We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veritas Backup Exec 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."Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the easy-to-use intuitive GUI. It is very easy to understand. I have never lost data and I have been able to recover all the data I need."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V."
"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"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."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". 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), whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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