We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Symantec Data Loss Prevention 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 stability of the product seems to be quite good."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Ability to automatically detect and secure new data sources without requiring manual configuration intervention."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"The product helps with blocking sensitive data transmission and permission management."
"The solution offers great reporting."
"The most valuable feature of Symantec Data Loss Prevention is the ease of modification."
"An excellent solution for data classification."
"What we like about Symantec Data Loss Prevention is that it's a very good product. We never faced any problems with its performance. It has very good performance. There was this RAM issue, but it was an internal issue which we've sorted out. Apart from the RAM issue, there are no other issues with Symantec Data Loss Prevention."
"With respect to the amount of intelligence that they have with respect to how they formed the DLP solution, for example, exact data matching. If you compare Forcepoint with Symantec, Symantec is more sophisticated than Forcepoint."
"We work in the banking field. We deploy data loss prevention. Our branch protects our clients' data, credit card numbers, account numbers, and other confidential and sensitive data."
"The dashboard, management section, and reporting are good."
"Virtualization."
"The online backups of Office 365 have room for improvement. This is now available for the Exchange Online part of Office 365, but we're still waiting for SharePoint Online, Teams, etc. We know that it's coming, but it takes time."
"The interface has been the same for many years and needs to be updated"
"The GUI could be updated. The GUI hasn't changed since version 6. It's on version 10 now. The reporting could also be better. Also, while Data Protector is excellent for backing up physical hardware, it needs more features for backing up VM images because many environments use hypervisor."
"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."
"The technical support was very slow."
"I do not think that this solution is relevant in the current IT market. They have not upgraded their features and functionalities which makes it difficult for them to remain competitive."
"In terms of what can be improved, I would say integrations with MongoDB. We use MongoDB and we need to go to scripts to do backups. We need more integrations."
"The console is not the best one. There is room for improvement in the management console."
"What could be improved in Symantec Data Loss Prevention is its security. It should be more secure."
"I would like to see an improved interface, with better documentation and integration with other products."
"I would like for the administrator management interface to improve. It's kind of old and slow. Updating it would make this solution better."
"From a management perspective, it takes a lot of time to manage the infrastructure."
"Symantec Data Loss Prevention could improve by having better system resource management, cloud option, and more features."
"The deployment is complex."
"Reporting could be improved."
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OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. 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 Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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