Arctera Backup Exec vs. Unitrends

Arctera Backup Exec

163 Reviews and Ratings

Unitrends

634 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Arctera Backup Exec	Score6.8 out of 10	N/A	Arctera 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
Unitrends	Score7.9 out of 10	N/A	The Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.	N/A

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Arctera Backup Exec

Unitrends

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Arctera Backup Exec	Unitrends
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	Arctera Backup Exec	Unitrends
Considered Both Products	Arctera US LLC Verified User Chose Arctera Backup Exec Veritas Backup Exec is very comparable to Unitrends and in some areas is easier to use. The license side of Veritas Backup Exec is much more difficult to manage compared to Unitrends. Unitrends seems to be a much smoother solutions to protect virtual environments. Restoring … Incentivized Helpful? Jay Moore CIO in Information Technology at The National Beta Club (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees) Chose Arctera Backup Exec We moved away from Unitrends for one reason only. Pricing. Unitrends continued to raise their pricing and renewal fees where we were no longer able to afford it. Veritas Backup Exec provided the functionality needed at the best price point for us. Incentivized Helpful? Todd Frazier Systems Administrator in Information Technology at County of Culpeper (Computer Networking, 201-500 employees) Chose Arctera Backup Exec SBE is much better for onsite backups as Carbonite is Cloud based and if you have no network connection to your server there is no way to get files backed up or back online. This is why we went with SBE to handle our tape backups on a daily bases and keep server backed with a … Incentivized Helpful?	Kaseya Verified User Chose Unitrends The experience has been much better than Veritas Backup Exec and Veeam. Incentivized Helpful? Tanay Arora Software Engineer in Information Technology at GREAT FUTURE TECHNOLOGY PRIVATE LIMITED (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Unitrends We previously used Veritas Backup Exec for our backup solutions. It uses USB 2.0 for a backup solution, which was very slow and unreliable to use as compared to Unitrends Data Backup and Recovery. Doing the backup over the network delivers a speedy backup, which is not possible … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends This was a tape library back in the day. We also couldn't snapshots at the time. I'm sure it's changed since then, but I've been a Unitrends for so long and so happy with it, I haven't had the need to question the backup. Bottom line is, it's reliable. Incentivized Helpful? Jason Lane Network Administrator in Information Technology at Precious Moments Inc (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends UB software makes management of backup sets very simple, Backup Exec was incredibly difficult to manage. It was reliable, but recovery was a daunting process, it always worked, but never seemed certain. CrashPlan is an excellent alternative for a smaller footprint, it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] licensing is MUCH better than Veritas Backup Exec was, our previous backup solution. It is a cleaner install, much easier to keep current and is more logically deployed and managed. Unitrends is very much like a point and click … Incentivized Helpful? Edwin Labirua Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Information Technology at Leviton (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery provide more features than Synology DiskStation. Unlike the Synology DiskStation it has instant recovery features and can backup databases, Microsoft SQL, etc. Both are capable of deduplication and compression and can backup VMWare … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends This was the previous solution we were using, and it seemed to be a constant fight to keep it doing what it was supposed to do. With the [Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery] solution, it pretty much just works. We spend significantly less time keeping it alive. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends Unitrends just works. Of all the other backup solutions we have used, had less features, cost more, and were not as reliable. Incentivized Helpful? Rick Dademo Senior Systems Administrator in Information Technology at MeritB2B (Marketing & Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends Worked with Sungard Availability Services a few years back and they were much more flexible with managing archived data. We selected the Unitrends Data Center [Backup and Recovery] because it integrated well with the Appliance and we can count on Unitrends support should issues … Incentivized Helpful? Alain Laverdure System Administrator in Information Technology at Geiger Brothers Inc (Marketing & Advertising, 501-1000 employees) Chose Unitrends Basically, this is my first time using a backup product, so I do not have much experience with any others, but I will say that this appliance is very easy to work on and the support is very good as well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends Backup Exec had become extremely bloated and showed its origins in the tape world. While it implemented VM based backups it still felt like it was trying to fit an old product into a new market. Cost was also not on par with Unitrends. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends The appliance and the cloud features way outweigh the configuration issues and failures I was always troubleshooting with BE. I save so much time with Unitrends it is unbelievable. With me being a 1 man team this time savings is crucial. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends I think the biggest thing is stability and recovering from failed incremental backups. Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery's process is simple and does not require modifying the original job except adding a custom field in the job calendar. A simple drag and drop and … Incentivized Helpful? Ernesto Garcia Network Services Manager in Information Technology at EGCS (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees) Chose Unitrends Most companies have been using tape backups for along time and Unitrends allows to completely move away from tapes. Once the Unitrends solution is in place, I don't really have to worry about it. I get notifications to my email about every job and that's how this is monitored. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Thompson IT Director in Information Technology at PEACE, Inc. (Non-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees) Chose Unitrends I wanted to switch from a tape backup system to an appliance based system. In my opinion tape backups are old and unreliable. We achieve greater efficiency using two appliances at two different locations. While we did use tape backups originally it was still dependent upon a … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Lombardo Systems Administrator/Desktop Support in Information Technology at Time Equities (Real Estate, 201-500 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends is just so much easier to install, set up and maintain. From an ease of use standpoint, it's a no brainer. Incentivized Helpful? Nathan Holbrook Systems and Network Administrator in Information Technology at Associations International (Non-profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends With feature improvements in recent years, Unitrends has become a great bang for your buck back up solution. Veeam is still a leader in the industry but with its feature set and pricing, Unitrends has been a great purchase for our organization. I feel confident in its ability … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends We've used BackupExec before, and it was decently suited, but was not nearly as easy to implement. Switching to a purpose-built appliance has made the process of configuring backups and restoring much easier. Incentivized Helpful? Bill Jacoby Director of Technology in Information Technology at Woodlynde School (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery is simply better than Backup Exec. It is more flexible and provides services that Veritas does not. We replaced a very old implementation of Backup Exec with Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery and have not looked back. Incentivized Helpful? Fred Wiens Senior Network Administrator in Information Technology at Providence University College and Theological Seminary (Education Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends [Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery] was presented with glowing promises. I was hoping they were true. It cost more than previous solutions to purchase (a lot more) but the ease of use and speed of both backups and recovery is incomparable. The time saved immeasurable. … Incentivized Helpful? Ashley Hoffmeister Director of Systems and Performance Management in Quality Assurance at FIREFLY (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery was the best solution (in our opinion) to go with in terms of a virtual backup product. PHD virtual worked well as well, but it was bought out by Unitrends Data Center Backup and Recovery. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Unitrends Each of these solutions have certain features and functions that make them useful. When compared to the Unitrends product, personnel, support, the complete feature set available and roi it's no comparison. The ease in which Unitrends was setup and started was not only quick … Incentivized Helpful? Allan Eisenhauer Director of IT / Purchasing Manager in Information Technology at Macomb / St. Clair Workforce Development Board (Non-profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends is far easier to configure, use and administer as compared to Veritas. We selected Unitrends based on the live demo that they provided showcasing the ease of use [of] their recovery package. In the past I would have to contract engineers to come in or connect … Incentivized Helpful? John Piercy Network Analyst III in Information Technology at City of Lynchburg (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Unitrends Unitrends stacks up very well against the other solutions I've used in the past. Feature set is very good. The thing that tips the scale heavily in their favor for me is the support team - they do an awesome job for us. Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Arctera Backup Exec

