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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure StorSimple

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AStorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.

    $4.11

    Per Day

    SysTools Cloud Backup Tools

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ASysTools G Suite/Google Apps Backup can export a complete mailbox to MSG, PST, EML and MBOX files. The utility downloads and copies all the items of the user’s G Suite account like emails, contacts, calendars and documents on their local machine. To export G Suite/Paid Google Mail account data items a valid username and password is required. Filling out admin credentials are required if the user wants to copy/export an entire domain user’s mailboxes. Documents are saved in latest formats,…

    $19

    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
    Azure StorSimpleSysTools Cloud Backup ToolsUnitrends
    Editions & Modules
    Virtual Appliance
    $4.11
    Per Day
    Cloud Array
    $4.11
    Per Day
    Physical Appliance
    $43.84
    Per Day
    Single G Suite Mailbox License
    $19
    Enterprise (minimum 5 users licenses)
    $24
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure StorSimpleSysTools Cloud Backup ToolsUnitrends
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$49Optional
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
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    Kaseya
    Chose Unitrends
    I've used VEAM before in a few instances, I didn't find it to be terribly user friendly and at the time we made our decision it would have been very cost-prohibitive.
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    89%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    178 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    154 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    156 Answers
    Features
    Azure StorSimpleSysTools Cloud Backup ToolsUnitrends
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Azure StorSimple and SysTools Cloud Backup Tools and Unitrends
    Feature
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    Unitrends
    7.5
    360 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings6.8302 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7290 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3288 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings00 Ratings6.6262 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0268 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.3338 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings00 Ratings6.6213 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0326 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3243 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings00 Ratings6.17 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings00 Ratings7.67 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure StorSimpleSysTools Cloud Backup ToolsUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (372 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    8.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
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    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
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    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
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    -
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    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    -
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    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
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    3.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure StorSimpleSysTools Cloud Backup ToolsUnitrends
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure.
    Incentivized
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Very good for a backup that is also used for frequent access (like a remote HD) and is easy to share.
    • Not 100% reliable as a full copy (like TimeMachine) of the HD, but not far off.
    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
    Microsoft
    • Performance via the SSD drives.
    • Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure.
    • Easy to Admin via Web client interface.
    Incentivized
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Fast response
    • Excellent analysis
    • Easy migration
    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
    Microsoft
    • Additional fail-over functionality
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Backup to Dropbox and other cloud services would be great.
    • Online backup to 3rd party cloud services that do not affect band-width on the user end.
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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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for.
    Incentivized
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
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    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
    Microsoft
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    Super easy usability is something you don’t find out there these days with back up utilities.
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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?
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    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
    Microsoft
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
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    Kaseya
    The hardware is adequate and speedy. The user interface responds quickly. Backups complete quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    Great over all for what the purpose is. Not needing to spend much time focusing on backup
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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.
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    No answers on this topic
    Kaseya
    It was sufficient to get started. It was not super deep. We called support often to get going.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
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    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    From my research, SysTools was chosen mainly due to its simplicity. Other software tends to add a lot of eye candy, which for me was not necessary. I needed something that I could configure and leave running in the background relatively unnoticed. SysTools provided that with little interruption to my daily activities.
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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
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
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    Kaseya
    Once you exceed the capacity of the appliances, you have to forklift a new appliance. This is very expensive.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team
    • Great value on year 2
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    SysTools Software Pvt. Ltd
    • Reduces time of sharing files and working on them collaboratively, in fairly large groups. We stopped using email attachments.
    • Reduce recovery time from a faulty or retired PC.
    • Reduce time of recovering old and large files we do not keep offline.
    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.
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