We performed a comparison between Actifio and Azure Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Our client’s infrastructure is protected by the tool."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."
"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."
"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"The time required to restore files should be a little faster."
"They need to improve the frequency of the backup. You can only backup one to three times a day. It would be better to back up continuously throughout the day."
"I would like to have the option to increase the frequency of the backups. Azure Backup does backups on an hourly basis, but I would prefer it to take backups more often."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"Lacks an AI system that would enable easier upgrading of the hardware."
"Azure Backup could improve by offering better integration for Oracle databases and enhancing features like granular restore and backup compliance capabilities."
Actifio is ranked 32nd in Backup and Recovery with 7 reviews while Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while Azure Backup is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Easy to install, performs well, and the technical support is helpful ". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud and Zerto, whereas Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup. See our Actifio vs. Azure Backup report.
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