We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and Arcserve UDP 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."For local backups, it has options to back up almost any storage. The back can be either a shared folder or anything you want, it's pretty flexible."
"In terms of system-critical support, Acronis' technical support does really well. I would give them an eight out of ten for that."
"The most valuable feature is its consistency."
"It is a very stable solution."
"It makes a full image of the hard drive. If a hard drive fails, all we do is recover to another hard drive."
"If you need to recover, it's the best recovery software I've ever used and I've been in this business for over 30 years. Plug a disc in and tell it to recover this machine and it's done. You walk away from it and it's done. Reboot it and it's perfect."
"The solution has all the features I need and user friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that you can archive backups quite easily and minimize the amount of space you're using."
"We are satisfied with Arcserve UDP. The most important feature that we use and why we choose this product is the RHA feature."
"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"I like the tool's speed."
"The recovery part of the product is very good."
"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."
"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."
"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"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."
"It does not delete locked files."
"When an error occurs, the information is not always easy to understand and these messages should be made more clear."
"Acronis has some limitations on the cloud side."
"It supports Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Exchange, but it does not support Oracle databases or Postgres."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"The solution's reporting feature could be better."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"Improved support for immutability and Utility AirGAP could be beneficial."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"The product is not user-friendly."
"The initial setup was complex."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"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."
Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 10th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 41 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Druva inSync, whereas Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup. See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Arcserve UDP report.
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I agree with @Syed Abid Hussain.
Arcserve is a true DR / Ransomware enabled solution for all businesses and when compared apples to apples to other solutions, very affordable. It is available in cloud, hybrid cloud and appliance, your choice. Use the cloud solution and keep what you have if you like, or replace it all with ARCSERVE.
Is it good? I think it is underrated personally. Arcserve just received PC Editors choice, which isn't too shabby. I've worked with Arcserve for a while and it is a "SET AND FORGET" solution when configured properly. I also know many who use it who only have issues due to misconfiguring the software. Never place it directly on your domain is a starter suggestion.
Arcserve gives you:
What doesn't Acronis do?
So it truly depends upon what you are really looking for in a solution. I hope this helps.
Acronis is good but with very limited features also expensive.
Arcserve has more features like Integrated DR, ransomware security, malware detection. different backups support, multiple hardware support. Also, pricing is lower than Acronis.
if you need just backup service Acronis is good while Arcserve UDP is a full-fledged complete suite for small, medium & large-scale businesses.