We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) 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 a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"The fact that Azure Backup is integrated is one of its biggest advantages."
"First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth."
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"I like that it's a stable solution and their support is good. I think Microsoft's commercial force is superior."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."
"We don't need to manage different devices."
"The most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."
"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."
"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."
"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."
"The solution is strong."
"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."
"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"I would like to see more automation, integration, and security. The price could be better."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"The Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"The solution should be easier to use."
"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."
"We cannot add IDPA to DPC, and each IP has a DP Central, which cannot monitor other IDPAs."
"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."
"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."
"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."
"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."
"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked 22nd in Backup and Recovery with 12 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is rated 8.2. 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 PowerProtect DP (IDPA) writes "The product comes bundled with a host of useful solutions that help one centralize their work". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Rubrik and Dell NetWorker. See our Azure Backup vs. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) report.
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