We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Veeam Backup & Replication 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 most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"The feature that was most valuable was that we could restore one mailbox and we could do different backups for different databases."
"The initial setup was relatively easy."
"What I like the most about this solution is that I can change and access the Oracle backup file."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."
"The solution can work for companies no matter the size or scope."
"What I like most about this solution are the simplicity and the price-performance ratio."
"The peace of mind of the backup is very important. Incremental backups make it fast and easy to use. We can recover from any failures in case of any hardware failures or malware attacks. We can do a rollback and recover our services with a little downtime. We can rollback even in the case of unsuccessful updates."
"I like that the solution is very simple to install."
"It's very easy to work with and it's very reliable."
"The granular restoration that it provides for a business application is most valuable. For example, for Exchange, we can restore a single mailbox or email. We can also do SQL Server restoration and bare-metal recovery for operating systems."
"The fast backup and restore feature is the most valuable."
"The pricing of the solution is fair."
"We have a lot of requests for the Micro Focus team, particularly in terms of the Japanese data pattern, as it's not as good now. The Japanese data pattern accuracy of the Micro Focus Data Protector needs to be improved because there are a lot of false negatives and false positives. We are currently testing this and our product team has been communicating with the Micro Focus team."
"I'm uncertain if it supports virtual machine backup and restoration. If they could enhance this aspect, they could gain more support from end users."
"If you compare the solution with the same specific features and enhancements on another solution, Data Protector is expensive. This is especially true when compared to, for example, Veeam."
"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."
"In general, you can say that Micro Focus Data Protector is behind in capabilities when compared with other backup solutions, such as Commvault, Symantec, NetBackup, but it is very strong for certain use cases such as array integration. We are using it in production even now. There should be some kind of cloud integration and archiving solutions. I think this is the area they need to focus on."
"The technical support was very slow."
"We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2."
"It's very expensive compared to Veeam and other similar solutions."
"In the past, Veeam had a host-based license, but now it will be part of Microsoft's core license. I don't like this licensing model. Host-based licensing is better for my system. Maybe so other organizations prefer the core-based."
"The tech support could be better."
"The price could be lower."
"The parallel backup process from the Veeam server to Veeam has some limitations. The number of parallel backups should be increased and the compressional is very low. Sometimes it is half or one-third, but other backup solutions' compression levels are very high."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups or snapshots. That's a nice functionality that Veeam doesn't have."
"I have used NetBackup. For heavy workloads or if I need consistent backup and restore, I prefer NetBackup over Veeam Backup Replication."
"The web interface could be more visual."
"We would like to have the ability to perform more things on the web interface. The heavy client is still needed to perform advanced tasks."
OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce, Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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