Acronis Cyber Backup vs Veritas Backup Exec | TrustRadius

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Score 8.5 out of 10

Based on 100 reviews and ratings

Score 6.9 out of 10

Based on 101 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Acronis Cyber Backup

Veritas Backup Exec

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Image based backups. After the initial backup, the backups happen quite quickly. This allows for multiple backups per day.
We have different classes of data which requires different retention policies. Acronis makes that easy to manage.
Restoration can be done directly to hardware or to a VM. This makes it easy to migrate a physical server to a VM.

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Sr. Computer Scientist / IT Engineer

Simulations Plus, Inc.Computer Software, 51-200 employees

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The license/agent deployment feature in Backup Exec facilitates effective and speedy population within your data center.
Veritas Backup Exec's feature rich job creation is intuitive and simplifies backup strategies.
Customizable views in the Administrator console allow you to view your backup environment to maximize visibility.

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Christopher Stark

Division Network Support Specialist

The Salvation ArmyNon-Profit Organization Management, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

The web interface is slow and can kick you off from time to time
I do find that the error messages are hard to decipher if/when a backup is unsuccessful. However, support is very good in helping out the solution
The user interface is not intuitive enough to find failures in backups or track logs with alerts or errors

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Entertainment Company, 201-500 employees

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The user interface can sometimes be sluggish and hang between options.The minimum spec is 2Gb but if running on a dedicated server I think 4Gb is recommended
As more companies seem to be entering the backup software market, Acronis is very aggressive on pricing and even offer discounts if you are replacing other backup solutions, the Backup Exec pricing plans have become a more expensive
Our version is an older 2014 version and has inadequate support for VM backs

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Administrator in Information Technology

Consumer Goods Company, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Acronis Cyber Backup 9.1

Based on 2 answers

We have renewed our subscription over the course of a few years now. We used to use Backup Exec and it was tedious and difficult to obtain our backups when needed. Acronis just fits our environment style and the way we prefer to do business and use our third party software.

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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Veritas Backup Exec 1.0

Based on 3 answers

This software is a mess in my brutally honest opinion. I've spent more time babysitting this software while backing up 20 servers than I did with Veeam backing up 600+. I've had multiple jobs run fine for weeks at a time that just randomly fail out of the blue for seemingly no reason whatsoever. There's no intuitive way to chain jobs, so automation becomes somewhat more problematic if certain jobs depend on other jobs. The forever incremental feature feels tacked on since the merge operation merges all your incremental jobs into the most recent backup and doesn't have the option set a limit on how long to keep your point in time restores.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Usability

Acronis Cyber Backup 8.2

Based on 1 answer

I give it a rating of 9 do to its ease of usability. It's ease of understanding how to setup - form - fit - and function. I have no sorrows when having to login to the console in order to setup a new backup schedule or retrieve and recover lost data.

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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Veritas Backup Exec 1.0

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It can do a lot of things on paper and sounds terrific, but in practice it doesn't do any of them well. It can easily be sold to non-technical minds and C-levels, but of all the backup solutions I've used in the last 15 years of my career, Backup Exec is easily the least fault tolerant. Unless this software is a sunk cost and you're on a shoestring budget, I recommend almost anything else. Jobs fail often with obscure error codes and the KB articles in the Veritas support portal are a mess. Within 30 days of a fresh deployment I've logged more tickets with their support than I did in 3 years with Veeam.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Acronis Cyber Backup 7.0

Based on 2 answers

We have only had to contact support a hand full of times. The reason for this 9 out of 10 is do to how quickly and cooperative they have been on the rare occasion we needed to chat with them about our small questions or queries with potential issues do to the nature of our business.

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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Veritas Backup Exec 5.4

Based on 3 answers

In the few instances of having to contact support, our overall outcome was always good. They would have received a better score if the wait time was less, but I attribute this to the timing of support calls - it was during the previous owner's time. We have not had to open a support ticket since Veritas Backup Exec took the product back over.

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IT Manager

PrecixAutomotive, 201-500 employees

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Implementation Rating

Acronis Cyber Backup 9.1

Based on 1 answer

I don't have any real key 'insights' per say except that it wasn't difficult at all, and do not be afraid to dabble in its tools and settings. It is quite intuitive with built in common sense. I cannot say enough good things about our companies experience when using this backup software.

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I.T. Team Leader

JST Corporation / Sales AmericaDesign, 1001-5000 employees

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Veritas Backup Exec 3.0

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It was pretty straightforward.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We've looked at SolarWinds, Veritas, etc. but none of them had the right combination of features, price and ease of use when compared against Acronis and its ease of implementation, setup and recovery options. We didn't like the wait time for recovery with some of the others and being able to quickly get a machine back entirely was important to us.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Retail Company, 51-200 employees

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If your company is looking at changing solutions or currently does not have any, Veritas Backup Exec is the way to go. Do yourself a favor and try the 60 day trial, you won't be disappointed! Very simple to use and has a great GUI, much better than what the competition has to offer.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

Acronis Cyber Backup 8.5

Based on 26 answers

The ability to back up multiple servers from one source is a great tool to have for businesses that have equipment in different locations on the same network with a variety of software data to back up such as SQL, Exchange or a Files Server. You can decide to purchase individual server licenses as well if you would like to keep the process separate or have multiple sites where your data is housed.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Customer Service

Computer Hardware Company, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Every times you restore a file, you see the value and the ROI of backup.
Backup is a great protection against ransomware, you can always restore files that has been infected.
When you want to go back in previous version of files, it can be life saver.

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees

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Veritas Backup Exec is good for single file restores. We have had to restore files from a few months back without any problem.
Veritas has saved us money by reverting work that was overwritten by a past employee.
Sometimes tapes can be overwritten by accident when you inventory it for restore, which can be an issue.

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IT Specialist

Epstein Architecture, Engineering and ConstructionArchitecture & Planning, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Acronis Cyber Backup Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Acronis Cyber Backup	$59

SaaS Edition

Acronis Cyber Backup	$59

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Veritas Backup Exec Editions & Modules

Edition

Veritas Backup Exec	Contact sales team

Additional Pricing Details

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