G2

Ken L.

Management Director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/17/2019

"Good basic product for SMB backup -- especially if cross-platform"

4/5

What do you like best about Retrospect?

Retrospect does what it claims to do -- reliable, fast backups without too much complexity. If you need to backup multiple machines in a SMB environment retrospect will do it. Handles "time machine"-like functionality of being able to restore to a particular point in time. Able to backup to an offsite facility (in addition to cloud backup). Can backup to tape or tape library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Retrospect?

Somewhat non-intuitive for setup. Cloud backup could be smarter, but does work. Reporting could be a little easier to used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Retrospect:

Of all the SMB backup products I've looked at or used, this is a pretty good balance between features and ease of use. The pricing is reasonable compared to enterprise backup software. If you have less than 100 machines that you need to backup this is a good choice., and certainly if you have between 5 to 10 it's an excellent choice. If you need a solution that works reliably with Macs I'd also recommend this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Retrospect solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use retrospect to back up a mixed environment of Windows desktop and servers, Mac desktops, Linux servers. Need ability for permanent archive of all files, so use LTO tape. Our backup machine isn't added as a share, so I feel there is additional security if we are hit with something like crypto virus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.