We performed a comparison between Veritas Backup Exec 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."The backup solution comes in different versions to support different platforms."
"It is a good overall suite of products."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"Good open file option feature, SQL agent, and EM agent."
"The product provides automated and faster data backup and recovery compared to other vendors."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"NetBackup is based on really good architectural hardware, and Veritas has the best backup and replication technology in the world."
"We can add multiple appliances to the product."
"The solution is useful for backups."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance is a total backup solution. We don't have to buy other applications to do it."
"I personally find Veritas NetBackup Applicance hassle-free."
"Initial setup is a bit complex and needs some expertise for troubleshooting when something goes wrong."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"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."
"There still a lot of room for improvement in synthetic technologies, especially when targeted to deduplication media."
"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."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"The pricing is an area of improvement and the mode of marketing it."
"There is no training provided, and their technicians are unaware of the features available."
"It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and could be lower."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The scalability could be improved."
"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."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 reviews. Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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 Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce. See our Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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