Axcient x360Recover vs. CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued) vs. Nasuni

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Axcient x360Recover
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Axcient x360Recover (formerly BRC) can not only recover a single server or desktop, but can automate the recovery of an entire customer site through its Virtual Office and automated Runbook features. In a disaster event, authorized users can log into the web application or Remote Management Console and create a virtual private cloud called a Virtual Office. The Virtual Office ensures security, privacy and reliability for every organization needing to run one or more failover virtual machines in…N/A
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
CTERA offered a cloud storage gateway and NAS appliance the Edge X Series. The product line has been discontinued.N/A
Nasuni
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
The Nasuni File Data Platform is a cloud-native suite of services offering user productivity, business continuity, data intelligence, cloud choice, and simplified global infrastructure. The platform and its add-on services replace traditional file infrastructure, including network attached storage (NAS), back-up, and DR, with a cloud-scale solution. By consolidating file data in easily expandable cloud object storage from Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Nasuni aims to become a cloud-native…N/A
Pricing
Axcient x360RecoverCTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)Nasuni
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Axcient x360RecoverCTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)Nasuni
Free Trial
YesNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Axcient x360RecoverCTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)Nasuni
Features
Axcient x360RecoverCTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)Nasuni
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Axcient x360Recover
8.4
37 Ratings
4% above category average
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Nasuni
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Ratings
Universal recovery9.033 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Instant recovery5.636 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification9.535 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Business application protection8.334 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations9.231 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification9.536 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud9.436 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression7.632 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Snapshots7.737 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment8.636 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard8.737 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support7.837 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options7.836 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption9.734 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
Axcient x360Recover
8.7
34 Ratings
3% above category average
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Nasuni
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Ratings
Continuous data protection9.727 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication8.232 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics7.132 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection8.323 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities9.531 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery9.65 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Disaster Recovery
Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Product A and Product B
Axcient x360Recover
8.7
37 Ratings
9% above category average
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
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Ratings
Nasuni
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Ratings
Disaster Recovery Planning9.433 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Hot Sites9.126 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Disaster Recovery Testing9.536 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated Disaster Recovery6.729 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Axcient x360Recover
-
Ratings
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
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Ratings
Nasuni
9.4
2 Ratings
12% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File search00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Axcient x360Recover
-
Ratings
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
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Ratings
Nasuni
8.3
2 Ratings
4% below category average
User and role management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Axcient x360Recover
-
Ratings
CTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)
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Ratings
Nasuni
9.3
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Performance00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Axcient x360RecoverCTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)Nasuni
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(53 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(12 ratings)
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-
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Usability
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
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9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
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-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
2.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Axcient x360RecoverCTERA Edge X Series (discontinued)Nasuni
Likelihood to Recommend
ConnectWise
I feel that Axcient x360Recover is well suited for any environment, both large and small. Weather you build your own device, BYOD or purchase one of theirs, it all works great. I even use it at home via the direct to cloud option. Well work the investment. I am unable to find a downside at this time.
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Discontinued Products
This is all about the selling you a "Device" and prices vary greatly between resellers. The devices work well, but the pure cloud solutions need a lot of work.
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Nasuni
Well suited if you have a lot of data that doesn't need to be stored and read right away. I think even if you don't have much data, you can still use it for it's intended purpose to great effect, but think of it as the more data you have, the even better it will work. I don't think it would be particularly useful if you already have a slick file restore system in place and you don't need to store your data elsewhere with redundancy.
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Pros
ConnectWise
  • Setup and configuration is extremely easy.
  • The business continuity component for spinning up the desired recovery point as a virtual machine on the appliance in order to keep the business operational is rock solid.
  • Recovering the desired backup point back to the physical hardware or virtual environment and syncing the most recent changes to finalize the recovery is awesome.
  • The system documentation is concise and easy to use.
  • The support team is absolutely fantastic.
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Discontinued Products
  • Standard File Backup
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Nasuni
  • The management console is extremely simple and easy to navigate, making common tasks easy to do.
  • Our storage appliance is configured to snapshot data several times an hour, making the risk of data loss very low.
  • Data restores are very intuitive, and take seconds to initiate regardless of whether it is one file or 300GB of data. We have successfully restored many Gigs of data in minutes.
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Cons
ConnectWise
  • The only thing missing is the ability to cancel a backup as they appear to just continue to try to run even after rebooting the BDR and endpoint until a failure finally occurs.
