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We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Dell Avamar 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Arcserve UDP vs. Dell Avamar Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"One of the things that I do like about it is that it has a very good deduplication feature.""The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup.""Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP.""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.""It is very stable.""The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows.""The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution.""Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."

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"The initial setup is easy.""Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.""Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups.""Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective.""Avamar's source side deduplication is very strong, it can easily back up remote sites' data, and not much bandwidth is required on the Avamar side.""The solution is very stable.""Every product is good and bad, but its claim to fame is that it is scalable. We're doing more than 3,000 VMs. Every single night a complete image backup to disks and replication are easily done in under four hours.""Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."

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Cons
"They could work on their marketing approach. I don't see many people leveraging it.""We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive.""Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly.""The product is not user-friendly.""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.""The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved.""Licensing is an area that needs improvement.""StorageCraft ShadowProtect can improve by making one console that can control backups of all desktops and servers in one place. Additionally, the recovery process of the backups is very slow and could improve. It's very slow when we went to recover a complete disc but to recover one file is very fast."

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"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility.""The solution could be a bit easier to use in the sense that they need to make it simpler to backup products and restore items.""Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features.""The management of this solution is a little bit difficult for IT administrators. They have to be trained before going through the system.""The interface could be more helpful for people.""The product could be improved by simplifying the components available.""It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam.""Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I do not work with the pricing or licensing issues of the solution for our organization."
  • "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."
  • "Normally our customers purchase the premium plus license, rather than the standard one, which provides more options."
  • "The price of this product is high and it should be lower."
  • "It is approximately $400 to purchase a virtual service outright."
  • "There is an annual license required for this solution and it is priced well."
  • "Pricing is most likely comparable."
  • "The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."
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  • "It is very expensive. It's a trust based licensing. So that's an ethical challenge."
  • "This solution is less expensive than Veeam for us, although it depends on the customer because we get a great discount."
  • "I'm not sure, but perhaps the pricing could be done better at the moment."
  • "The price is the main thing I'd like to see them change. If they can come down in price, that would be a good thing. It's very cost competitive in the entry level range, because Veeam pricing is much cheaper than Avamar."
  • "It was approximately $70-80,000 when it was under support, but right now EMC has not been supporting this product for two years."
  • "Licensing was generally on a per VM or terabyte basis. They changed their licensing model a couple of times and turned it into socket-based licensing, which is an improvement in their licensing model."
  • "When it comes to competition the price is not what is important, it's not the problem."
  • "The price of this product should be lower."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is the initiative UI and the logs are clear and detailed that are generated when there has been an issue or failure on the user's system. We only have to log… more »
    Top Answer:The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution.
    Top Answer:From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly… more »
    Top Answer:It's stable and offers good performance.
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive. I rate the pricing a six to seven out of ten.
    Ranking
    15th
    out of 131 in Backup and Recovery
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    5,245
    Comparisons
    3,571
    Reviews
    16
    Average Words per Review
    487
    Rating
    7.8
    13th
    out of 131 in Backup and Recovery
    Views
    12,632
    Comparisons
    8,894
    Reviews
    21
    Average Words per Review
    467
    Rating
    7.6
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer
    Avamar
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    Overview
    Arcserve UDP is a comprehensive solution that empowers even a one-person IT department to protect virtual and physical environments with a high degree of simplicity. It allows you to design and manage your entire data protection strategy with a unified management console, and enables you to scale your data backup coverage as your organization grows with the push of a button.

    Dell Avamar data protection software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery operations that can scale from daily backup protection for endpoints to high-performance protection for large enterprises with diverse applications and workloads. With application consistent recovery, automation and fast backup and restores, Avamar can help you meet your SLAs and optimize your backup and recovery processes

    If you are deploying all or part of your backup environment to the cloud, Avamar enables you to make the most of your cloud investment, enabling replication, disaster recovery and long-term retention for customers using AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

    Avamar is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. Avamar is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

    Sample Customers
    ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services
    Dodge County, St Laurence's College, FieldCore (a GE Company), Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Construction Company22%
    Non Tech Company11%
    Wholesaler/Distributor6%
    Healthcare Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Retailer13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise23%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise47%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise23%
    Large Enterprise49%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise62%
    Buyer's Guide
    Arcserve UDP vs. Dell Avamar
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Arcserve UDP vs. Dell Avamar and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Arcserve UDP is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Arcserve UDP is rated 7.6, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Arcserve UDP writes "Global deduplication, stable, and flexible licensing options". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Arcserve UDP is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas Backup Exec and Rubrik, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Arcserve UDP vs. Dell Avamar report.

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