Arcserve UDP vs Druva inSync vs IBM Spectrum Protect comparison

"It is easy to configure."

"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."

"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."

"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."

"The most valuable features of this solution are that I can by just one click, copy and paste anything that I would want. I do not have to restore the whole virtual machine."

"The most valuable feature is the duplication."

"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 a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."

"We get control over authentication policies and create an agentless backup by generating a token for that."

"Users do not need to contact IT administrators to recover lost or deleted files. They can do it on their own, eliminating waiting time."

"On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution a 10."

"The tool has good features. The backup is also accurate."

"The recovery aspect of the solution is its most valuable feature."

"It has a straightforward installation."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"All the data is well encrypted. In addition, the data is split into pieces so that if an endpoint is attacked or compromised with any kind of ransomware, the compromised machine can be relocated or restored. All the data that was previously backed up can be restored from the cloud. It has a lot of security features. Druva currently offers only the cloud version on AWS. Being a cloud solution, Druva goes by a lot of security compliances and provides a security portfolio. People are very skeptical of the data security in cloud solutions, and Druva has given consideration to that. It has some good geo-location features. If a machine is lost, when the machine is switched on and connected to the internet, that machine can be geo-located and tracked. It also has got the geo-wipeout feature. If someone tries to take out the data from a lost machine, they won't be able to do that. The moment an IT admin comes to know that the machine is no longer with a user, he or she can auto-run the geo-wipeout feature so that the data cannot be read by any third party. Duality replication is a unique thing about this solution. Everybody's data is not backed up if the data is common. Similar data is not backed up from other machines. The data backup also happens very smoothly. The bandwidth choking is very less. When the data is getting backed up, the users do not even get to know. There is no impact even when the users are not using high-speed bandwidth."

"The archiving feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."

"Data reduction definitely reduces costs, not only software costs, but from the infrastructure needed."

"The most valuable features are compression and de-duplication."

"It allows us to have one interface."

"Incremental backup is highly valuable as it allows for significant time and cost savings."

"IBM Spectrum Protect offers stable software and products."

"Reliability: It has never had a problem with backups or restores. If you store something, it is there."

"The deduplication and compression features are the most valuable features."

"One of the biggest drawbacks of Arcserve UDP is that it does not have a single console, making it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."

"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."

"The solution can improve by allowing older versions to support the latest version of the OS."

"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."

"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."

"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."

"Licensing can be quite difficult."

"Its interface can be improved. I find it unintuitive."

"This solution would benefit from the inclusion of an on-premise backup feature, as currently, they are offering everything in the cloud."

"Druva inSync is very high in price. A general customer cannot afford this solution. Even if the product is good, people cannot afford such a high cost just for taking the backup. This is a recurring investment, and the customers have to pay for it every year. Druva is also yet to develop the channel and the channel or partner commitment."

"I would like to see security improved in the next release."

"The backup time is very poor. The backup runs continuously. It goes on from morning till night. The system performance also becomes very poor when Druva inSync is running."

"It would be good if bare metal backups were possible."

"One functionality I would like is the ability to manage multiple Office 365 tenants from a single console."

"If I could have an accelerator or something to back up the solution on the cloud, that would be helpful. Also, it would be helpful if the accelerator could give me a buffer of a couple of days for any kind of immediate recovery on an offsite."

"The support of other cloud services needs to be improved. It has very good cloud support for AWS but not with others."

"The reporting could be better."

"I am looking forward to new features in the next release. One of the main features is the cloud storage integration, which was one of my main required features. I've had more difficult experiences with other platforms than with this one."

"Although I am not a technical user, I would say the cloud integration features could be improved."

"It might be seen as leaning towards the legacy side, missing some features of newer solutions. The main drawbacks would be its complexity and high pricing."

"Software-wise, IBM Spectrum Protect didn't handle virtual machines that well. The license cost is mainly the area for improvement in IBM Spectrum Protect."

"Enhancements are required for backing up our virtual environment."

"In the next version of the solution, I would like to see cloud support."

"It would be helpful if the solution included some sort of ransomware protection."

"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."

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

"In comparison to other vendors, it is a low-cost solution."

"The pricing of the product can be considered to be reasonable enough for the Asian region."

"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."

"The price of this product is high and it should be lower."

"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."

"It is approximately $400 to purchase a virtual service outright."

"Out of all the solutions we evaluated, Druva inSync was the most affordable."

"The pricing is good."

"The pricing of Druva inSync is very high as compared to other cloud backup solutions."

"Once you decide to go with this product the cost can be worked out with the vendor."

"The pricing is thirty-five dollars per year or three dollars per month per user."

"It is an expensive product for the middle class or SMB customers in India. A lot of top-level big companies also cannot afford this solution. During the license period, one can download the entire data from the cloud without paying any additional cost. This way the data can be easily recreated from the stored data when a machine is lost or the data is compromised."

"The product is fairly priced, I would rate its pricing five out of ten."

"The price is quite good, It's approximately $4000.00 per user for one year."

"The price of IBM Spectrum Protect is expensive. However, there are a few packages and it is unclear because, for the entry suite they have both options, which are the back-end storage capacity and the front-end storage capacity."

"That's no longer my department, but I have some past experience with licensing. It is not cheap. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of licensing. In terms of additional costs, there is management overhead. It is a complex solution and a lot of work goes into managing clients. It has gotten better over the years, but compared to its competitor, it is still heavy on management overhead."

"We chose IBM Spectrum Protect, because they actually have something called MSP pricing, which means managed services provider pricing. The pricing was attractive, and it seems to be a platform that IBM is totally investing on in terms of new functions and new capabilities."

"We pay for a terabyte license to support our backend usage."

"We are paying for support and maintenance on a monthly basis."

"Licensing can be either complicated or simple depending on what type of licensing you wish to use and what works best for your environment."

"Spectrum Protect is not a cheap option."

"For my company, the tool is affordable and reasonable...I don't think most people know that when a company has large systems in place, the TCO is a lot lower."