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Asigra vs Microsoft DPM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 25, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Asigra
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
62nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft DPM
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
41st
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Asigra is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft DPM is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft DPM0.9%
Asigra0.6%
Other98.5%
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Featured Reviews

AK
Technical Team Lead at Eldama Technologies
Plenty of useful feature and reliable
We use Asigra for backups I have found all the features useful in the solution. I have been using Asigra for approximately two months. The solution is stable. The six people in our IT department are using the solution. The initial setup was a medium difficulty level. Some parts were complex…
Andrei Kolmogortsev - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Efficiently manages backups with long-standing reliability and ease of integration
We use Microsoft DPM for backup servers. ManageEngine is used to manage workstations and servers, and Operation Manager is used for monitoring The two-layer backup system is a particularly valuable feature in Microsoft DPM. The short layer and long layer backups are features I appreciate.…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Since we have implemented Asigra we don’t have an administrator to do manual backup to tapes and external HDD; everything is automated and there are no hassles for the administrator."
"It provides a secure and stable cloud backup solution."
"I am personally a fan of Exchange email level and MS SQL db level backups."
"Asigra’s multi-tenancy feature is most valuable as it allows the company to on-sell a private cloud backup and recovery solution to existing customers."
"The cost is very reasonable; it's one of the cheapest options on the market, and any company can easily afford this product."
"Asigra's agent-less capabilities make it a very convenient solution to implement."
"Cloud backup is easier to manage and administer than our previous tape solution."
"There are two primary improvements of the Asigra platform with the recent version 13.1 SP1: Virtualization: a tremendous variety of data protection solutions for virtual machines, and Cloud-2-Cloud for Office 365, Google, Amazon, etc., making this a full package of data protection platform."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"The most valuable feature is the recovery."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"Microsoft support for this product is very good."
"Microsoft DPM provides enhanced security and streamlines processes through automation, which results in better security for users."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
 

Cons

"I wouldn't describe it as a scalable solution."
"There are improvements required with the virtualization solution, I'm sure we will see a significant change in 2017."
"The setup and configuration of this product is quite complex."
"Customer services would be a 3 out of 5, simply due high turnover and lack of communication."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"The management could be a bit better."
"I think the product needs more diversity in Hyper-V."
"Personally speaking, I think the reporting should be more interactive."
"I would say the user-friendliness could be improved because I have found that my colleagues are not finding it very easy to use."
"It can back up, yet it lacks features compared to Veeam."
"Optimization of fabric administrator cause management problem to arise in backup administrator as it leads to the backup software failure in a manner that cannot be foreseen or anticipated finding backup administrators unawares."
"The stability in Microsoft DPM 2015 was better than the 2019 version; we have had some problems."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"It needs portability for other vendors. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers, but it doesn't support third-party solutions such as Oracle Database. It depends on Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy, especially for Hyper-V, which has a lot of problems. They should enhance the Volume Shadow Copy functionality. Its reporting should also be better. Reporting is too weak in DPM."
"The solution isn't completely stable."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Asigra is priced competitively, but requires technical expertise to operate, optimize, and maintain its services."
"The price of Asigra could improve, it is expensive. We have purchased an annual license."
"Microsoft DPM is a free solution. However, we pay approximately $3,000 annually for support."
"Microsoft DPM can be considered as an expensive solution for smaller or medium enterprises, but we have been satisfied with the price structure as it is fixed and it offers a variety of useful features"
"I think Microsoft DPM pricing is reasonable. The additional costs are related to storage and technical support."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
15%
Construction Company
15%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft DPM?
The pricing of Microsoft solutions rates in the middle range at five out of ten.
What needs improvement with Microsoft DPM?
Microsoft DPM could improve by adding S3 backup to S3 storage capabilities. AI integration is not necessary for backups as this is not a security solution.
What is your primary use case for Microsoft DPM?
We use Microsoft DPM for backup servers. ManageEngine is used to manage workstations and servers, and Operation Manager is used for monitoring.
 

Also Known As

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DPM, Data Protection Manager, MS DPM
 

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Sample Customers

British Red Cross, Special Olympics, London and Capital, L and K Bennett London, The Commonwealth, Hanrick Curran
Medical Park, Centropol Energy, a.s., NCFE, D & H Distributing, Metalor, Colosseum, a.s., Sanitas S.A., Icebreaker
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