Synology Active Backup Suite vs. Paragon Hard Disk Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Synology Active Backup Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
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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
Paragon Hard Disk Manager
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Paragon Software headquartered in Irvine offers Paragon Hard Disk Manager, a storage management solution for physical and virtual drives, and disaster recovery framework solution for businesses of all sizes.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Synology Active Backup SuiteParagon Hard Disk Manager
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Synology Active Backup Suite
9.1
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Paragon Hard Disk Manager
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Ratings
Universal recovery8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Synology Active Backup Suite
8.8
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Paragon Hard Disk Manager
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Ratings
Continuous data protection9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Synology Active Backup SuiteParagon Hard Disk Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(4 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Synology Active Backup SuiteParagon Hard Disk Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
Synology
Synology Active Backup Suite is well suited for machines running in the same network due to the setup being easier config as well as the network transmission speed. Through the internet is also possible to make a backup but you would be limited to the internet upload speed of your ISP. I believe it is less appropriate to complex networks with several jumps due to configuration.
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Paragon Software
Paragon Hard Disk Manager is suitable for use by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The graphical user interface helps to make the software easy to use, even by those with limited computer/technical knowledge and skills. The software will likely meet most, if not all, of the backup requirements of SMEs.
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Pros
Synology
  • intuitive UI for both managing backups and restore jobs.
  • Compression and deduplication, to reduce to storage needs and costs.
  • Easy to install and setup backup agent on windows, linux and of course synology
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Paragon Software
  • Disk wiping - quick and effective solution for simple wipe processes
  • Partitioning - the software allowed us to work more closely with the partitions in a GUI environment
  • Data Migrations - Paragon Hard Disk Manager made this process of data migration very easy and convenient
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Cons
Synology
  • Can't think of any currently.
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Paragon Software
  • It can be upgraded to offer cloud storage services.
  • The performance of the current features is stable.
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Usability
Synology
It's easy of use and deployment
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Paragon Software
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Support Rating
Synology
No answers on this topic
Paragon Software
I've never had to contact Paragon support which speaks to the quality of their product.
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Alternatives Considered
Synology
Synology Active Backup Suite is more user friendly than TrueNAS and setting up all the environment for a Raspberry Pi system, its plug and play makes all the setup less complicated and the configuration more manageable. While TrueNAS is a great enterprise solution with a great community and Raspberry PI is complete open source and do it yourself, Synology Active Backup Suite offers the best of both worlds with and easy to use and upgrade with enterprise and small business options.
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Paragon Software
Paragon has much more flexibility to manipulate partitions and clone drives
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Return on Investment
Synology
  • Cut down on Veeam costs, for non-critical infrastructure.
  • No monthly or recuring costs due to no subscription or cloud fees
  • Easy to use and installation, doesn’t require outside consultations or experts to install and setup.
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Paragon Software
  • Paragon Hard Disk Manager makes creating regular incremental backups straightforward. The ease of configuring the software to automatically perform backup jobs increases the likelihood that we will follow through with our backup strategy, thus protecting our data.
  • Any loss of important data would potentially be catastrophic to our business. Paragon Hard Disk Manager minimizes this risk.
  • The software's ease of use also means we can focus more on our core business activities (and spend less time and effort on data backups).
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ScreenShots

Synology Active Backup Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of Active Backup for Business PC interface