  • The only other ask would be to expand support to Linux operating systems.
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Discontinued Products
  • SQL Backups just don't work reliably. For us, we lost all of our SQL data backed up through the CTERA Application process. Although the logs indicated a success, that was really not the case. This came close to putting us out of business. Luckily I had taken a genuine SQL backup to a folder. Unfortunately it was a month old. We had to pick-up the pieces from there.
  • Don't use it for file sync and share. There are better products out there i.e. anchorworks.com
  • Support sucks. Good luck with response time and answers that are inconsistent between team members. For example I had to rebuild a VM from scratch. When I re-installed the CTERA client It obviously thought I was adding another device. When I inquired to tech support, one member said "copy the old Data folder" (I still had the old VHD. That did not work). The other directed me to the correct spot to just change the associated folder. The turn-around time was over 24 hours for this simple fix.
  • Documentation, plenty of fodder but no real tech there.
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Nasuni
  • Better analytics when issues arise.
  • Better onboarding documentation.
  • Real-time monitoring.
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Likelihood to Renew
ConnectWise
We've been using Axcient over the years and have worked with their development team to suggest new features, something that you would not normally be able to do with other companies. They listen to what we have to say and understand that we are a business, just like them. It's great to know that someone will always be there for you when you need them.
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Discontinued Products
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Nasuni
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Usability
ConnectWise
It is overall very easy to install and get working. Install the application, select the drives you want to backup or leave blank and backup all drives. It starts to run immediately. You configure all the backup retention and how often to run in the portal so once you deploy the agent it is very easy to get started. After the backup completes. The portal will perform a test boot and auto verification of the image.
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Discontinued Products
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Nasuni
As I mentioned, the user interface is amazing and straight forward. It's very easy to learn how to configure and restore files. I would like a bit more reporting, especially in terms of live reporting and monitoring. The support is great when you have a question on how to do something, which helps with usability.
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Performance
ConnectWise
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Discontinued Products
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Nasuni
Again, it may have a little to do with the size and speed of your own environment, but we've been nothing but pleased with the speed of access of the files - even pulling old files from the cloud storage. Recovery of huge and many data files is a bit slow if you don't have the specs of the filer up to snuff.
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Support Rating
ConnectWise
Support is pretty good. The issue is that they don't have any SLA so they get to you whenever. Though, if you hound them, they usually bump you up in the chain and get back to you. Their techs are fairly knowledgeable. Occasionally the first level support isn't the best, but once it bumps up to the next level, they are good.
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Discontinued Products
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Nasuni
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Implementation Rating
ConnectWise
I had the miss fortune to go back to this device. Alot has changed since the first time I had used it. Now instead a full deployable network appliance, you have to download a preconfigured virtual machine that will only run on an ESXi server. What about Hyper-V? I have many clients that are Hyper-V only. I setup a test lab to get this thing up and running and it has been a nightmare to say the least. Will be looking at other options.
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Discontinued Products
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Nasuni
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Alternatives Considered
ConnectWise
Security and encryption of Axcient is a top priority . Axcient have all the tools to provide solutions to different kind of businesses Best part is it has an MSP friendly console to manage multiples devices and clients at the same Dashboard. Deployment process is very easy in Windows an VMWare Devices.
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Discontinued Products
Unfortunately CTERA does not stack up well if you want a pure cloud BDR. I have use iDrive and Asigra. iDrive has similar support and SQL backup issues. Asigra can vary widely in support and price, but the software is solid.
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Nasuni
The technical support and escalation path for Nasuni is much more reliable and efficient. No getting transferred to various teams. Often times, the person who answers your call is able to resolve your issue. If they cannot, they get the case assigned to the appropriate engineer right away. Time to close has always been very good.
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Return on Investment
ConnectWise
  • The few customers I have I feel confident and comfortable that a disaster will make recovery easy and fast for my clients.
  • I can set it up and forget about it with reports and alerts
  • I recommend it to any client that requires a good solid backup solution;
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Discontinued Products
  • NONE, it about put us out of business
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Nasuni
  • Dramatically reduced time spent managing our storage platform. Quotas and reporting tools take all the guesswork out of data growth. Updates are easy to deploy. Time freed up can be used for more user-facing activities that we consider more valuable to the organization.
  • The overall stability of the platform has been very good. We have been running on the same hardware for the past four years without any performance issues.
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