We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veritas NetBackup Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It works quickly and is very stable."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"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."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"The most valuable feature of Avamar would have to be the way it works over needing very little bandwidth to move data across a WAN or LAN."
"We've found the product to be stable."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"The tool's most valuable feature is recovery."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"The solution is very stable...The solution is very scalable."
"The initial setup gets easier the more you do it."
"The tool is easy to use, stable, and performs well, but it depends on the environment where it is deployed. It is leaning more toward huge enterprises where it is positioned. It needs to be as easy as others but addresses more complex requirements."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can be used in many different kinds of systems."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"I have found the support from Dell EMC Avamar to be not as good as Veeam. The time it takes to receive support could be improved. However, once we have the support the agents are knowledgeable and helpful."
"The product could offer more integration capabilities."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."
"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and could be lower."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The scalability isn't great. Every time you want to add storage, you can't just add a little bit, you need to add a lot."
"The price needs to be improved because it is really expensive."
"The hybrid model is not that efficient if we want to off-site data; it takes a lot of time to upload the data on a regular basis."
"It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
Dell Avamar is ranked 3rd in Deduplication Software with 81 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 47 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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