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."The installation of the solution is easy."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"It is a very complete product."
"The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable."
"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"Graphically, it's very user interactive. It's got a very nice interface."
"Avamar has long been the best in its class, but that's changing as new solutions emerge. However, Dell has traditionally been a leader in deduplication and compression. Avamar enabled us to shift data from on-premise local appliances to data centers and multi-tenant infrastructure. That's a powerful feature. because customers can back up to the cloud without upgrading o high-capacity links or congesting their backups."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grew, it was just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy to grow."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"The challenges we do face typically revolve around aligning specific features with our accustomed tool usage."
"I have found the support from Dell EMC Avamar to be not as good as Veeam. The time it takes to receive support could be improved. However, once we have the support the agents are knowledgeable and helpful."
"It would be helpful if there was cloud support."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"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."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
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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