Arcserve UDP vs Dell Avamar comparison

Arcserve and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3. Arcserve holds a 1.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 3.3% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

Arcserve UDP

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Dell Avamar are robust data protection solutions. Dell Avamar appears to have the upper hand, excelling in features and user satisfaction, whereas Arcserve UDP is favored for its cost-efficiency.

Features: Arcserve UDP offers comprehensive backup solutions, strong disaster recovery tools, and efficient snapshot management. Dell Avamar is noted for efficient data deduplication, robust cloud integration, and integrated appliance options.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP needs a more user-friendly setup, faster backup speeds, and better scalability. Dell Avamar should improve its reporting capabilities, reduce complexity, and enhance its analytics features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP's deployment is straightforward with effective customer support. Dell Avamar's deployment is more complex but offers valuable customer service, making the effort worthwhile for users.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP offers competitive pricing and high perceived ROI with lower setup costs. Dell Avamar is more expensive but is considered worth the investment due to its advanced features and long-term value.

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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)

Dell Avamar

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (5th)

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 Dell Avamar is 3.3%, down from 3.6% 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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Ayodeji Oyewole

Managing Director at Atlantic factorial

Reliable with good backups but has occasional failures

I use Dell Avamar primarily for backup and recovery The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality. It gives large enterprises the comfort of knowing their workloads are being backed up. There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be…

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The ability to switch between different hardware platforms and utilization tools are some of this solution's most valuable features."

"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."

"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 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."

"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."

"I like the tool's speed."

"The product's deployment process was straightforward."

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

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"The backup and recovery speed is very fast."

"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."

"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."

"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."

"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."

"The solution is very user-friendly."

"The initial setup is easy."

"The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality."

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Cons

"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."

"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."

"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 problem is just reliability. If the promises in the marketing material were realized in real life, it would be the perfect solution, but it's just the reliability issues."

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

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

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

"Licensing can be quite difficult."

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"When we used the solution, it was still new, and so the customer service/technical support was not the best."

"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."

"Desktop-laptop backups and backup over the WAN needs lot of improvisation. For DTLT there must be a provision to push agents from the management console."

"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."

"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."

"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."

"There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be improved."

"The recovery is a bit slow."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

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

"The solution is expensive."

"Normally our customers purchase the premium plus license, rather than the standard one, which provides more options."

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

"The solution is very expensive."

"Pricing is most likely comparable."

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"Its licensing is weird. It is not just the licenses; we also purchase hardware. With most software products, such as Veeam, Commvault, and Data Protector, there is no hardware purchase at the same time. Because Avamar and Data Domain are tied together, they have an integrated pipe. You can separate them, but basically, they're designed to work as a couple. Because the Data Domain backend is designed to do dedupe and compression, we get 60:1. When you count it, you count it as a straight compression, but of course, that's with dedupe and some other stuff. You have to buy the hardware, the licensing, and the software at the same time. So, it's not just software."

"It might not be beneficial to smaller businesses due to its high cost."

"The price is fair."

"On a scale of one to five, I would rate the pricing policy of Dell Avamar as five. The solution has a very good price, and a lot of improvements were done to it."

"I rate the pricing a seven out of ten because it is expensive."

"It's an expensive tool"

"It is very expensive. It's a trust based licensing. So that's an ethical challenge."

"The cost is high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Non Profit

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Company Size

By reviewers

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's the difference between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC NetWorker?

From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC Avamar?

The cost is very significant, and it could be lower.

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What do you like most about Dell Avamar?

Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 34% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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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.

Arcserve

Dell Avamar data protection software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery operations that can scale from daily backup protection for endpoints to high-performance protection for large enterprises with diverse applications and workloads. With application consistent recovery, automation and fast backup and restores, Avamar can help you meet your SLAs and optimize your backup and recovery processes

If you are deploying all or part of your backup environment to the cloud, Avamar enables you to make the most of your cloud investment, enabling replication, disaster recovery and long-term retention for customers using AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

Avamar is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. Avamar is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

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Sample Customers

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

Dodge County, St Laurence's College, FieldCore (a GE Company), Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions

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