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."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"The data reduction feature and the ease of enabling a server in a DR location are the most valuable."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"The solution is very stable."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"The management of this solution is a little bit difficult for IT administrators. They have to be trained before going through the system."
"The screen design is a bit back-dated."
"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 solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"It's not the best solution for big databases."
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The recovery is a bit slow."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"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."
"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 one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"The pricing could 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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