We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"The solution integrates well with Unix, Windows, Hyper-V and VM."
"We sell Avamar with Data Domain. Data Domain and Avamar work really well together and their compression ratios are very high compared to Veeam, Commvault, and all the other backup software on the market."
"So far, Avamar covers everything we want. We are replicating to other sites for disaster recovery, so it's working well for us."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"It's powerful and user-friendly."
"The most valuable features are backup and restore. This solution is also easy to use."
"Technical support is good. They're very responsive. It depends on the timezone responding, but I usually get a response within three hours of creating a ticket."
"The most valuable features of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows are the backups, ease of use, and report manager."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to navigate inside a backup point to look for a specific folder or data you want to recover."
"This is a good product with a simple environment."
"It is a stable solution."
"To do the actual backup configuration is also not too bad."
"EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"It's an expensive solution."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar."
"The solution could use some updates to minor details omitted from current reporting."
"A feature I would like to see is universal restore. At the moment, restoration can only be smooth on the same hardware. Let's say you have a server and you back it up with Veeam Agent, in case it fails or crashes. If you later buy a new server because the same one isn't available on the market anymore, there's a high chance that Windows will not boot up if you restore from the Veeam backup because the hardware is now different. Acronis has the universal restore feature, so it will work with generic drivers and you can restore Windows in any dissimilar hardware. As far as I know, Veeam doesn't have this feature yet."
"I would like there to be more integration with other platforms."
"It is not always easy to update this solution to the newer version, so the update process needs to be improved."
"The price of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows could improve."
"The support could be improved a lot, as it is currently non-existent."
"We need some sort of security for backups and archives."
"Maybe in the future, they could do something better with the user interface and the performance, but so far it's a really good, efficient solution."
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Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Backup and Recovery with 40 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is rated 8.4. 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 Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] writes "Functional application availability". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows [EOL] is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, AOMEI Cyber Backup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Rubrik and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager.
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