We performed a comparison between Asigra and Dell Avamar based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It has helped us to provide comprehensive data protection with high recovery rates and a malware scanning feature."
"The solution has been very stable."
"I have found all the features useful in the solution."
"The agentless architecture has minimized our software footprint at the client level."
"The solution is very stable."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"The tool's most valuable features are backup management and speed."
"It's simple to configure."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"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."
"They should improve the malware scanning capabilities, extending it to protect cloud application data."
"The management could be a bit better."
"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."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"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."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"It's not the best solution for big databases."
"I have found the support from Dell EMC Avamar to be not as good as Veeam. The time it takes to receive support could be improved. However, once we have the support the agents are knowledgeable and helpful."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
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Asigra is ranked 57th 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).
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