Arcserve UDP vs N-able Cove Data Protection comparison

Arcserve and N-able are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while N-able is ranked #30 with an average rating of 8.3. Arcserve holds a 1.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to N-able’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of N-able users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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N-able Cove Data Protection

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95% willing to recommend

Arcserve UDP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and N-able Cove Data Protection are two prominent products in data protection solutions. Arcserve UDP seems to have the upper hand due to user satisfaction with its customization options and file recovery speeds.

Features: Arcserve UDP users highlight strong backup capabilities, deduplication, and disaster recovery features. N-able Cove Data Protection users favor easy integration with other tools, robust cloud backup, and automated backup processes.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP users suggest better scalability, a more intuitive setup process, and enhanced instructions. N-able Cove Data Protection users point out the need for enhanced reporting tools, a more responsive support team, and better initial instructions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Deployment of Arcserve UDP is straightforward but could use clearer instructions. Users find the customer service responsive and knowledgeable. N-able Cove Data Protection is easy to deploy, with many users noting smooth cloud adoption but a slower response time from customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP users find the pricing reasonable and the ROI high due to reduced downtime and efficient data recovery. N-able Cove Data Protection users report higher initial costs but justify them with robust features and strong ROI from streamlined operations.

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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 (11th)

N-able Cove Data Protection

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

30th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (17th), SaaS Backup (8th), MSP Backup (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of N-able Cove Data Protection is 1.2%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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TeresitaSabile

Head of Operation and IT at Elgrade Inc

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…

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Per MøllerJacobsen

Senior consultant at Azend A/S

Delivers cost-effective data backup with room for search improvements

The challenges I face especially are those I've mentioned, that finding some specific data in N-able Cove Data Protection is not as easy as it is in some other systems. You cannot just search for something—you need to know where it was and when it was there to restore it, plus it would be nice to take out data from Microsoft 365 in some portable format, which is currently not an option. I would like to extract the data from Microsoft 365 in a portable format, something like a database or maybe just to take out a PST file or SharePoint and Teams files to the file system. Especially in these times, where we discuss potential risks with the Microsoft cloud for European companies, companies would want to know how to access their data from the backup if they suddenly don't have a tenant. I believe there should be the ability to take out data from Microsoft 365 in a portable format. I know that Cohesity is working on making such a thing. It's not there yet; I asked last week for something for forensics, and the support team said it's not possible yet, but I know from our technical account manager they are working on some solutions.

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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

"It is very stable."

"Our customers are happy with the product’s functionality."

"It allows us to back up all the servers and centrally manage them."

"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."

"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."

"The solution has no limitations because it does backup for Linux and Windows."

"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."

"Easy restoration and the solution works quickly."

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"The most valuables feature is the alerts and monitoring that catches the failed backups."

"The product is simple to use and manage. The customers have access to verify the backups."

"One of the bigger features and advantages of the solution is that it is easy to integrate with my RMM which is also N-able."

"What I like the most about it's the ease of use and the reliability that it has when copying information to the cloud."

"The integration of N-able Cove Data Protection into our existing infrastructure is easy."

"It's their cloud, it's their storage. I don't have to buy a space on Amazon or Google's cloud and then use their software to push it. That works well for me. This way, I don't have to worry about another option or the opportunity that there might be a credential leak."

"I know I won't have an issue if the data is there. The reliability and the confidence that we have is amazing. It doesn't matter. We've had customers have ransomware. We've had customers that have had corruption. We've had customers that have had employees destroy their data. As long as it's been backed up, I know that I can get it back and I know I have nothing to worry about. Our confidence level is very high."

"The most valuable feature is that it's hands-off. I log in every morning and there are pre-canned filters that I've created to make my life easier. I have something called server status color bars, and that gives me all the servers and, in a nutshell, I can see: if any errors are being reported; when the last backup was; if one is not working, should there be one, and it literally jumps off the page."

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Cons

"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."

"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."

