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."Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"The stability is okay."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"The product has a proven track record of good backups without much of a failure ratio. It also has a good backup in terms of the compression ratio."
"It's simple to configure."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"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."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"It has good stability. Its interface is very good, responsive, and easy for restoring data. I use it for backup, encryption, and restore operations, and it works. I am using many agents from VM to LMDP. I also use an agent for SQL Server, which has advanced options because it is the Enterprise version."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."
"There also needs to be single sign-on support."
"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"I want to see a more user-friendly and administrator-friendly Dell Avamar. The solution also needs a better UI and dashboard."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
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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