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Backup Exec

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.3 /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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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

3 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

Backup Exec Ratings

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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.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

85 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?

2% Negative

5% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Client Friendly Policies
Reliable
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Media Support

Full System Backup Restore

Compliance

Information Store Backup Restore

Backup Archiving

Security

Granular Restore

Mailbox Backup Restore

Support for Backup Types

Permissions Awareness

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Lisa H.

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

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Submitted Jul 2022

Outstanding product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

It is vital to regularly do unsupervised, planned backups from virtual servers and this amazing system amazingly helps us do so. Its reliability even can't be assumed. It's quick and easy to recover a file that was unintentionally deleted. Off-site maintenance of tape backups is made simple. It really helps to keep our important data safe and prevent data loss.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I had a wonderful overall experience with it. The consumer does not need to attend any training in order to grasp this device because of its extremely basic user interface. Simply read the comment and move on to the next step because even the basic configuration is that straightforward. Additionally, the software is continually updated with new features that are required by businesses.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The license structure change, which is something we have always struggled with, is what I don't like about the product. The capacity licensing was a fantastic feature of this system but it has now been replaced, and the transition is always so strange and unsatisfactory.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure you are aware of the amount of data you will be backing up and the financial commitment you wish to make to the media used to store those backups. You should use this fantastic tool, which I can personally attest will never let you down. It is a quick and simple backup option.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

Murimi K.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Feb 2022

Best Data Backup and Recovery Features

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Backup Exec from other similar products?

With Backup Exec, it's easy to backup business data no matter where it resides. What's more recovering backed up data is easy.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The software offers great protection to business data I like that it can backup data whether on premises or on cloud. The software is easy to access but secure I like that Backup Exec is affordable Recovering data is easy with this software

What do you dislike most about this product?

Backup Exec has been excellent and I have no issues to raise

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For business data backup, your business needs a software that works and this is where Backup Exec comes in. It's affordable, secure, and makes data backup and recovery easy.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Kiguta A.

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

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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

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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

94 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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 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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Backup Exec Reviews

Lisa H.

Outstanding product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Murimi K.

Best Data Backup and Recovery Features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kiguta A.

Why I Like Backup Exec

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Media Support

Full System Backup Restore

Compliance

Information Store Backup Restore

Backup Archiving

Security

Granular Restore

Mailbox Backup Restore

Support for Backup Types

Permissions Awareness

Transaction Log Backup Restore

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization