We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and NetApp SnapCenter 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 initial setup was very easy."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"I have no issues with the stability at all. So I don't necessarily care about the stability of the product. I look more at whether or not can I recover. And I haven't had a failed recovery yet. I've got no failed recoveries of all my years."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the file recovery and file vault."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"There is only one feature, and that is the backup."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"The most valuable features of Azure Backup for us are its flexible retention options and the ability to recover to a second region with geo-replication and read access."
"Most banks and financial institutions use the solution."
"We have been very satisfied with the technical support's help. Their knowledge level is great. For a noncritical question, they will get back to us within a day."
"What is very handy for our clients is the consolidated view. They have a dashboard with everything, through a single pane of glass. This is what they really need because, within seconds, they can have a good overview and see if there are any errors or any issues."
"Technical support has been very helpful when we have issues."
"Being able to add everything in as resource groups is a valuable feature... Having all the SQL servers put into specific buckets, based on their year of release - 2008, 2012, 2014 - allows us to get almost immediate backups that are easily seen and reported on."
"The central pane view is the most valuable feature. You have one console where you can monitor all your jobs, as opposed to going to different vCenters."
"The main advantage is its fast backup and restore."
"The centralized GUI is the best feature, that there is only one webpage where we can see the states of all the backup jobs. We can see all the tasks that are running and we can quickly see if one fails; if they are running or have any issues. We have all that in one place."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"It can be further improved by continuously meeting its compliance requirements."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"The Dashboard view needs to be more compressed with better ease of access and drill-down features. They should also reinstate Linux filesystem backups of storage volumes (which existed in the prior version)."
"I would like to see replication support between systems. Right now, it's kind of limited. We manage them separately from the storage system interface, not from SnapCenter. It would be nice if it was integrated into SnapCenter."
"If it was possible to create backups on non-NetApp storage, that would be helpful."
"The product lags in terms of availability."
"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."
"The GUI is still so-so. I' don't use the GUI that often anymore because it's really slow, refreshing disks, refreshing hosts, and you have to click a lot."
"We would like to see more granular repording and reporting in bigger sets available in SnapCenter."
"The Microsoft environment is its biggest disadvantage due to the central management of all the actions. Because the SnapCenter server is where we deploy everything, it also affects the Microsoft environment, which can cause many difficulties when resolving issues like Windows update problems."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while NetApp SnapCenter is ranked 42nd in Backup and Recovery with 24 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while NetApp SnapCenter is rated 8.0. 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 NetApp SnapCenter writes "A stable solution that is mostly used by banks and financial institutions". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas NetApp SnapCenter is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Cohesity DataProtect, Commvault Cloud, NetApp Cloud Backup and Veritas NetBackup. See our Azure Backup vs. NetApp SnapCenter report.
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