Backup report.
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