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Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] vs Veritas Backup Exec comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas Backup Exec
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (29th)
 

Featured Reviews

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Technical Manager at Optimistic Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd
Reliable and efficient for our data backup needs
I would rate the easiness of the initial setup as an eight out of ten. During our initial setup of Quest Rapid Recovery, we encountered some smaller issues, mainly related to version compatibility and system changes. Setting up Quest Rapid Recovery was quick and done within a day. We started by ensuring the required prerequisites were in place. One server was dedicated to Rapid Recovery, and another acted as a proxy for communication. After installing the Rapid Recovery client on both servers and establishing communication, we configured settings and set up a backup schedule, deciding on file-level or full backups as needed. The process was straightforward, making the deployment efficient and completed within a day. One person with the right skills is all it takes for the deployment.
MuhammadNabeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at Axelliant
Reliable backups have protected critical office data and support daily recovery needs
Veritas Backup Exec offers a range of features that cater to the needs of businesses looking for a comprehensive data protection solution. The advantages include ease of use, comprehensive coverage, automated recovery, scalability, integration, and technical support. Veritas Backup Exec especially helps our organization because it is designed to remedy complexity by delivering a simple backup and recovery solution that meets all protection needs with a host of powerful features that can help save time and money, increase reliability, and improve recovery time objectives.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Disk backup (archiving to the cloud) is its most valuable feature because it provides for our disaster recovery plan."
"Basically, half of my day is saved because of the email notification and alerts."
"The data protection strategy varies on a case-by-case basis, but overall, it's doing well."
"The most valuable feature of Quest Rapid Recovery for our organization is the VM recovery functionality."
"It has surpassed our expectations time and time again."
"Probably the point-in-time recovery is most valuable. The other piece that is really nice is that you can mount a whole server at any point in time. So, you can mount the server with all the drives to a Z drive or something like that. It will just mount it all up, and your data is accessible right there on one drive, which is nice."
"The solution offers a 100% guarantee that if it's backed up you will be able to restore it onto any platform you want."
"Definitely, the mount and recovery points are the most valuable, because if someone deletes a file or something, or if something gets corrupted, we can always revert back to an old change because our repository goes about a month back. The ability to roll back files and the ability to roll back servers is really important."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"It provides our daily backups and restores, giving us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowingly deleted a while ago."
"The data disk to disk to tape method is very helpful and it is easy to restore the individual or folder level restoration is much easier."
"It is stable, there are no bugs or glitches, it doesn’t crash or freeze, it’s reliable, and the performance is good."
"For example, we were using this product to back up one of our servers that got the CryptoLocker virus, and we were able to go back and restore it to just a few hours previous to the attack and we were able to get everybody right back up and running within a day, in less than a day's time."
 

Cons

"One area where Quest Rapid Recovery has room for improvement is in the handling of snapshots on Hyper-V."
"You can only take a snapshot from a virtual environment. It should have the ability to take snapshots from both a virtual and physical environment."
"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it."
"The archive feature is a little cryptic. I don't think that it is very understandable."
"Sometimes, when we have certain batches for Windows, it needs to be restarted. When it's restarted, the service is configured as a delayed start. Sometimes, you need to wait too long until it rights itself, or you have to do it manually."
"It would be nice if you could deploy the agent without having to reboot."
"It is expensive. If you do not need physical backups, it is expensive for basic virtual backups."
"It's buggy. That's a big problem. We're arranging to get rid of it. We're going to switch to Veeam."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"They could include backup functionality for enterprise environments."
"It doesn't support the AIX platform."
"Service pack releases mean you need to apply it to the media server and then manually update each agent. Can be time-consuming."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"It's still hard to use. A more user-friendly version would be great."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I believe the basic license comes with six terabytes, whereas a lot of the other ones are four terabytes. From the price point, it seemed a lot better than the comparative models, such as Datto, Barracuda, and some of the others. I believe Barracuda was about $15,000 for four terabytes, and Quest was around $12,000 for six terabytes. Pricing is based on the period. There is just the maintenance fee that you have to pay annually, or you can pay for a three-year or four-year contract. This includes Premier Support."
"I don't think the licensing for the product is very expensive."
"Its price is okay. It is reasonable in terms of the way it works."
"It is a little expensive. However, I haven't compared it to other solutions. Being a nonprofit, it is always good to have nonprofit discounts on products."
"The pricing is on the higher end."
"When I purchased the change to the license, it was $1,600. I think that was for changing the license. I don't believe that I had to purchase technical support in a while, so I must've bought maybe for five years, but I don't feel there was a huge cost involved in technical support. Its cost was definitely worth it because we've had a fantastic experience with them."
"Licensing fees are based on the amount of data that you want to store, which is related to how many customers you want to cover."
"I'm not aware of the exact cost of Quest Rapid Recovery because I'm from the technical team, but in general, the solution is quite competitive cost-wise."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Pricing is similar, but they don´t offer the same options/technology."
"The price is reasonable for the features it offers."
"I think it's sold at the right price. It's not expensive. The license is usually for a year."
"The price of Veritas Backup Exec could be reduced and we pay annually for the license. However, compared to other solutions, such as Veeam, it is less expensive."
"Its price is reasonable."
"I rate the price of Veritas Backup Exec a four out of five."
"I think, at least for the price I've seen, it could be lower compared to other products."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Performing Arts
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

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Sample Customers

PRIME aerostructures GmbH, Tamworth Regional Council, Rhondda Housing Association, Stadtwerke Pforzheim GmbH & Co., Guangdong Aiyingdao Childrens Department Store, Nspyre, Tarrant Technology Partners, CloudRunner
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