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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Axcient x360Recover

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAxcient 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

    Cove Data Protection

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACove Data Protection (formerly N-Able Backup) is designed to cover servers, datacenters, applications, and workstations, and is provided to ensure business continuity and at-a-glance assessment and fast issue resolution via customizable dashboard.N/A

    Unitrends

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Unitrends Recovery Series Backup Appliances are hardware developed for data backup and management. They cover enterprise backup, ransomware detection, recovery assurance, proactive monitoring, and cloud continuity into a single platform for organizations of all sizes.N/A
    Pricing
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    Free Trial
    YesNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Cove offers one flat rate per server or workstation and one flat per-user price for Microsoft 365, with cloud storage included. Each license carries a defined amount of included storage that is pooled across an MSPs customers, so smaller devices that use less can offset larger ones.—
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    Axcient x360RecoverCove Data ProtectionUnitrends
    Considered Multiple Products
    ConnectWise
    Chose Axcient x360Recover
    Enterprise wide usage
    Strong customer focus
    Product development and future perspective is clear
    Product functionality and performance is good
    Incentivized
    Chose Axcient x360Recover
    We've been a Datto partner for many years. For the longest time, Datto was the "Gold Standard" for this type of Business Continuity and Data Recovery (BCDR) solutions. Since our partnership with Axcient, we have completely moved away from Datto... especially now that Datto is a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Axcient x360Recover
    We have used N-able's offering in the past, and switched to Axcient mainly because of the pricing. We have stayed because Axcient continues to improve on its portal and has never given us a reason to look elsewhere.
    Incentivized
    Chose Axcient x360Recover
    • Unitrends
      Axcient has two things over on Unitrends. An MSP friendly console for managing several devices (though I'm told Unitrends will have this very soon), and cost. Unitrends does proper block level backups of a huge variety of operating systems (that it can actually …
    Incentivized
    N-able
    Chose Cove Data Protection
    Works well. Easy to use. If you use Ncentral, it's already tied in and even easier to deploy. Cloud storage is more expensive than competitors. There is no easy option to offload your backups to AWS, etc. It can create a local speed vault to have local backups as well. …
    Incentivized
    Kaseya
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Axcient x360RecoverCove Data ProtectionUnitrends
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Axcient x360Recover and Cove Data Protection and Unitrends
    Feature
    Axcient x360Recover
    8.4
    37 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Cove Data Protection
    9.5
    19 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Unitrends
    7.5
    360 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Universal recovery9.033 Ratings8.616 Ratings6.8302 Ratings
    Instant recovery4.436 Ratings9.515 Ratings8.7290 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.635 Ratings9.617 Ratings7.3288 Ratings
    Business application protection8.134 Ratings8.916 Ratings6.5262 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.831 Ratings8.817 Ratings8.0268 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.636 Ratings9.917 Ratings8.3338 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.636 Ratings10.018 Ratings6.5213 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression7.432 Ratings10.018 Ratings8.0326 Ratings
    Snapshots7.437 Ratings10.012 Ratings7.3243 Ratings
    Flexible deployment8.336 Ratings9.017 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.837 Ratings9.619 Ratings6.07 Ratings
    Platform support7.637 Ratings8.918 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Retention options7.636 Ratings10.019 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Encryption9.934 Ratings9.918 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Axcient x360Recover and Cove Data Protection and Unitrends
    Feature
    Axcient x360Recover
    8.8
    34 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Cove Data Protection
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    Unitrends
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    Continuous data protection9.927 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication8.032 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics6.832 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.323 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities9.631 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery9.95 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery
    Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Axcient x360Recover and Cove Data Protection and Unitrends
    Feature
    Axcient x360Recover
    8.6
    37 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Cove Data Protection
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    Unitrends
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    Disaster Recovery Planning9.633 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hot Sites9.126 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Testing9.636 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Disaster Recovery6.129 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Axcient x360RecoverCove Data ProtectionUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (53 ratings)
    7.7
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (372 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    -
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    8.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    9.7
    (7 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    -
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    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    7.9
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    -
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    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    2.0
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    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.1
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    3.8
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    Vendor post-sale
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    8.2
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    User Testimonials
    Axcient x360RecoverCove Data ProtectionUnitrends
    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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    N-able
    Solarwinds Backup is ideal for individuals looking to keep a consistent backup of devices in their environment. We used it primarily for networking equipment. It is easy to set up, as it is one of the steps available when adding a new device to solarwinds. It is probably not an ideal product to use for long-term (1 month+) backups.
