We performed a comparison between BackupAssist 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."We can configure the notifications themselves so that the right people get the notifications. This is very helpful. It allows key stakeholders to know if backups have happened and to remind each other to check the backups if something is not right."
"I get my reports. It is generally very reliable. Unless there is a major change, it doesn't stop backing up. I've got my server room set up with everything connected to the same power, and I never have power issues or failures of backups because a sub-site has gone off."
"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."
"The most valuable features of BackupAssist are ease of use, configure is simple, and more importantly, ease of recovery. If you needed to do a complete system recovery or another recovery it is straightforward."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"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."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"The solution needs a dashboard or some form of central control from which you can manage all backups."
"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"Doesn't include disaster recovery."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
BackupAssist is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 5 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. BackupAssist is rated 8.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of BackupAssist writes "Provides ransomware protection, does good reporting, and is close to perfect for our use case". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". BackupAssist is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our BackupAssist vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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