We performed a comparison between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC Networker based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Dell EMC Avamar wins out in this comparison due to its robust performance as well as its impressive data reduction and deduplication abilities. In addition, Dell EMC Avamar received positive feedback in the ROI category.
"We sell Avamar with Data Domain. Data Domain and Avamar work really well together and their compression ratios are very high compared to Veeam, Commvault, and all the other backup software on the market."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"The source site replication feature is valuable."
"I have found the product to be scalable."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"The most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"The updated graphical interface is better than it used to be."
"The most valuable feature is NetWorker's integration with the data domain that transfers the data directly into the Dell appliance, so the data doesn't need to pass through the network. NetWorker acts like a pipe, allowing the data to flow directly from the database or the VMware environment to the data domain."
"It is the best umbrella, serving the best applications."
"The support for legacy products is very good."
"The solution offers compatibility with many types of database systems. It is one of the largest backup solutions. Additionally, it gives important information about data domain systems with deduplication."
"The backup capabilities and the automatization of the backup - along with the potential to make the back up on a virtual machine - are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"Dell NetWorker's user interface is quite simple and very interactive."
"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility."
"If you need to pull data out of it to offload to tapes, that's messy. You have a mechanism for it, but it is painful."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"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 product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"Reporting and support for this product need to be improved. There are multiple bugs that need to be fixed."
"We are able to do direct backups, but analyzing the logs is not straightforward."
"NetWorker sometimes has issues with the backup not starting and with connecting to the Oracle servers."
"There should be more vendors incorporated into the solution."
"The team does not have enough knowledge to support you."
"The user interface has to be improved"
"The solution could improve by having more integration."
"In the next release, I would like to see better pricing and more integration with the other products in Dell EMC."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell NetWorker 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 Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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