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BigMind DR vs. Arcserve ShadowProtect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BigMind DR
Score 0.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
BigMind DR — Local Disaster Recovery for Windows BigMind DR is a local Disaster Recovery and Disk Imaging solution for Windows developed by Genie9. The platform is designed for IT professionals and regulated small offices in the legal, medical, and accounting sectors that require local Disaster Recovery capabilities without cloud dependency. Core Features BigMind DR utilizes Block-Level Imaging technology to capture system…
$59.99
one-time fee per user
Arcserve ShadowProtect
Score 6.3 out of 10
N/A
ShadowProtect, from Arcserve company StorageCraft (merged in March of 2021), supports business continuity with data backup and system protection; the vendor boasts fast system restore capabilities relative to other similar solutions.N/A
Pricing
BigMind DRArcserve ShadowProtect
Editions & Modules
BigMind DR Plus
$59.99
one-time fee per user
BigMind DR Pro
$119
one-time fee per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BigMind DRArcserve ShadowProtect
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBigMind DR uses per-account pricing, not per-endpoint or per-device. The Plus plan covers 10 users and up to 20 devices for a one-time $59 lifetime payment. The Pro plan covers 15 users and up to 45 devices for $119 lifetime. Unlike competitors such as Acronis and Veeam which charge $50–$130 per workstation annually, BigMind DR offers a single lifetime price with no recurring fees and no cloud storage costs — the customer brings their own storage device.—
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Community Pulse
BigMind DRArcserve ShadowProtect
Considered Both Products
BigMind DR

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Arcserve ShadowProtect
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
Speed, we rely on Shadowprotect to provide us with fast backups and also backups that are smaller in size compared to the other products.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
Reliable backup and quick and easy to use.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
Storagecraft SPX runs circles around Veeam in physical or mixed physical/virtual workloads. In a purely virtual environment, I would go with Veeam. Backup Exec lost favor with me years ago. Carbonite is fine for file-level backups to the cloud but isn’t a good DR option because …
John Rivers | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Rivers
Owner, IT Consultant
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
SPX is much better at backing up Exchange, SQL, any other databases. I love the SPX disaster recovery features compared to other products.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
ShadowProtect has great technology, and is easily one of the top 5 backup systems out there.
Ian Hansen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ian Hansen
IT Services Director
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
ShadowProtect is less expensive than some and more robust than others, and for us, provided a fine medium on which to build our support platform. The MSP interface for SPX makes licenses easy to track and deploy, as well as to retire. Overall, have been satisfied with this …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Arcserve ShadowProtect
We have servers dedicated to backups at our client sites so doing a wholesale hardware replacement is really tough. We also have our own cloud that is fairly young, so we don't want to move to a product that forces us into their cloud. We want to use both our cloud and grow …
Features
BigMind DRArcserve ShadowProtect
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
BigMind DR
-
Ratings
Arcserve ShadowProtect
7.4
Ratings
8% below category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
BigMind DR
-
Ratings
Arcserve ShadowProtect
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Replication00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Disaster Recovery
Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Product A and Product B
BigMind DR
-
Ratings
Arcserve ShadowProtect
7.0
Ratings
8% below category average
Disaster Recovery Planning00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Hot Sites00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Disaster Recovery Testing00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Automated Disaster Recovery00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BigMind DRArcserve ShadowProtect
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BigMind DRArcserve ShadowProtect
Likelihood to Recommend
No answers on this topic
If we have a scenario where we need very fast backup/ a lot of backups per hour we tend to go towards ShadowProtect , we have several customers with important servers that we backup each 15 minutes with a VSS consistent snapshot. The continuous incremental option also allows us to create one "full backup" and never again afterwards. This gives us the possibility to give longer retention periods to our customers.
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Anonymous
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Pros
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  • Shadowprotect has a relatively simple interface so it's easy to set up.
  • Due to the simple UI, it is easy to restore files.
  • Imagemanage works fairly well once it's set up and doesn't need much babysitting.
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Cons
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  • The replication offsite can have issues over time. It takes manual involvement to keep it working right.
  • SPX remote management isn't easy out of the box.
John Rivers | TrustRadius Reviewer
John Rivers
Owner, IT Consultant
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
We don’t need support often, but when we do, the support has been strong. Sometimes it is hard to determine how to access support for the exact issue we are having. There are a decent forum and online ticketing system. Support for the cloud center seems to be provided only by phone, though.
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Alternatives Considered
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ShadowProtect is less expensive than some and more robust than others, and for us, provided a fine medium on which to build our support platform. The MSP interface for SPX makes licenses easy to track and deploy, as well as to retire. Overall, have been satisfied with this choice.
Ian Hansen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ian Hansen
IT Services Director
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Return on Investment
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  • It had a positive ROI due to the ability to offer better backup technology to our clients.
  • There is a large up-front fee you need to pay, though, as you need a minimum number of licenses to resell as MSP.
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ScreenShots

BigMind DR Screenshots

Screenshot of BigMind DR's central dashboardm, offering a setup guide — install the agent, create your first DR image, and plant ransomware canaries.Screenshot of the Disaster Recovery screen showing full coverage status across all devices, total images taken, storage used, and next scheduled backup — plus one-click USB recovery drive creation.Screenshot of the available operating systems. BigMind DR runs on Windows (19.3 MB lite setup), Linux (329.9 MB), and macOS coming soon. Version 2.1.43 — ARM64 and full installer editions also available.Screenshot of the hub where users can automate image retention policies, set storage threshold alerts, and schedule email reports — daily, weekly, or monthly — no manual intervention needed.