We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and Unitrends 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 full backup is a great feature. Restoration is also good and very quick."
"Dell EMC NetWorker integrates well with our domain and the performance is quite good on-premise. We receive approximately 1 terabyte within one hour."
"I started off as a storage engineer and ended up owning Dell EMC Data Domain and Dell EMC NetWorker. I've not used any other backup solutions at this scale. Dell EMC NetWorker does what I need it to do, it's efficient."
"The backup feature for this product is good. It is easy to set up and easy to scale."
"I like that it's stable and scalable."
"It's a good product that can be integrated easily with the Data domain."
"The most valuable feature of Dell NetWorker is its quick configuration and handling of large databases."
"The initial setup is very easy. It's incredibly fast."
"I like the fact that you can recover the VMs inside the appliance. For example, they're basically running this appliance on a Linux-based distribution, and they're spinning off KVM virtual machines inside."
"It's not easy to scale it."
"If you are a large organization, this is a product for you."
"When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"The predictive analytics are great and the reporting is awesome."
"The backup feature and recovery option are good because they allow the instant recovery of Hyper-V nodes and files."
"VM backup is much faster and more reliable, as I can test my backups with Data Copy Access jobs."
"The most valuable feature of Unitrends for me is the automated feedback"
"The web console could be a lot better."
"It would be beneficial to have a single user interface for all of the features."
"he API side of the solution has certain shortcomings."
"The implementation process could be improved."
"The security features need backup and encryption. It would be nice if they added this feature. I would also like to be able to decrypt when restoring the security features. Hackers can sense these vulnerabilities today, and we need to have our enterprise prepared."
"The user interface of this solution could be improved. It is not user friendly and is difficult to understand for new users. New users struggle to understand the logic."
"Reporting templates could be easier to understand and more comprehensive."
"It's not easy to integrate. We have to read a lot of documentation in order to configure the solution."
"It would be great to have the job throttle/limit the max number of backups on a single ESXi host."
"I would like to see more storage options for the free version."
"In terms of improvement, the UI, especially in the recovery section, is unclear about which repository it uses."
"Making the seeding process more accessible and easier to understand. Also, make more of the undocumented best practices easier to find."
"Follow up for the DRaaS service setup. I'm still waiting to schedule a DRaaS test after upgrading several months ago."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"Unitrends can be challenging to scale."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Unitrends is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Arcserve UDP. See our Dell NetWorker vs. Unitrends report.
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