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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arcserve ShadowProtect

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.N/A

    Veeam Backup for Azure

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVeeam® Backup for Azure delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. With an API-first approach, immutable backups and full- and file-level restores ensure resilient protection that’s easy and cost-optimized, freeing up time and resources for more strategic IT priorities. Immutable and Encrypted - Data integrity through WORM state and encryption Logically…

    $40

    per year Azure VM/year Backup and recovery

    Pricing
    Arcserve ShadowProtectVeeam Backup for Azure
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    BYOL edition
    $40
    per year per Azure VM (Back up and recover in Azure only with 24/7 production support)
    Free Edition
    Free
    Backup up to 10 Azure VMs FREE with no limitations on features or number of restores.
    BYOL edition (Hybrid-/multi-cloud)
    VUL Portable licensing
    Backup and recover anything, anywhere via Veeam Universal License for any supported workload – cloud, virtual and physical – interchangeably
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arcserve ShadowProtectVeeam Backup for Azure
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    Arcserve ShadowProtectVeeam Backup for Azure
    Considered Both Products
    Arcserve
    No answer on this topic
    Veeam Software
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    38 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    36 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    Arcserve ShadowProtectVeeam Backup for Azure
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and Veeam Backup for Azure
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Veeam Backup for Azure
    8.3
    37 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Universal recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.01 Ratings8.237 Ratings
    Platform support8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.01 Ratings8.337 Ratings
    Encryption8.01 Ratings8.533 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and Veeam Backup for Azure
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Veeam Backup for Azure
    7.7
    21 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Continuous data protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings7.721 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery
    Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and Veeam Backup for Azure
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Veeam Backup for Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Planning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hot Sites7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Testing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Disaster Recovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SaaS Backup
    Comparison of SaaS Backup features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and Veeam Backup for Azure
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    -
    Ratings
    Veeam Backup for Azure
    8.0
    31 Ratings
    13% below category average
    SaaS Product Integration00 Ratings7.621 Ratings
    Multiple Data Restoration Options00 Ratings8.126 Ratings
    Data Storage in the Cloud or On-Premises00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Arcserve ShadowProtectVeeam Backup for Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (38 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arcserve ShadowProtectVeeam Backup for Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Arcserve
    In situations where business continuity needs are high, ShadowProtect backups provide the ability to keep operations running with very minimal downtime, even in situations like crypto-locked data. If a backup server is set up in an environment to resume a live server from backup, this is even more helpful. In situations where clients don't care as much about quickly recovering their data, they can go without a solution like this.
    Incentivized
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    Veeam Software
    For our purposes I can't particularly find any shortcomings of Veeam Backup for Azure. It has been working well for our needs for a few years now. Maybe for someone with a larger cloud footprint or more complex needs, or maybe someone who wants to be able to deploy and configure the appliance using infrastructure as code it may not be as practical.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Arcserve
    • You can virtualize your backups using Virtualbox, a free program that works on any PC.
    • Backups are versatile, and you can back up to any location you'd like.
    • Alerting can be set up for failed backups.
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    Veeam Software
    • Reduce storage costs and minimizing the impact on network consuption.
    • Veaam Backup for Azure provides application-aware backups for Microsoft SQL Server, ensuring that our data is backed up and available for recovery correctly.
    • Replication: Veeam Backup for Azure helps us to replicate our workloads to another Azure region or on-premises environment for disaster recovery purposes and compliance needs.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Arcserve
    • The replication offsite can have issues over time. It takes manual involvement to keep it working right.
    • SPX remote management isn't easy out of the box.
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    Veeam Software
    • Documentation around service account permissions was a little sparse when we implemented it
    • It's sometimes hard to get the reason behind a (rare) job failure without going into logs
    • The UI around snapshots and backups could do with some clarity around the restore points that will be available
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Arcserve
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    Plainly, the product just works. I don't have to babysit it.
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    Usability
    Arcserve
    No answers on this topic
    Veeam Software
    It was so easy that you thought it wasn't working. Once you saw data and was able to recover it or do a restore with the product those beliefs in the system went to the roof. Once you get a product that does everything you want it to do, you will give it it's props.
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    Support Rating
    Arcserve
    We don’t need support often, but when we do, the support has been strong. Sometimes it is hard to determine how to access support for the exact issue we are having. There are a decent forum and online ticketing system. Support for the cloud center seems to be provided only by phone, though.
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    Veeam Software
    Great support team!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Arcserve
    Speed, we rely on Shadowprotect to provide us with fast backups and also backups that are smaller in size compared to the other products.
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    Veeam Software
    Backup Exec was a very clunky application and took forever to backup to and restore from. We would backup to SSD external hard drives from a flash array, but the process still took forever to finish. Sending our data to the Azure blob storage via Veeam is a faster and more secure process than saving to the external hard drives with Backup Exec.
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    Return on Investment
    Arcserve
    • We have been with Shadowprotect for 5 years and are now only moving off of them due to limited functionality and Shadowprotect doubling our billing.
    • The product now requires a lot more babysitting so I have one person just stuck managing backups, which is not a fulfilling job and hard to keep someone in that seat.
    • While Shadowprotect has been fantastic for years, it is time for us to move on to something that makes financial sense and requires less labour.
    • Storagecraft Cloud is fairly expensive compared to competitors.
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    Veeam Software
    • We have had fast recovery of documents when needed; sub 10 minutes from start of restore to complete and in the users hands
    • Easily a value add for backing up files outside of the given Microsoft retention period; piece of mind
    • Easy tool to use with minimal training required to use it and set up backups
    • When you do change your cloud licensing it does require manual intervention to update backup data requirements. if the business makes changes then your backup person may not know to make these changes
    Incentivized
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    Veeam Backup for Azure Screenshots

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