We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP 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 backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."
"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."
"The ability to switch between different hardware platforms and utilization tools are some of this solution's most valuable features."
"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."
"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 recovery part of the product is very good."
"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"The flexibility is very good."
"It is a good backup tool."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"The solution can improve by allowing older versions to support the latest version of the OS."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."
"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"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."
"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
"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."
Arcserve UDP is ranked 18th in Backup and Recovery with 42 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas NetBackup and Rubrik, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas Alta SaaS Protection. See our Arcserve UDP vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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