We performed a comparison between Commvault and Dell PowerProtect DD based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable and received similar user ratings in all categories.
"Commvault is a very stable product."
"It helped us reduce the number of servers that are required for a stable operation."
"It's a software-based solution so we just need a license to expand it."
"Commvault software is a single platform where you can enable whatever you want to use, like endpoint protection. You can enable those licenses on a single platform screen. This is where I see the value ad. This is a single management tool."
"The 1-Touch recovery feature is helpful for all customers."
"This is a very stable product."
"It's very user-friendly. It supports a wide range of workloads. It's quite easy to use, it's very powerful and it's scalable."
"It's the leader in backup and archiving."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are reduplication and compression. It provides a lot of data savings for backups. Additionally, the Dell PowerProtect DD solution offers a bundled backup software and storage option. If desired, users can also connect to cloud technology to create an additional copy of their data in the cloud. This solution supports synchronization with various cloud vendors, including Azure and AWS."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"Short backup window has made a difference in the way my organization functions."
"The most valuable feature is the inline data deduplication."
"The most valuable features of this product are its guaranteed reliability and its duplication capability."
"This solution has a feature called Domain Boost, which allows for source deduplication and compression."
"It's very easy to use the domain once it's been set up. The interface is also user-friendly."
"It is secure, reliable, and has officer support."
"They don't market their products well. They don't do a lot of marketing to enable them to move forward."
"The integration of Metallic could improve. It would be a benefit if Metallic could integrate with multiple applications or platforms."
"The reporting could be improved because the reports we get from our partner aren't sufficient. It isn't very detailed. I'm not sure if it's an issue with our partner or Metallic. They do a full backup on Monday and incremental backups throughout the week. However, we don't get detailed reports about the size of the incremental backups. The report just tells us whether a backup was successful."
"The solution must provide deception files across the network."
"The new HTML5-based management portals are very nice, but do not yet have all of the features of the Java-based client."
"The setup is not that straightforward or easy. Even the documentation is not generic or public like other products. You have to be a partner or you have to have a specific account and download it from the vendor themselves."
"The navigation of it needs improvement in terms of the UX. The product itself, it works as expected. It's all user experience and user interface improvements that could be made and it could be made a little more consumer-friendly."
"When we send a query to Commvault, they take a long time to answer our questions."
"We are not able to deal directly with the OEM we have to go to their partners in Nigeria."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The tool's DD Boost is expensive."
"It could be more secure."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"DD doesn't have Intel's air gap technology."
"The price of the product is high."
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Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Dell NetWorker.
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