We performed a comparison between Asigra and Dell Avamar 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 solution has been very stable."
"The agentless architecture has minimized our software footprint at the client level."
"It has helped us to provide comprehensive data protection with high recovery rates and a malware scanning feature."
"I have found all the features useful in the solution."
"Scheduling is valuable. It does a good job of backing up, and it does a good job of restoring. Nobody has got a problem with that. The agents are well supported."
"Avamar has long been the best in its class, but that's changing as new solutions emerge. However, Dell has traditionally been a leader in deduplication and compression. Avamar enabled us to shift data from on-premise local appliances to data centers and multi-tenant infrastructure. That's a powerful feature. because customers can back up to the cloud without upgrading o high-capacity links or congesting their backups."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"The management could be a bit better."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"I want to see a more user-friendly and administrator-friendly Dell Avamar. The solution also needs a better UI and dashboard."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
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Asigra is ranked 58th in Backup and Recovery while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Asigra is rated 8.2, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Asigra writes "Automated notifications work much better than other solutions we've employed, and the ability to add usage reports to invoices through DS-Billing is a very useful feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Asigra is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas 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). See our Asigra vs. Dell Avamar report.
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