Actifio Enterprise vs. Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Actifio Enterprise

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Actifio Enterprise	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Actifio Enterprise is a copy data virtualization, & data center backup and recovery platform from Boston-based Actifio.	N/A
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)	Score 6.1 out of 10	N/A	System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup and recovery system that contributes to BCDR strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data.	N/A

Pricing

Actifio Enterprise

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Actifio Enterprise	Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Actifio Enterprise	Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Top Pros	Pro Backup solution Pro Backed up Pro Quick setup	Pro Backup restore Pro Management console Pro Virtual machine
Top Cons	Minus Learning curve Minus Admin console Minus Occasional bugs	Minus Web client

Features

Actifio Enterprise

Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)

Data Center Backup

Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
	Actifio Enterprise 9.3 1 Ratings 14% above category average	Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 8.0 3 Ratings 1% below category average
Universal recovery	9.01 Ratings	9.03 Ratings
Instant recovery	9.01 Ratings	9.03 Ratings
Recovery verification	9.01 Ratings	7.13 Ratings
Business application protection	8.01 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations	10.01 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Incremental backup identification	10.01 Ratings	9.03 Ratings
Backup to the cloud	9.01 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression	10.01 Ratings	9.83 Ratings
Snapshots	10.01 Ratings	9.03 Ratings
Flexible deployment	9.01 Ratings	7.03 Ratings
Management dashboard	8.01 Ratings	7.13 Ratings
Platform support	9.01 Ratings	8.03 Ratings
Retention options	10.01 Ratings	6.03 Ratings
Encryption	10.01 Ratings	6.93 Ratings

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	Actifio Enterprise	Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
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User Ratings
	Actifio Enterprise	Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.1 (3 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Actifio Enterprise	Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
Likelihood to Recommend	Actifio Actifio is a good fit for anyone looking for draas or backup as a service with Bluechip.co.uk being able to tailor a solution to fit your need if you are a medium size business looking to protect over 20TB of source data on a mix of virtual and physical servers in your datacentre our hosted within our state of the art datacentres. Incentivized PD Peter Dawe Data Managment Consultant Read full review	Microsoft Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager is well suited for Windows domain environments where you need to make backups of Hyper-V virtual machines or bare metal servers. It is possible to backup SQL databases, works pretty well, but sometimes needs consistency checks on backups to properly continue to backup databases. Easy to restore anything to production or to another location. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Actifio Reliable and easy to deploy backup solution with low administration overhead. Fast backup solution with low impact on production systems as it backs them up. Dedup and replication of backed up data between sites and with streamsnap very quick recovery on dr site. Great customer support with quick response to changing demands. Incentivized PD Peter Dawe Data Managment Consultant Read full review	Microsoft Hyper-V backup /restore Bare-Metal backup/restore Good management console Incentivized AS Alan Sidles President Read full review
Cons	Actifio Single file restore has always been an issue but hopefully will be added soon. Physical server backup restoring has always been tricky but achievable. Incentivized PD Peter Dawe Data Managment Consultant Read full review	Microsoft Integration with some devices Web client Slow interface Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Actifio Actifio is quicker to deploy easier to manage and capacity plan with less components to keep patched. Incentivized PD Peter Dawe Data Managment Consultant Read full review	Microsoft Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Actifio We have managed to scale up the size of our environment without the need for extra admin overhead. Over 99% backups complete. Solution is robust and quick to scale to meet demands. Incentivized PD Peter Dawe Data Managment Consultant Read full review	Microsoft It has saved us on licensing costs and through centralized management. Incentivized AS Alan Sidles President Read full review
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