We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar 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."Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The solution is very stable."
"The installation process is pretty straightforward."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature. I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"The one thing for the last 12 months which has been very good for Veritas was the instance-based license. This means that you're able to license per instance, not only per physical server."
"This solution works well and has good integration with technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V."
"Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The user interface still needs to have some level of improvement. It could be more user-friendly and intuitive."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"Avamar cannot back up Nutanix as a virtual solution."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"In my opinion, the user interface and the user friendliness could be improved. The specific thing I have in mind are the graphics, which are not quite user-friendly."
"Performance can sometimes be affected when tools are utilized for tasks like backup or deep archiving."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"The one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"The price of this solution is very high."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"Currently, the solution does not have the capability to restore a single mailbox, so you lose a lot of time having to restore for example ten mailboxes just to recover one."
"More stable environment in a WAN infrastructure."
"There needs to be an integration process of the endpoint devices so that we don't have to redo everything for different products."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veritas Backup Exec 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 Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". 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 Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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