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Backup Exec

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10
Category
Backup Exec
8.0 /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 Backup and Availability category

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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.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

99 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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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.

+90 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?

1% Negative
10% Neutral
89% Positive

Pros

  • Respectful
  • Fair
  • Helps Innovate
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Physical Backup for Multiple Platforms

87

Replication for Long Term Storage and Disaster Recovery

85

Application Awareness

85

Backup Automation

85

Deduplication Implementation

84

File Explorer Granular Restore

84

Replication for High Availability

84

Backup Monitoring and Reporting

84

Virtual Machine Backup

83

Backup of Cloud Based Data

83

Integration With Storage Arrays

82

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Vendor Support

87

Business Value Created

85

Ease of Implementation

84

Quality of Features

84

Ease of IT Administration

83

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

83

Ease of Customization

81

Breadth of Features

80

Usability and Intuitiveness

79

Ease of Data Integration

79

Availability and Quality of Training

77

Backup Exec Reviews

Giorgi K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2020

Great product, fantastic Technical Support Team!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Reliable, user friendly

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Reliability, user friendly

What do you dislike most about this product?

Backup exec console laggs and works hardly all the time, if not close and re-open console sometimes it shows not correct information etc.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The product is reliable and user friendly

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

Krishnan C.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2020

Easy to use and a very good product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

ease of use and a long term well established product in themarket

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

ease of use and simplicity without much of complications in the tool

What do you dislike most about this product?

the latest version 20.x is a bit slow compared to the earlier versions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

overall a good buy

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Shahul Hameed H.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Not for Profit
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2020

User Friendly application

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

Easily access and recover the data with zero loss

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Recovering the data

What do you dislike most about this product?

there is no dislike

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

should be use this application

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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