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Recovery Manager for Active Directory vs Veritas System Recovery comparison

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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

Recovery Manager for Active...
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
48th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Active Directory Recovery (3rd)
Veritas System Recovery
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
30th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Recovery Manager for Active Directory is 0.5%. The mindshare of Veritas System Recovery is 1.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas System Recovery1.8%
Recovery Manager for Active Directory0.5%
Other97.7%
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
 

Featured Reviews

Nick Hairapetian - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Expert II TEC05 - Technical Manager at WTW
Good automation and worth the money with helpful disaster recovery
The initial setup requires a design and engineering phase. You can't just pick the product and click next, next, finish - especially if you're planning on making sure that it's going to be available during a disaster. It does require sitting down and designing it. So it's not like a home-use product that you can just go and install and start using it with no consequence.
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IT Manager at Canara Robeco
An easy to maintains solution useful to manage daily backup and the restoration of backup files
I don't see any scope for improvement in the product since it is a well-established solution. My company has not faced any production-related issues with Veritas System Recovery, as it has stayed quite stable in our environment. The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required. The documentation and reporting areas also need to be improved.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The feature that automates most of the tasks is the most valuable since you do not have to worry about making sure that you follow the steps one by one manually during a disaster."
"I like the zero-touch or zero-intervention aspect the most when it comes to performing a forest restoration (FOHO). It is really automated. If you set everything correctly, it will restore your forest without any manual steps."
"Our impression of the solution for providing a clean, malware-free recovery and protecting our AD backups from compromise is that it is probably one of the best options available."
"With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements."
"The best thing about this product is that it's a unified solution and doesn't require the installation of any other solution, whether it's in a virtual environment, or on-prem."
"The installation was straightforward."
"The solution captures the system state, so when we restore the system, it will be restored to the state it was in at the time of the backup."
"The tool helps automate system recovery. The solution is most useful in scenarios involving restoration to a different environment. For instance, when migrating from a physical server to a virtual one, the tool facilitates conversion."
"It has a user-friendly interface and configures and integrates nicely with other products."
"You can back up the whole image, not just files and folders, but the image from the server, and you can restore the whole image."
"It has a user-friendly interface."
 

Cons

"Inside the console, when you change something in the computer collection, there's no history or log showing what's been done. For example, if I add or remove a domain controller from the compare collection, the console doesn't record the time or the user who made the change. This makes it difficult to manage the console, especially for auditing purposes. It lacks login capability within Recovery Manager for Active Directory."
"One of the things they can do is give the user the ability to skip the prechecks and verifications."
"I identified a gap with their Recovery Manager for AD Forest Edition. That software can't recover for us if we have a complete malware/ransomware-type scenario where we lose all our domain controllers. If you lose the entire forest, you can't get it back up with the Forest Edition. You have to use their Disaster Recovery Edition."
"Veritas System Recovery’s pricing and local support need some improvement."
"It needs an easier interface."
"Veritas System Recovery Manager offers some manager solutions, but there is room for improvement."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"For most organizations these days, their main concern is to protect their database and I think Veritas could make some improvements in that regard."
"The reliability is sometimes lacking."
"We faced issues with recovery and restoration."
"Lacks the ability to protect the database snapshot."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Comparing it to other vendors, it seems to be affordable. So, it is worth the money."
"My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There is no need to pay any additional fees apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Government
10%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your primary use case for Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory?
We use Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory to test disaster recovery, and we use it to restore objects as they get deleted by mistake or mistakes happen.
What needs improvement with Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory?
One of the things they can do is give the user the ability to skip the prechecks and verifications.
What advice do you have for others considering Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory?
Be willing to pay the extra money. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
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Also Known As

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Veritas System Recovery 18, System Recovery 18, System Recovery
 

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Sample Customers

American Airlines, Bank of America, Ebay, intel, Uber, at&t, Ford, Microsoft, Visa, Barclays, Mars, Merck
Mother's Nutritional Center, Occidental Technical Group
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