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Compare Commvault and Arcserve BaaS solutions

Research done from February 2022 to June 2022 | Page publised on 13th June 2022

Below is a side-by-side comparison of Commvault and Arcserve based on a number of parameters such as Products, Licences, Workloads (Public Cloud, SaaS Applications, and Database & End Points), Vendor Advantages and Disadvantages (as per Gartner and Forrester), and Usecase to assist IT administrators and MSPs in making an informed decision.

The content published on this page was written based on public information, including the BaaS vendor website, analyst websites, and comparison sites as of 13th June, 2022. A list of references is available here. Pease note that software products, such as those discussed on this page, are subject to changes and updates. While SysCloud will make reasonable efforts to update the content of this page periodically, SysCloud cannot guarantee that the content of this page will include every product change. Click here if you would like to notify us about a product update and we will consider the information.

Commvault

Product

Commvault offers four products:

Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery

Commvault Backup and Recovery solution provides backup, recovery, and cost-optimized cloud workload mobility across multiple clouds. It enables you to manage all your workloads – cloud, virtual machines, containers, applications, databases, and endpoints – from a single platform.

Commvault HyperScale

Commvault HyperScale is Commvault's on-premise scale-out backup and recovery that is delivered as a converged Commvault appliance or through partners. It allows customers to build a unified data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises.

Metallic (BaaS)

Metallic is the division of Commvault that offers data protection with the simplicity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The solution works well on platforms such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, Oracle, Splunk, and VMware.
Metallic BaaS includes VM & Kubernetes Backup, Microsoft 365 Backup, File & Object Backup, Endpoint Backup, Database Backup, Salesforce Backup, and Dynamics 365 Backup.

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Commvault Disaster Recovery software provides replication, disaster recovery, and automated compliance reporting, all managed through a single, web-based interface. It supports multiple data types – including applications, containers, virtual machines, and hypervisors.

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Arcserve

Product

Arcserve offers four products:

UDP Cloud Direct

UDP Cloud Direct is Arcserve's direct-to-cloud backup and disaster recovery as a service (BaaS/DRaaS) solution for SMBs and midmarket. It provides data protection without any hardware requirement on-premises.

UDP Cloud Hybrid

UDP Cloud Hybrid provides hybrid cloud backup, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and long-term retention for midmarket and enterprises.

UDP Cloud Archiving

UDP Archiving is Arcserve's email archiving solution built for the midmarket and enterprises to protect corporate email records and make them accessible for audits and legal discovery.

Arcserve Backup

Arcserve Backup is a cloud storage management solution meant for midmarket and enterprises, that provides backup for tape, disk, and cloud storage.

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Licences

Commvault provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are five types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Storage-based
2. VM-based
3. User-based
4. Socket-based
5. Operating instance-based

Licences

Arcserve provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are four types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Instance-based (per OS instance)
2. Socket-based (per CPU socket)
3. Capacity-based (per front-end TB)
4. Appliance-based (per appliance)

Backup workloads

SaaS application backup

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamic 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, MySQL, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Informix, and Sybase

End points backup

Windows, Mac, and Lunix

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Backup workloads

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

SQL servers, VMWare, HyperV, Nutanix, XEN, and KVM

End points backup

Windows and Lunix

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Usecases

  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • e-Discovery and compliance
  • Sensitive data governance
  • File optimization
  • HyperScale technology
  • Distributed storage

Usecases

  • Ransomware protection
  • Minimize downtime
  • Prevent data loss
  • Protect Microsoft 365 data
  • Manage and protect cloud workloads
  • Reduce IT complexity
  • Reduce data protection costs
  • Compliance management

Commvault offers four products:

Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery

Commvault Backup and Recovery solution provides backup, recovery, and cost-optimized cloud workload mobility across multiple clouds. It enables you to manage all your workloads – cloud, virtual machines, containers, applications, databases, and endpoints – from a single platform.

Commvault HyperScale

Commvault HyperScale is Commvault's on-premise scale-out backup and recovery that is delivered as a converged Commvault appliance or through partners. It allows customers to build a unified data protection and management platform that delivers cloud-like services on-premises.

Metallic (BaaS)

Metallic is the division of Commvault that offers data protection with the simplicity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The solution works well on platforms such as Microsoft, Google, AWS, Oracle, Splunk, and VMware.
Metallic BaaS includes VM & Kubernetes Backup, Microsoft 365 Backup, File & Object Backup, Endpoint Backup, Database Backup, Salesforce Backup, and Dynamics 365 Backup.

Commvault Disaster Recovery

Commvault Disaster Recovery software provides replication, disaster recovery, and automated compliance reporting, all managed through a single, web-based interface. It supports multiple data types – including applications, containers, virtual machines, and hypervisors.

Arcserve offers four products:

UDP Cloud Direct

UDP Cloud Direct is Arcserve's direct-to-cloud backup and disaster recovery as a service (BaaS/DRaaS) solution for SMBs and midmarket. It provides data protection without any hardware requirement on-premises.

UDP Cloud Hybrid

UDP Cloud Hybrid provides hybrid cloud backup, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and long-term retention for midmarket and enterprises.

UDP Cloud Archiving

UDP Archiving is Arcserve's email archiving solution built for the midmarket and enterprises to protect corporate email records and make them accessible for audits and legal discovery.

Arcserve Backup

Arcserve Backup is a cloud storage management solution meant for midmarket and enterprises, that provides backup for tape, disk, and cloud storage.

Commvault provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are five types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Storage-based
2. VM-based
3. User-based
4. Socket-based
5. Operating instance-based

Arcserve provides both subscription-based licensing and perpetual licensing.
There are four types of subscription-based licensing:
1. Instance-based (per OS instance)
2. Socket-based (per CPU socket)
3. Capacity-based (per front-end TB)
4. Appliance-based (per appliance)

SaaS application backup

Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamic 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP, MySQL, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Informix, and Sybase

End points backup

Windows, Mac, and Lunix

SaaS applications backup

Microsoft 365

Public cloud backup

Azure and AWS

Data centers backup

SQL servers, VMWare, HyperV, Nutanix, XEN, and KVM

End points backup

Windows and Lunix

  • Backup and recovery
  • Disaster recovery
  • e-Discovery and compliance
  • Sensitive data governance
  • File optimization
  • HyperScale technology
  • Distributed storage

  • Ransomware protection
  • Minimize downtime
  • Prevent data loss
  • Protect Microsoft 365 data
  • Manage and protect cloud workloads
  • Reduce IT complexity
  • Reduce data protection costs
  • Compliance management