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 most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"The solution scales well."
"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"The setup is very easy."
"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"It is a scalable product."
"Recovery via Active Directory is painless and much easier than the complicated setup procedures of other products."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"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."
"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"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."
"Avamar is dependent on the hardware. It can't be implemented with ordinary storage. It can only be implemented with an EMC product. We want to have a backup solution that allows us to use independent storage and other hardware. It would be good if they can simplify its technology and make it possible to implement it with another storage. This is probably not possible because Avamar is an EMC product, and EMC would like to sell its own products."
"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."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
"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."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"It would be nice to improve the backup acceleration and the fast restoration required."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
Dell Avamar is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.8, 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 and Commvault Cloud. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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