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."We've found the product to be stable."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"The initial setup is easy."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"It's a good solution."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"The most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"The cost is quite high. Along with the general costs, the supposed agents that you have to buy for the various options that you want to use ends up driving the costs higher as well."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
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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