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.
"You have the flexibility to encrypt your backups and choose the storage capacity you're comfortable paying for."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"It's stable."
"I like the product's restoration cases."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"Its most valuable features are flexibility and reliability."
"Disaster recovery primarily involves backup usage. We employ it for both backup and recovery purposes. The backup and recovery processes have been executed multiple times, even restoring data from backups created three to four years ago."
"The client side deduplication reduces the backup window."
"The main thing I like about NetBackup is CloudPoint. You can take a snapshot of the endpoint and back it up with CloudPoint. The data backups are the most important."
"Backup and recovery software with great stability, and can support large-scale environments."
"The solution is easy to learn."
"Veritas NetBackup is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is that it is basically a replica of our SAND data. We archive the SAND data for recovery, if there is an issue on the fence."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"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."
"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."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"It's not a user-friendly solution. It's a little bit complicated. The UI is not very friendly."
"GUI needs to be more user-friendly."
"This product would be improved with the inclusion of a Sandbox feature like Veeam Sandbox."
"Maybe they could add more cloud solutions."
"We would like the Java console to be updated."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
"The virtual environment, cloud integration, copy data management features need improvement."
"There is room for improvement in the implementation of Power servers."
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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