We performed a comparison between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC Networker based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Dell EMC Avamar wins out in this comparison due to its robust performance as well as its impressive data reduction and deduplication abilities. In addition, Dell EMC Avamar received positive feedback in the ROI category.
"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"The installation of the solution is easy."
"It is a very complete product."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"The data reduction feature and the ease of enabling a server in a DR location are the most valuable."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution has minimized the recovery time objective, and the recovery point objective, the RTO and RPO. Most customers are looking for to minimize downtime. The solution has helped ensure this."
"The solution has a longer lifespan."
"The backup software has been much faster since we've deployed the solution."
"It is scalable software. All you need to increase is its RAM and CPU. It's pretty easy."
"The updated graphical interface is better than it used to be."
"The software implementation takes about 30 minutes."
"Dell's technical support are quite helpful with straightforward issues."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
"The stability could improve, a lot of scheduled backups failed at one time."
"The solution should improve its tape-connectivity features."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"The software also isn't user-friendly like Convault or Rubrik. The solution errors and management aren't so good in comparison."
"I would like to see the user interface improved, more documentation, faster support, and it could be easier to configure."
"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."
"The price could be cheaper."
"I haven't had a good experience with technical support. It takes them a very long time to resolve issues."
"When you're working with VMware, you need to use vProxy machines. You have to install the vProxy for every host in the VMware environment."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"The team does not have enough knowledge to support you."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell NetWorker report.
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