We performed a comparison between Unitrends 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."It is very easy to set up and get started. Almost too easy. We racked this device and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes."
"Iinstant recovery (allows a spin-up of your image as a VM on the appliance)."
"The ability to diversify jobs within the same server helps break down a large chunk of data into more manageable and concentrated chunks."
"I really like the reporting options you get for various email reports."
"They have great support."
"It is an easy system to use. The support, if needed, is always willing to help."
"What I found most valuable in Unitrends is its simple user interface. It also works reliably."
"When we talk about a backup point of view, from a backup perspective, it's a good one."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"There's a lot that can be made better. For example, it could be more scalable."
"No appliance update notifications."
"Comparing the features and the working pattern, definitely they have to come down on pricing if they want to compete in the market."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
"The solution's base operating system needs to be improved."
"The amount of updates which are being released. Updates should be limited to two or three a year, focusing more on quality instead of a rushed bug release."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"The one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"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."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
Unitrends is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Unitrends is rated 7.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Arcserve UDP, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Unitrends vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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