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."Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"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 a good solution."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The flexibility is very good."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"It's not the best solution for big databases."
"Some integrations are not in place, such as the email alerts, which are not compatible with Office 365 SMTP gateway."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
"I wish that they have an outlet for the other products from Veritas built into the Backup Exec product. For example, Backup Exec does only server backup. Currently, it is possible to read the backup of one other product, but if they can add more products so that you can just go into the dashboard of these other products by clicking on a button within the Backup Exec product, it would be great."
"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."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
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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