Arcserve UDP vs VMware Live Recovery comparison

Arcserve and VMware are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Arcserve is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.0, while VMware is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.2. Arcserve holds a 2.5% mindshare in DRS, compared to VMware’s 8.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of VMware users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Arcserve UDP and VMware Live Recovery compete in data recovery solutions. VMware Live Recovery often holds an advantage due to its high availability and superior cross-platform support.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers real-time replication and global deduplication, catering to Windows, Linux, Hyper-V, and VMware environments. Notable for rapid restore and comprehensive data protection, it is ideal for various system backups. VMware Live Recovery excels with its stellar replication, seamless storage integration, and automated recovery processes, particularly beneficial for larger virtualized environments.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP could enhance cloud service integration, multi-tenancy, and Linux support to provide a more unified virtual appliance experience. VMware Live Recovery may increase adoption by improving non-VMware environment integration and automation features, along with reducing costs for smaller businesses.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP deployment is simple across on-premises and hybrid cloud settings, though customer service experiences vary, with some users citing slow responses. VMware Live Recovery provides diverse deployment options with similar customer service feedback, achieving excellence in some cases and delays in addressing complex issues in others.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP offers moderate pricing and flexible licensing, deemed cost-effective for SMBs with notable ROI, especially in server cost savings. VMware Live Recovery's higher pricing reflects its comprehensive disaster recovery capabilities, making it a valuable choice for larger enterprises needing robust automation.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

10th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (19th)

VMware Live Recovery

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery as a Service (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 2.5%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Live Recovery is 8.5%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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ErmiasGirma

System and Cloud Deployment Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

Ensures data availability and enables efficient migration between data centers

In our organization, we have deployed VMware Live Recovery for disaster recovery purposes. We have two data centers, and VMware Live Recovery is used for data replication between these centers. It is used to ensure data availability and for migration purposes when the primary data center is down…

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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

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

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

"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."

"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."

"It's simple to set up."

"One of the things that I do like about it is that it has a very good deduplication feature."

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

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"The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."

"The solution offers a rich set of features, well adapted in the market."

"VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."

"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of operations."

"It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation."

"Our systems fail over using SRM. So, we do a big bang DR, which is biannual, and we fail over our fairly massive Epic electronic health record (EHR) and our core applications. It takes us about 30 minutes to fail over using SRM, which is pretty good. In most hospitals that have Epic installed, Epic does the audit to make sure that we can fail over if something were to happen. Normally, sites will have a DR solution specific to the EHR, but right now, our pain point is the third-party tier-one clinical applications."

"I give VMware Live Recovery a rating of ten out of ten."

"Its capability to schedule, write and configure the recovery and scheduled steps, such that you don't have to come in and start manually trying to recover the entire machine. You just push a button to recover the VMware and everything is done."

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Cons

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

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

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

"The product is not user-friendly."

"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."

"The tool doesn't provide cloud integration in India."

"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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"There are many functionality problems with the product currently. It is also slow and unstable."

"We have had an issue when some customers have traditional designs and sites. For example, on one another site, they are using hyper-converged, using VMware, or Nutanix. We have a problem with the synchronization between the storage for site to site. This is the main issue. We are adding some other tools to support the synchronization to allow the movement of the workload from site to site easily."

"It has a lot of dependencies on VMware infrastructure, and testing can be complex. Testing often requires extensive approval at the organizational level."

"The product's stability could be better."

"The administration guides can be complicated and difficult to use, so it would be helpful if it was made easier."

"VMware SRM needs to improve its pricing."

"Technical support can take some time to respond."

"VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery could improve by enhancing the network bandwidth from the storage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"There are annual subscription fees and there are licensing costs for three computers. It is an expensive solution."

"I feel that the product is fairly priced."

"The solution is very expensive."

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

"Its price seems reasonable. Its price is average as compared to the other products I've looked at. We have a three-year license right now. There are no other costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

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

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"The pricing is good."

"The price of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery should be lowered in order to compete better in the market."

"I rate the solution's pricing a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the most expensive."

"The cost of SRM is a little bit high, especially for smaller companies."

"There is an annual license to use this solution."

"The licensing costs for the product are perpetual in nature. A person needs to buy the license only once there is a need to buy support on a yearly basis. The licensing cost for VMware SRM is expensive."

"The level of licensing required for this solution is dependent on the server instances in use."

"Mature products like VMware SRM often have higher costs."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

18%

Non Profit

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

13%

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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?

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What do you like most about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

Setting up VMs can be done quickly. It is easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

We use a three-year license, and the cost for VMware Live Recovery can be high. Previously, when acquiring a license for Ethiopian drug supply chains, the price was significantly high, especially a...

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What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery?

The licensing area needs improvement as the cost per virtual machine is high. If they offered discounts or minimized their prices, it would be more beneficial.

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, Datrium DRaaS , VMware SRM

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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VMware Live Recovery is a disaster recovery solution that protects and recovers virtual machines (VMs) across on-premise and public clouds. Key features include rapid ransomware recovery, an on-demand recovery environment for testing procedures without affecting production, live behavioral analysis to detect threats, push-button VM network isolation to contain threats, guided restore point selection, and immutable, air-gapped recovery points to prevent tampering. VMware Live Recovery provides a comprehensive solution to safeguard critical data and applications from cyberattacks and other disasters.

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