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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Arcserve UDP comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
19th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
10th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
26th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 2.5%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is 1.5%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

MukundKambli - PeerSpot reviewer
Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options
I give the solution ten out of ten. This solution offers one dashboard to manage the BC con, disaster recovery plan, DR solution, and backup as well as different licensing options, unlike other OEM products. We are the system integrators for our clients, so we design the solution as per the customer's requirements. We provide several solutions options to our clients such as Druva inSync, Druva Phoenix, and Arcserve UDP with the specifications and the client makes a decision based on their requirements. I would advise potential users to first be clear on whether they are going to use it as a backup solution for compliance purposes, just wanting to take the backups of files and servers, or for instant recovery. The IQ and RPO discussion with our customers usually takes 30 minutes. I recommend this solution.
Vijay Londhe - PeerSpot reviewer
Managed services with seamless integration and good reliability
Since I have to view everything on the console, the previous application solutions like IBM and Sanavi showed the RPO and RTO status directly. In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status. I have to calculate whether my data is replicated to the Adarabad region or not. These features, if available in AWS, would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."
"The recovery part of the product is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."
"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is its decompression capability."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."
"It's on the cheaper side and not too expensive for users."
"What I like about ECR AWS is that it is a fully managed service, so I don't need to manage the underlying infrastructure or worry about scalability in AWS concerning building, maintenance, security, and high availability."
"Technical support has been very good. They usually respond quickly to our requests.​"
"​The initial setup is really straightforward."
"Since it is a managed service, I reduce my time to manage infrastructure and applications."
"It provides our disaster recovery solution. It works fine in our tests.​"
"We have never had any issues with scalability."
"For regular backup and restore solutions, this product is fine."
 

Cons

"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly. It can be difficult to assign destinations and choose which files and folders we need to back up. There are some aspects that are unclear."
"The tool doesn't provide cloud integration in India."
"The technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"The only problem with the solution is that when I change the drive capacity, it has to do a full backup. It's a problem when I have five servers to backup. When I only want to change the size of the drive, I have to do a full backup that can take one week."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."
"An improved AWS pricing model is needed."
"The product could be improved by incorporating more AI-driven automation for deployment and additional security features. These enhancements would make the solution even more user-friendly and secure."
"I have not seen any areas that need improvement at this time."
"I set up a test, deleted the source, and went to fail it back, and it didn't work."
"The UI could be a little sleeker."
"I would like to see better support for creating and working with archives."
"Sometimes a server will get a bit behind. ​"
"The failback could be improved. It should be more intuitive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I do not work with the pricing or licensing issues of the solution for our organization."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing of the product can be considered to be reasonable enough for the Asian region."
"Normally our customers purchase the premium plus license, rather than the standard one, which provides more options."
"Pricing is most likely comparable."
"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."
"It is a bit pricey, considering the reliability problems. If the tool worked flawlessly, the price would be fair, even cheap."
"As an MSP partner, I believe that the prices are fair."
"The pricing is better now that they had come out with the Tier 2 which replicates a little less often. In comparison to what I would have been spending with any other type of solution, the pricing is fair."
"Where the price adds up, there are CloudEndure licenses, then there is the AWS environment, and finally, there is the AWS storage, so cumulatively, it adds up."
"We were happy with the pricing that they gave us."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"They license us on a per machine basis. We have a set number of machines, which we have licensed.​"
"I feel the product's pricing is a good value. Licensing is pretty straightforward."
"It has saved us money from having to buy hardware for disaster recovery."
"I rate the price of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
18%
Non Profit
10%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
12%
Healthcare Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is a fairly stable solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
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What needs improvement with CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services
Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks
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