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Quorum OnQ vs Veritas Backup Exec comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Quorum OnQ ensures continuous business operations, quick data recovery, hardware cost savings, and IT time efficiency.
Sentiment score
6.5
Veritas Backup Exec offers strong ROI with rapid restoration and cost savings, despite concerns over subscription-based licensing.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Quorum OnQ's tech support is responsive and knowledgeable, offering superior, personalized service despite occasional peak time delays.
Sentiment score
7.2
Veritas Backup Exec support is generally good with responsive staff, but efficiency and consistency vary due to expertise and location.
I see good technical engineer support resolving issues.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Quorum OnQ provides scalable disaster recovery solutions for medium to large enterprises, with flexibility for varying infrastructure needs.
Sentiment score
8.1
Veritas Backup Exec is scalable for SMBs, but may face challenges with large data volumes and complex environments.
Now in the current version, I can run more than one process for backup in one job for more virtual machines.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
Quorum OnQ is praised for its reliability, minimal downtime, easy updates, and effective support, ensuring user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.3
Veritas Backup Exec is stable and reliable, with occasional service or configuration issues noted by some users.
 

Room For Improvement

Quorum OnQ needs better disaster recovery, cloud integration, NAS support, user interface, pricing, email notifications, and hardware support.
Veritas Backup Exec requires a simpler UI, cost reduction, cloud integration, better performance, and improved support for diverse environments.
The URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments with different needs.
I aim to monitor the functionality and probably find something this year to monitor logs from our backup system and storage and notify us about any unusual activities.
We need to have a proper image backup with a documented restore procedure, as some users were unable to do the image backup restoration due to driver issues or similar challenges.
Some technology improvement is needed to manage my basic business continuity plan.
 

Setup Cost

Quorum OnQ's pricing is cost-effective for enterprises despite high initial costs due to integrated support and value recovery features.
Veritas Backup Exec provides flexible licensing with reasonable pricing, though advanced setups and technical support may incur additional costs.
It's a little expensive.
When I compare it with others, it is twice or three times cheaper.
The setup is a bit expensive at a corporate price
 

Valuable Features

Quorum OnQ offers quick recovery, user-friendly management, strong security, fast backups, and cost-effectiveness, enhancing its overall appeal.
Veritas Backup Exec is praised for its user-friendly interface, fast backups, stability, and versatile platform compatibility with strong support.
Quorum OnQ provides an elevated ability to filter on everything from people's location to age to their voting history.
Veritas has technical compatibility with my hardware and other systems.
My customers find the normal file system backup features of Veritas Backup Exec effective and valuable.
It has a lot of functions and security measures, which ensure our backups are secure.
 

Categories and Ranking

Quorum OnQ
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
46th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (36th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (22nd)
Veritas Backup Exec
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
13th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Quorum OnQ is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Backup Exec is 1.7%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Mohamed Iqbal - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and economical solution that provides quick disaster recovery
The most valuable feature of Quorum OnQ is quick recovery. We call it a single-click recovery. If any server goes down, crashes, or experiences downtime, we can bring up the DR (Disaster Recovery) server in just two minutes. We also have a "Single Pane of Glass," wherein we work with only a single window. You don't have to use multiple windows to perform basic tasks like failover or failback.
Pawel Augustyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Simplified interface with good performance but needs monitoring
I need to use PowerStore and Veritas Backup Exec. It is a direct backup to types, and it is supported by my backup. It offers good performance and stability, and it works properly. I am happy with this program. It is still working on aligning with security requirements and data encryption for Amazon or ATAC. It has a lot of functions and security measures, which ensure our backups are secure.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quorum OnQ?
It's a little expensive. That said, the cost aligns with other advocacy tools we have evaluated.
What needs improvement with Quorum OnQ?
They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments wit...
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
What do you like most about Veritas Backup Exec?
The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft.
 

Also Known As

OnQ
Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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