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 been using this solution to backup our servers. It is a simple backup and restore data application."
"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"The most valuable feature of Avamar would have to be the way it works over needing very little bandwidth to move data across a WAN or LAN."
"Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The flexibility is very good."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"It's quite stable, and so far, we have had no technical issues with Veritas Backup Exec."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
"When we used the solution, it was still new, and so the customer service/technical support was not the best."
"The UI is quite old. We've been using this UI since last year, and they haven't changed it. It would be better to update the UI periodically and create attractive dashboards from an administrative point of view."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"Avamar is still competitive because of the way we have deployed it, but we need to diversify and shift away from specific technologies. In addition to hypervisors, virtual machines, and bare metal servers, our customers need protection for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and the public cloud, so we need other technologies in the business to cater to those customers' needs. Those are the enhancements we would want from the Avamar platform, but that's not likely to happen. Dell has PowerProtect and Apex backup services. There are other Dell solutions that we'll use to fulfill our customers' requirements."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"In terms of improvements, I think the pricing model could be improved. They charge you by port, for every port that you have even if you're not using all of them."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
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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