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 solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"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 most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grew, it was just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy to grow."
"The dashboard was good. I loved to see the maintenance dashboard every time I logged on. That was my first screen because it always gave me a reminder of how many days before my next renewal."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"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 most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"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."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"The scalability could be improved even though the solution is targeted to small customers."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"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."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
Bacula Enterprise is ranked 26th in Backup and Recovery with 1 review while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 16 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 "Supports synthetic backup and allows you to start virtual machines on the backup set and do multiple things in one backup configuration". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup 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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