BDRShield vs BackupAssist comparison

Why PeerSpot?

BackupAssist and Vembu Technologies are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. BackupAssist is ranked #61, while Vembu Technologies is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.0. BackupAssist holds a 0.8% mindshare in BRS, compared to Vembu Technologies’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of BackupAssist users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Vembu Technologies users who would recommend it.

BackupAssist

Read 5 BackupAssist reviews

2,921 Views
2,804 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

BDRShield

Read 66 BDRShield reviews

9,719 Views
6,900 Comparison Views

91% willing to recommend

BackupAssist

BDRShield

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

BDRShield and BackupAssist are products in the data backup and disaster recovery market. BDRShield is favored for its affordability and customer support, ideal for cost-conscious buyers. BackupAssist has the upper hand with advanced features, attracting those who prioritize robust functionalities.

Features: BDRShield offers automated backup scheduling, real-time alerts, and cloud storage integration. BackupAssist provides flexible backup options, including file-based and image-based backups, with enhanced security protocols. While BDRShield focuses on simplicity, BackupAssist delivers comprehensive protection with customization capabilities.

Room for Improvement: BDRShield could benefit from advanced customization, more flexible deployment options, and enhanced security protocols. BackupAssist might improve by simplifying its setup process, expanding its integration capabilities with more cloud services, and offering more budget-friendly options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BDRShield provides easy installation and dedicated customer support, suitable for businesses needing a quick start. BackupAssist involves more complex setup but compensates with thorough documentation and support for varied deployment scenarios.

Pricing and ROI: BDRShield has competitive pricing with low setup costs, making it attractive for small to mid-sized businesses with its efficient functions. BackupAssist requires more upfront investment, justifying the cost with advanced features and potential long-term savings, offering a promising ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed BDRShield vs. BackupAssist Report (Updated: October 2026).

Buyer's Guide

BDRShield vs. BackupAssist

October 2026

Download the complete report

Helped 920,769 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

BackupAssist

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

61st

Ranking in MSP Backup

12th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

BDRShield

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

31st

Ranking in MSP Backup

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (13th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of BackupAssist is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BDRShield is 1.2%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BDRShield	1.2%
BackupAssist	0.8%
Other	98.0%

Backup and Recovery

Featured Reviews

RichardMukarakate

Director at Gemini Systems

Provides ransomware protection, does good reporting, and is close to perfect for our use case

The main challenge that I have had with it was no line of support, but I've anyway taken away the Linux machine that I was using. So, I don't need that anymore. I'm migrating my Exchange to the cloud. So, I probably will stop using the exchange backup side of it sometime next year, but the rest of the virtual machines that I have on-premises are very well covered by it. To be able to back up my online Exchange, I know there is a backup in the cloud, but I prefer to have something physical with something on my premises as well. It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it.

Read full review

Tony Ashvanian

IT Director at Boom Logic

Can automatically pull the virtual machines that we have in an environment

I like the fact that BDRSuite can connect to VMware ESXi and automatically pull the virtual machines that I have in that environment. I also like that you can choose to back up the compute to the backup server or go straight to the cloud. BDRSuite enables you to recover data instantly. When we need to recover data, I only need to start a backup job or a restore job. Depending on the speed of the server and the Internet, it should be able to download the files from the cloud and split them back up the way they were like nothing ever happened. The restore options BDRSuite provides are crucial because we use it for a lot of healthcare companies that have HIPAA requirements. BDRSuite is HIPAA compliant. We need it to be readily available and accessible in case something goes wrong. It lets you schedule backups to run every 15 minutes. I don't believe you can do it at shorter intervals because there's no way the original backups will finish in 15 minutes. It allows you to adjust the schedules. For example, if you don't want it to go during certain times, you can set that up. You can also choose between a full or incremental backup. There are settings you can adjust to make it work how you want it. Incremental backup is crucial because a full backup would increase fees or affect the local server because it would back up the entire volume every time. Instead, it does one full backup—say 12 terabytes— and adds to it in increments of 100 gigabytes, 200 gigabytes, etc. Whenever you want to add a backup job, there's a wizard that pops up telling you how to make a new backup job. It asks you what you want to name it and what you want to back up. Then, it asks you if you want to schedule it. There's an interactive display on how to do that.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."

