We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Dell Avamar based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup nudges ahead of Dell Avamar in this comparison. Azure Backup is a secure, stable solution that users trust. The connectivity to data is very reliable. Dell Avamar can be a bit clunky, takes up a lot of resources, and the overall performance is a bit slow.
"Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore."
"We are happy with this product and have not found any issues while using it."
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"The stability is okay."
"We sell Avamar with Data Domain. Data Domain and Avamar work really well together and their compression ratios are very high compared to Veeam, Commvault, and all the other backup software on the market."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"I believe more options could be available to understand better what's happening in the system. Additionally, automating the client updates and connector updates would be beneficial. Updating the connector from time to time can be challenging, and it could be made more transparent and straightforward for users. Moreover, another drawback lies in the time it takes to test full data backup recovery. Deploying a full recovery takes longer. We need to allocate a longer period for complete data recovery to establish the environment again."
"I would like to see more automation, integration, and security. The price could be better."
"It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"Avamar is still competitive because of the way we have deployed it, but we need to diversify and shift away from specific technologies. In addition to hypervisors, virtual machines, and bare metal servers, our customers need protection for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and the public cloud, so we need other technologies in the business to cater to those customers' needs. Those are the enhancements we would want from the Avamar platform, but that's not likely to happen. Dell has PowerProtect and Apex backup services. There are other Dell solutions that we'll use to fulfill our customers' requirements."
"I want to see a more user-friendly and administrator-friendly Dell Avamar. The solution also needs a better UI and dashboard."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"If you need to pull data out of it to offload to tapes, that's messy. You have a mechanism for it, but it is painful."
"The screen design is a bit back-dated."
"What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Druva Phoenix, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and DD Boost. See our Azure Backup vs. Dell Avamar report.
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