Arcserve UDP vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager comparison

Arcserve and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.8. Arcserve holds a 1.3% mindshare in BRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager are competitors in the backup and data protection sector. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager holds the upper hand due to its advanced features and robust cyber recovery capabilities.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers simplicity, comprehensive data protection, and quick backup and recovery. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager provides advanced cyber recovery, multi-cloud support, and enhanced security features, making it suitable for complex environments.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP needs better scalability, enhanced reporting tools, and improved user interface. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager could improve user management, reduce system operation complexity, and streamline its deployment process.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP has a straightforward deployment process and responsive customer support. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager requires a more time-consuming deployment but is supported by excellent customer service to handle user issues efficiently.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is noted for its lower setup cost and favorable ROI, making it a cost-effective solution. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager has a higher setup cost but offers substantial long-term value through its extensive features and secure data management capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (10th)

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

13th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.3%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is 4.6%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

MukundKambli

Senior Solutions Architect at Team Computers

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.

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MinaMagdy1

Senior System Engineer at Nutanix

Comprehensive integration and user-friendly dashboard enhance data protection workflows

PowerProtect Data Manager lacks the tape-out functionality, which is important for organizations relying on it for offsite backup. While PowerProtect Data Manager offers a workaround, it's not always accepted, notably by sectors like banking. Additionally, I would like PowerProtect Data Manager to provide microservices and container backup for modern applications.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."

"The product's deployment process was straightforward."

"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 onto the client's system to retrieve the information. It is possible to precisely identify the problem's location. The system categorizes and logs every step in a structured manner, selectively displaying only the essential logs. However, to view a comprehensive log, one must access the line machine log and examine the actual client for detailed logging."

"It is easy to configure."

"We are satisfied with Arcserve UDP. The most important feature that we use and why we choose this product is the RHA feature."

"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is its decompression capability."

"The most valuable features are that it is able to restore quickly and that it is able to virtually restore on Hyper-V."

"Easy restoration and the solution works quickly."

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"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."

"I love that it has an interactive GUI, and it is not complicated to use."

"It satisfies my customers' scalability needs and provides interactive features, allowing efficient integration."

"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."

"The most valuable features of the solution are flexibility and data protection."

"The management part of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager has improved significantly."

"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."

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Cons

"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."

"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."

"They could work on their marketing approach. I don't see many people leveraging it."

"It takes much time to verify and consolidate images for backups."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"The solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."

"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."

"One area for improvement in Arcserve UDP is its capability to interact with other cloud servers."

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"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."

"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."

"PowerProtect Data Manager is missing a feature for takeout, which means I cannot store backup data off-site within the software. This is a limitation for organizations that require off-site solutions."

"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."

"The marketing strategy is lagging behind competitors such as CommVault. Dell needs to improve its market presence and communication with customers and solution providers."

"The tool's scalability has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."

"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."

"The solution should enhance its user interface and make it more flexible."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"The price of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is competitive in the market."

"I do not work with the pricing or licensing issues of the solution for our organization."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a four or five out of ten."

"As an MSP partner, I believe that the prices are fair."

"The solution is very expensive."

"The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution."

"I feel that the product is fairly priced."

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"The product is offered at a very competitive price in the market."

"The licensing costs and pricing model are based on capacity and the license is easy to upgrade."

"The solution is not less expensive than competitors but pricing deals are available."

"The price of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is reasonable."

"The solution is more affordable than other vendors."

"We offer monthly or yearly subscriptions. The price could be cheaper."

"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is not an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Non Profit

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

11%

Educational Organization

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Government

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By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

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 ...

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What do you like most about StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

Pricing for SPX MRP/MSP is under $400 per server (Single VM) with a 1-year subscription. After discounts, it could decrease by 20%-30%, and opting for a 3/5/10 server pack may offer even better (lo...

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What do you like most about Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solution...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

The price of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is generally perceived as reasonable. However, specific figures are not available as I am on the technical side and do not handle costs.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

The main issue that needs improvement is the support system. When I raise a ticket, it sometimes takes a while to get a response. Scheduling for support calls can be problematic when it does not al...

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

PowerProtect, Dell EMC PowerProtect

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.

Arcserve

PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.

With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.

Modernize how you protect your VMware virtual machines using Transparent Snapshots. Transparent Snapshots simplifies VM image backups for near-zero impact to your VMs or VM resources – and it works with any VMware supported storage. Transparent Snapshots innovation increases backup performance, lowers costs and simplifies management and reduces the risk of data loss.

Streamline data protection directly for applications or Kubernetes containers to Dell PowerProtect appliances and reduce application resource constraints.

Increase business resiliency with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery capabilities to rapidly recover from cyber incidents.

Modular design allows agile delivery of new features and updates. Rapidly evolve to meet future IT demands.

Software defined: Provide flexible data protection and compliance across applications and cloud-native IT environments
Multi-cloud optimized: Extend protection to the cloud with backup to cloud, backup in-cloud, long term retention and cloud disaster recovery
Self-service: Backup and restore directly from native applications
Cloud-Based Monitoring and Analytics: Telemetry, machine learning and predictive analytics to proactively take action and speed time to resolution

Reviews from Real Users

“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece

“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia

““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing

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Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services

National Bank of Greece, USC Australia, PCS Publishing, Dell Digital IT, Rushmore Electric, Melanson Health, Arrow Electronics

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