FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL) vs. OpenText Core Endpoint Backup vs. Scality ARTESCA

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FalconStor StorSafe
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
StorSafe is the latest release of FalconStor's, headquartered in Austin, VTL product. It is a 100% software product that runs on industry-standard servers, or in any cloud as a VM, to provide a next-generation virtual tape library that FalconStor presents as scalable, state-of-the-art, and 100% compatible with existing enterprise backup software. StorSafe aims to eliminate tapes and manual processes completely in favor of cloud object storage for offsite protection of backup sets, if desired.N/A
OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
OpenText Core Endpoint Backup, formerly Carbonite Endpoint, provides an enterprise-grade backup solution for all endpoints, including mobile devices or devices spread across a distributed enterprise network.
$24
per month
Scality ARTESCA
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Scality in San Francisco offers scalable file and object storage for media, healthcare, cloud service providers, and others.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Basic Computer Backup
$24
per month
Advanced Endpoint Protection
$34
per month
Basic Server Backup
$50
per month
Basic Backup
$55
per month
Advanced Server Protection
$147
per month
Advanced Protection
$199
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FalconStor StorSafeOpenText Core Endpoint BackupScality ARTESCA
Free Trial
NoNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsContact vendor for booking demo and pricing information.
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Community Pulse
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Features
FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)OpenText Core Endpoint BackupScality ARTESCA
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)
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Ratings
OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
5.6
1 Ratings
42% below category average
Scality ARTESCA
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Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Backup
Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Product A and Product B
FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)
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Ratings
OpenText Core Endpoint Backup
6.5
1 Ratings
27% below category average
Scality ARTESCA
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Ratings
Continuous data protection00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Replication00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Malware protection00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)OpenText Core Endpoint BackupScality ARTESCA
Small Businesses
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
Cove Data Protection
Cove Data Protection
Score 9.1 out of 10
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon S3 Glacier
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.9 out of 10
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Scale
Score 9.7 out of 10
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FalconStor StorSafe (FalconStor VTL)OpenText Core Endpoint BackupScality ARTESCA
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(23 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(6 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
Carbonite Endpoint 360 is a great solution for any organization with compliance needs. Office 365 defaults to a 30 day backup of all data. Carbonite Endpoint 360 extends this well beyond 30 days and provides an all-inclusive source for retention for data in Office 365. Any small to medium business would greatly benefit from this solution as they can design their entire infrastructure in Office 365 and ensure it's all backed up.
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Scality
The team in charge of implementing Scality has to be full stack in order to guarantee the correct functioning of the entire system. However, you have to think very carefully about the balance between servers and disks, perhaps adopting smaller fully populated servers instead of large semi-populated servers, which would mean that over time our disk updates will not have a fully useful life.
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Pros
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
  • It is excellent at automating your backups. You don't need to manually do it, just set it up once and let it run in the background.
  • It's pretty simple to set up and use. It will automatically suggest the best options that work for most people and you can be up and running pretty quickly.
  • It's safe and reliable. We have been using it for a couple of years now and had no major issues.
  • Their phone support is excellent.
  • It's also really easy to maintain your backed up data to reduce redundancy.
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Scality
  • I love the redundancy of the software.
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Cons
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
  • To be honest not so impressed with the amount of time it has taken to get data backed up to the cloud.
  • I have not had to do a restore at this time so I cannot comment on the restore process.
  • I was not aware at time of procurement that the upload process would take so long since we were not procuring their hardware. Sales rep mad it seem like upload would only take a day or two and we are now starting week 7 hoping to be done by week 8 for 1.5 TBs of data.
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Scality
  • The overall packaging is not very good. I think it could be more efficient for installation.
  • There are many components in storage servers. This can generally be complex to understand, you have to be patient.
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Likelihood to Renew
FalconStor Software
No answers on this topic
OpenText
I found their alerting to be very poor. I missed several days of backups without knowledge of this, until I signed into the portal. I would get daily emails reporting backups were in progress or done, but nothing indicating that a backup had been stuck or paused for 3 days. For this reason alone, I did not renew.
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Scality
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Usability
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
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Scality
As an organization, it took us a while to understand the shift from a traditional black box SAN to software-defined storage, but now we are much more certain of what this means. The time invested and the resources were not very high, thanks on the one hand to the technical support and on the other to the coherence and good development of the platform.
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Support Rating
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
Does what it needs to do quietly and efficiently in the background without interrupting the workflow. It offers instant automated back-ups without troubling the end user. As it is such an automated system, once it is up and running, there is little or no support needed from the service provider. From what I understand the support from Carbonite during the setup and implementation was absolutely fine.
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Scality
I have seen Scality in the office meeting with our VP and get the feeling that they are here to support us.
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Alternatives Considered
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
We have also used Mozy Pro and Dropbox. They are all pretty similar in functionality/features of backing up data (not system state or databases as I don't think any of the 3 are well suited for that). To me, it comes down to personal preference and choosing a product that is universal for multiple users, for ease of management.
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Scality
Due to the nature of our business we require extensive encryption and availability for sensitive customer data. The erasure encoding that Scality provides gives us the assurance that documents are rest are never in a state of being downloaded or available to a casual data thief. This is something that can be found with other vendors but at a fraction of the same cost. Having this kind of performance, availability and redundancy at the cost that Scality provides has made a large difference to our organization.
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Return on Investment
FalconStor Software
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OpenText
  • Carbonite Endpoint has demonstrated value in its ability to easily restore seemingly lost files for remote users.
  • While we haven't yet had to exercise it, knowing we have the option of remotely wiping endpoints containing sensitive data has brought confidence to our management team that we can mitigate data breaches through preventable means.
  • The privacy issue around device tracking is costing the company in terms of employee trust and morale and needs to be mitigated with appropriate messaging and/or disabling of this feature.
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Scality
  • Keeping sensitive customer data secure is a must for our organization and Scality has great features to make this happen.
  • We replaced a single SAN with a Scality ring and found performance to improve as we store more and more customer data.
  • Being able to lose various portions of our Scality ring and allow it to continue to service customers while maintaining high performance has been key to our business.
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