We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and Druva Phoenix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software."The response time of the tech support is swift. The support is fantastic."
"If it's set up the right way, it's a stable product."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"I like that it's stable and scalable."
"The standout feature of Dell NetWorker is its expertise in handling our VMware environment."
"The solution is scalable."
"Dell's technical support are quite helpful with straightforward issues."
"Dell EMC NetWorker is scalable."
"The most valuable features of Druva Phoenix are the simple portal to log in and flexibility."
"I found the cost-effectiveness of Druva Phoenix to be its most valuable feature, especially when compared to on-premises backup solutions."
"Druva Phoenix is easy to use and easy to start with."
"I would definitively say that we have been able to make our people more productive by at least 30%."
"Once you set it up and you tell it exactly what needs to be backed up, you literally forget about it. It sends you emails and notifications of the current status of the jobs."
"I would like to see better support for the container systems, and we would like to see more support for image backups instead of pure file backups."
"We are looking forward to better stability in future versions."
"I haven't had a good experience with technical support. It takes them a very long time to resolve issues."
"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."
"They need more support for image backups."
"Dell NetWorker could improve the GUI to include rack recovery."
"There should be total integration of the replication and cloud logistic back up on cloud."
"While upgrading to a new version, we encounter challenges related to specific algorithms or code regulations."
"Druva Phoenix is optimized to work with x86 platforms, making it unsuitable for backing up non-x86 architectures like AIX. The solution is primarily designed for physical Linux and Windows systems based on the x86 architecture, as well as virtualized Windows and Linux environments. However, if you have an AIX system, it cannot be deployed in the cloud, and therefore, backing it up in the cloud is not a concern."
"They were able to give us a very reasonable price considering we were non-for-profit organizations, however, there is always room for improvement on that cost."
"Druva Phoenix should include a few reporting features that it doesn't provide currently."
"There is room for improvement in the reporting aspect of Druva Phoenix."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Druva Phoenix is ranked 13th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 5 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Druva Phoenix is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Druva Phoenix writes "Cost-effective and has excellent technical support". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Druva Phoenix is most compared with Azure Backup, Druva inSync, Veeam Backup & Replication, AWS Backup and Zerto.
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