We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veritas NetBackup based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup slightly nudges out Veritas NetBackup in this comparison. Azure Backup is a more straightforward solution to learn, use, and manage, and provides some impressive next-gen cloud capabilities. Veritas is very complex to learn and manage. Additionally, it is lacking in some basic cloud functionalities, which makes the solution seem a bit dated.
"There is only one feature, and that is the backup."
"Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore."
"First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth."
"We are happy with this product and have not found any issues while using it."
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"This is the best solution that I know of."
"The solution offers the hardware and the software at the same time."
"The client side deduplication reduces the backup window."
"The most valuable feature is replication because, using NetBackup replication, we can have disaster recovery of the data we have."
"Backup and recovery software with great stability, and can support large-scale environments."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup is the protection policies or protection module."
"They are among the top in the world for backup and recovery."
"We believe that everything Veritas NetBackup offers, including backups, snapshots, deduplication, and replication, is valuable."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"The support for Office365 backup is atrocious and is something that has to be improved."
"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"We would like to see some kind of notification given to the user that a file was not synchronized well or what may have happened."
"The tool's backup should be faster. Azure Backup's support should be faster."
"I would like to see more automation, integration, and security. The price could be better."
"It's a little bit complex to manage."
"The pricing is a bit of a concern. If could be lower."
"Data restoration from Veritas NetBackup is quite slow. I would also like documentation that I can share with my technical team."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
"There could be granular control over metadata components, specifically in the context of JSON data for the product."
"Veritas NetBackup is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved."
"The biggest additional features needed are more cloud capabilities and security from ransomware."
"Netbackup can backup MySQL via Oracle policy, to be honest, this is not completely native support and this method has a few limitations. In fact, you can buy from Veritas (or Zmanda) clients for MySQL or PostgerSQL from Zmanda to backup MySQL or PostgreSQL on Linux."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. 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 Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker. See our Azure Backup vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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