We performed a comparison between Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The image backup and image restore features have been very beneficial to us."
"There is advanced management where we can do passing, software inventory, and hardware inventory."
"The pricing is fine."
"If you need to recover, it's the best recovery software I've ever used and I've been in this business for over 30 years. Plug a disc in and tell it to recover this machine and it's done. You walk away from it and it's done. Reboot it and it's perfect."
"i use the backup solution and I use something called Disk Director, which is a related product. Together, they allow me to manage all of my storage space."
"The setup is very easy."
"It works with different types of partitions or different OSs."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"I would like to see better centralized management, because I use it across multiple clients. To have a console that centrally manages them would be nice."
"It could have a better ability to manage backups over a longer period."
"I've had some issues with the understandability of the interface. I think if they had someone with expertise in user interfaces to look at this, they could clean up the user interface."
"I believe that the next release should be easier to configure as this one is difficult to configure even the easiest of tasks."
"A little bit more integration would be good. It should support broader platforms."
"The pricing could be improved."
"There are some limitations to the backup."
"The solution could be better if some of the features were more in-depth."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"The interface is too complex."
"PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
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Acronis Cyber Protect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 117 reviews while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews. Acronis Cyber Protect is rated 8.2, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Acronis Cyber Protect writes " Good backup solution but challenges with the stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". Acronis Cyber Protect is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Azure Backup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA). See our Acronis Cyber Protect vs. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager report.
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