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Compare Arcserve, Acronis and Veeam BaaS solutions

Research done from February 2022 to June 2022 | Page publised on 13th June 2022

Below is a side-by-side comparison of Arcserve, Acronis and Veeam based on a number of parameters such as Products, Licences, Workloads (Public Cloud, SaaS Applications, and Database & End Points), Vendor Advantages and Disadvantages (as per Gartner and Forrester), and Usecase to assist IT administrators and MSPs in making an informed decision.

The content published on this page was written based on public information, including the BaaS vendor website, analyst websites, and comparison sites as of 13th June, 2022. A list of references is available here. Pease note that software products, such as those discussed on this page, are subject to changes and updates. While SysCloud will make reasonable efforts to update the content of this page periodically, SysCloud cannot guarantee that the content of this page will include every product change. Click here if you would like to notify us about a product update and we will consider the information.

Arcserve

Product

Arcserve offers four products:

UDP Cloud Direct

UDP Cloud Direct is Arcserve's direct-to-cloud backup and disaster recovery as a service (BaaS/DRaaS) solution for SMBs and midmarket. It provides data protection without any hardware requirement on-premises.

UDP Cloud Hybrid

UDP Cloud Hybrid provides hybrid cloud backup, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and long-term retention for midmarket and enterprises.

UDP Cloud Archiving

UDP Archiving is Arcserve's email archiving solution built for the midmarket and enterprises to protect corporate email records and make them accessible for audits and legal discovery.

Arcserve Backup

Arcserve Backup is a cloud storage management solution meant for midmarket and enterprises, that provides backup for tape, disk, and cloud storage.

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Acronis

Product

Acronis offers three products:

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect provides backup and ransomware protection for endpoints, physical or virtual servers, databases, applications, and cloud workloads. The product integrates backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management in one solution.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (previously known as Acronis True Image)

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the personal cyber protection solution by Acronis that provides backup and anti-malware in one solution. Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director helps to optimize disk usage and protect data. It also provides disk cloning, volume recovery, and partition management.
Both Cyber Protect Home Office and Disk Director are meant for individual users, whereas Cyber Protect is for businesses.

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Veeam

Product

Veeam Backup & Replication solution is available in three editions:

Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition

Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition is the free solution offered by Veeam to protect virtual, physical, and cloud workloads. It can protect up to 10 workloads.

Veeam Backup and Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication is Veeam's data protection and disaster recovery solution that helps to backup and restore virtual machines, cloud VMs, NAS file shares, and physical machines.

Veeam Availability Suite

Veeam Availability Suite is Veeam's enterprise solution that offers all the features available in Veeam Backup and Replication plus the data monitoring capabilities of Veeam ONE, an add-on product offered by Veeam.
Veeam also provides an optional enterprise add-on - Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator - with Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Availability Suite.

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Licences

Arcserve provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are four types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Instance-based (per OS instance)
2. Socket-based (per CPU socket)
3. Capacity-based (per front-end TB)
4. Appliance-based (per appliance)

Licences

Acronis provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on TB or instances based on the edition and the chosen workloads.

Licences

Veeam provides both subscription based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on storage or instances based on the editions and chosen workloads.

Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

SQL servers, VMWare, HyperV, Nutanix, XEN, and KVM

End points backup

Windows and Lunix

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Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Oracle, and VM Server.

