Arcserve UDP vs Quorum OnQ comparison

Arcserve and Quorum are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.0, while Quorum is ranked #47 with an average rating of 8.3. Arcserve holds a 1.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quorum’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Quorum users who would recommend it.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

Quorum OnQ

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Arcserve UDP and Quorum OnQ are both backup and disaster recovery solutions that compete in the data protection category. While both products offer robust features, Arcserve UDP is often noted for its cost-effectiveness, and Quorum OnQ is recognized for its advanced disaster recovery capabilities.

Features: Arcserve UDP provides comprehensive backup options, including virtual, physical, and cloud support. It also ensures extensive data protection. Quorum OnQ is known for instant recovery capabilities, overall reliability, and advanced features suitable for critical disaster recovery scenarios.

Room for Improvement: Arcserve UDP users suggest enhancements in management capabilities, reporting tools, and user interface. Quorum OnQ could improve its documentation, provide more flexible configuration options, and enhance its scalability features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Arcserve UDP is praised for its straightforward deployment process and responsive customer service. On the other hand, Quorum OnQ is highly regarded for its simplicity in deployment and proactive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Arcserve UDP is noted for its attractive initial cost, offering a good return on investment by meeting needs at a reasonable price point. Quorum OnQ, while more expensive, provides a high ROI due to superior features and recovery capabilities, making it worth the additional cost for critical environments.

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

11th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Quorum OnQ

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

47th

Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

21st

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (36th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quorum OnQ is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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TeresitaSabile

Head of Operation and IT at Elgrade Inc

Cost savings and efficient decompression but needs better cloud integration

Our primary use case for Arcserve UDP is its decompression feature, which helped us save money by reducing storage needs. Despite moving to cloud applications, we have been using Arcserve UDP for backup and disaster recovery Arcserve UDP has helped our organization save considerable amounts of…

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Mohamed Iqbal

Presales Information Technology Consultant at JBA

A stable and economical solution that provides quick disaster recovery

The most valuable feature of Quorum OnQ is quick recovery. We call it a single-click recovery. If any server goes down, crashes, or experiences downtime, we can bring up the DR (Disaster Recovery) server in just two minutes. We also have a "Single Pane of Glass," wherein we work with only a single window. You don't have to use multiple windows to perform basic tasks like failover or failback.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Arcserve has a feature called virtual standby (VSB), which has been very helpful because I already have a hot standby copy of my critical infrastructure. If something breaks, I can spin up that virtual standby copy in less than five minutes and ensure that my data is available to everyone and that business continuity is maintained."

"Arcserve UDP has a good configuration and user interface. It makes the job of an administrator easy."

"I like the tool's speed."

"I would recommend it if there is a general case."

"Instant recovery is the most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP."

"The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too."

"The most valuable feature of Arcserve UDP is its decompression capability."

"The ROI is very good because of the speed of the backup."

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"It's easy to implement, easy to spin up, easily configurable, to drop-in appliances and network. There wasn't a lot of time needed to spin it up."

"I have used the BMR (Bare Metal Restore) in several emergencies and it has absolutely saved my bacon."

"A very high level security environment for secondary data."

"The solution is very cost effective."

"One of the most valuable features was the usability, since many of the features were very straightforward. The backup and restoration process was also very fast. Although we weren't able to fully test the scenarios, one of the features was that we could have it restored on a remote site. However, since we were on-prem, we weren't able to test the remote site restoration."

"Being able to spin up a machine in a sandbox is amazing because it allows us to test things that we otherwise would not be able to do."

"Quorum OnQ provides an elevated ability to filter on everything from people's location to age to their voting history."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."

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Cons

"One area for improvement in Arcserve UDP is its capability to interact with other cloud servers."

"Arcserve UDP is in the middle range of complexity. The interface can be developed a little bit more to be user-friendly."

"They could work on their marketing approach. I don't see many people leveraging it."

"StorageCraft ShadowProtect can improve by making one console that can control backups of all desktops and servers in one place. Additionally, the recovery process of the backups is very slow and could improve. It's very slow when we went to recover a complete disc but to recover one file is very fast."

