--- title: Arcserve UDP Reviews meta\_title: 'Arcserve UDP Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 137 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Arcserve UDP works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.2 review\_count: 137 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Data Recovery url: https://www.g2.com/categories/data-recovery --- # Arcserve UDP Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Arcserve UDP but has limited features. Are you part of the Arcserve UDP team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) is an all-in-one data resilience solution designed to protect data across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. With comprehensive backup, granular restore, and disaster recovery capabilities, Arcserve UDP also provides AI-enabled ransomware protection. The platform offers image-based backups, agentless protection for virtual environments, support for applications like Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server, and capabilities for data reduction, automated testing, instant recovery, bare-metal recovery, instant restores, and failover capabilities. Arcserve UDP supports multiple hypervisors, as well as on-premises and cloud storage providers, including Arcserve Cloud Storage, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Wasabi. * * * Seller [Arcserve](https://www.g2.com/sellers/arcserve) Discussions [Arcserve UDP Community](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by leslie keil Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 19 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Veeam Data Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Veeam Data Platform") Veeam Data Platform 4.6/5(748) ](https://www.g2.com/products/veeam-data-platform/reviews) [ ![Arctera Backup Exec](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Arctera Backup Exec") Arctera Backup Exec 4.2/5(275) ](https://www.g2.com/products/arctera-arctera-backup-exec/reviews) [ ![Cove Data Protection](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cove Data Protection") Cove Data Protection 4.5/5(443) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cove-data-protection/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 137 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## Arcserve UDP Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") IBM Tape ](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-tape/reviews) Show More JP JOSE ANGEL P. ceo Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/3/2019 "Easy to use" 4/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? it is best to be able to make incremental infinities of the units, including databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? The downside is that if the disk is full there is no way to fix it, you have to start from scratch and lose all copies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? with other software, you must program total copies once a week, a month, etc. With Arcserve it is not necessary Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller IP Israel P. Information Systems Manager I Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/26/2019 "Arcserve UDP" 5/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? The ability to backup all endpoint server without having to worry about swapping tapes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? I have not found any things I do not like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? The inability to restore to VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/3/2020 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/26/2019 "A useful tool" 4/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? Simple replication and High Availability. No complex SQL clusters! UDP for workstations is great too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? Your RHA (formerly XOSOFT) product needs a UI refresh. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? SQL replication and physical workstation protection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 2/4/2020 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") AA Verified User in Automotive Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/26/2019 "UDP is a great product. Takes some time to learn but support is very good." 4/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? It allows multiple types of backup and multiple options to restore data. It has comprehensive storage optimisations and integrates with Arcserve Backup to copy to tape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? I would like it to natively support Domino and make it clear that you may not be backing up iSCSI connected LUNS with your VMs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Arcserve UDP: We used an ex-VMware server to host Arcseve UDP. Lots of RAM and Processor power. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? We have a variety of different data types including OES 2018 Domino 10 and Oracle. Arcserve UDP can handle it all (but we do still use Arcserve Backup - which is bundled anyway) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Furniture](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Furniture") AF Verified User in Furniture Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/27/2019 "powerfull but a bit inconvinient" 3/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? we like arcserve because it is a powerful backup arcserve does a good job with backup and restore. we needed to restore 70% of our servers due to a lun loss and it worked pretty good. so we know the value of arcserve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? if you compare it f.e. with veeam we think that the handling of the GUI and the various options are bit inconviniant. this is a result of the various options of the software. you could improve your gui Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? it does a good restore job for sure and it works. in the end good product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller AB Alessandro B. System Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/4/2019 "Very good backup software with some lacks" 4/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? Easily manage hypervisor and virtual machines, easy in restore process and possibility of choose how to do that. Instant Virtual machines. Possibility to synchronize between multiple site the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? Very annoying management of tapes. I need to use another backup software for tapes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Arcserve UDP: Implement on demand tape backup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? Easy can do on-demand restore... instant virtual machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/27/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Good backup solution, software somewhat outdated ..." 