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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91 Likeliness to Recommend
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99 Plan to Renew
82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
+89 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?
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- Fair
- Helps Innovate
- Trustworthy
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Feature Ratings
Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery
Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms
Automated Backup Testing and Verification
Integration With Storage Arrays
Application Awareness
Backup Monitoring and Reporting
Backup of Cloud Based Data
Deduplication Implementation
Backup Automation
File Explorer Granular Restore
Analytics
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Customization
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Data Integration
Usability and Intuitiveness
Breadth of Features
Business Value Created
Vendor Support
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Backup Exec Reviews
Alex F.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2022
Swift immediate or scheduled automatic backup
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?
Veritas Backup Exec was a nice choice for a backup program. It not only backs up files and folders, like documents and mail, but also entire disks and partitions
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Compression capabilities and military-grade encyption make Veritas Backup Exec a splendid value-prices choice for our company
What do you dislike most about this product?
A load of backups running at the same time make the solution to become unresponsive sometimes especially during monthly backup times
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Business-class recovery tool that supports different types of backup modes, respectively full, incremental, and differential backup. By the way, you can schedule the backup time and frequency as per your needs
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Pete G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2022
Incredibly simple to backup and recover data
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?
Veritas Backup Exec is easy to use and manages the whole data ecosystem within a single console, eliminates queries for multiple points produces, and configuration of backup with a few clicks
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its compatible with virtual servers and it provides secure cloud backup storage. The interface is straightforward and clear, so learning how to use it and setting up its automatic backup functions didn't take long
What do you dislike most about this product?
The automated scheduled feature should allow us to manage our transfers and create as many schedules as we need so that we continue to manage our data professionally
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Great service to assist businesses to safeguard their data and escape ransomware. You can create backup copies of your files across multiple hosts, allowing you to retain your data offsite to safeguard it
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Ever A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Oct 2022
Easier to integrate and deploy
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?
Veeam backup and replication is easy to use, anyone can set up backup jobs with a few simple clicks
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Better at service and support
What do you dislike most about this product?
Lower tier versions don't have enough features
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
The ability to restore after a cyber attack
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing