We performed a comparison between Veritas NetBackup and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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 provides us with the versatility to back up everything we require which eliminates the need for a secondary backup solution."
"The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed."
"It has a very good user interface."
"The solution offers a lot of really great features that organizations can utilize and take advantage of."
"What I like most is it is a professional product. It supports all kinds of technologies, and I consider it one of the best backup products available."
"The main thing I like about NetBackup is CloudPoint. You can take a snapshot of the endpoint and back it up with CloudPoint. The data backups are the most important."
"I think the support is fine. We haven't had issues with it."
"Logs are very easy to read, parse, and use for diagnostics."
"I think the solution is very intuitive, effective, and easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Veritas NetBackup Appliance are the ease of use and the familiar interface."
"This is a good backup interconversion solution because all the masters and the targets backups are on the same system. It is easy to administrate for a single point of access for clients."
"The tool is easy to use, stable, and performs well, but it depends on the environment where it is deployed. It is leaning more toward huge enterprises where it is positioned. It needs to be as easy as others but addresses more complex requirements."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"The tool's most valuable feature is recovery."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance is a total backup solution. We don't have to buy other applications to do it."
"The standout feature is its connectivity and robust support. They are easily easy to get hold of, making it convenient for us."
"The solution could have a more clear dashboard about the license and the operation status."
"The speed of restoring data could be improved."
"Enhancing reporting across the board would be beneficial."
"I think reporting can always be improved."
"Veritas could simplify the firmware recovery in terms of the deployed. The process shouldn't be dependent on the agents. It should be completely agentless."
"We would like the Java console to be updated."
"We faced so many backup configuration issues. And from the Veritas side, they couldn't fix that issue. So we started from scratch, purchased everything, and then we configured everything. Therefore, the support could be better."
"There is a big change in Veritas. In the past, we could easily change servers or appliances and continue working by restoring the catalog. We could change servers from Linux to Linux or Linux to Solaris and perform catalog restores to continue working. But with the new version, we are forced to engage Veritas' professional services, which is too expensive."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Sometimes, the user interface doesn't work smoothly."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and could be lower."
"It's hard to get to the backups. There are too many tabs."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 110 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Veritas NetBackup vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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