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Arcserve UDP vs Azure Backup 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
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (11th)
Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
10th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Backup is 3.1%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

TeresitaSabile - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost savings and efficient decompression but needs better cloud integration
Our primary use case for Arcserve UDP is its decompression feature, which helped us save money by reducing storage needs. Despite moving to cloud applications, we have been using Arcserve UDP for backup and disaster recovery Arcserve UDP has helped our organization save considerable amounts of…
RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
Achieve cost savings and efficiency with high-level restore capabilities
I use Azure Backup mainly for backing up virtual machines The feature I find most effective in Azure Backup is the high-level restore. Additionally, it has a good impact on our cost savings and operational efficiency as it is a low-cost solution. The area that I believe needs improvement in…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like the tool's speed."
"The ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"The most valuable feature is the duplication."
"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."
"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."
"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"Setting up Azure Backup is straightforward and the total deployment time was about a month."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"When it comes to Azure Backup, the advantage is that it's native and it's very easy to configure. We don't require a separate tool or manage something on a separate server. At the backend, it's managed by Microsoft itself, and we don't need to manage it."
"I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
 

Cons

"Licensing can be quite difficult."
"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"Every time I change the disc, I have to do a full backup."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."
"We cannot restore each user's mailbox. Each user's mailbox should be independently restorable. Also, this solution is very slow. If you select all of the servers, it runs for a long time... It needs to be faster. Finally, If anything happens to one server we should be able to switch to another server."
"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."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"The product could improve its performance."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"In Avamar, the file-based restores are very quick and fast, whereas, in Azure Backup, VM restore is super easy, but if I have to do a file or a folder restore, I have to mount the entire VM image. I have to wait for some time for it to be mounted, and then I have to go inside and then check the file and copy it somewhere. It's a bit of a manual process, whereas in Avamar, you can directly select a file and folder, and it'll recover with whatever permissions you want."
"It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup."
"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."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive."
"Pricing is most likely comparable."
"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"We only have the maintenance of three standard UDP licenses. Each license is 50 Euro. There are some additional costs for the storage and software but it has nothing to do with the UDP."
"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."
"The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution."
"The price is based on the number of sockets. We use a four-socket price that includes two servers and the cost is $4,375."
"As an MSP partner, I believe that the prices are fair."
"The pricing of this solution is ok, but I'm expecting that the price will decrease in the future."
"The price should be cheaper, but it's affordable if you use the yearly subscription."
"Azure Backup is a moderately priced solution."
"Licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis."
"Azure Backup can be expensive if you are not vigilant about your storage steering."
"Price-wise, it's similar to AWS."
"It's around $10 to $15 per month per virtual machine, along with something extra based on the size of the data."
"It is incredibly cost-effective and offers fixed pricing, with no additional fees for the licensing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Non Profit
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Azure Backup?
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Backup?
The pricing of Azure Backup is fine; it is a low-cost solution.
 

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Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services
Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
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