We performed a comparison between Actifio and Dell NetWorker 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."This product has unique capabilities that lead the product category in test data management, cloning and recovery."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"They will assist me in achieving whatever budget issue the client may be having."
"Very user-friendly and the QSA is very good."
"The solution helps reduce costs."
"Actifio was very stable. Whenever they identified bugs, they would promptly provide us with patches."
"The support for legacy products is very good."
"Data domain is a good feature."
"Simple, stable and straightforward."
"The solution has a longer lifespan."
"Very user-friendly with a good interface."
"The updated graphical interface is better than it used to be."
"It can support many different versions, both newer and older."
"The initial setup is simple."
"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 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."
"Google has stopped supporting the on-premise version of the tool."
"The initial setup is complex."
"We are able to do direct backups, but analyzing the logs is not straightforward."
"NetWorker's major problem is its legacy software."
"In the next release, I would like to see better pricing and more integration with the other products in Dell EMC."
"There could be a possibility of constructing full backups from incremental data intelligently."
"We have faced problems with the initial configuration of the solution."
"Since the product is not on the front banner of Dell, the support may not be the best."
"It is not easy to understand and deploy. It is complex in nature. Simplicity is not there. When we deploy it, the customer always needs some training from us. To make it user friendly, there should be one agent that can be used to back up every product. Dell EMC NetWorker uses so many user agents. In PowerProtect Data Manager, you can just install its VM, import that VM into vCenter, and you can start to do backups directly from vCenter. However, in Dell EMC NetWorker, you always need one server, and from that server, you need to initiate all backups. You must know the interface and the CLI. It is not user friendly. It would be a great feature if we can deploy Dell EMC NetWorker on a virtual machine, like Avamar. The additional features that are required in Dell EMC NetWorker are already available in PowerProtect Data Manager and Avamar. Therefore, there is no need to enhance Dell EMC NetWorker. It would be better if they can just rename it to PowerProtect Data Manager or Avamar."
"The management of Dell Networker is quite cumbersome."
Actifio is ranked 32nd in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Actifio is rated 8.8, while Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Actifio writes "Actifio enables quick and efficient data refreshes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Actifio is most compared with Rubrik, Delphix, Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud and NetApp Cloud Backup, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud. See our Actifio vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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