Synology Active Backup Suite vs. Arcserve Backup

Synology Active Backup Suite

Arcserve Backup

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Synology Active Backup Suite	Score 9.3 out of 10	N/A	Synology Active Backup Suite is software that allows users to consolidate backup tasks for physical servers, file shares, virtual machines, and SaaS applications. It also allows users to replicate and archive data to remote servers or public cloud and can rapidly restore files, entire machines, or VMs. Active Backup Suite is license-free and available on compatible Synology NAS models. Data Backup Integrated backup solution for personal computers, physical…	N/A
Arcserve Backup	Score 6.4 out of 10	N/A	Arcserve Backup is a storage management solution from Arcserve, formerly of CA Technologies before Arcserve's divestiture (July 2014). It utilizes magnetic tape storage backup as part of its storage management offering.	N/A

Pricing

Synology Active Backup Suite

Arcserve Backup

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Synology Active Backup Suite	Arcserve Backup
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Synology Active Backup Suite	Arcserve Backup
Top Pros	No answers on this topic	Pro Disaster recovery Pro Virtual machines Pro Reliable backup
Top Cons	No answers on this topic	Minus Learning curve Minus Email reporting Minus Support line

Features

Synology Active Backup Suite

Arcserve Backup

Data Center Backup

Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
	Synology Active Backup Suite 9.7 1 Ratings 15% above category average	Arcserve Backup - Ratings
Recovery verification	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Management dashboard	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Platform support	9.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Retention options	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Enterprise Backup

Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
	Synology Active Backup Suite 10.0 1 Ratings 19% above category average	Arcserve Backup - Ratings
Continuous data protection	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Synology Active Backup Suite	Arcserve Backup
Small Businesses	Carbonite Safe Score 10.0 out of 10	Cyberduck Score 9.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.8 out of 10	Cisco UCS Manager Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.8 out of 10	Cisco UCS Manager Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Synology Active Backup Suite	Arcserve Backup
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.9 (7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Synology Active Backup Suite	Arcserve Backup
Likelihood to Recommend	Synology Small Companies, and domestic Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Arcserve Arcserve UDP is fully suited for small to large size environments that need complete data protection solutions with the ability to run the fastest backups, replications, instant VM and DR. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Synology Backup Computers Backup Server Restore worked Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Arcserve Arcserve Backup has many offerings to fit many business sizes and needs. It offers excellent features like dedupe, high availability, DR, and BMR. Arcserve Backup sales and technical support is good to work with. Very nice reseller program and benefits. Incentivized Robert Guy IT Analyst II Read full review
Cons	Synology Agent Download more easily More detail information's on dates, and what was backup Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Arcserve Has a steep learning curve to the product, if not experienced in backup solutions. Windows backup and restore functionality is excellent, however, we have found Linux somewhat lacking. Incentivized Rob Bates Public & Private Cloud Senior Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Synology No answers on this topic	Arcserve Arcserve UDP provides our organization lots of benefits and it is much more than a simple backup and restore solution. We use it for cross platform DR, storage agnostic replications, DR solution instead of VMware SRM and more. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	Synology No answers on this topic	Arcserve Arcserve Backup support is usually very good. Their chat is usually able to fix most general issues, but will escalate more in depth issues to technical engineers that call you back. Their product knowledge is really good and usually resolve issues promptly. Incentivized Robert Guy IT Analyst II Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Synology Centralized system for multiples systems Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Arcserve We use Veeam Backup and Replication at our larger sites where Vmware Virtualization is being used and is our product of choice in this venue. When it comes to our smaller sites, nothing is more affordable and reliable than Arcserve Backup. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Synology Recovery of small critical Systems Fast and relyability Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Arcserve Deploying Arcserve UDP with the "copy-to-tape" option allowed us to reuse well over 50 LTO5 tapes used by our previous backup solution. Further, we extended data retention on site (maintaining monthly backups on disk) as well as extending off site data retention on tape. Jerry Shakal Senior Systems Administrator Read full review
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