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Retrospect for Windows enables small and medium businesses to protect their entire digital business. Let's compare Retrospect to the competition.
| Retrospect 18 for Windows | Veritas Backup Exec 21 | Acronis Backup 12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | ||||
| Windows Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Mac Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Linux Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Server Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Endpoint Support | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Cloud Data Protection Support | ✔ | |||
| Email Support | ✔ | |||
| Software does not require Windows Server | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Exchange Support | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | |
| Microsoft SQL Server Support | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | Paid add-on | |
| Operations | ||||
| Backup Operations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Copy Operations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Archival Operations | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Destinations | ||||
| Disk Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Network Share Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Cloud Storage Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Tape Support | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Avid Support | ✔ | |||
| LTFS Support | ✔ | |||
| Certified for HP StorEver Hardware | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Management | ||||
| Centralized Management | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| File-level Deduplication | ✔ | Deduplication Option Add-on | ✔ | |
| Block-level Deduplication | ✔ | Deduplication Option Add-on | ✔ | |
| Proactive Backup | ✔ | |||
| Incremental Backup Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Point-in-time Restore | ✔ | Enterprise Server Option Add-on | ✔ | |
| Fine-Grained Filtering Controls | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Flexible Scheduling | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Customizable Data Retention Policies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| AES-256 Storage Encryption Options | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| AES-256 Network Encryption Options | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Windows System State Protection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Script Hooks | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Monitoring Integration for Slack, IFTTT, Nagios | ✔ | |||
| Flexible Media Rotation Policies | ✔ | |||
| Dissimilar Hardware Restore | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| iOS app for Remote Monitoring | ✔ | |||
| Certified Cloud Storage Providers | ||||
| Amazon S3 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Microsoft Azure | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Google Cloud Storage | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Dropbox | ✔ | |||
| Backblaze B2 | ✔ | |||
| DreamHost DreamObjects | ✔ | |||
| Dunkel Cloud Storage | ✔ | |||
| Numergy Stockage | ✔ | |||
| Aruba CloudStorage | ✔ | |||
| Swisscom | ✔ | |||
| Cloudian Hyperstore | ✔ | ✔ |
Last Update: 09 December, 2020
