We performed a comparison between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC Networker based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Dell EMC Avamar wins out in this comparison due to its robust performance as well as its impressive data reduction and deduplication abilities. In addition, Dell EMC Avamar received positive feedback in the ROI category.
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"The solution is very stable."
"The product has a proven track record of good backups without much of a failure ratio. It also has a good backup in terms of the compression ratio."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"Scheduling is valuable. It does a good job of backing up, and it does a good job of restoring. Nobody has got a problem with that. The agents are well supported."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"The updated graphical interface is better than it used to be."
"The initial setup is very easy. It's incredibly fast."
"When it was required that data had to be restored for our customer, it was accomplished successfully and this has kept our end users satisfied."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"It can support many different versions, both newer and older."
"The best feature of Dell EMC NetWorker is its wide spectrum of available plugins for each and every software that you can back up, such as SAP HANA, Oracle, AXI-based machines, or Dell-based machines. Whatever you want to back up, you can do it with Dell EMC NetWorker. It is a very solid backup software. It is the oldest backup software from EMC, and it comes from Dell EMC's legacy."
"The most valuable features for us at the moment are NFS, file system backup, and IP backup."
"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system."
"It's an expensive solution."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"It's not the best solution for big databases."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"The deduplication needs improvement and it could use better integration."
"Lacks a restore feature."
"The implementation process could be improved."
"The licensing rules are difficult to navigate and understand."
"The process of upgrading versions should be improved because as it is now, you have to completely uninstall the old version first, and then install the new version."
"The data storage capabilities should be improved."
"We are looking forward to better stability in future versions."
"Since the product is not on the front banner of Dell, the support may not be the best."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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