We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Microsoft DPM 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."Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"The scalability has been good."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"I have no issues with the stability at all. So I don't necessarily care about the stability of the product. I look more at whether or not can I recover. And I haven't had a failed recovery yet. I've got no failed recoveries of all my years."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"The best aspect of the solution is its backup functionality."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"I could back up all the stuff we had, even the VMs we have for Hyper V."
"The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require."
"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."
"Its capability to give a BMR for all the workstations that I want to connect to."
"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."
"Microsoft DPM is scalable."
"The solution backs up Microsoft workloads as well as anything on the market."
"It is almost perfect for Microsoft products. It is not a very powerful tool, but it is okay for small sites and small businesses with Microsoft products. It is easy to use for backup and restore. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers such as Exchange and SharePoint servers."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"Azure lacks sufficient solutions for a particular scenario, we may need to resort to using third-party applications. In such cases, these applications can be employed to facilitate backup, replication, and the efficient utilization of internet connectivity and bandwidth. They enable us to effectively manage and transfer data while ensuring optimal utilization of network resources. However, it would be a benefit if we did not have to use third-party applications for these operations."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"In Avamar, the file-based restores are very quick and fast, whereas, in Azure Backup, VM restore is super easy, but if I have to do a file or a folder restore, I have to mount the entire VM image. I have to wait for some time for it to be mounted, and then I have to go inside and then check the file and copy it somewhere. It's a bit of a manual process, whereas in Avamar, you can directly select a file and folder, and it'll recover with whatever permissions you want."
"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."
"The user friendliness could be improved."
"Compatibility and integration with other products needs improvement."
"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."
"Microsoft DPM could improve if it was available in a public or private cloud."
"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."
"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."
"It would be better if it integrated seamlessly with open source and competitor products. In the next release, I would like to see some data governance frameworks. It should have support features for data integration and data replication like Veeam. Right now, we are also using Veeam for certain scenarios."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Microsoft DPM is ranked 28th in Backup and Recovery with 17 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Microsoft DPM is rated 7.0. 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 Microsoft DPM writes "Good for backing up, but the 2019 version lags". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and N-able Cove Data Protection, whereas Microsoft DPM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Data Platform, Commvault Cloud and Veritas Backup Exec. See our Azure Backup vs. Microsoft DPM report.
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