We performed a comparison between Actifio and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"It is secure, reliable, and has officer support."
"Our clients like the wide range of features that are available within this single solution."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"The solution doesn't support AIX software or in-cloud, and we have a lot of servers running on AIX and Oracle."
"While the product does support various databases, the company needs to make more of an effort to support N-minus-one compatibility."
"Areas that need improvement would be the support for recovery in the physical environment."
"Lacks the option to price backup costs within the solution itself."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It can probably have integration with other OEMs. It should also have more features for ransomware protection."
"The pricing could be lower."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"Dell EMC Data Domain needs to have better compatibility between NetWorker and the hardware. NetWorker is not as good as the other products which are currently on the market like Backup Exec."
"The product lacks some security features that would make it more stand-alone and integrated."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
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Actifio is ranked 32nd in Backup and Recovery with 4 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 25 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Offers 99.999% uptime, has useful deduplication features, and offers great compression". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud and NetApp Cloud Backup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication.
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