"I get my reports. It is generally very reliable. Unless there is a major change, it doesn't stop backing up. I've got my server room set up with everything connected to the same power, and I never have power issues or failures of backups because a sub-site has gone off."

"We managed to have good backups which were easy to recover, and easy backup of MS Exchange and SQL databases."

"I would definitely recommend this solution to others."

"We can configure the notifications themselves so that the right people get the notifications. This is very helpful. It allows key stakeholders to know if backups have happened and to remind each other to check the backups if something is not right."

"The most valuable features of BackupAssist are ease of use, configure is simple, and more importantly, ease of recovery. If you needed to do a complete system recovery or another recovery it is straightforward."

"I find BackupAssist very convenient to work on and I really like its user interface."

"What you want is software that can be relied upon at the moment when a server goes down, you can backup simply and reliably, BackupAssist fulfilled this criterion."

More BackupAssist pros

"It's easy to restore."

"BDRSuite can help organizations save time and money by automating backup and recovery processes and reducing the need for manual intervention."

"It was very difficult to find a product that supports Red Hat Virtualization natively and to take a snapshot of the VM or a full backup or a dump from the machine. The option that Vembu proposed, to take the machine as an image, take it from the system, is also good."

"We invest in the backup so the continuity of the data is not affected."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to copy quickly. We have about 12 terabytes, and trying to copy that volume size through the file structure would take a week. BDRSuite has a different approach to copying and is much faster."

"The agentless backups are the big selling point on this, as well as being able to send out across sites so that I can do a restore at either of our two locations."

"The biggest improvement has been the ability to allow us as an MSSP to continuously gather extra revenue from this software, so we can use it to back up our clients' data offsite."

"The licensing and pricing are good; it's a no-brainer, it is affordable, and it has value with respect to the features included in the software."

More BDRShield pros

Cons

"The solution needs a dashboard or some form of central control from which you can manage all backups."

"One issue I had with this program, was that I couldn't get it to back up my Linux virtual machines."

"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."

"Has a few problems working with snapshots time-outs and failed backups."

"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."

"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."

"I am not giving it a higher score because it is complicated to recover a crashed backup server."

"It would be good to have a volume licensing discount. We're a managed IT service provider, so we're backing up not just our own systems but all our clients'. In that regard, as we grow, we're putting business through Vembu. There is not any specific partner incentive at all. So that would be nice to see."

"The phone [support] system is a negative five on a scale from one to ten, where one is the worst. They wanted me to leave a message. When there is a problem with the product and you call in, you want to talk to somebody or wait to talk to somebody, not leave a message."

"There were issues with the implementation because of incompatibilities between the tool implementation and our current VMware installation. So, it was an implementation issue that doesn't allow me to use it for VMware backup in the manner in which we would want to use it. That wasn't clear from the evaluation stage nor was it clear from the first utilization of it because it worked in the environment that it was being evaluated in. Based on that, we went ahead and made the purchase of the full implementation. At that point, it became clear that there would be limitations in that implementation that could not be overcome without doing upgrades to the production environment."

"We do a lot of internal automation, so the Vembu API definitely has some gaps. The Vembu API could definitely use some improvement. We do rely a lot on automation outside of just the regular interface. We've noticed that the Vembu GUI is good, but we do leverage the APIs for a lot of stuff, and there's definitely some room for improvement there."

"They had a good product and tried to change things by going to a different product. They should have tried to stay with a product that is a proven solution and successful."

"With the free version of Vembu, you receive three virtual machine backups. However, if you buy the NetworkBackup Enterprise version, you don't have access to the features seen in the free version."

"Vembu will tell you the next scheduled backup, but it doesn't show you the last successful backup. I would have them include a column under "List of Backup Jobs" and have two other columns which say, "Last Successful Backup" and "Next Scheduled Backup", because you don't know now if it's backed up successfully. It just says, "The next scheduled time is this." You don't know from looking at that pane of glass when the last time it actually happened without digging further into reports."

More BDRShield cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product pricing here in Zimbabwe is good, I cannot complain."

"There's a yearly licensing cost. The costs might be around $2000 USD annually."

