We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: When searching for the best Backup and Recovery Software solution, PeerSpot users feel Veeam Backup & Replication is the best choice. Veeam offers great integrations, scales easily, is very easy to use and is very cost-effective. Many users feel Dell Avamar is outdated and requires a significant learning curve, making it a less desirable solution.
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The solution is very stable."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"The solution's best features are its ease of use and replication."
"The backup and replication capabilities are quite good."
"Veeam Backup Replication is stable I have not had any problems."
"Veeam Backup Replication is easy to use and has high performance. The backups are very fast. It's a complete solution that fulfills our current needs."
"In terms of most valuable features, we are mostly using the Cloud Connect feature. It is flexible because you can use it on-prem and on cloud."
"This is easy to use with a simple restore feature."
"With regard to our operational requirements, Veeam is very good because it's so user-friendly."
"Veeam Backup Replication's most valuable features are the ease of use, good integration with others solutions, such as Oracle ERP, and by using the UI you can create and achieve operations you want to do."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"In the next release I would like to see a bit more intelligence as far as a solution or troubleshooting - to put it more on the level of resolution and not simply identifying there is a problem."
"The orchestration feature can be improved. They can improve the virtual machine orchestration to make it similar to VMware. They can also provide an option to automate the backup and recovery and schedule a backup."
"Its licensing needs to be improved. Its licensing has become complex since last December. They have changed the way the product is licensed, and there is a lot of confusion. Sometimes, when a new version comes, it seems that it has not been tested enough because I usually find some bugs in it. It could also have more integration with other virtualization products, such as desktop virtualization products and open-source virtualization products."
"The price can be a bit expensive."
"There's a lot of room for improvement surrounding the backup process."
"The only issue on which we would like to see for improvement would be, potentially, the ability to do some different things with recovery, like faster recovery onsite."
"I prefer a software backup solution that allows me to easily define my origin data, including data files, folders, and virtual machines."
"Veeam needs to have more support for non-Windows systems and other databases. For example, I can do SQL with Veeam but not Informix or Oracle. This is unfortunate because we have many partners with Oracle systems and Informix databases, and Veeam does not yet have the agents we need for specific Oracle and UNIX operating systems."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. 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 Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Arcserve UDP. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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