We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and NetApp SnapCenter 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."I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"The hardware is always updated and it's saved us a lot of money."
"I like the product's restoration cases."
"It's easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the ease in which it backs up our data."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"The daily backups have become easier since we no longer need to handle large backups. The use of Azure Backup as a service has proven reliable and simplified our daily operations. Previously, we relied on LTO backups for data retention, but after migrating to the cloud and adopting Azure Backup, the delivery process has become smoother."
"The Exchange plugin is the most valuable because we have a lot of customers that use SnapManager Exchange and have to migrate to SnapCenter."
"It's all together managing both storage and backup, which makes it easier for troubleshooting issues and the automation part of it"
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The main advantage is its fast backup and restore."
"We have been very satisfied with the technical support's help. Their knowledge level is great. For a noncritical question, they will get back to us within a day."
"The simplicity of backup and restore directly with VMware is an advantage and the time to backup and restore is reduced."
"What is very handy for our clients is the consolidated view. They have a dashboard with everything, through a single pane of glass. This is what they really need because, within seconds, they can have a good overview and see if there are any errors or any issues."
"The backup features are the most valuable because they allow the DBAs to replace SnapManager for Oracle (SMO), which is going away, and to do cloning as well. We can also clone to different servers and have the actual backup clone mounted on different servers. And we can split easily too."
"The time required to restore files should be a little faster."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"I would like to see more automation, integration, and security. The price could be better."
"Azure Backup could improve the backup data copies because they are not immutable."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."
"I'm waiting for SnapCenter for hybrid solutions. Right now, we only have SnapManager for hybrid. I need agents for that. People are looking to install SnapCenter in a SQL environment, but where they're running SQL on Hyper-V and using virtual files. Currently, we don't have support for hybrid."
"I would like to see replication support between systems. Right now, it's kind of limited. We manage them separately from the storage system interface, not from SnapCenter. It would be nice if it was integrated into SnapCenter."
"We would like to see more granular repording and reporting in bigger sets available in SnapCenter."
"Groups might be helpful for each site or data center so that we know a given data center has these resources while another data center has those resources. It's not always easy to group hosts by type."
"I want to see a few more features add that will help our team in managing solution better."
"There is one area that needs improvement and that's in the alerting. When you set up your SMTP alerts, it only has - and I don't understand why - the ability to send an anonymous SMTP. It doesn't do basic authentication, which frustrated me for a while until I figured out that I'm not missing something. It's just not there."
"The tool could be faster."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while NetApp SnapCenter is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 24 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while NetApp SnapCenter is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp SnapCenter writes "A stable solution that is mostly used by banks and financial institutions". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas NetApp SnapCenter is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, NetApp Cloud Backup and Veritas NetBackup. See our Azure Backup vs. NetApp SnapCenter report.
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