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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AssuranceCM

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A

    BDRShield

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AVembu BDR Suite is a universal backup solution catering to the backup, recovery, and disaster recovery needs of diverse IT environments. It is also optimized for service providers who deliver BaaS and DRaaS to their customers.

    $12

    per year per endpoint

    Pricing
    AssuranceCMBDRShield
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Endpoint / Workstation Backup
    $12
    per year per endpoint
    SaaS Backup
    $12
    per year per user
    VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup
    $48
    per year per VM
    Apps & DB Backup
    $72
    per year Apps
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AssuranceCMBDRShield
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AssuranceCMBDRShield
    Considered Both Products
    Castellan Software
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    Vembu Technologies
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    AssuranceCMBDRShield
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of AssuranceCM and BDRShield
    Feature
    AssuranceCM
    -
    Ratings
    BDRShield
    9.6
    61 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings9.950 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings9.651 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings9.952 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings9.143 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.743 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.758 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.436 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.848 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings9.745 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.854 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings9.659 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings9.459 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.857 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.851 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AssuranceCMBDRShield
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (64 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (62 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AssuranceCMBDRShield
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    It provides reliable daily backup tasks and it is important for us to have no worries of system crush. BDRSuite is full featured, I had been using BDRSuite to replicate servers from Hyper-v to ESXi, it's quite useful and easily to process than other VM migration tools between different platform. BDRSuite costs less than other backup product because I can decrease/increase/allocate license between VMs easily. The license charge two ways, server or VM. We choose VM license.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Castellan Software
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    Vembu Technologies
    • Seed an offsite backup. A simple checkbox to seed a large backup prior to backing it up to our datacenter. Previously with another well knows backup provider this was convoluted and time-consuming.
    • Backup Speed. Vembu BDR is fast and allows me to schedule multiple jobs within time constraints that prohibit some backup products from working.
    • DR - Vembu BDR provides an option to mirror your backups to an offsite datacenter without taxing production servers with a secondary backup job.
    • Bare Metal Recovery: the ability to create a custom bootable ISO that you can quickly recover a failed physical server or workstation.
    • Ease of use: The console is consistent and very easy to use. From initial install to being fully configured takes just a few minutes.
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    Cons
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    • User interface on the servers do not have enough tools to better monitor the systems and finding information is difficult.
    • User interface at portal is difficult to navigate and confusing
    • Support documentation is too generic and rarely answers my questions.
    • Licensing and acquisition. As a reseller and partner the licensing model is confusing and the portal interface to manage licensing should be scrapped and rebuilt. It is difficult to navigate and the available information is too vague.
    • Recently, communication with new channel contact. My previous contact was articulate and answered my questions.
    • Did I mention licensing? This is the most confusing and difficult process I've dealt with in 25 years. Makes Microsoft look simple.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    Because of the product functions and possibilities: - it's easy to use through WEB browser - installation process is not complicated - Vembu BDR solution is reliable, and works properly. It does the job. This product could get extra points for the appliance that could be imported to virtual environment (no need for windows server license or some linux knowledge).
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    Friendly web interface very clear, nicely and professionally designed. Usability, setup and forget. It has all features you need for hybrid environments even if you don't use it. You know the features are there when you needed. Email report is so informative. You get all the details about completed backup without logging in the system
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    Support Rating
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    It often takes a very long time to get an issue fixed. the support folks seem committed to getting it fixed but they often seem to be trying different things and hoping something works. I did not get the sense that they had a clear idea what was wrong.
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    Implementation Rating
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    It wasn't difficult at all, it fact, it was mostly simple, implementation doesn't require much skills and knowledge, but the configuration part does require some skills to create the jobs and configure certain settings, overall, its an easy implementation, especially for experienced IT People
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    Alternatives Considered
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    I tested Vembu against Veeam and for the price, Vembu was the better option. I also had a great support experience as I had to contact Vembu twice after mistakes I made. While using Veeam the software was not as intuitive and support responses were not as swift and accurate.
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    Return on Investment
    Castellan Software
    No answers on this topic
    Vembu Technologies
    • For organizations that use different tools for Backup and recovery, this could be the single tool for Storage and Backup Administrators to automate and work effectively.
    • Software cost is lesser thus the money can be invested for other tools/software procurement
    • I don't think there is any negative impact as of now
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