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."Bacula is pretty stable."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"We are happy with Veritas Backup Exec's stability."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"The beauty of the solution is that you can rely on it. It offers a quick recovery time when it's backing up items. The way it recovers data is excellent."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"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."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"More stable environment in a WAN infrastructure."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"They can work on the issue of the job timing out when it is unable to reach a selection item. It sometimes hangs up on the selection item, thus preventing the job from continuing."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to 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 and Commvault Cloud.
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