We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud and OpenText Data Protector 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.
"The solution’s user interface for managing the on-prem environment is good."
"Scalability, as well as stability, are a couple of important parts of this solution."
"The ability to manage everything from a single pane of glass is another major advantage."
"The product is user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to backup over the dedicated Fiber Channel directly from SAN."
"We use the solution for cloud and data backup."
"Commvault can perform a backup no matter where you are, and it takes a backup every four hours. No matter when you come to the office, it'll take a backup if you're connected to the internet and check the system for online availability."
"It runs all the tests and emails us the reports. We take daily, weekly, and monthly snapshots, and I integrate the storage snapshot scripts with the Commvault workflow. The Commvault workflow runs all the scripts and sends us the reports. It also features cloud-side reports and workflows. Commvault has many tools for backing up, restoring, and archiving things, but we use another service for our archives."
"It's a good product that's pretty easy to use."
"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"What I like the most about this solution is that I can change and access the Oracle backup file."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Commvault Complete Data Protection would benefit from improving their training resources."
"Commvault likes to be ahead of the game when it comes to merging with other platforms, but sometimes it's before they have the solution truly baked in. Office 365 is an example. I feel that my company might be a litmus test for their solution, because we have such a large environment. Some of the promised solutions that we received from Commvault were more like testing solutions. They weren't really validated, meaning they were possibilities. There have been a lot of hot fixes for the solution that we're using right now, more than we expected."
"The only problem is that some of what we snap most of is the VMs. We found about 10% of the VMs that we can't snap because they're too interactive. It actually causes the application to crash."
"Commvault is complex even if the product has comprehensive solutions and covers pretty much every technology out there. There's no unified way to manage all of the products on one single console."
"The interface could be improved because it has two different consoles."
"I would assess the Command Center as a very useful but sometimes difficult tool. It is multipurpose. It has all the features of logging and monitoring, especially for the actual setup. For us, it is easy because we work daily with it, but for customers who only use it once a week, they sometimes have some difficulties. Command Center is not user-friendly for beginners."
"Reduce the complexity for better understanding of the reports. There are a lot of variables in which you can get confused while elaborating on reports."
"The reporting is complicated and should be simplified in an upcoming release."
"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."
"We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2."
"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
"We're not satisfied with the robustness and stability of the software since Micro Focus took it in-house. The GUI is one thing they could improve. It's still a bit archaic. Data Protector needs a more functional, user-friendly GUI."
"VMware backup integration and cloud recovery is lacking."
"It's very expensive compared to Veeam and other similar solutions."
"OpenText Data Protector is more difficult to use and configure than OpenText VIM. The user-friendliness of OpenText Data Protector has to be increased, and the complexity of the tool needs to be reduced."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce, Symantec Data Loss Prevention and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Commvault Cloud vs. OpenText Data Protector report.
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