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Backup Exec

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.5 /10

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What is Backup Exec?

Backup Exec gives you simple, complete backup and recovery protection for your business—to cover all data wherever it resides.

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Awards & Recognition

Backup Exec won the following awards in the Email Backup category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2025

Contract Negotiation

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

Service Experience
Conflict Resolution

2022

3 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

Backup Exec Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Backup Exec?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Legal Hold

AI Tech Support

Compliance

Media Support

Backup Archiving

Security

Permissions Awareness

Support for Backup Types

Mailbox Backup Restore

User self service

Encryption

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

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Backup Exec Reviews

Bradley F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2021

Good product but missing features.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Backup exec can also support other platforms but as a client server only. Media Server of Backup Exec should only reside/installed into a Windows Server. While other solutions, the media and master server can be installed both on windows and non-windows server.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Missing features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ease of implementation.

Pros

Efficient Service
Saves Time
Altruistic
Over Delivered

Nikka C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

Backup solution

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Functionality wise and recovery time

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Gaitho N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

A very Secure and Easy To Access Archiving Solutio

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

What makes Backup Exec best is the ease of backing up and recovering files. In addition, the software is very secure and affordable as well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like that Backup Exec is not only secure but also makes recovery and archiving seamless. It is one software that is scalable and this makes it affordable

What do you dislike most about this product?

Backup Exec hasn't been a nuisance in any way and therefore I cannot complain.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For the safety of your business data, you need Backup Exec for archiving and recovery. The software is budget friendly which makes it attractive for business use.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Backup Exec Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Backup Exec?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Legal Hold The ability to have a emmutable copy of record as a result of court order

AI Tech Support Technical professionals can access a generative Ai chatbot when querying the knowledge base

Compliance Compliance with privacy legislation, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the ability to enact requests for purging of personal information.

Media Support Support for backup to various backup media formats, including disk, Cloud, optical drives, and tape etc.

Backup Archiving Ability to conduct archive backups for long-term storage.

Security The software provides appropriate data and access security for the message store, individual mailboxes and messages.

Permissions Awareness The backup software having awareness of mailbox permissions, rules, and delegates, and the ability to backup and restore associated permissions.

Support for Backup Types Support for Full, Incremental (change since last incremental backup) & Differential (change since last full backup) backup types.

Mailbox Backup Restore The backup and restore of individual mailboxes without having to restore an entire email server to extract a single mailbox.

User self service User do not need to raise a service desk ticket anymore

Encryption Encryption of sensitive and personal files on a user’s workstation.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Enterprise Backup

Backup Exec Downloads

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Backup Exec Reviews

Bradley F.

Good product but missing features.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nikka C.

Backup solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gaitho N.

A very Secure and Easy To Access Archiving Solutio

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Legal Hold

AI Tech Support

Compliance

Media Support

Backup Archiving

Security

Permissions Awareness

Support for Backup Types

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User self service

Encryption

Vendor Capability Ratings

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