Unitrends

Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Arctera Backup Exec and Unitrends
Feature	Arctera Backup Exec 8.6 22 Ratings	Unitrends 8.4 360 Ratings
Universal recovery	10.018 Ratings	9.0302 Ratings
Instant recovery	7.517 Ratings	8.0290 Ratings
Recovery verification	7.920 Ratings	8.0288 Ratings
Business application protection	10.017 Ratings	8.0262 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations	6.421 Ratings	8.0268 Ratings
Incremental backup identification	7.922 Ratings	9.0338 Ratings
Backup to the cloud	10.013 Ratings	8.0213 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression	7.416 Ratings	8.0326 Ratings
Snapshots	8.416 Ratings	8.0243 Ratings
Flexible deployment	9.017 Ratings	8.06 Ratings
Management dashboard	9.020 Ratings	9.06 Ratings
Platform support	8.519 Ratings	9.06 Ratings
Retention options	8.418 Ratings	9.06 Ratings
Encryption	10.012 Ratings	9.05 Ratings

User Ratings
	Arctera Backup Exec	Unitrends
Likelihood to Recommend	8.3 (25 ratings)	8.0 (372 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	1.0 (3 ratings)	8.9 (25 ratings)
Usability	1.0 (1 ratings)	9.0 (15 ratings)
Availability	4.0 (1 ratings)	6.2 (2 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (1 ratings)	5.6 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (4 ratings)	7.9 (23 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	7.1 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	3.0 (1 ratings)	8.7 (12 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.1 (2 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	7.0 (1 ratings)	3.8 (2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (2 ratings)