We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Veritas NetBackup 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's deployment process was straightforward."
"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 recovery part of the product is very good."
"It allows us to back up all the servers and centrally manage them."
"I like the tool's speed."
"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that I can by just one click, copy and paste anything that I would want. I do not have to restore the whole virtual machine."
"The reporting is very good, with all of the details highlighted and very clear."
"I like NetBackup's anomaly detection and Linux storage features."
"It has a very good user interface."
"I like NetBackup's accelerator feature. You can take a full backup with incremental speed and integrate it with block tracking."
"The most valuable feature is that it is basically a replica of our SAND data. We archive the SAND data for recovery, if there is an issue on the fence."
"The solution offers very good storage efficiency, so there's excellent compression and deduplication within the product that our clients really appreciate."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup is the protection policies or protection module."
"Unauthorized people cannot log in and execute commands."
"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."
"The technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."
"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."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."
"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."
"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."
"Licensing costs are quite high."
"The restoration method and the compression ratio need improvement."
"DDBoost."
"We have issues reaching them during some hours, and we need to escalate through several levels to get a resolution. Sometimes tickets stay open for days."
"The product needs to improve its GUI. It needs to make use of a web interface."
"The deployment time is longer than it is with other products."
"It would be better if it had a cloud integration feature. I would like to use a single product for the cloud instances and the on-premise instances. The price could also be better."
"It would be extremely helpful if the solution offered near-zero recovery time for SQL."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas Backup Exec and Rubrik, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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