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."Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"Dell Avamar has helped our organization by allowing us to do backups."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."
"The stability is okay."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"It gives us the ability to locate and restore critical files which users may have intentionally or unknowing deleted a while ago."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"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."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grew, it was just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy to grow."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"Dell Avamar could improve by adding more backup features."
"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 very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."
"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."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"The deduplication feature can be improved."
"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."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
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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