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Backup Exec

7.9 /10

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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0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience

2023

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

Backup Exec Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 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?

3% Negative

7% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Reliable
Client Friendly Policies
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Full System Backup Restore

Information Store Backup Restore

Media Support

Support for Backup Types

Backup Archiving

Compliance

Permissions Awareness

Security

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Granular Restore

Mailbox Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

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Backup Exec Reviews

Kiguta A.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Why I Like Backup Exec

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Backup Exec makes backup and recovery easy and offers best data protection features. All these comes at unbeatable price.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the security features of Backup Exec Accessing backed up files is easy and so is recovery. The storage space is scalable and sharing recovered data is easy

What do you dislike most about this product?

No problems experienced using Backup Exec

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For business data backup, Backup Exec is one of the best software to use. It's secure, guarantees easy access and is affordable. What more would you ask for for such a tool

Pros

Caring
Saves Time
Client Friendly Policies
Fair

Rohit J.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Too many features and harder manageability

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Too many features confusing UI

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Nothing that I like

What do you dislike most about this product?

Everything, very bad UI and restore process is very complex

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Lookout and check other options

Wanjambi G.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Data Backup and Recovery Made Easy

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

What definitely makes Backup Exec special is it's simplicity yet it offers an easy was to backup and recover data.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Using Backup Exec is straightforward and I like that the user interface is easy to understand. It offers great security features and data security is guaranteed. Searching and retrieving data is easy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

With Backup Exec, it's all about perfection.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Backup Exec for two reasons. First, it's simplistic nature makes it attractive. Secondly, it's Secure and offers best data backup and recovery capabilities

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Backup Exec Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 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

Full System Backup Restore The backup of the full email system and all of its servers, including the operating system.

Information Store Backup Restore Ability to backup and restore only the Information Store (full contents of all mailboxes) of an email server, common with MS Exchange Server.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transaction Log Backup Restore Ability to backup and restore the transaction log (which can be “replayed” in order to rebuild an email Information Store) of an MS Exchange email server.

Granular Restore The ability to restore individual email messages, message threads, or messages within a specified date range.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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Backup Exec Downloads

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Backup Exec Reviews

Kiguta A.

Why I Like Backup Exec

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rohit J.

Too many features and harder manageability

Likeliness to Recommend

Wanjambi G.

Data Backup and Recovery Made Easy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Full System Backup Restore

Information Store Backup Restore

Media Support

Support for Backup Types

Backup Archiving

Compliance

Permissions Awareness

Security

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Granular Restore

Mailbox Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training