We performed a comparison between Unitrends and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The ability to diversify jobs within the same server helps break down a large chunk of data into more manageable and concentrated chunks."
"It is very easy to set up and get started. Almost too easy. We racked this device and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes."
"Backup/archive to multiple locations."
"VM backup is much faster and more reliable, as I can test my backups with Data Copy Access jobs."
"When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"The ability to backup both physical and virtual machines, along with having an appliance store the backups locally instead of on a file server, NAS, or SAN."
"Unitrends has helped us cut down the time that it takes to restore a server to its original configuration."
"It's not easy to scale it."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"I would like to see more storage options for the free version."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"Support is great for small simple issues, but anything more difficult, it is hard to get good resolutions without having to badger them and their management."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"Follow up for the DRaaS service setup. I'm still waiting to schedule a DRaaS test after upgrading several months ago."
"Probably the biggest issue I've had is actually paying for the unit, and part of that problem is that they use a third party for the billing."
"I would like to see the real-time replication process improved, and a zero RPO feature added."
"It would be great to have the job throttle/limit the max number of backups on a single ESXi host."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
Unitrends is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Unitrends is rated 7.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Unitrends vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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