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Arcserve UDP vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
18th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (10th)
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
115
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 4.3%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

MukundKambli - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
A mature backup solution, with many features, and great support
Veritas NetBackup is the first line of defense when disaster strikes. Before performing disaster recovery, we must have a good backup of our image that is also protected from ransomware. This way, we have a golden image that is resilient to ransomware attacks. We saw the benefits of Veritas NetBackup within the first three months.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."
"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."
"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."
"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the duplication."
"The most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."
"It is easy to configure."
"The tool's most valuable feature is backups."
"This is the best solution that I know of."
"The most valuable feature from Veritas NetBackup is the data is very easy to backup. It is similar to VMware. They recently introduced a cloud feature that is useful."
"It's durable — we achieve what we expect from it."
"Unauthorized people cannot log in and execute commands."
"The tool's information transfer and patching up is easy. The solution offers protection from ransomware which is also a valuable feature."
"It was especially useful with the appliances we use on a daily basis."
"It's a good product, it does what we want it to do."
 

Cons

"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"Based on my experience, whenever we need support, there are difficulties with communication when trying to resolve the issue."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"The solution can improve by allowing older versions to support the latest version of the OS."
"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."
"Every time I change the disc, I have to do a full backup."
"One area for improvement in Arcserve UDP is its capability to interact with other cloud servers."
"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."
"We are facing a challenge regarding the support for Docker and Kubernetes features. We hope for the possibility of directly backing up Kubernetes and Docker images without the necessity of taking full virtual machine backups."
"We faced so many backup configuration issues. And from the Veritas side, they couldn't fix that issue. So we started from scratch, purchased everything, and then we configured everything. Therefore, the support could be better."
"The flip side about NetBackup is that it is not policy-based."
"The implementation process could be simplified to make it quicker."
"The product needs to improve its GUI. It needs to make use of a web interface."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"The SQL Server backup features are not up to date."
"I do not really like NetBackup as it is coming from a mix of other software packages."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I feel that the product is fairly priced."
"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."
"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."
"Pricing is most likely comparable."
"There is an annual license required for this solution and it is priced well."
"Normally our customers purchase the premium plus license, rather than the standard one, which provides more options."
"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 pricing is moderate."
"Licensing fees are charged based on the number of CPU cores."
"If you have a complex environment with dozens of different servers and apps, I recommend you look for TB licensing."
"The licensing fees are expensive."
"We are very satisfied with the price of this solution."
"Veritas NetBackup is more expensive than Cohesity and Rubrik, but it is comparable in price to Commvault, IBM, and Dell."
"Licensing was very expensive and did not scale well if needed to move between license models."
"Pricing is good, under our budget, and flexible."
"It is very expensive. The licensing cost for this solution is on a yearly basis. It is approximately 50k. We will continue using it at least for the next year, but we are currently doing an analysis to switch to some other solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Non Profit
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 ...
What do you like most about Arcserve UDP?
The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is the initiative UI and the logs are clear and detailed that are generated when there has been an issue or failure on the user's system. We only have to l...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Arcserve UDP?
The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution.
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
The product is cost-effective, and I would rate its pricing as an eight out of ten. The pricing model is based on the amount of data transferred, making it manageable for us.
 

Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services
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