The only way to backup with Synology Active Backup Suite
June 04, 2025

The only way to backup with Synology Active Backup Suite

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Synology Active Backup Suite

I use Synology Active Backup Suite in my organization to activate backups. Make them in a specific time, synchronize them and make everything available on our Cloud without having to worry about scheduling about notifications and about errors. It is very simple to install and set up once you have the nest pointed to the computer. It's a automatic functionality that we will run in a specific time and you get a notification every time there is a problem

Pros

  • Notification
  • Scheduling
  • Synchronization

Cons

  • Setup
  • Remote control
  • One click setup
  • I was able to store more data for less money
  • I was able to keep more backup versions
  • I was abe to cut costs from cloud backup by keeping only the newest backup online instead of several versions
Synology Active Backup Suite is easy to use, has great documentation, has video tutorials for a fast integration, it integrates well with Mac OS and Windows. You can have two different NAS machines backing up each other and keeping duplications in separate physical places and with no outside access, just login in from each other.
Synology Active Backup Suite is more user friendly than TrueNAS and setting up all the environment for a Raspberry Pi system, its plug and play makes all the setup less complicated and the configuration more manageable. While TrueNAS is a great enterprise solution with a great community and Raspberry PI is complete open source and do it yourself, Synology Active Backup Suite offers the best of both worlds with and easy to use and upgrade with enterprise and small business options.

Do you think Synology Active Backup Suite delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Synology Active Backup Suite's feature set?

Yes

Did Synology Active Backup Suite live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Synology Active Backup Suite go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Synology Active Backup Suite again?

Yes

Synology Active Backup Suite is well suited for machines running in the same network due to the setup being easier config as well as the network transmission speed. Through the internet is also possible to make a backup but you would be limited to the internet upload speed of your ISP. I believe it is less appropriate to complex networks with several jumps due to configuration.

Synology Active Backup Suite Feature Ratings

Enterprise Backup
10.0
Continuous data protection
10
Replication
10
Operational reporting and analytics
10
Multi-location capabilities
10
Ransomware Recovery
10
Data Center Backup
10.0
Universal recovery
10
Instant recovery
10
Recovery verification
10
Multiple backup destinations
10
Incremental backup identification
10
Backup to the cloud
10
Deduplication and file compression
10
Flexible deployment
10
Management dashboard
10
Platform support
10
Retention options
10
Encryption
10

Evaluating Synology Active Backup Suite and Competitors

Yes - Google drive.
We were using Google Drive to store our data but after reaching the free limit and then having to pay for extra space, the backup was getting bigger and we couldn't afford to keep different versions. Beside that, the access management requires to manually setup folders and individual roles. We couldn't create a group and share specific folders with everyon at the same time, we had to do it one by one.
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
The Price per megabyte for Synology is the best on the market and the Backup suit is simple to use. It is easy to setup groups, define where their backups will be saved, set permissions and timeframes for versioning. we use Mac and Windows machines and the installation is very simple.
Because Synology locked our option to buy hard drives from other vendors, this might increase the price compared to other NAS solutions and then, the usability of Active Backup will lose its value. The fact we must buy their own hardware might lead to a re-evaluation of it against competition that might have a more difficult software but a more open hardware choice.

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