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4.8
Ease of Use
4.4
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Timothy S.
IT Project Manager
Higher Education, Unspecified
Used the software for: 2+ years
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Source: Capterra
June 12, 2018
"Perfect backup solution for small businesses"
Overall: Easy grouping of client machines Filtering out certain file extensions for space utilization simple reporting Effective alerting
Pros: The software was very easy to deploy. The cost was lower than most big brands providing backup solution. The system was highly reliable, i cannot remember we ever had the application crashing. Client app does not consume a lot of processing and memory which prevents client computers from experiencing degraded performance. The dashboards are clear & helpful Filtering certain file extensions feature is very powerful & beneficial in terms of disk utilization.
Cons: The software performs best for personal & small business usage. It is not an enterprise level solution.
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Source: Capterra
June 12, 2018
David B.
IT Manager
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
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Source: Capterra
April 8, 2021
"Best customer support I've ever had"
Overall: Fantastic! There are negative reviews and I honestly think these are due to impatience or misunderstanding from admins, although their documentation isn't the best. The configuration does take a little getting your head around because it is so powerful, but once correctly configured Retrospect is bug free and works. You can leave it for months, then come back to it and restore files deleted by office staff months ago - I've done this in anger many times and it's never let me down yet!
Pros: Used Retrospect Disk to Disk for years, it's not expensive, it's never failed to restore when needed and if correctly set up it works perfectly. Just logged a tech support request (free) on the website and got a call from an engineer literally seconds later, he walked me through every step to correct my missing SSL in the client and sorted a few of my configs out (basically a free one to one tune-up) I honestly cannot say any other company offer that level of customer support (especially when it's free). - Hence leaving this review today cos I'm so chuffed!
Cons: It's not super intuitive so expect to spend a little time getting to know it. That said, the click here to backup software just can't match Retrospect on extremely useful features once you dig a little deeper.
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Source: Capterra
April 8, 2021
David H.
CEO
Publishing, Self-employed
Used the software for: 2+ years
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Source: Capterra
June 24, 2021
"The only reasonably-priced client-server backup app for Macs, also runs on Windows & backs up Linux"
Overall: My one disaster recovery was successful, and I sleep soundly. Also several years ago I wrongly installed a couple of updaters on my older "client" machine; Retrospect was able to back out the updaters.
Pros: My home office is in an apartment 2 floors below a "junior master of the Universe", who does plumbing/AC upgrades but doesn't know how to maintain them. I therefore have to backup to HDDs attached to a "backup server" machine in a _separate_room_ 50 cabling feet from my "client" machines. So long as all machines are on my LAN Retrospect has no problem-and there would have been one with Time Machine (which my older "client" couldn't run) because WiFi between rooms is very slow in my apartment.
Cons: A couple of major releases ago, because of impending Apple changes to macOS, Retrospect lost the ability to back up Macs so old that they could only run the 32-bit Client software. I solved this problem by backing up my older "client" machine with an older version of Retrospect, backing up directly to an old tape drive.
Reasons for Choosing Retrospect: I would have had to install macOS Server on my "backup server" for CrashPlan, and I had doubts-which proved correct-that CrashPlan would continue its local-HDD-backup feature. It wasn't clear that Time Machine would work over my LAN from room to room.
Reasons for Switching to Retrospect: In 1992 I was using MaynStream to back up individual Macs to a Maynard tape drive. The received wisdom for upgrading System 6 to System 7 was to back up the Mac's HDD, wipe it, install System 7, and then restore from the backup. It worked for my own Mac, but MaynStream couldn't read the backup tape for my wife's Mac (probably due to limitations in the cassette-based Maynard tape drive). DriveSavers was able to recover most of my wife's data from the backup tape. I switched to a DAT drive and Retrospect.
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Source: Capterra
June 24, 2021
Albert C.
President
Real Estate, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
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Source: Capterra
April 20, 2018
"Works 100% of the time to restore a variety of things."
Pros: I have the professional version and it is SO incredible. Works 100% of the time to restore a variety of things. Once a laptop got a virus, I hired a company to get rid of virus, but the virus destroyed many of the base system files. I did a rollback restore and it worked perfectly. I have had hard drive crashes, yet had all the data backed up perfectly. Most recently, a desktop would not shut down so I hit the power button (never a good thing), screen booted up 100% haywire and many programs did not function. I just did a registry and system file restore, and was back up 100% in 1/2 hour - with ZERO loss in any data. I had tried other programs in the past - but NONE of them work! They do very, very poorly on restore. Only Retrospect has NEVER failed me!!!
Cons: A person needs to learn how it works (terminology), but the tech support people are VERY helpful! Other than that (100 char min for this field) cannot think of another con ...
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Source: Capterra
April 20, 2018
Chris J.
Digital Systems Support
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Used the software for: 2+ years
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Source: Capterra
May 14, 2018
"Retrospect is great backup software for a fraction of the price of their competitors"
Pros: Easy to configure. Very intuitive interface and terminology makes setting up scripts a breeze. The built-in assistants make it even easier. Built-in smart filters makes it easy to see what clients have backed up and what clients have not backed up.
Cons: Catalog management can be cumbersome if not organized well. Capturing clients across multiple subnets can be burdensome.
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Source: Capterra
May 14, 2018
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Retrospect Pricing

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$49.00 one-time
Pricing Model: Per User
  • Yes, has free trial
  • No free version
Pricing Details (Provided by Vendor):
Licensed per Backup server. Depends on OS and number of workstation clients
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    • What is Retrospect?

    Backup and disaster recovery protection for servers, desktops, notebooks, and business-critical applications. Designed for SMBs and with service providers in mind Cross Platform Hybrid Solution Archive, Backup, or Duplicate Data Central management and Endpoint Protection Protects Physical and Virtual environments Affordable and Flexible licensing model Disk, Tape and Cloud support

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    Designed for SMBs and with service providers in mind. Focused solely on providing the best backup tools and support for micro, small, and midsize businesses.

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    Deployment & Support

    Deployment
    • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
    • Desktop - Mac
    • Desktop - Windows
    • Desktop - Linux
    • Desktop - Chromebook
    • On-Premise - Windows
    • On-Premise - Linux
    • Mobile - Android
    • Mobile - iPhone
    • Mobile - iPad
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    • 24/7 (Live Rep)
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    Contact Details
    • Retrospect
    • Located in United States
    • Founded in 1989
    • http://www.retrospect.com/

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