We performed a comparison between BDRSuite 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."Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is easy and also includes great documentation."
"It suits our needs, is versatile, and the functionality is there."
"The most valuable feature is the Hyper-V backup - it's just one click. I don't have to worry about it."
"I like the fact that BDRSuite can connect to VMware ESXi and automatically pull the virtual machines that I have in that environment. I also like that you can choose to back up the compute to the backup server or go straight to the cloud."
"The most important features are the backup and the availability of the Universal Explorer. The in-transit compression is great."
"We are now using it 24/7 because it is serving as an online backup, and very soon, the DR will activated on the product."
"Its ease of use and price are most valuable. It is simple and straightforward. Someone who has never used any backup software will easily understand it from the first installation. It is that simple. Price-wise, it is much cheaper than its counterparts."
"Quick backup and restore; very simple and understandable interface."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The solution is stable."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The solution is very scalable. Whenever we grew, it was just a matter of adding new licenses, so it's easy to grow."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"The response time of the support could be improved a little bit. Sometimes, I need to wait for two or three hours to get support. With VMware, we can get urgent support in an hour. Other than that, I'm pretty good with BDRSuite."
"We are still exploring its features, but we want to see more features that we desire over time."
"The reports are at a basic level and there is room for improvement there. It only has historical reports and VM backup job-level reports."
"The system died twice and it was apparently the result of corrupted disk sectors. I tried to work with tech support to fix it, but they essentially gave up. So twice, I had to rebuild our server."
"Scheduling backups is challenging due to the poor quality of the UI."
"I have not been impressed by the data compression of the backup images. They seem to take up nearly as much space on the backup drive as they do on the server."
"I have had issues with new client registrations. There are frequent connectivity issues to the cloud servers. Multiple times, I have had to prove to support that it wasn’t a problem on my end. It always works out in the end, but it is troubling to have the same issues repeated across different clients. Issues eventually get escalated to the cloud team and are mysteriously resolved with no changes on my end."
"It would be a great improvement if they can give a console to control the systems. All other vendors let you simply log in to the cloud console and control everything from there, but for Vembu, whether you choose Vembu Cloud Backup or Vembu Disaster Recovery, you still need to install the Vembu software on your on-premise system and configure it from there. It would be great if I can get a cloud console to manage the systems."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"It is currently missing the dynamic backup feature for virtual machines, which is available in NetWorker. I can create politics in NetWorker to add virtual machines with specific tags, but I cannot do this in Backup Exec, which is a minus point for me. Currently, a user has to send a request to the Backup administrator to add a machine to the backup, but I should be able to create rules to automatically add a new machine to the backup. This kind of functionality is very important in current times, especially when we are using cloud solutions. I should be able to create more than one stream in a policy and specify how many streams I want to run in parallel in one policy. Currently, I have to manually create more policies to backup more than one virtual machine at the same time. Their support can also be improved in terms of response time."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
BDRSuite is ranked 13th in Backup and Recovery with 62 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. BDRSuite is rated 8.2, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of BDRSuite writes "Can automatically pull the virtual machines that we have in an environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". BDRSuite is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, NAKIVO Backup & Replication, Vinchin Backup & Recovery, Acronis Cyber Protect and Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our BDRSuite vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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