We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud and Veritas Backup Exec 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."Commvault integrates well with all types of operating systems and supports heterogeneous environments."
"We switched to Commvault because we were looking to centralize management. This reduced IT administrator time as well as providing stability and reliability for data backups in a single console."
"Commvault's many features can be explored to get more value from more solutions."
"The data protection itself is very good compared to other products."
"We have multiple workloads, including SQL, Oracle, SAP HANA, especially Sybase, as well as file systems, VMs, and Exchange mailboxes. Commvault provides very good support for them."
"The use of hyperscale storage hardware and Commvault software has allowed us to create a large storage pool and achieve significant savings in our back-end storage costs."
"This product has allowed us to recover data when we've had issues."
"Its compression and deduplication allow us to store more backups and save storage space. The reporting is great; we are able to obtain critical business reports and infrastructure/usage information very easily."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"It has good stability. Its interface is very good, responsive, and easy for restoring data. I use it for backup, encryption, and restore operations, and it works. I am using many agents from VM to LMDP. I also use an agent for SQL Server, which has advanced options because it is the Enterprise version."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"Data center backup must be improved."
"The pricing could be more flexible in terms of licensing."
"In an upcoming release, the reports could be better."
"There are two ways to use it and I prefer the web-based one over the app. I wish they were a little bit more matched in what they offer because the features aren't as available in the web-based interface as they are in the app."
"The solution needs better Office 365 data backup management."
"It takes a lot of technical expertise to implement. Commvault could increase the training it provides to customers and partners."
"The retention log feature could be an issue for us and can be improved. The backup schedule can also be better in terms of how you set it up."
"The Java interface is not great. The Command Center interface is far better and it looks nicer, but it doesn't have all the powerful features available in the CommServe/Java console. The place to improve the product is on the management interface level."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"It doesn't support the AIX platform."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 56 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 16th in Backup and Recovery with 16 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Perfect match for complex environments, as it supports all types of infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Supports synthetic backup and allows you to start virtual machines on the backup set and do multiple things in one backup configuration". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Commvault Cloud vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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