We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veritas Backup Exec 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 installation process is pretty straightforward."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"The fast backup and recovery and the Full Backup features are valuable."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"The product is good for backups."
"We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"The source site replication feature is valuable."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"It is a good overall suite of products."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"Backup image browse times should be faster."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"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."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"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."
"The pricing could be improved."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". 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 Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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