We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager 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."The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"The solution adequately handles data storage."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"Synthetic backup is valuable. It gives you the possibility to do a synthesized backup, which means that it combines a full backup and incremental backup data and gives it to you in one stream. So, you don't have to restore the full backup and then later go and restore the incremental backup. You can do that in one go."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"The interface is too complex."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"Expanding is difficult because if I want to add, for example, a terabyte of data, then I have to buy a disk shelf and it will cost me a lot."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"I would like to be able to create a restore task that can be scheduled so that the same restore action will be performed automatically."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
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Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 8 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.4, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell NetWorker and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and NAKIVO Backup & Replication. See our Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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