Arcserve UDP vs Precisely Assure MIMIX comparison

Arcserve and Precisely are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Arcserve is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.0, while Precisely is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.0. Arcserve holds a 2.3% mindshare in DRS, compared to Precisely’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Precisely users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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Precisely Assure MIMIX

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Precisely Assure MIMIX are competing products in the data protection and disaster recovery space. Arcserve UDP holds an advantage in pricing and customer support, while Precisely Assure MIMIX has superior features justifying its higher cost.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers integrated data protection and backup capabilities for physical and virtual environments, providing broader platform support. Precisely Assure MIMIX focuses on high availability and data replication specifically for IBM i environments, ensuring exceptional data accuracy and minimal downtime.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP is recognized for its straightforward deployment and extensive customer support, fitting various IT infrastructures. Precisely Assure MIMIX requires more specialized skills for deployment due to its IBM i focus but provides solid deployment capabilities.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is a cost-effective solution with reasonable setup costs and tangible ROI, appealing to budget-conscious organizations. Precisely Assure MIMIX has a higher initial investment yet demonstrates significant ROI through comprehensive offerings ensuring business continuity.

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

11th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (19th)

Precisely Assure MIMIX

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

14th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 2.3%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Precisely Assure MIMIX is 1.7%, up from 1.0% 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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Ganesh Subbian

System Admin at a media company with 10,001+ employees

A decently stable tool that ensures a high return on investment for its users

Precisely Assure MIMIX has improved our organization's disaster recovery efforts since my company has multiple LPARs. Precisely Assure MIMIX has around 45 LPARs for the database recovery, and I have one site-to-site replication for one of the servers in our environment, which is really good. The failover process of Precisely Assure MIMIX has enhanced our company's business continuity planning, considering that we have been testing the failover test area once a year and found out that the area revolving around recovery is good. When I was having a discussion on one of the online forums meant for Precisely Assure MIMIX around five years ago, which was even before the LAKEVIEW stuff was introduced by Precisely. Through the online forum, the team of Precisely Assure MIMIX helped my company deal with the area related to ServiceNow integration. I have never faced a scenario where Precisely Assure MIMIX prevented data loss during an unexpected outage in our company. I would ask those who plan to use the product to evaluate their own environment before purchasing Precisely Assure MIMIX. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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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 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."

"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."

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

"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."

"The most valuable features are the replication to the cloud and the deduplication."

"The standard backup and restore feature is most used."

"It's simple to set up."

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

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"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple."

"Database replication is most valuable. It is multi-platform, so it can replicate from a variety of different database types to a variety of different database types."

Cons

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

"The product is not user-friendly."

"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."

"I don't know whether the tool has VMware integrations. It would be good to cover this area if it doesn't have those."

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

"The time to backup servers that sit in DMZ must be improved."

"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."

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

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"It does data manipulation language (DML) replication, but it does not do data definition language (DDL) replication. In my opinion, it is a disadvantage. It would be nicer if it was able to do both DML and DDL. I'm not 100% certain of this, but it seems Oracle Golden Gate does both DML and DDL. MIMIX only does DML, and it would be very nice if they included DDL replication. This is one feature that would be very helpful to have."

"The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

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

"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."

"The pricing is moderate."

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

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

"Pricing is most likely comparable."

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"The cost of the product is too high."

"The licensing provides the access to support. I do know that there's an annual charge for being able to call into their support line and get a technical team from Precisely to assist with any issues we may have. I don't think there are any additional costs other than what we incur internally in terms of the infrastructure that we need to run and operate the product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Non Profit

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

20%

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Insurance Company

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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 Precisely Assure MIMIX?

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward and simple.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Precisely Assure MIMIX?

The cost of the product is too high.

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What needs improvement with Precisely Assure MIMIX?

The high cost of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required. The cost of the product should be reduced a little bit, especially compared to the products offered by the other ...

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

MIMIX Availability, Syncsort MIMIX Availability, Syncsort Assure MIMIX

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

Assure MIMIX DR protects your business from lost data and extended downtime by maintaining a real-time replica of your production server on a recovery server located on-site, off-site, or in the cloud.

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Sample Customers

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

Toyota Material Handling Australia, Westpac Pacific Banking, Symphony Health, Wimbledon, OCBC Bank

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