We performed a comparison between Commvault and Dell PowerProtect DD based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable and received similar user ratings in all categories.
"This solution gives me the full insight without having to use other products, metrics, or reporting tools."
"The diversity on offer is very, very good. Everything is supported. It's great."
"All the management is centralized from that CommServe server. You can manage all the clients and all the infrastructure using one interface and one server... Using the Commvault interface, you can customize and generate multiple reports to easily see what is protected and what is not protected in the environment."
"It is much more scalable and flexible than everything else in the market."
"The solution includes the best compatibility metrics for integration and they are managed by Google support."
"The most valuable features of Commvault Hyperscale X are the full responsibilities inclined in conversion with high responsibility rates."
"The 1-Touch recovery feature is helpful for all customers."
"With the use of the cloud, the solution is easy to learn."
"The most valuable feature is the performance because you can back up data really quickly."
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"Stable and scalable suite of solutions with deduplication, apart from data protection, storage, and backup."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression and the Data Domain Boost."
"The product provides good backup and compression services."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"The reporting is complicated and should be simplified in an upcoming release."
"The speed of the Office 365 Backup & Recovery feature is adequate. Microsoft controls the amount of bandwidth that people have when they're using Azure and the O365 environment... If they could work out something with Microsoft to improve the speed, that would help."
"The setup is not that straightforward or easy. Even the documentation is not generic or public like other products. You have to be a partner or you have to have a specific account and download it from the vendor themselves."
"The setup was a little bit difficult for a non-IT person like me. My OneDrive is protected by multifactor authentication, and to get the backup to begin behind that multifactor authentication took a little bit of almost customized support, even though I was following the instructions and the videos. That process could have been easier."
"Commvault should keep and continue to develop the Java GUI."
"I would like more communication informing us on what Commvault is doing in the background."
"The initial setup was complicated."
"They can improve the VMware recovery and VMware backup. There is an improvement area on the VMware infrastructure. They can make available what they call a VSA proxy. They can have an appliance-type setup to deploy VSA backups and help recover quicker. They can have an appliance ready. Instead of having to have a server dedicated to that and installing software on a server, they can just provide an actual appliance for that."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"The pricing should be adjusted. Customers continuously talk about the price. They know it is a good solution and they really need the type of storage the solution offers, but it costs somewhere around $100,000 and up. It's not cheap, but it's very important for data vendors."
"The usage of this solution is a bit difficult to develop processes, and it takes a long time to market permits."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"They need to make migration easier."
"The Dell PowerProtect DD architecture offers several significant features. One is DD Boost, which is utilized at both the source and destination sites for application processing."
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Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 63 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Veritas Backup Exec, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Dell NetWorker.
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