We performed a comparison between Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas NetBackup based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veritas NetBackup wins out in this comparison, as it is a robust and high-performing solution. Veritas Backup Exec seems to be more suitable for smaller environments, since its performance slows down during big jobs. In addition, Veritas Backup Exec lacks direct integration with the cloud.
"Its reliability and the fact that we have all the skills that we need for Veritas Backup Exec are the most valuable."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"It has good stability. Its interface is very good, responsive, and easy for restoring data. I use it for backup, encryption, and restore operations, and it works. I am using many agents from VM to LMDP. I also use an agent for SQL Server, which has advanced options because it is the Enterprise version."
"The flexibility is very good."
"The most valuable features of Veritas Backup Exec are the graphical interface, ease of management, and overall ease of use."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"It's a good product, it does what we want it to do."
"The backup and restore features are helpful."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature as it reduces the backup time and provides backup of a single copy of data"
"Its ability to cover a large spectrum of products and operating systems is invaluable. We evaluated other products but always found certain limitations like some products had only intel-based virtualization, while others had power servers."
"Backup and recovery software with great stability, and can support large-scale environments."
"Best feature is its three-tier backup."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas NetBackup is the protection policies or protection module."
"Disaster recovery primarily involves backup usage. We employ it for both backup and recovery purposes. The backup and recovery processes have been executed multiple times, even restoring data from backups created three to four years ago."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"The licensing packet is confusing. If Veritas could do a better job of clarifying it, that would be helpful."
"The ability to use different disk appliance brands as Pure Disk (not OST), such as EMC Data Domain ."
"Once the protection plan is created, we cannot pause or resume via the web administration page."
"The solution's technical support process should be improved."
"The deployment time is longer than it is with other products."
"It's not a user-friendly solution. It's a little bit complicated. The UI is not very friendly."
"In terms of improvement, it's very difficult to make it work with multiple business units. Its security model is too constricted."
"The solution must provide a different way to schedule backups."
"Technical support is somewhat slow and is in need of improvement."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 110 reviews. Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas NetBackup Appliance and Dell NetWorker. See our Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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Veritas NetBackup is a more robust solution supporting more environments than Backups Exec. There are different pricing models with NetBackup. ie. Per Storage (TB), Media Server or Servers. It is better to reach a Software Vendor who can guide you and quote a solution that meets your requirements. The company that I work for started with Backup Exec then moved to NetBackup. If your environment is more virtual than physical you should also consider Veeam or Rubrik.
The proper question is not Backupexec or Netbackup but what kind of protection you want to have?
We had backup exec for more than 4 years and I can assure you, as a backup administrator, that I had some really hard days related to the proper coverage of servers, applications, and data. Netbackup is the proper choice if you want a serious protection infrastructure but you have to consider the following key facts:
-What type of environment do you want to protect?
Netbackup works perfectly with VMWare and with mixed environments. I'm not saying that it will not work with other providers but the integration with VMware is one of the greatest pros of this product.
-Is the backup time window enough to cover all your resources?
With Backupexec I was struggling to have all backup jobs complete in a time frame of 13 hours. With Netbackup and especially in conjunction with their Appliances I was able to add more and more jobs for the very same time frame.
-What is your frontend volume?
With Netbackup the best solution is to have a Frontend Capacity license. With this license type, there's no need to buy extra licenses for SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, Oracle, etc. It's an all-inclusive license. Furthermore, with the new version 8.2 you don't even have to install agents on servers! The prices may vary but I guess for i.e 20TB capacity the price will be somewhere between 80000 to 100000 euros (1-year maintenance included and assuming a feasible discount). You don't have to pay for an appliance but if you afford it it's highly recommended in order to achieve the best performance and other technologies (i.e AIR, deduplication ratio, etc).
I don't really know what is the current status of Backupexec in terms of version, prices, features etc. As a product it's absolutely not comparable to Netbackup On the other hand we have left it behind for good.
We have just recently migrated our backups off of Netbackup due to the cost.
I do not remember the licensing, but the whole product was getting too expensive for not only the product but for the management of the product. We had 6 different pieces in the environment due to some configuration designs.
So we have moved to a product that we pay so much for the hardware and then a license for the amount of data we ingest through that product. It is one environment management that can handle a large amount of Data Protection.
- For Veritas Backup Exec: Licenses are per client that you want to backup and depends on if it's only an agent for the system or for an application.
- For VMware, the license is per VMware host.-
Actually, I am a technical person so I look only at the technical part rather than the sales part. So I don't know what the prices are for Veritas appliances and software licenses. But the licences of NetBackup are available on both storage and per virtual machine-based.
We recently migrated off of NetBackup to Avamar using a Data Domain for storage. Since we already had the Data Domain it made sense.
What did you move to?
I am happy to set up a short call to explain the differences. Backup Exec is an SMB solution while NetBackup is an enterprise solution. Backup Exec would be more in line with your organization's size. Call me and we can set up a short Webex.