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."I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"The entire system operates seamlessly, with minimal hands-on involvement, allowing us to focus on monitoring rather than constant adjustments or deployments, as seen in larger, more dynamic environments."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"The bare-metal restores could be improved."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"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."
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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