We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud and OpenText Data Protector 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."What I find valuable is restoring the complete server. Restoring files is also valuable, but I like restoring the server because you don't have to rebuild a new one."
"The most valuable feature of Commvault HyperScale X is the automatic nature of its operation. We don't need to worry about sets of documents. It worked automatically, we don't need to think about it. When you set the solution up in a good way, you don't need to worry."
"There's no impact on the endpoint. It runs in the background and it's something that you install and then forget about."
"The VM backups and the recovery from cloud infrastructure are valuable."
"One valuable feature is unlimited backup. You can back up existing users and folders."
"Complete Data Protection is convenient because you can manage various types of databases, and it's pretty easy to set it up."
"IntelliSnap and file system backups are valuable features."
"Commvault Backup & Recovery's search utility is its most valuable feature."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"Data Protector's GUI is the most useful feature."
"The stability of the product seems to be quite good."
"I like that it supports HPE UNIX servers since many backup solutions do not - this is the main reason why we chose this solution."
"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."
"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"For simpler environments, they have some templates for startups. Possibly for a smaller environment, they need to do more automatic configuration and selections of users who want to do backups. This is mainly for smaller environments. I would like them to have the same system fit for all environments: small and big environments. Currently, we have to do a lot of configuration of the layout, which takes time. This solution is appropriate for enterprise-level enterprise, but I would like it to be easier to use for SMB environments."
"Not everyone has agents for everything and Commvault has agents for most products. It's the most complete."
"I just wanted to compare the features, which are there in EMC NetWorker, which are not available in Commvault. We have things using Networker."
"The local support could be improved."
"Its competitor, Veeam, includes backup and replication in the same product. I don't know if Commvault has it or not, but they should if they don't."
"They should move the CommServe outside of Windows machines and the database should be distributed among servers. It's still a single point of failure."
"The speed of the Office 365 Backup & Recovery feature is adequate. Microsoft controls the amount of bandwidth that people have when they're using Azure and the O365 environment... If they could work out something with Microsoft to improve the speed, that would help."
"The retention log feature could be an issue for us and can be improved. The backup schedule can also be better in terms of how you set it up."
"We have a lot of requests for the Micro Focus team, particularly in terms of the Japanese data pattern, as it's not as good now. The Japanese data pattern accuracy of the Micro Focus Data Protector needs to be improved because there are a lot of false negatives and false positives. We are currently testing this and our product team has been communicating with the Micro Focus team."
"We have so many specific technological cracks in Micro Focus, but we are not getting the features, facilities, or coordination between the global delivery centers and the R&D team that we need to express our ideas."
"In terms of what can be improved, I would say integrations with MongoDB. We use MongoDB and we need to go to scripts to do backups. We need more integrations."
"The technical support is poor and should be improved."
"The interface has been the same for many years and needs to be updated"
"Many of our users complain about the GUI. You still need to rely on the command line interface. Because it originated as a Unix system, Data Protector is still a command line-driven solution, which makes it seem rather dated compared to systems that are built around a GUI from day one. It doesn't affect the functionality, but some people don't find it user-friendly."
"If you compare the solution with the same specific features and enhancements on another solution, Data Protector is expensive. This is especially true when compared to, for example, Veeam."
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce, Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Commvault Cloud vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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