Microsoft System Center vs. Unitrends

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft System Center
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.
$1,323
per month
Unitrends
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
The 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
Microsoft System CenterUnitrends
Editions & Modules
Standard Edition
$1323
Datacenter Edition
$3607
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft System CenterUnitrends
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Microsoft System Center

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Unitrends
Chose Unitrends
Unitrends [Data Center Backup and Recovery] licensing is MUCH better than Veritas Backup Exec was, our previous backup solution. It is a cleaner install, much easier to keep current and is more logically deployed and managed. Unitrends is very much like a point and click …
Chose Unitrends
While all of the products I evaluate could do the job and I have experience with them all, Unitrends' solution is just easier and more affordable. All solutions have negatives, but Unitrends' are so easy to live with that I had no reason to make a change. I'd also put their …
Chose Unitrends
We haven't really used other backup solutions in our corporation other than Unitrends. Unitrends has been able to do what we need it to do and we have not needed to search for other solutions. Our VM's [are] backed up using their internal tools, but I do not consider that a …
Chose Unitrends
With the recovery series, it's all in one box - licenses, storage, and software.
Chose Unitrends
We selected Unitrends due to unique features, cost of appliance, cost of service, and excellent reviews.
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Features
Microsoft System CenterUnitrends
Data Center Backup
Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft System Center
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Ratings
Unitrends
7.9
359 Ratings
3% below category average
Universal recovery00 Ratings7.4301 Ratings
Instant recovery00 Ratings8.0289 Ratings
Recovery verification00 Ratings8.0287 Ratings
Business application protection00 Ratings6.7261 Ratings
Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings7.9267 Ratings
Incremental backup identification00 Ratings8.2337 Ratings
Backup to the cloud00 Ratings7.3212 Ratings
Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings7.3325 Ratings
Snapshots00 Ratings8.0242 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Management dashboard00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Platform support00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Retention options00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft System CenterUnitrends
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(20 ratings)
7.9
(371 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(25 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(14 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.2
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.9
(23 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(12 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
3.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft System CenterUnitrends
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
We used a product before that was designed to prevent users making changes and saving files to the desktop computer. This required a renewal of the license. By using SCCM in our environment we were able to discontinue using that product because SCCM allows us to completely restore a machine back to the original configuration. We have taught our users to save their individual work on either a network drive or a cloud drive. By doing this, if we do a re-image of their machine they have lost no data, and it makes for a faster resolution. In some instances having a computer in our SCCM environment it can become cumbersome when creating new users for very specific purposes. It can be done by creating new organizational units and applying new policies but when in a pinch it can be frustrating. For the most part we have tried to make "new" purpose images and groups to at least accommodate a quick install.
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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.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Provides our users the ability to deploy and manage our own datacenter based on defined software with understandable solutions for storage, compute, networking and security.
  • We are able to update at once all the computers from all departments without having to install the OS on every computer.
  • It allows us to have everything in one place for database management and datacenter inspection as well.
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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.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Needs web based storefront for requesting new software
  • Needs ability to manage the packaging work flow better
  • Sometimes is slow to download and there is no indication the entire catalog is being loaded, resulting in confused users not being able to find common software in the available list.
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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
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.
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Usability
Microsoft
It is not user-friendly for the most part. With IT infrastructure, sometimes it cannot handle excess requests. Every few months, you will need an upgrade in terms of server resources to keep up with incoming alerts and requests. This does not happen all of the time, but it does happen when there are too many requests.
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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
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Kaseya
The appliances have been there when we need them and have rarely if ever gone down. Hardware issues have been resolved quickly.
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Performance
Microsoft
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Kaseya
The hardware is adequate and speedy. The user interface responds quickly. Backups complete quickly.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
If I had to dislike something about the system it would be how much it changes once you upgrade. This could be more of a problem of mine since I get used to one way and don't like it when it changes so much. I am enjoying the newest update, but it is a mess when you are actually going through the upgrades.
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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
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
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.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
We previously used a mix of FOG and Clonezilla to image machines. The biggest issues with these products is that changing one piece of the image required you to rebuild the entire image itself. These pieces of software also did not allow you to manage applications and Windows Updates, causing IT to have to constantly touch machines after they were imaged and update or manage them with a much more hands on approach.
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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
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.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • We have been able to automate our patch management, firmware and other security concerns.
  • We have a standardized "image" ensuring our setup is consistent across the enterprise. This alone has saved us in time to support and time to understand how to use our desktops.
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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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