---

--- title: "Competitive Analysis - Retrospect for Windows" created_at: 2017.03.07 updated_at: 2020.12.09 category: White Papers ---

Retrospect for Windows enables small and medium businesses to protect their entire digital business. Let's compare Retrospect to the competition.

• 5 Reasons to Migrate from Code42 CrashPlan to Retrospect Backup
• 3 Reasons to Migrate from Dropbox to Retrospect Backup for Data Protection
• 3 Reasons to Migrate from NAS File Sharing to Retrospect Backup for Data Protection

	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	✔
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	✔	✔

---