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title: "Competitive Analysis - Retrospect Virtual"
slug: "competitive-analysis-retrospect-virtual"
updated: 2023-11-13T20:09:16Z
published: 2023-11-13T20:10:04Z
canonical: "docs.retrospect.com/competitive-analysis-retrospect-virtual"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Competitive Analysis - Retrospect Virtual

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Retrospect Virtual enables small and medium businesses to protect their entire virtual infrastructure. Let's compare Retrospect to the competition.

|  | **Retrospect Virtual 2021** | **Veeam Backup and Recovery** | **Acronis Backup** | **StorageCraft ShadowProtect** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Environment** |  |  |  |  |
| Backup of VMare VMs | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Backup of Hyper-V VMs | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Backup of Exchange Mailboxes | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| **Management** |  |  |  |  |
| Run VM Directly from Backup | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Local and Cloud Storage | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Third-Party Cloud Storage Support | ✔ | ✔ |  |  |
| AES-256 Data Encryption | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Backup Scheduling | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Block-Level Incremental Backup | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Data Retention Policies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disk-to-disk-to-cloud Staging Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Point-in-time Restores | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |  |  |
| Per-Socket Pricing | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Per-VM Pricing | ✔ |  |  |  |

Last Update: May 25, 2021