We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Dell Avamar based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup nudges ahead of Dell Avamar in this comparison. Azure Backup is a secure, stable solution that users trust. The connectivity to data is very reliable. Dell Avamar can be a bit clunky, takes up a lot of resources, and the overall performance is a bit slow.
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"The solution helped us use R2 RBO to back up frequently."
"Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration."
"It is a stable solution...It is a highly scalable solution."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"It's stable."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"The most valuable features are scalability and integration."
"The stability of Dell EMC Avamar is very good."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"The performance takes up a lot of resources, unfortunately."
"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Druva Phoenix, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and DD Boost. See our Azure Backup vs. Dell Avamar report.
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