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Arcserve UDP vs IBM Tivoli CDP for Files comparison

 

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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
43
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)
IBM Tivoli CDP for Files
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
75th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.1%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Tivoli CDP for Files is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Arcserve UDP1.1%
IBM Tivoli CDP for Files0.3%
Other98.6%
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Featured Reviews

TeresitaSabile - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
reviewer1035033 - PeerSpot reviewer
Restoration and infrastructure are extremely reliable
We are currently using Tivoli to backup 15 terabytes within our Oracle Database using a RMAN backup script. The RMAN's utility and restoration has been perfect, we have yet to experience any issues. It's very reliable The restoration and infrastructure are extremely reliable. We would like to…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a very stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It is easy to configure."
"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."
"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."
"I would recommend it if there is a general case."
"The most valuable feature is the duplication."
"It's simple to set up."
"I like the tool's speed."
"The restoration and infrastructure is extremely reliable."
 

Cons

"The technical support of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."
"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."
"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."
"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."
"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."
"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 solution can use a lot of bandwidth when the scheduling is not done, it should auto-schedule itself. For example, if there are 50 users connected in the network at 12 o'clock and the backup is not scheduled. At this time the network offices are going to have performance issues when it is doing a backup. Having a feature to auto-schedule a time when the network is not being used often would be beneficial."
"We would like to have the opportunity to omit data from being backed up. For example, we have three virtual machines, each with three disks. When running the backup, it will automatically take each disk rather than allowing us to select what data we want backed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a bit pricey, considering the reliability problems. If the tool worked flawlessly, the price would be fair, even cheap."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing of the product can be considered to be reasonable enough for the Asian region."
"Pricing is most likely comparable."
"The retail fee is $1300 for a year for one server. Other than that, there is just the cost of your hardware."
"There are annual subscription fees and there are licensing costs for three computers. It is an expensive solution."
"In comparison to other vendors, it is a low-cost solution."
"The price of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is competitive in the market."
"It's expensive, but it's worth for it due to the volume of critical information within our database. We are currently paying about $22,000 per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Non Profit
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer
Tivoli CDP for Files
 

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