"The cost of the solution is reasonable and there are add-on options that can be purchased. I have used other solutions that are a lot more expensive that are not as good. The ability to get support is very simple and very reasonable from a cost standpoint."

"It's on a yearly basis, but I'm not the one who does the licensing on that. I don't have any figures, but it's on a yearly basis, and I believe it's reasonable."

"Its price is fair, and they still allow perpetual licensing, which is extremely important for us. They also have offline licensing. I am not aware of any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. In terms of the affordability of the solution for businesses with a tight budget, you aren't going to beat it."

"To continue to do backups, we fell back to Windows Backup mode. We are still using the tool, but not in the manner in which we would have wanted. The tool purchase doesn't cover all options of the tool, e.g., if I go in and buy it, I have to buy it licensed for VMware Backups, not Windows Backups. At this point, what had to happen was they had to allow it to operate in Windows Backup so I could continue to back up the VMs, but in a trial mode. The trial mode has been extended once, and now we're reaching the limit of that extension again. Because I still haven't been able to update the production VMware environment such that the tool will operate in it in the manner in which I want it to operate, I'm stuck having to go back again to say, "Sorry, I need to extend this trial on it again." Even though I've paid, I'm still only able to operate in a trial mode. So, it's been difficult for us."

"We are saving $6,000 every three years versus having another product."

"We chose this solution because it was cheaper and easier to use than Veeam and other solutions of this type."

"It's more affordable than Veeam, so smaller companies can afford to have a solution like this in place, which is very nice."

"Previously, we used Veeam Backup, but we replaced it with Vembu. We switched because Vembu is more cost-effective. So, price was a factor."

"I do remember that the pricing was based on a VMware or Hyper-V license, whereas on our end, it should be regarded as a VM-based license. I don't know why they make a difference at the Vembu level. We are currently on VMware migrating to Hyper-V, and we didn't want to buy licenses for VMware, but still have to buy them for Hyper-V. This the only thing which does not seem fully adequate."

"When they changed to the newest version (4.1), they have more VMs allowed on the free version. Before, there were only three VMs allowed on the free version, and if you needed to back up more than three VMs, you had to get the paid version. Now, you can have up to 10 VMs on the free version."

More BDRShield pricing and cost advice

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Backup and Recovery solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

920,769 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Construction Company

29%

Comms Service Provider

19%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

13%

Educational Organization

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	44
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

Ask a question

Earn 20 points

What needs improvement with BDRSuite?

I really don't know what could be improved about BDRSuite Backup & Replication. I've never had anything that I thought would be nice if that was possible. Every time I thought that, it was alre...

See all answers

What is your primary use case for BDRSuite?

BDRSuite Backup & Replication is used in my company and I recommend it to my customers.

See all answers

What advice do you have for others considering BDRSuite?

The interface of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is pretty intuitive. Regarding their marketing strategy, I'm very bad at marketing. I always get a little edgy when people try to shove their prod...

See all answers

Comparisons

SnapShooter vs BackupAssist

Compared 6% of the time

Datto SIRIS vs BackupAssist

Compared 6% of the time

Acronis Cyber Protect vs BackupAssist

Compared 6% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs BackupAssist

Compared 5% of the time

MSP360 Backup vs BackupAssist

Compared 5% of the time

More BackupAssist Competitors

Veeam Data Platform vs BDRShield

Compared 6% of the time

HPE Zerto Software vs BDRShield

Compared 5% of the time

Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup vs BDRShield

Compared 4% of the time

N-able Cove Data Protection vs BDRShield

Compared 3% of the time

Clumio vs BDRShield

Compared 2% of the time

More BDRShield Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

BackupAssist

October 2026

Download BackupAssist product report

Buyer's Guide

BDRShield

October 2026

Download BDRShield product report

Also Known As

No data available

Vembu BDRSuite, BDRSuite Backup & Replication

Overview

BackupAssist is a versatile backup software offering tape and drive backups, customizable alerts, Exchange and SQL backups with options for network and cloud data storage, including AWS and Wasabi, ensuring data safety and ease of recovery.

