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 have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"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."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility."
"I want to see a more user-friendly and administrator-friendly Dell Avamar. The solution also needs a better UI and dashboard."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"It is very scalable, and that's its claim to fame, but that also makes it hard to make changes. Anytime there is a large piece of software, changing that piece of software is harder. You've got a larger install base, so you can't just rapidly change. We also use another product called Veeam, and it has this new feature called Continuous Data Protection, which basically lets you get very close to the way the system was in time. We have a system or two up there on which we have set 10 minutes Continuous Data Protection. So, we can roll it back to whatever it was 10 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, or 30 minutes ago. This feature doesn't exist in Avamar Data Domain. That's the one feature I'd like to see first."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"They could include backup functionality for enterprise environments."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
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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