Veritas Backup Exec Alternatives

Veritas Backup Exec is described as 'Backup Exec gives you simple, complete backup and recovery protection for your business—to cover all data wherever it resides' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Veritas Backup Exec for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Veritas Backup Exec alternative is CrashPlan. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try UrBackup or Areca Backup. Other great apps like Veritas Backup Exec are luckyBackup, Proxmox Backup Server, Bacula and BackupPC.

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  1. CrashPlan icon

    CrashPlan

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    Provides continuous, automated cloud backup and secure, scalable recovery for business servers, endpoints, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace, protecting critical data from deletion, ransomware, and failure with compliance, threat detection, and easy management features.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • CrashPlan is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Veritas Backup Exec.

    • CrashPlan is the most popular commercial alternative to Veritas Backup Exec.

    • CrashPlan is Paid and ProprietaryVeritas Backup Exec is also Paid and Proprietary
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    UrBackup

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    UrBackup is a open source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups accomplishes both data safety and a fast restoration time.

    47 UrBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
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    • UrBackup is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Veritas Backup Exec.

    • UrBackup is Free and Open SourceVeritas Backup Exec is Paid and Proprietary
    • UrBackup is LightweightVeritas Backup Exec is not according to our users
  4. Areca Backup icon

    Areca Backup

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    Areca Backup is a file backup software which can be run on Windows or Linux. It creates backup copies (which can be encrypted and compressed) of your files and stores them on external drives, USB keys, FTP servers, supporting incremental, differential and full backups.

    82 Areca Backup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. luckyBackup icon

    luckyBackup

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    LuckyBackup is an application that backs-up and/or synchronizes any directories with the power of rsync.

    31 luckyBackup alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Proxmox Backup Server icon

    Proxmox Backup Server

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    Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution, for backing up and restoring VMs, containers, and physical hosts. By supporting incremental, fully deduplicated backups, Proxmox Backup Server significantly reduces network load and saves valuable storage space.

    42 Proxmox Backup Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Debian
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    • Proxmox Backup Server is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Veritas Backup Exec.

    • Proxmox Backup Server is Freemium and Open SourceVeritas Backup Exec is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Bacula icon

    Bacula

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    Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit managing backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.

    77 Bacula alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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    BackupPC

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    BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for backing up Linux, WinXX and MacOSX PCs and laptops to a server's disk. BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    • BackupPC is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Veritas Backup Exec.

    • BackupPC is Free and Open SourceVeritas Backup Exec is Paid and Proprietary
  10. ShadowProtect icon

    ShadowProtect

     16 likes
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    Fast and reliable disk-based backup that captures full, differential and incremental point-in-time backup images of your entire system. This includes the operating system, applications, configuration settings and data.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. BackupChain icon

    BackupChain

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    BackupChain Backup Software backs up your system, virtual machines, and databases while running. Run backups locally, remotely, and off-site via FTP with this professional backup utility. Includes FTP server.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Retrospect

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    Retrospect is a multi-platform backup solution supporting hybrid backup to disk, tape, NAS & Cloud, aimed at SMEs and MSPs. Main Editions include unlimited client/endpoint licenses. Site License Edition includes unlimited server licenses.

    34 Retrospect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
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    Comments about Retrospect as an Alternative to Veritas Backup Exec
    Jose Kronk
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    Way more affordable; you would not have to make any hard choices on which servers or end points you would not want to protect.

    Dante Aligieri
    Positive
    0

    More affordable pricing for standard and upgrade licences.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    DavidBarclay
    Positive
    0

    Awesome customer service, have contacted Retrospect a few times and always been given fantastic service

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    • Retrospect is Paid and ProprietaryVeritas Backup Exec is also Paid and Proprietary
  13. BDRSuite Backup & Replication icon

    BDRSuite Backup & Replication

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    BDRSuite by Vembu offers comprehensive and cost-effective Backup and Disaster Recovery software tailored to meet the diverse data protection requirements of Businesses and Service Providers. BDRSuite provides robust backup solutions for a wide range of IT workloads, including...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Wasabi icon

    Wasabi

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    Storage made simple. Faster than Amazon's S3. Less expensive than Glacier.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Wasabi as an Alternative to Veritas Backup Exec
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Wasabi is not a backup solutions. It is a s3 compatible online space.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Wasabi is Paid and ProprietaryVeritas Backup Exec is also Paid and Proprietary
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