Arcserve UDP vs Dell Data Protection Advisor comparison

Arcserve and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #24 with an average rating of 9.7. Arcserve holds a 1.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Dell Data Protection Advisor are two prominent data protection solutions. While Dell Data Protection Advisor is often seen as superior due to its comprehensive features, Arcserve UDP is a popular choice among budget-conscious buyers due to its pricing and support.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers data deduplication, backup, and disaster recovery capabilities. Dell Data Protection Advisor provides extensive monitoring, reporting, and analytics features.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP users often seek enhanced cloud integration, more intuitive reporting tools, and better user accessibility. Dell Data Protection Advisor could improve in user accessibility and simplified configuration processes, and cloud support is a notable need for Arcserve UDP.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP is praised for swift deployment and high-quality customer service, often noted for ease of setup. Dell Data Protection Advisor, despite its steeper learning curve, is appreciated for thorough customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is known for budget-friendly setup costs and strong ROI. Dell Data Protection Advisor, although more expensive, is considered a worthwhile investment due to advanced features and long-term benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (10th)

Dell Data Protection Advisor

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell Data Protection Advisor is 0.5%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MukundKambli

Senior Solutions Architect at Team Computers

Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options

I give the solution ten out of ten. This solution offers one dashboard to manage the BC con, disaster recovery plan, DR solution, and backup as well as different licensing options, unlike other OEM products. We are the system integrators for our clients, so we design the solution as per the customer's requirements. We provide several solutions options to our clients such as Druva inSync, Druva Phoenix, and Arcserve UDP with the specifications and the client makes a decision based on their requirements. I would advise potential users to first be clear on whether they are going to use it as a backup solution for compliance purposes, just wanting to take the backups of files and servers, or for instant recovery. The IQ and RPO discussion with our customers usually takes 30 minutes. I recommend this solution.

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ErmiasGirma

System and Cloud Deployment Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

Proactive support with predictive insights and seamless integration

As a system engineer, I am deploying Dell Data Protection Advisor solutions, especially in the areas of protection like Avamar, NetWorker, and Data Domain. Our team has deployed these solutions for three organizations in Africa and India Dell Data Protection Advisor provides proactive support by…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."

"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."

"It allows us to back up all the servers and centrally manage them."

"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."

"We are satisfied with Arcserve UDP. The most important feature that we use and why we choose this product is the RHA feature."

"One of the things that I do like about it is that it has a very good deduplication feature."

"The product's deployment process was straightforward."

"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."

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"It generates very detailed reports, which makes things easier when it comes to IT auditing."

"The deduplication is probably the most valuable feature of that requirement."

"The reporting feature and the Dell's continuous improvement of the solution are the most valuable features. The solution not only supports Dell Power Products but also other products."

"The initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment typically takes about one hour. You just need one person to handle the deployment process."

"The product's ability to give predictions and advice on how to protect data is incredible."

"This is a stable solution."

"It supports our chargeback process by identifying resource users, which helps ensure that departments are billed accurately for data protection services rather than receiving them for free."

"The solution is easy to use, flexible and has a lot of out-of-the-box functionality. You can configure the dashboards or you can use a script. However, to fully utilize its capabilities you will want to use a lot of scripts which you will need advanced training. The reports can be customized for many things, such as chargeback billing."

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Cons

"The technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"We cannot restore each user's mailbox. Each user's mailbox should be independently restorable. Also, this solution is very slow. If you select all of the servers, it runs for a long time... It needs to be faster. Finally, If anything happens to one server we should be able to switch to another server."

"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."

"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."

"The solution can improve by allowing older versions to support the latest version of the OS."

"It takes much time to verify and consolidate images for backups."

"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 initial setup was complex."

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"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."

"It is difficult to manage the solution with the available tools. You need to know exactly what are you are doing."

"Some minor adjustments could be made regarding the graphical interface and customization options."

"It's a bit difficult for first-time users."

"The product could be improved by addressing intermittent collector failures affecting status reports' accuracy."

"The functionality of the Data Protection Advisor is limited and is something that is lacking in this solution. Other solutions like CloudIQ and DDMC provide a much better outlook on how data protection should be done."

"Customization of reports or creating new reports can be difficult. Users need to have a deep knowledge of SQL. 70-80% of customers can't seem to understand how to do it. They don't know how to address reporting. If Dell EMC could simplify it, it would benefit the end-user."

"Dell Data Protection Advisor's feature for data domain protection needs enhancement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."

"We only have the maintenance of three standard UDP licenses. Each license is 50 Euro. There are some additional costs for the storage and software but it has nothing to do with the UDP."

"The price of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is competitive in the market."

"It is approximately $400 to purchase a virtual service outright."

"I do not work with the pricing or licensing issues of the solution for our organization."

"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."

"There is an annual license required for this solution and it is priced well."

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"The product pricing has been satisfactory, particularly with the economy of scale in our agreement."

"If the customer has huge lineup of Dell Products then they receive discount on the pricing."

"The product is affordable."

"You need to make an upfront payment for three, five, or seven years and renew the licenses for support. We can do an annual maintenance contract with Dell. I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."

"For pricing, I would rate Dell 2 out of 5. It's affordable."

"You have to procure the license when you are ordering or quoting for Dell Data Protection Suite (DPS). DPS is bundled with the suite and comes with a license. However, if you purchase NetWorker separately then you will have to procure the license for DPS separately."

"It's not very expensive — I think the price is fair."

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Computer Software Company

18%

Non Profit

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...

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What do you like most about StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

Pricing for SPX MRP/MSP is under $400 per server (Single VM) with a 1-year subscription. After discounts, it could decrease by 20%-30%, and opting for a 3/5/10 server pack may offer even better (lo...

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What do you like most about Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The product pricing has been satisfactory, particularly with the economy of scale in our agreement.

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What needs improvement with Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The product could be improved by addressing intermittent collector failures affecting status reports' accuracy. Additionally, enhancing bulk update capabilities for items like cost centers would be...

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 20% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

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Overview

Arcserve UDP is a comprehensive solution that empowers even a one-person IT department to protect virtual and physical environments with a high degree of simplicity. It allows you to design and manage your entire data protection strategy with a unified management console, and enables you to scale your data backup coverage as your organization grows with the push of a button.

Arcserve

Effectively managing your data protection environment can be labor intensive and complex. It requires knowledge of backup applications, replication technologies, and the entire supporting infrastructure, yet it is critical in keeping your data secure.

With Dell Data Protection Advisor, you can automate and centralize the collection, monitoring and reporting of this data and get a single, comprehensive view of your environment, no matter where your data resides. This includes monitoring data on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

With clear visibility, you can gain actionable insight and effectively manage service levels while reducing costs and complexity. You can also collect and report on that data to help other stakeholders make the best decisions for your organization.

Data Protection Advisor is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

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