We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"The flexibility is very good."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"I have found the overall features of the solution very good and there is the option to backup to the cloud."
"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."
"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."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"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."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"Firstly, the GUI for 2014 is mostly confusing, i.e., if you need to add any additional technical features, then it doesn't require a change to the GUI."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"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 solution could improve by having better documentation."
"Its scalability should be improved."
Bacula Enterprise is ranked 29th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect and Commvault Cloud, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery.
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