"Licensing is an area that needs improvement."

"It should be easier to switch between backup locations. We have multiple data storage locations and sometimes one of those storages need to be replaced. It would be nice if they made it easier to reconfigure the backup configuration."

"One of the biggest drawbacks of Arcserve UDP is that it does not have a single console, making it an area that needs to be considered for improvement."

"We cannot restore each user's mailbox. Each user's mailbox should be independently restorable. Also, this solution is very slow. If you select all of the servers, it runs for a long time... It needs to be faster. Finally, If anything happens to one server we should be able to switch to another server."

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"It would be beneficial if file culling could be more granular."

"They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive."

"There seems to be a lack of technicians. Sometimes they are very busy and I don't hear back for a day or two. The technicians they have are great. They are fantastic, but it seems difficult, at times, to get in contact with anyone."

"Better integration with cloud-based solutions like Azure and Office 365 is needed."

"The cost could be reduced."

"They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments with different needs."

"The price is high and could be more competitive."

"At times the email notifications don't go out, but a quick reset always fixes that problem."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is priced well compared to other solutions."

"Normally our customers purchase the premium plus license, rather than the standard one, which provides more options."

"It is approximately $400 to purchase a virtual service outright."

"The solution is expensive."

"It is a bit pricey, considering the reliability problems. If the tool worked flawlessly, the price would be fair, even cheap."

"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a four or five out of ten."

"Its price seems reasonable. Its price is average as compared to the other products I've looked at. We have a three-year license right now. There are no other costs beyond the standard licensing fee."

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"The pricing is about $1,400 a month. It's a little bit on the higher side. But it's one of those situations where time is valuable for me. So if it costs a little bit more money for me to have a solution that just works and requires less of my day-to-day management, I'm willing to pay a little bit more."

"When we quote the price of Quorum to customers, they find it expensive."

"The initial expenditure for us was a little under $40,000 for the recent renewal. For the first three years after that, other than electricity, there's no cost. After that, their support contract has to be renewed annually. We spent close to $6,000, between the two offices, for support."

"The upfront cost of purchasing a license for the hardware is quite steep."

"The total for our current solution's licensing is about $14,000 for 12 servers for three years."

"The solution’s pricing is economical."

"The cost is higher than other software and services, but it is an absolute must-have."

"We have never questioned whether it is worth it because it so obviously is a great value."

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Computer Software Company

17%

Non Profit

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?

Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup and DR that are specific to your organization and then compare each of the four ...

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What do you like most about StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

The interface is very refined, works fine, and is very intuitive most of the time. Scalability is nice. The multi-tenancy feature is very welcome. The integration with Linux works fine too.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for StorageCraft ShadowProtect?

Pricing for SPX MRP/MSP is under $400 per server (Single VM) with a 1-year subscription. After discounts, it could decrease by 20%-30%, and opting for a 3/5/10 server pack may offer even better (lo...

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What do you like most about Quorum OnQ?

It is a very scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quorum OnQ?

It's a little expensive. That said, the cost aligns with other advocacy tools we have evaluated.

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What needs improvement with Quorum OnQ?

They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments wit...

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Also Known As

StorageCraft ShadowProtect, StorageCraft Backup Analyzer

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Overview

Arcserve UDP is a comprehensive solution that empowers even a one-person IT department to protect virtual and physical environments with a high degree of simplicity. It allows you to design and manage your entire data protection strategy with a unified management console, and enables you to scale your data backup coverage as your organization grows with the push of a button.

Arcserve

Quorum onQ is the global leader in 1-click instant recovery, providing full immediate recovery of your critical systems after any storage, system or site failure. It does this by automatically maintaining up-to-date, ready-to-run virtual machine clones of your physical and virtual servers stored on a dedicated appliance – clones that will transparently take over for failed servers within minutes.

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Sample Customers

ITPS, North Hertfordshire Homes, SEMIKRON, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Test Valley Borough Council, EK Services

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