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."So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"The backup and recovery speed is very fast."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"It would be better if we could integrate easily with other platforms."
"It's not the best solution for big databases."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"The reports could be made in an easier way."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
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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