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Arcserve UDP vs Veeam Data Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
24th
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veeam Data Platform
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
1st
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
429
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.1%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 10.0%, down from 18.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veeam Data Platform10.0%
Arcserve UDP1.1%
Other88.9%
Backup and Recovery
 

Q&A Highlights

Mar 21, 2020
 

Featured Reviews

Lucas  Moura - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers multi-tenancy feature and interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive but rocky implementation process
Many features that Arcserve proposes in its documentation and marketing material actually don't work properly in practice. Veeam is the most comparable solution, considering features and capacities. They are very similar, but Veeam works fine most of the time. With Arcserve, we have a lot of problems in implementing and getting compatibility, especially with legacy systems. We also have mysterious problems that no one can solve. The performance is not as planned or as intended. Our experience has been shaky. It's not very reliable as a tool, especially in critical cases like disaster recovery. So we've been working on migrating all our projects to Veeam and other similar solutions that offer comparable features. Reliability is not Arcserve's greatest strength – implementation is rocky, and sizings never work as planned. Plus, their cloud service is very slow and relatively expensive compared to Veeam.
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
We use Veeam Data to back up our VMware infrastructure Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance. The support team provides answers whenever we need them. It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with. The…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It allows us to back up all the servers and centrally manage them."
"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."
"This product is extremely user-friendly and it is capable of performing large-scale archive/backup (five+ years worth). It is easy to store, maintain, and check backups."
"Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."
"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."
"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is live replication."
"I like the tool's speed."
"The ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"Storage Snapshot is a good feature and very safe."
"The most valuable features are the notifications, which give us failure alerts for some infrastructure within the backup, and the reporting is excellent."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"All features of Veeam Data Platform, such as backup, immutability, and replication, are highly valuable."
"The installation is pretty straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward for me."
"The solution works well in two different environments, whether it is on-premises, cloud, or a combination."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its ease of management, it is not complicated, it is very reliable, has good support and a lot of knowledge on the market for integrators."
 

Cons

"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."
"We are looking at scaling up to the cloud and using immutable copies on the cloud. Arcserve UDP 8.0 does have the immutable feature supporting AWS, but I'm looking for multi-cloud support. So, I'm waiting for Arcserve to release that in the next release."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly. It can be difficult to assign destinations and choose which files and folders we need to back up. There are some aspects that are unclear."
"StorageCraft ShadowProtect can improve by making one console that can control backups of all desktops and servers in one place. Additionally, the recovery process of the backups is very slow and could improve. It's very slow when we went to recover a complete disc but to recover one file is very fast."
"The support could be more knowledgeable and faster."
"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."
"We could not go into granular details of retrieving backup information."
"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."
"The ability to do more backups should be addressed."
"The cloud part of it can be improved. There should be an option for Veeam in your own cloud, as compared to the Veeam cloud offering that's currently there. The rest of it is easy."
"I don't see much room for improvement except that the price could be better."
"The cost of the product is an area that would prevent me from using it in the future."
"Veeam's support services need improvement."
"Creating reports is a bit difficult, and you have to spend some time on it."
"They need full cloud integration such that an on-premises backup can be offloaded to the cloud for storage."
"In the past, Veeam had a host-based license, but now it will be part of Microsoft's core license. I don't like this licensing model. Host-based licensing is better for my system. Maybe so other organizations prefer the core-based."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."
"We only have the maintenance of three standard UDP licenses. Each license is 50 Euro. There are some additional costs for the storage and software but it has nothing to do with the UDP."
"There is an annual license required for this solution and it is priced well."
"The solution is expensive."
"The pricing is moderate."
"It is a bit pricey, considering the reliability problems. If the tool worked flawlessly, the price would be fair, even cheap."
"I feel that the product is fairly priced."
"The licensing cost is for one year. There are not any hidden costs involved in the pricing model of the solution."
"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten. The licensing costs are yearly."
"The price of Veeam Backup & Replication is high and that is why I am choosing an alternative."
"It is always nice to get products cheaper. Technically, it saves you a lot of money. If you wanted to buy the same functionality out of vSphere, you would spend thousands to essentially get the same functionality."
"The price of this product is very good."
"I would rate the pricing six out of ten when compared to other competitors."
"The price of Veeam Backup & Replication is reasonable compared to IBM."
"We use the community edition of the Veeam Backup Replication and it is a software-based license. It can be a little expensive."
"Its pricing is really good."
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Comparison Review

it_user159711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 9, 2014
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Answers from the Community

Mar 21, 2020
Mar 21, 2020
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 products to those requirements. All the products you have listed do very well in specific niche markets, all of them also have cons as well, without a clear understanding of what your requirements ar...
2 out of 21 answers
it_user183315 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2016
Stop sending me anything –please
it_user102333 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 19, 2016
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 products to those requirements. All the products you have listed do very well in specific niche markets, all of them also have cons as well, without a clear understanding of what your requirements are a product comparison doesn't mean a great deal.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Non Profit
7%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business216
Midsize Enterprise99
Large Enterprise138
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services
Business & Legal Resources Inc., Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities, Alliance Healthcare, Poulin Grain Inc., Linear Technology, Northwestern University, ARKEMA, Sogegross, City of Lynchburg
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