Dell EMC Avamar vs. Dell EMC ProtectPoint Comparison

Dell EMC Avamar

Dell EMC ProtectPoint

Dell EMC Avamar

Read 24 Dell EMC Avamar reviews.

13,951 views|11,176 comparisons

Dell EMC ProtectPoint

Read 2 Dell EMC ProtectPoint reviews.

1,021 views|865 comparisons

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Haseeb Sheikh

Assistant Manager IT Infrastructure at ufone

Easily backs up remote sites' data and not much bandwidth is required from its side

We have Avamar Gen4 right now, which is already end-of-life, which is to be replaced this year with a better solution from either EMC or IBM. We... Read more »

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Pros
"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup.""The product is good for backups.""We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful.""It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup.""I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses.""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.""The backup is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very reliable.""Avamar's source side deduplication is very strong, it can easily back up remote sites' data, and not much bandwidth is required on the Avamar side." More Dell EMC Avamar Pros »	"One of the features I find most valuable, is the good technical support.""The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex." More Dell EMC ProtectPoint Pros »
Cons
"There are limitations when trying to use this solution with Hyper-V.""The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems.""The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license.""It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution.""The interface could be more helpful for people.""I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms.""The configuration and expansion aspects of the solution need improvement. They're complicated and don't really integrate well.""EMC has discontinued their Avamar hardware version. They only advertise the Avamar virtual edition." More Dell EMC Avamar Cons »	"The interface and documentation need to improve.""The product has to be more mature, like to be another six to eight months on the market. A lot of maturity needs to be incorporated." More Dell EMC ProtectPoint Cons »

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This solution is less expensive than Veeam for us, although it depends on the customer because we get a great discount.""I'm not sure, but perhaps the pricing could be done better at the moment.""The price is the main thing I'd like to see them change. If they can come down in price, that would be a good thing. It's very cost competitive in the entry level range, because Veeam pricing is much cheaper than Avamar.""It was approximately $70-80,000 when it was under support, but right now EMC has not been supporting this product for two years.""Licensing was generally on a per VM or terabyte basis. They changed their licensing model a couple of times and turned it into socket-based licensing, which is an improvement in their licensing model.""When it comes to competition the price is not what is important, it's not the problem.""The price of this product should be lower.""It was very expensive before, but after integrating it with Dell EMC Avamar Data Protection suite licensing, we are getting better discounts."

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Questions from the Community
What is your primary use case for Dell EMC Avamar? Top Answer: Most of our users work from home and we use Avamar to backup our users' data. Read all 12 answers Can I get Avamar backup solution alone without data domain storage? Top Answer: Avamar system has two logical components: the Avamar Administrator Server which runs on the Utility Node and Avamar Data Server. Your question is about Data Server. As a Data Server, you can use Data… more » Read all 2 answers	What do you like most about Dell EMC ProtectPoint? Top Answer: The speed and the ease of the initial setup are both good. It is not complex. Read all 2 answers What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC ProtectPoint? Top Answer: VMware has a reputation for quality, so they are a bit expensive. But you get security for the price, and I also believe the licensing fees differ from region to region. They have different policies… more » What needs improvement with Dell EMC ProtectPoint? Top Answer: One way this solution could be improved is if they could come up with better options to migrate. As for what could be included in the next release, we have shared a couple of points with them. First… more » Read all 2 answers
Ranking
9th out of 73 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 13,951 Comparisons 11,176 Reviews 22 Average Words per Review 438 Rating 8.2	44th out of 73 in Backup and Recovery Software Views 1,021 Comparisons 865 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 333 Rating 7.5
Popular Comparisons
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Overview
Avamar is fast, efficient backup and recovery through a complete software and hardware solution. Equipped with integrated variable-length deduplication technology, Avamar facilitates fast, daily full backups for virtual environments, remote offices, enterprise applications, network-attached storage (NAS) servers, and desktops/laptops.	Dell EMC ProtectPoint technology provides up to 20x faster, more efficient backup and 10x faster recovery while eliminating the backup impact on application servers. By integrating primary storage and industry leading protection storage, ProtectPoint reduces cost and complexity by eliminating traditional backup applications while still providing the benefits of native backups. Overall, ProtectPoint provides the performance of snapshots with the functionality of backups.
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Sample Customers
Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Cap Atlantique, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions	FieldCore
Top Industries
REVIEWERS Computer Software Company24% Healthcare Company19% Comms Service Provider14% Manufacturing Company5% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company37% Comms Service Provider18% Government8% Financial Services Firm4%	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company63% Comms Service Provider7% Healthcare Company7% Energy/Utilities Company4%
Company Size
REVIEWERS Small Business25% Midsize Enterprise25% Large Enterprise50%	No Data Available

Dell EMC Avamar is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery Software with 24 reviews while Dell EMC ProtectPoint is ranked 44th in Backup and Recovery Software with 2 reviews. Dell EMC Avamar is rated 8.2, while Dell EMC ProtectPoint is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell EMC Avamar writes "Good for backups and is easy to troubleshoot ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell EMC ProtectPoint writes "The programs are excellent and the technical support is very good". Dell EMC Avamar is most compared with Dell EMC NetWorker, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault and Rubrik, whereas Dell EMC ProtectPoint is most compared with Dell EMC NetWorker, Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager, Zerto, Rubrik and Azure Backup. See our Dell EMC Avamar vs. Dell EMC ProtectPoint report.

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