G2 Vendor Directory

Arq vs. Arctera Backup Exec

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricArq

by Haystack Software

Arctera Backup Exec

by Arctera

Overall rating4.44.2
Review count16275
Ease of use9.18.5
Ease of setup9.58.5
Quality of support8.78.1
Meets requirements9.08.8
NPS68.7542.80303
Small Business20.0%21.9%
Mid-Market73.3%59.1%
Enterprise6.7%19.0%
Total page views89344
Total LLM citations8441,019

Arq

Arq is a comprehensive backup solution designed for Mac and Windows users, offering secure, efficient, and user-controlled data protection. It enables users to back up their files to various destinations, including personal cloud accounts, external drives, and network-attached storage (NAS), ensuring flexibility and control over data storage. With strong end-to-end encryption, Arq guarantees that only the user can access their backed-up data, maintaining privacy and security.

Pros

    Arctera Backup Exec

    Backup Exec is a simple, secure, unified and comprehensive data protection software solution. It is designed to help organizations protect their data by providing a range of features for backup, disaster recovery, and archiving. Key features of Backup Exec include: Data Backup: Backup Exec offers flexible backup options for various environments, including virtual machines, physical servers, cloud storage, and databases. It can back up data from both on-premises and cloud-based systems.

    Pros

    • Backup Support
    • Ease of Use
    • Disaster Recovery
    • Restoration Speed
    • Backup Solutions
    • Recovery Speed