We performed a comparison between Actifio and Veritas Backup Exec 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."Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"The solution helps reduce costs."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"One nice feature with Backup Exec is mainly that disaster can happen to any server and the disk image can be destroyed very easily. It's also easy to fully email the backup image and restore the server."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."
"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."
"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."
"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."
"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
Actifio is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud and NetApp Cloud Backup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Actifio vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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