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."Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"Client deduplication."
"The backup and recovery speed is very fast."
"The setup is very easy."
"We've been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"It is a good backup tool."
"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."
"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."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"The solution could be a bit easier to use in the sense that they need to make it simpler to backup products and restore items."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this 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."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
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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