Retrospect Reviews

Efficient, fast and works! Retrospect logs everything so you can see at a glance what's happening and what has been completed. I've used other solutions but always came back to Retrospect after the very pretty alternatives failed to restore and left us in a mess. Retrospect has always done its job and never failed and thats vertually unheard of in 12 years of software use

I appreciate the user interface does take a little getting to know, but only because it's very capable and therefore a little more complex. I think this has got a lot simpler in the latest version but I'm so familiar with it now I'm not the best person to ask!

This might not be the cheapest solution but in my opinion its the best. The reason I'm leaving this review is because I have used Retrospect for long enough to say it's reliable. More importantly reliable at restoring 1+ year old data from old backup sets, and thats only something you find out years later!

I've used a few different software solutions to backup our company IT systems with multiple workstation and the biggest issue with other solutions has been their consistant ability to restore. The only reason we create backups is in the (very real) possibility someone deletes an entire project folder or saves a file after removing a chunk of work. Retrospect has allowed us to easily grab one file or folder from the progressive backup, back in time until I find the copy before the accident happened. In the 12 years I've used this software I can safely say it's restored 100% of the time and thats why I have continued to use it.

Retrospect selectors for backing up data and restoring data , Proactive AI , Grooming .

manual client installation on every workstation and adding clients of VLAN's manually in Retrospect client. Adding client manually lead to miss clients. feature like templates require to configure backups fastly. Webconsole also missed and deduplication working or not from where we can check. If possible share deduplication on dashboard

Data protection from ransomeware and other volnerabilities.

It's seamless and transparent. It just backs up at night and I never know. The one time I needed to use a backup that worked flawlessly, too.

I can't think of anything I don't like about it.

I highly recommend Retrospect.

All our PC data is safely backed up remotely giving us security.

I like that retrospect taking backup on scheduled time and has kept current with using the latest LTO technology and server update compatibility.

I dislike the current UI and user experience

This product is helping us actively back up data. Ultimately, this is saving our company money and allowing longer-lasting (and reliable) data backups.

Retrospect does what it claims to do -- reliable, fast backups without too much complexity. If you need to backup multiple machines in a SMB environment retrospect will do it. Handles "time machine"-like functionality of being able to restore to a particular point in time. Able to backup to an offsite facility (in addition to cloud backup). Can backup to tape or tape library.

Somewhat non-intuitive for setup. Cloud backup could be smarter, but does work. Reporting could be a little easier to used.

Of all the SMB backup products I've looked at or used, this is a pretty good balance between features and ease of use. The pricing is reasonable compared to enterprise backup software. If you have less than 100 machines that you need to backup this is a good choice., and certainly if you have between 5 to 10 it's an excellent choice. If you need a solution that works reliably with Macs I'd also recommend this.

We use retrospect to back up a mixed environment of Windows desktop and servers, Mac desktops, Linux servers. Need ability for permanent archive of all files, so use LTO tape. Our backup machine isn't added as a share, so I feel there is additional security if we are hit with something like crypto virus.

It's sturdy, it's straightforward to set up (but does have a great time cost to do so.) it has a multitude of different functions and once set up can be set to send emails, reports and full lists.

It's a lot of admin time to set up at first. It takes a lot of fine tuning as it makes no assumptions. This can be good in certain circumstances but I feel like we may have been too small as a company to really take advantage of it's full suite of options

Have a dedicated person team or team to set this up in at the implementation stage. There's a lot of tiny settings that can lead to bad results. With trial and error though this can be a great product to use.

We wanted a backup and archiving solution in one. This took a full server of its own along with several terrabytes of hard disk space for nearline backup. It's been rock solid for us as a system. We haven't had a perfect experience but overall its been very positive.

Easy to use, great for reviews of software development after completing a sprint planning session. The Project Management functions are fantastic and allow us to skip yet another tool.

Still play with features, great so far from everything we've tried

Simplifying the ability to share feedback by establishing cards that we can arrange into sections and templates for future use

Backup and Restoration of regular file types

There are no restore options for individual email from a particular mailbox, i'm not sure the latest version has such facility

Day to day requests from end users regarding file restoration, which is quick and easy task

I like that Retrospect has kept current with using the latest LTO technology and server update compatibility. This has helped make Retrospect a reliable and somewhat stable solution.

I dislike the current UI and user experience. It is a very cumbersome software that is not intuitive to ensuring backup data is complete. This may be a great software for someone who's full time job is to read manuals and know how this (and others like it) work. I find myself saying "What does this do?" and looking for answers on "how tos".

Shop around for the best fit for your company. Make sure to run a trial to make sure this is the right product for you. It's important to have easy-to-use software to save time and money. This software requires someone's full attention in reading manuals and understanding "what this does".

This product is helping us actively back up data to lesser-expensive and longer lasting LTO tapes, rather than faulty HDDs and servers. Ultimately, this is saving our company money and allowing longer-lasting (and reliable) data backups.

It gives a lot of cool features that do not work or fails after a while.

It will always fail if you try connecting in Windows Network trough the app.

The catalog files keep getting corrupted by itself. You have to constantly repair them.

The app freezes all the time even with a formatted high-end computer that only has Retrospect installed.

When you try to actually restore a file it fails 80% of the time, either it gives an corrupted file back or the files just disappear from the backup set.

The app will ask for credentials for accessing the remote network and this pop-up screen will keep popping up forever until you close the application through Windows task manager.

We've paid $3.000,00 to upgrade to version 16 expecting a few problems to be solved and ended up with more problems than the old version.

A simple backup system that seems impossible to be done with Retrospect. Stay away from this hell of an app.