We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."Deduplication and compression are the best features of the solution, which are popular and very effective."
"The deduplication feature is the most valuable part of the solution."
"The most valuable features of Dell PowerProtect DD are reduplication and compression. It provides a lot of data savings for backups. Additionally, the Dell PowerProtect DD solution offers a bundled backup software and storage option. If desired, users can also connect to cloud technology to create an additional copy of their data in the cloud. This solution supports synchronization with various cloud vendors, including Azure and AWS."
"We are very satisfied with this solution. It's easy to use and efficient."
"It works within backup windows and has got good deduplication."
"It's very competitive in terms of the price and technology. Also, the development team continuously makes updates. The data reduction feature is very useful."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"It is stable. I would rate the stability of the solution a nine out of ten."
"We have an issue with the last version on the latest backup of the solution as it is not compatible with Sybase 16.5."
"Veritas NetBackup is a reliable, easy-to-use, and easy-to-deploy solution."
"The main features of this solution are deduplication, compression, ease of use, simplistic user interface, and compatibility with all the backup service systems."
"Veritas NetBackup is very stable and scales out very well."
"It's durable — we achieve what we expect from it."
"It has been around for so long, and it is very in-depth. It has a solution for everything that you can cover."
"The features are good."
"We were evaluating other products and getting confused between Commvault and Veritas NetBackup. The one reason that we started with Veritas NetBackup is the pricing of the license. There's no other reason from a technical perspective or even operation or capability of the two software. The main reason we chose Veritas NetBackup was that in our use case it is more cost-effective."
"The pricing could be better, but it's still not too expensive."
"I would like to see some kind of integration with the ransomware in the next release."
"The initial setup is complex."
"First-time integrations are difficult in NetWorker. NetWorker software needs to be simplified. It's very complex."
"I would like to see integration with public cloud."
"The software from Dell that can be used to operate Data Domain needs to have enhancements made to the user interface. It is too complex."
"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"Technical support only gets back to us the following morning."
"Improvements can be made to the service by providing better and more competitive ratios on data backups. The functionality for backups is there with Veritas, but I would like to see them optimize and enhance this feature more."
"The only pain point we have with this solution is the cost. It's very expensive. In fact, it's so expensive we are looking for other platforms. We want to move away from it in order to save our organization costs."
"In terms of improvement, it's very difficult to make it work with multiple business units. Its security model is too constricted."
"I do not really like NetBackup as it is coming from a mix of other software packages."
"Veritas NetBackup has been in the backup and recovery market for quite a long time, but somehow, from my own observations and from feedback from end users, its user interface is lagging behind other comparable solutions such as Veeam."
"GUI needs to be more user-friendly."
"Once the protection plan is created, we cannot pause or resume via the web administration page."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 110 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veeam Backup & Replication, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup and Veritas NetBackup Appliance.
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