End points backup

Lunix, Mac, and Windows

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Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365 and Salesforce

Public cloud backup

Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud

Data center backup

Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, VMware, Hyper-V, and AHV

End points backup

Windows, Linux, Mac, IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, and NAS

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Usecases

  • Ransomware protection
  • Minimize downtime
  • Prevent data loss
  • Protect Microsoft 365 data
  • Manage and protect cloud workloads
  • Reduce IT complexity
  • Reduce data protection costs
  • Compliance management

Usecases

  • Ransomware protection
  • Patch management for businesses
  • Anti-Malware
  • IT disaster recovery
  • File backup and recovery
  • Data loss prevention

Usecases

Service providers' solutions

  • Infrastructure protection
  • Off-site backup and disaster recovery
  • Public cloud data protection

Customer solution

  • Backup moderization
  • Ransomware protection
  • Hybrid cloud acceleration
  • Data security & compliance
  • IT monitoring & analysis
  • Data reuse
  • Disaster recovery orchestration

Arcserve offers four products:

UDP Cloud Direct

UDP Cloud Direct is Arcserve's direct-to-cloud backup and disaster recovery as a service (BaaS/DRaaS) solution for SMBs and midmarket. It provides data protection without any hardware requirement on-premises.

UDP Cloud Hybrid

UDP Cloud Hybrid provides hybrid cloud backup, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and long-term retention for midmarket and enterprises.

UDP Cloud Archiving

UDP Archiving is Arcserve's email archiving solution built for the midmarket and enterprises to protect corporate email records and make them accessible for audits and legal discovery.

Arcserve Backup

Arcserve Backup is a cloud storage management solution meant for midmarket and enterprises, that provides backup for tape, disk, and cloud storage.

Acronis offers three products:

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect provides backup and ransomware protection for endpoints, physical or virtual servers, databases, applications, and cloud workloads. The product integrates backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management in one solution.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (previously known as Acronis True Image)

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office is the personal cyber protection solution by Acronis that provides backup and anti-malware in one solution. Since 2020, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office includes malware and Zoom protection.

Acronis Disk Director

Acronis Disk Director helps to optimize disk usage and protect data. It also provides disk cloning, volume recovery, and partition management.
Both Cyber Protect Home Office and Disk Director are meant for individual users, whereas Cyber Protect is for businesses.

Veeam Backup & Replication solution is available in three editions:

Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition

Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition is the free solution offered by Veeam to protect virtual, physical, and cloud workloads. It can protect up to 10 workloads.

Veeam Backup and Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication is Veeam's data protection and disaster recovery solution that helps to backup and restore virtual machines, cloud VMs, NAS file shares, and physical machines.

Veeam Availability Suite

Veeam Availability Suite is Veeam's enterprise solution that offers all the features available in Veeam Backup and Replication plus the data monitoring capabilities of Veeam ONE, an add-on product offered by Veeam.
Veeam also provides an optional enterprise add-on - Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator - with Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Availability Suite.

Arcserve provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are four types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Instance-based (per OS instance)
2. Socket-based (per CPU socket)
3. Capacity-based (per front-end TB)
4. Appliance-based (per appliance)

Acronis provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on TB or instances based on the edition and the chosen workloads.

Veeam provides both subscription based licensing and perpetual licensing.
License units are based on storage or instances based on the editions and chosen workloads.

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

SQL servers, VMWare, HyperV, Nutanix, XEN, and KVM

End points backup

Windows and Lunix

SaaS applications backup

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Oracle, and VM Server.

End points backup

Lunix, Mac, and Windows

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365 and Salesforce

Public cloud backup

Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud

Data center backup

Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, VMware, Hyper-V, and AHV

End points backup

Windows, Linux, Mac, IBM AIX, Oracle Solaris, and NAS

  • Ransomware protection
  • Minimize downtime
  • Prevent data loss
  • Protect Microsoft 365 data
  • Manage and protect cloud workloads
  • Reduce IT complexity
  • Reduce data protection costs
  • Compliance management

  • Ransomware protection
  • Patch management for businesses
  • Anti-Malware
  • IT disaster recovery
  • File backup and recovery
  • Data loss prevention

Service providers' solutions

  • Infrastructure protection
  • Off-site backup and disaster recovery
  • Public cloud data protection

Customer solution

  • Backup moderization
  • Ransomware protection
  • Hybrid cloud acceleration
  • Data security & compliance
  • IT monitoring & analysis
  • Data reuse
  • Disaster recovery orchestration