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Arctera Backup Exec vs. Carbonite Server

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arctera Backup Exec

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AArctera Backup Exec is a backup and disaster recovery solution. It works in virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments and integrates with several third-party software releases and applications.N/A

    Carbonite Server

    Score1 out of 10
    N/ACarbonite Server (also replacing the former EVault products acquired from Seagate in 2016) is a full backup and discovery solution. Designed to recover anything from a single file to an entire system with the click of a button, Carbonite Server users can protect virtually any type of file on both physical and virtual servers, NAS, SAN and external hard drives. The vendor’s value proposition is that their solution assures that users without an IT department and those that are the IT department…

    $800.04

    per year

    Pricing
    Arctera Backup ExecCarbonite Server
    Editions & Modules
    Veritas Backup Exec
    Contact sales team
    Power
    $800.04
    per year
    Ultimate
    1,300.08
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arctera Backup ExecCarbonite Server
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Trial and paying customers have access to our valet install free of charge. Call and speak to a specialist who can remotely connect to your machine to ensure it's installed and configured correctly to protect your critical data.
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    Community Pulse
    Arctera Backup ExecCarbonite Server
    Considered Both Products
    Arctera US LLC
    No answer on this topic
    Carbonite, an OpenText company
    Chose Carbonite Server
    We use Symantec Backup Exec which backs up to an external hard drive. We wanted a secondary, offsite backup and chose Carbonite as it was reasonably priced and it suited our business needs at this time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Carbonite Server
    We used Symantec many years ago, so I don't know that I can compare the two fairly. Backup Exec was hard to use and we backed up on tapes, rather than in the cloud. I feel much more confident in the backups that we have with Carbonite.
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Arctera Backup ExecCarbonite Server
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Arctera Backup Exec and Carbonite Server
    Feature
    Arctera Backup Exec
    8.6
    22 Ratings
    Carbonite Server
    8.6
    21 Ratings
    Universal recovery10.018 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.517 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.920 Ratings7.97 Ratings
    Business application protection10.017 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations6.421 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification7.922 Ratings10.019 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.013 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression7.416 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Snapshots8.416 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.017 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.020 Ratings7.59 Ratings
    Platform support8.519 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Retention options8.418 Ratings7.711 Ratings
    Encryption10.012 Ratings8.511 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Arctera Backup ExecCarbonite Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (25 ratings)
    9.0
    (35 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    4.8
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)