    Incentivized
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    Kaseya
    We have a traditional stack and pretty typical needs as a manufacturer. I have used and evaluated everything out there, but the Unitrends solution fits very well and was competitively priced. I would think if it fits us, it could fit anyone like us with a similar stack.
    Incentivized
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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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    N-able
    • Backup Reporting: Email alerts, and a great, easy to read Dashboard with detailed error logs and an easy to search Solarwinds FAQ for a lot of them.
    • Restores: So far I have restored files, full VMs, and VMs to other hardware, and so far it has not only been flawless, but so flexible that I can't imagine going back to any other software.
    Incentivized
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    Kaseya
    • It has fully automated and customizable dashboards that can run with less administrative attention.
    • It should be able to run on virtual machines or be deployed as a virtual machine within MS Azure or AWS.
    • It's AI-based ransomware detection helps to understand data characteristics and alerts for ransomware attacks.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    • Restore complete settings: IP settings, the setting of CPU/Memory for VMs, etc. would decrease management during a restore.
    • Individual file backup: more granular settings for backup.
    • Change of device name after setup: at times, computer names change after restore so it would be great to rename the device name.
    • Option to recovery security key.
    Incentivized
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    Kaseya
    • Errors on backup jobs could be more clearly explained. As the administrator of the device for my company, I often don't know what caused an error, and can't tell from the error information what happened or caused the error.
    • Updates of the devices should have an automatic option. It takes to much time to do an update to the devices if updates haven't been maintained.
    • Shutdown and restarting the device should be available from the main UI screen to eliminate some time when doing updates or if you're doing some maintenance on the device.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    We have grown very attached to the Unitrends appliances and their use for recovery and other file restoration needs as well as data archival, data replication to other appliance and data migration to other servers or long term storage requirements. The appliances work well and the support for them is very good as well.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    Cove Data Protection is very usable as it's easy to tell that it is made to not only do backup very well, but it's also easy to deploy. The agent-based deployment allows for flexible deployment options while ensuring a minimal amount of manual work is needed on the dashboard end. Recovery is also very easy, especially as it relates to one-off file recovery
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    Kaseya
    I have never used such an easy product that is stable and scalable like Unitrends. I have been running backups for MANY years. On premise, tape, disk, cloud, you name it. Unitrends is very flexible, stable and has incredible reporting features. It's nice when management requests a report and it takes you 5 minutes to run it and dump it to PDF. How can you beat that?
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    The appliances have been there when we need them and have rarely if ever gone down. Hardware issues have been resolved quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    The hardware is adequate and speedy. The user interface responds quickly. Backups complete quickly.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    We have an Italian support partner, they are been very good b7y the first moment.
    All the partners are followed with a lot of attention, even the little ones.
    there is a site where you can learn everything, the single parts of the product are described perfectly.
    Every it specialist should evaluate it.
    Incentivized
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    Kaseya
    They're incredible, attentive, thorough. They make sure my issue is resolved and follow up. I'm usually behind on giving them a reply or an update. They have always gone above and beyond for me, and I'll continue to do the same for them.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    It was sufficient to get started. It was not super deep. We called support often to get going.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    The Unitrends employees involved in the installation were very friendly and knowledgeable. A certain degree of hiccups can be expected during any installation but never shook my confidence because of the friendly and knowledgeable team that was assigned to my project.
    Incentivized
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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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    N-able
    Cove is able to cover all aspects of backup in a single package. From the same dashboard I can check servers, workstations, and even Office 365. Cove is a much better solution in terms of overall management for a company such as ours. It also provides integration options with N-Able's RMM and Take Control solutions. This allows us to offer our customers with a full service suite in a single package.
    Incentivized
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    Kaseya
    Symantec Backup Exec was the primary tool used for backups for years. We also used Veeam for some Office 365/Exchange backups. Unitrends once configured and set up works very well against the competition. Backup Exec interface was more user friendly. The search tool for exploring backups was much better than Unitrends as well. Unitrends is much faster if you need to restore an entire VM or large file folders. Also once you have Unitrends all set up, it is very low maintenance, it just works. If something fails 9/10 it will correct itself on the next backup that is scheduled to run
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    Once you exceed the capacity of the appliances, you have to forklift a new appliance. This is very expensive.
    Incentivized
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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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    N-able
    • There has been NO negative impact to out ROI, but it definitely helps our bottom line. Affordable pricing and solid support make Solarwinds Backup almost a no brainer. That interprets to a growing ROI.
    • The best thing to happen to our ROI is the growth brought in by very happy clients.
    Incentivized
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    Kaseya
    • It has saved some deleted file server data for our business department.
    • We have lost some reports for the business department due to an overlooked setting that make the backup reports look great, but the server was not being backed up in reality.
    • Less anxiety for the IT department, we have backup plan and that is worth a lot to us.
    Incentivized
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