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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arcserve ShadowProtect

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AShadowProtect, 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

    SkyVault

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    Pricing
    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
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    Arcserve
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and SkyVault
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SkyVault
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and SkyVault
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SkyVault
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery
    Comparison of Disaster Recovery features of Arcserve ShadowProtect and SkyVault
    Feature
    Arcserve ShadowProtect
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SkyVault
    -
    Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Planning7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hot Sites7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Disaster Recovery Testing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Disaster Recovery7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
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    Score6.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Datto SIRIS
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    HPE Zerto Software
    Score9.4 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Arcserve ShadowProtectSkyVault
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Arcserve
    In situations where business continuity needs are high, ShadowProtect backups provide the ability to keep operations running with very minimal downtime, even in situations like crypto-locked data. If a backup server is set up in an environment to resume a live server from backup, this is even more helpful. In situations where clients don't care as much about quickly recovering their data, they can go without a solution like this.
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    Runwell Solutions
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    Pros
    Arcserve
    • You can virtualize your backups using Virtualbox, a free program that works on any PC.
    • Backups are versatile, and you can back up to any location you'd like.
    • Alerting can be set up for failed backups.
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    Runwell Solutions
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    Cons
    Arcserve
    • 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.
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    Support Rating
    Arcserve
    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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    Runwell Solutions
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    Alternatives Considered
    Arcserve
    Speed, we rely on Shadowprotect to provide us with fast backups and also backups that are smaller in size compared to the other products.
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    Runwell Solutions
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    Return on Investment
    Arcserve
    • We have been with Shadowprotect for 5 years and are now only moving off of them due to limited functionality and Shadowprotect doubling our billing.
    • The product now requires a lot more babysitting so I have one person just stuck managing backups, which is not a fulfilling job and hard to keep someone in that seat.
    • While Shadowprotect has been fantastic for years, it is time for us to move on to something that makes financial sense and requires less labour.
    • Storagecraft Cloud is fairly expensive compared to competitors.
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    Runwell Solutions
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