BackupAssist provides reliable backup solutions for businesses with its intuitive interface and straightforward recovery process. It supports a range of storage media and offers cloud storage solutions. While consistently updated, it faces compatibility issues with Linux virtual machines and iSCSI connectivity. There's room for improvement in its marketing and a centralized dashboard is needed. Its Exchange backup processes require attention, and it lacks a dedicated support line, impacting user experience. Deployment covers a variety of servers including file and active directory, demonstrating flexibility in server management and backup processes.

What are the important features of BackupAssist?

Versatile Backup Options: Supports tape, drive, and cloud storage solutions including AWS and Wasabi.
Customizable Alerts: Keeps stakeholders informed with adjustable notifications.
Exchange and SQL Support: Provides dedicated support for critical applications.
Ransomware Protection: Incorporates ransomware checks to enhance security.
User-Friendly: Features an easy-to-navigate interface simplifying backup management.

What benefits should users expect in reviews?

Easy Recovery: Ensures straightforward data restoration processes.
Comprehensive Support: Knowledgebase resources aid in troubleshooting and feature evolution.
Reliable Updates: Regular updates promise continuous improvement.
Flexible Cloud Integration: Options for AWS and Wasabi cater to diverse requirements.
Stability During Power Outages: Maintains data integrity when power issues occur.

In industries, BackupAssist is implemented extensively for server backups, particularly in managing Hyper-V hosts to iSCSI devices, covering vast data volumes and supporting numerous virtual machines. It plays a crucial role in backing up essentials like Exchange, databases, payroll systems, and active directory across multiple sectors by providing on-premise and offsite data retention solutions.

BackupAssist

BDRShield offers seamless backup and recovery, catering to VMware and Hyper-V environments. It's designed for ease-of-use with high efficiency in data management and storage.

BDRShield offers a suite of capabilities designed for effective data protection and recovery. It is known for its user-friendly approach, allowing Java-free agentless backups, and high compression rates that optimize storage resources. central management provides straightforward setup and maintenance, reducing complications. Tailored to suit multi-tenant needs, it seeks to provide comprehensive backup solutions for managed service providers. Incremental backups and quick virtual machine recovery are standout features, alongside a focus on cost efficiency. While users find value in its core functionality, enhancements in customer support responsiveness and an intuitive dashboard are desired. Compatibility with technologies such as Red Hat Virtualization and improvements in data deduplication and cloud storage are areas of growth.

What are BDRShield’s main features?

User-friendly UI: Simplifies navigation for a better experience.
Efficient Backup & Restore: Ensures data security and swift recovery.
VMware & Hyper-V Compatibility: Supports leading virtualization platforms.
High Compression Rates: Saves storage space without sacrificing quality.
Centralized Management: Streamlines configuration processes.
Agentless Backup & Replication: Reduces overhead and simplifies deployment.
Encryption & Deduplication: Enhances security and storage efficiency.
Multi-tenant Support: Benefits managed service providers extensively.
Incremental Backups: Conserves storage and reduces bandwidth usage.

What benefits does BDRShield offer?

Cost Efficiency: Balances performance and value.
Quick VM Restoration: Minimizes downtime and accelerates recovery.
Disaster Recovery Options: Provides robust solutions for data protection offsite.

BDRShield is leveraged widely across industries to protect virtual and physical server environments. Its ability to back up crucial applications, databases, and files both on-premises and in the cloud makes it a versatile choice for various businesses. Small to medium-sized businesses benefit from file-level and image-level backups, ensuring data integrity across platforms like VMware, Hyper-V, and ESXi.

Vembu Technologies

Sample Customers

Monash University, NASA, NYU, Pfizer, RAF Association, Rockwell Colins, University of Arizona, US Department of State, Volvo

NASA, Intel, CISCO, PHILIPS, Atos, HEXAWARE, Motorola

Buyer's Guide

BDRShield vs. BackupAssist

October 2026

Free Report: BDRShield vs. BackupAssist

Find out what your peers are saying about BDRShield vs. BackupAssist and other solutions. Updated: October 2026.

DOWNLOAD NOW

920,769 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our BDRShield vs. BackupAssist report.

See our list of best Backup and Recovery vendors and best MSP Backup vendors.

We monitor all Backup and Recovery reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.