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

"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."

"The speed of restores should be improved. We have found the speed of large restores rather slow."

"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."

"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."

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"Integration with a hybrid cloud is something that I found complicated."

"The reporting feature and functionality need improvement. We would like to see a little bit more detailed reporting that offers more CEO or C-level focused reporting options."

"This solution is not very good for image restores, mainly just files. The solution also does not allow you to enable or disable backups. Sometimes, our users will connect via mobile device and it will use their data to perform the backup. If they were able to enable and disable the backup, they would not have this issue."

"A disaster recovery console would be an improvement for the product."

"One area I don't like has to do with the agent that goes on the system... if a system stays offline for some length of time, say for a week or so, I may have to go back in and reinstall the agent to get it back in business. I don't know what's causing that."

"We would like to have better reporting."

"The recovery side, the restore side, could be a little more optimized."

"The one thing they don't are Linux servers, it's Windows only. I understand that directive. I have another product that I use for our Linux servers and stuff, but it would be nice if they had that flexibility on the Linux side. I understand the development and the world is geared towards Windows in 365, I know that's where the clienteles are and the business and the money is."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"It is a bit pricey, considering the reliability problems. If the tool worked flawlessly, the price would be fair, even cheap."

"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 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."

"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."

"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."

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"The cost is around ten dollars per workstation a month and that includes a certain amount of data."

"I believe that the price is very reasonable in comparison to other options. It is cheaper than both Redstor and Acronis and, since we are now using our own on-premise cloud, there is absolutely no comparison since we have unlimited storage rather than paying per gigabyte used for their onsite storage. We are currently able to backup fifty computers for the same price that we use to backup five computers."

"When you have a device/appliance on the site quite a lot of the other enterprise class backup people insist that you have their appliance, which is frankly offensively expensive. Because when you pry the top off, it's just a standard 19-inch tin box with a standard Intel I5 in it, some RAM, and a hard drive. Then, you go, "Why have they just charged me 5,500 quid for a box, which I could have probably build for under 500." Whereas, with the SolarWinds product, they don't have that. The backup appliances that we have onsite are just plain cooking PCs. We can build our own machines, which is reflected in the price that we can offer a customer."

"The pricing, for now, is good. The package that they gave us recently is pretty good. It depends on how many clients you have, and you pay for certain terabytes per license. These terabytes, if not used, are pooled together."

"The pricing is very competitive and it's well worth the price."

"N-able Cove Data Protection is an averagely-priced product."

"Cove only takes the data you have on the physical server. I can back that up for long periods of time, and I don't accrue high charges to have the data in the cloud. It stays at one rate. This allows me to forecast payment for the next one or two years and show clients their estimated growth."

"The price isn't extreme, but I'd love to pay less."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

18%

Non Profit

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Computer Software Company

19%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Company Size

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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 N-able Backup?

The initial setup of N-able Cove Data Protection was very easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for N-able Backup?

In terms of pricing, N-able Cove Data Protection is neither cheap nor expensive compared to other competitors.

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What needs improvement with N-able Backup?

N-able Cove Data Protection does not provide a lot of SaaS backup products, which is an area they can improve. Additionally, there are some limitations on the storage side, where I cannot have a lo...

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Arcserve UDP

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

N-able Backup, SolarWinds Backup, SolarWinds MSP Backup & Recovery, SolarWinds MSP Backup

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

Cove Data Protection, from N-able, is a comprehensive solution designed to safeguard critical business data. It offers a range of features including backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection. With automated backups and flexible scheduling options, it ensures data is protected and easily recoverable.

The solution also includes advanced security measures such as encryption and ransomware detection to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches. Cove Data Protection provides seamless integration with various platforms and offers centralized management for efficient monitoring and control.

With its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, Cove Data Protection is an ideal choice for businesses seeking reliable data protection.

N-able

Sample Customers

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

Computer Depot, Leading Edge Computers, IT Logic Australia

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