We performed a comparison between Bacula Enterprise and Veritas Backup Exec 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."It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."
"It brought many advantages - such as the learning curve being very light."
"Bacula is pretty stable."
"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."
"The solution has extensive documentation and a very active community."
"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."
"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"For us, the main two features that we appreciate in this application are backup and restore. They are the main purposes for which we are using this application."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The backup potential of the solution is very good. It's protected us in the past very well and allowed us to get up and running after an attack with minimal loss."
"Veritas is simple and easy to deploy. In terms of the presentation and UI, they do their job well."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"We would like to see an improvement in the functionality of the GUI."
"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."
"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."
"The initial setup could be a bit easier."
"Easier setup and configuration, perhaps including a GUI, would be an improvement."
"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."
"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."
"The console of Veritas Backup Exec is complex when compared to other software."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
Bacula Enterprise is ranked 31st in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Bacula Enterprise is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Bacula Enterprise writes "Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Bacula Enterprise is most compared with Bareos, Veeam Backup & Replication, UrBackup and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Bacula Enterprise vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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