We performed a comparison between BackupAssist and Veritas NetBackup Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."I get my reports. It is generally very reliable. Unless there is a major change, it doesn't stop backing up. I've got my server room set up with everything connected to the same power, and I never have power issues or failures of backups because a sub-site has gone off."
"I have found that the backups are usually very successful."
"The most valuable features of BackupAssist are ease of use, configure is simple, and more importantly, ease of recovery. If you needed to do a complete system recovery or another recovery it is straightforward."
"We can configure the notifications themselves so that the right people get the notifications. This is very helpful. It allows key stakeholders to know if backups have happened and to remind each other to check the backups if something is not right."
"There are a lot of new features that operate to protect the data from ransomware attacks. They launched the Veritas/Appliances to protect our data. Veritas has been doing its job well."
"The solution uses minimal resources."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance is a total backup solution. We don't have to buy other applications to do it."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"It is easy to use and the performance is good."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"Compared to a homemade installation, this appliance is very stable."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"In the future I would like to see more support for Linux."
"Many solutions become stagnant over time. However, BackupAssist has been consistent in updates but they must continue to innovate and improve to avoid stagnation."
"It stopped doing my backups after I did the last update on it."
"The solution needs a dashboard or some form of central control from which you can manage all backups."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance can improve by having a more direct connection to the cloud. It should have the technology to be able to directly communicate with the cloud."
"The technical support services could be better."
"With technical support, it feels like they aren't well trained and it takes forever to get answers out of them."
"They could simplify the process of installing, and provide more space for data during the process."
"I would like to see support for databases such as MySQL and MongoDB."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
BackupAssist is ranked 27th in Backup and Recovery with 5 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. BackupAssist is rated 8.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BackupAssist writes "Provides ransomware protection, does good reporting, and is close to perfect for our use case". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". BackupAssist is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veritas NetBackup, DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce.
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