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."The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"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."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"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."
"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."
"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"The challenges we do face typically revolve around aligning specific features with our accustomed tool usage."
"The solution should improve its tape-connectivity features."
"More stable environment in a WAN infrastructure."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"It could be improved in the area of reporting and ease-of-use."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
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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