4/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? Good deduplication, good restore methods Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? The software is sometimes slow - outdated view Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Arcserve UDP: Look to the problem 'can't initialize hyper-v environment" when make agentless backups. If you have those errors : support says ... contact microsoft ! If your pruduct uses microsoft technology, you must support it, and help your customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? 1 interface for backup physical and virtual servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Taha B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Taha B.") TB Taha B. Systems Analyst Consumer Goods Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/3/2019 "Best Backup solution currently available" 5/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? With Arcserve we are able to get the complete backup of all our Server Architecture. May it be physical or Virtual (Hyper-V). Fewer administration hassles and very user-friendly application. UDP has made life easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? There is nothing to dislike about the Arcserve appliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? With global deduplication, the space for the backups has considerably reduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Warehousing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Warehousing") AW Verified User in Warehousing Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/26/2019 "Arcserve udp 7100 review" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? Easy setup, reliable, and scalable. Easy and quick file restore. Backup to many locations including cloud, tape and external disk. Highly reliable data protection and recovery with centralized management, built-in data deduplication, and integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud storage-all in a single package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? I dislike the maintenance renewal. I think they over charge. I'm a previous backup exec user so I would prefer seeing similar functionality. I find Arcserve not as intuitive as backup exec. Backup exec had many more features than arcserve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? Fast reliable backup, little administration after setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller RK Rayees Abdulla K. IT Assistant Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/26/2019 "Easy backup and Recovery" 4/5 What do you like best about Arcserve UDP? Incremental backup. The best thing I noticed is deduplication ration of udp incremental backup. It help is save lots of space and time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Arcserve UDP? Tape backup is still facing lots of issues. There is no proper fix or tools for tape backup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Arcserve UDP: Best backup application to save time and storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Arcserve UDP solving and how is that benefiting you? Saving time and storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about Arcserve UDP? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Arcserve UDP ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/discussions/new) ![Verified User](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User") G2 Verified User • Last activity over 6 years ago HOW CAN IT BE SOLVED IF THE DESTINATION DISK FILLS UP? 2 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-can-it-be-solved-if-the-destination-disk-fills-up) GU Guest User • Last activity over 2 years ago How do I install Arcserve UDP? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-install-arcserve-udp) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 19 months ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/pricing) Arcserve UDP Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_0395827521a593b0738c022333cec0be/veeam-data-platform.png "Product Avatar Image") Veeam Data Platform 4.6/5(748) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/arcserve-arcserve-udp-vs-veeam-data-platform) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_d02bf41337ba5b7ca336fd583f2854fc/arctera-arctera-backup-exec.png "Product Avatar Image") Arctera Backup Exec 4.2/5(275) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/arcserve-arcserve-udp-vs-arctera-arctera-backup-exec) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_38c5aad657386e17b68be89c52f0d7df/veritas-netbackup.jpg "Product Avatar Image") NetBackup 4/5(113) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/arcserve-arcserve-udp-vs-veritas-netbackup) ##### ##### Arcserve UDP Features Compatibility File Server Backup Database Server Backup Virtual Machines Management Continuous Backup Disaster Recovery Storage Capacity Compliance Security Standards Data Deduplication Functionality Data Backup Backup Automation [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Server Backup](https://www.g2.com/categories/server-backup)[Online Backup](https://www.g2.com/categories/online-backup)[Disaster Recovery](https://www.g2.com/categories/disaster-recovery) [Server Backup](https://www.g2.com/categories/server-backup)[Online Backup](https://www.g2.com/categories/online-backup)[Disaster Recovery](https://www.g2.com/categories/disaster-recovery)[File Recovery](https://www.g2.com/categories/file-recovery-software)[Database Backup](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-backup) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);) ##### Explore More [Best open-source or free AI code generation tools for prototyping on a budget](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-open-source-or-free-ai-code-generation-tools-for-prototyping-on-a-budget)[PR Firms in Austin](https://www.g2.com/categories/pr-firms/locations/austin-tx-us)[Best software for hosting online webinars](https://www.g2.com/discussions/best-software-for-hosting-online-webinars) [What employee recognition tools can show a real impact on engagement or retention rather than just being a nice-to-have add-on?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-employee-recognition-tools-can-show-a-real-impact-on-engagement-or-retention-rather-than-just-being-a-nice-to-have-add-on)[What do data integration engineers and ETL developers actually trust when they need a reliable on-premise platform that will not let pipelines fail silently during critical batch windows?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-do-data-integration-engineers-and-etl-developers-actually-trust-when-they-need-a-reliable-on-premise-platform-that-will-not-let-pipelines-fail-silently-during-critical-batch-windows)[Pros and Cons Details](https://www.g2.com/products/arcserve-arcserve-udp/reviews?qs=pros-and-cons) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)