We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 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."It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The interface for this solution is excellent, and it is easy to restore files compared to other solutions."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"The solution is stable."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"The interface is too complex."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and NAKIVO Backup & Replication. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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