Arcserve UDP vs Vinchin Backup & Recovery comparison

Arcserve and Vinchin are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Arcserve is ranked #24 with an average rating of 6.8, while Vinchin is ranked #65. Arcserve holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Vinchin’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Arcserve users are willing to recommend the solution.

Arcserve UDP

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84% willing to recommend

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0% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Arcserve UDP and Vinchin Backup & Recovery based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Arcserve UDP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th)

Vinchin Backup & Recovery

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

65th

Average Rating

0.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (58th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Arcserve UDP is 1.1%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vinchin Backup & Recovery is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Arcserve UDP	1.1%
Vinchin Backup & Recovery	0.5%
Other	98.4%

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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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Albert-Wang

Technical Consultant at SiS Technologies

Comprehensive data protection supports diverse IT environments

Vinchin Backup & Recovery supports most mainstream private cloud platforms, including VMware, Nutanix, and Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as many Chinese-based products. It supports cross-platform backup and recovery, allowing customers to back up from one platform and recover to another. The user interface is very user-friendly, making it easy for customers to understand and use. In addition to virtual machine backups, the platform supports physical server backups, file backups, and database backups. This comprehensive support allows customers to back up most IT resources, including the public cloud, within one platform.

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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

"Global deduplication is the best feature of this solution."

"The data protection functionality is the most valuable feature of this solution."

"We are satisfied with Arcserve UDP. The most important feature that we use and why we choose this product is the RHA feature."

"There are many backup options available in this solution. For example, you are able to do backups of servers, email, OST files, and users. This is a complete backup solution which is very good."

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

"The backup is the most valuable feature. It also makes storage very easy."

"The most valuable feature of StorageCraft ShadowProtect is the speed and the compression of the backups. The compressed backed-up files do not take up as much storage. Additionally, the incremental backups can be done in one minute and be backed up on a disc very fast."

"The most valuable features of this solution are that I can by just one click, copy and paste anything that I would want. I do not have to restore the whole virtual machine."

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"The user interface is very user-friendly, making it easy for customers to understand and use."

"Vinchin Backup & Recovery supports most mainstream private cloud platforms, including VMware, Nutanix, and Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as many Chinese-based products."

Cons

"A lot of their new technologies are not very good."

"I had an issue with Arcserve UDP during the failover and the secondary machine didn't get back online, even though it ran automatically. I faced the issue during a crisis situation. However, I haven't faced such a problem again."

"In the most recent version of premium plus the replication has been removed, and it should re-added to the solution."

"We have to use a Microsoft hypervisor for installation which is expensive."

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

"I think that the price could still be a bit cheaper and I do not like that they have been purchased by Arcserve."

"The product is not user-friendly."

"The solution's reporting could be improved and should provide customized reports."

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"The deduplication and compression ratio could be improved to save more space for customers."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"In comparison to other vendors, it is a low-cost solution."

"The solution is not very expensive, but it is not cheap."

"As an MSP partner, I believe that the prices are fair."

"The price of this product is high and it should be lower."

"The pricing of the product can be considered to be reasonable enough for the Asian region."

"The solution is very expensive."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Non Profit

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

19%

Retailer

11%

Government

Transportation Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	10
Large Enterprise	9

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

The pricing of Vinchin Backup & Recovery is cheaper compared to solutions like Veeam and Commvault.

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What needs improvement with Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

The deduplication and compression ratio could be improved to save more space for customers. For very large enterprises with over several thousand virtual machines, the backup speed may be an issue.

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What is your primary use case for Vinchin Backup & Recovery?

Companies, such as finance, hospitals, and energy firms, use Vinchin Backup & Recovery to keep their data safe. Data is a critical resource in these industries. The solution helps protect again...

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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.

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Vinchin Backup & Recovery, the next generation VM backup solution self-developed by Vinchin, supports the world’s most mainstream virtual environments including VMware, XenServer/XCP-ng, Hyper-V, RHV/oVirt, OpenStack, Sangfor HCI, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Huawei FusionCompute. It prevents the loss of critical business data due to human misoperation, viruses, attacks, hardware failures, natural disasters, wars, etc.

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Sample Customers

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

Sichuan University, China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Mobile, PetroChina (CNPC), State Grid Corporation of China, La Caja de Ahorro y Seguro, University of Évora, E.Leclerc, LEAG, The University of Manchester

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