Arcserve UDP vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Arcserve and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #24 with an average rating of 6.8, while Oracle is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.3. Arcserve holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

Oracle Data Guard

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94% willing to recommend

Arcserve UDP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Oracle Data Guard compete in the data protection and disaster recovery category. Oracle Data Guard appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and reliability, although Arcserve UDP offers more competitive pricing.

Features: Arcserve UDP users find it comprehensive for data protection with features like ease of use, flexible recovery options, and integration with various platforms. Oracle Data Guard users value its high availability, automated failover capabilities, and data integrity. The advanced disaster recovery features of Oracle Data Guard make it stand out.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP could improve its reporting tools, offer a more intuitive setup process, and provide enhanced UI/UX. Oracle Data Guard needs better compatibility with non-Oracle environments, more streamlined patching procedures, and additional user-friendly documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP offers straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. Oracle Data Guard has a more complex deployment process but provides excellent technical support and comprehensive documentation.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is cost-effective with flexible licensing, leading to a good ROI. Oracle Data Guard is more expensive, but its advanced functionalities and reliability justify the cost and offer a high ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.1%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle Data Guard	0.9%
Arcserve UDP	1.1%
Other	98.0%

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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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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."

"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."

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

"The product provides instant and virtual standbys."

"The most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."

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

"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."

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

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"Oracle Data Guard is scalable. I rate it a ten out of ten."

"Another valuable feature is the possibility of backing up the database from the standby database instead of the primary database, to avoid backup process overhead in the primary system."

"Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution."

"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."

"We have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product."

"The most valuable feature is the application or promotional code used in the production protocol to transfer data to the secondary database, situated on the DR site."

"Oracle Data Guard has a nice feature called the DataGuard snapshot to open the solution in the read-write mode and make some changes to the database."

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Cons

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

"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."

"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."

"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."

"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 technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

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

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"I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed."

"The initial setup is complex."

"The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. Another area of improvement is support."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

"The product could improve its pricing."

"Sometimes, the technical support team takes time to respond."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is moderate."

"Pricing is most likely comparable."

"There is an annual license required for this solution and it is priced well."

"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 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."

"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."

"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."

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"The pricing is on the higher side."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"The cost is expensive."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Manufacturing Company

Non Profit

Government

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

Questions from the Community

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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 advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

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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.

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Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

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