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.
"It is easy to schedule backups."
"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."
"It's easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"It offers seamless integration."
"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."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."
"Client deduplication."
"Avamar's source side deduplication is very strong, it can easily back up remote sites' data, and not much bandwidth is required on the Avamar side."
"It's simple to configure."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"There is a limitation of 99 files restores per day which means that we can't complete a huge file restore. We would like Azure to increase the number of the possible file restorations."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"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."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"In the next release, I would like to see the ability to back up to different cloud providers."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"We have a concern with the backup when were are working with VMs that are running in Barracuda Firewall because it usually fails."
"It would be better if we could integrate easily with other platforms."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"We'd like to see something that could also work with Unix servers and physical servers to have a unified solution that works with everything."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 11th 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, Veritas NetBackup 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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