We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Symantec Data Loss Prevention 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 most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"The most valuable feature of Data Protector is its integration with VMware. A lot of software these days integrates with VMware, and you can run some of these things on virtual machines. You can even have your backup manager running on a virtual machine and use physical managers to move data around. Their VMware integration isn't too bad, but Commvault has that feature, and many other backup products do."
"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."
"It is a traditional backup model. If you talk about file server and the official Windows database, it's a stable product."
"This solution is quite stable because we have only three users."
"Backup of SAP/Oracle -- they are more robust than the competition."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."
"The dashboard, management section, and reporting are good."
"We work in the banking field. We deploy data loss prevention. Our branch protects our clients' data, credit card numbers, account numbers, and other confidential and sensitive data."
"The incident response options and reporting features are particularly strong, with the inclusion of Incident Classification Assessment (ICA) for integrated reporting."
"The detection capabilities are comprehensive."
"The product is very stable."
"The data matching features are the most valuable due to the easy policy setup and implementation."
"I like how I have the possibility to check different channels with the same policy set."
"Good end point encryption and data loss prevention."
"We're not satisfied with the robustness and stability of the software since Micro Focus took it in-house. The GUI is one thing they could improve. It's still a bit archaic. Data Protector needs a more functional, user-friendly GUI."
"Virtualization."
"VMware backup integration and cloud recovery is lacking."
"The interface has been the same for many years and needs to be updated"
"The technical support is poor and should be improved."
"Micro Focus are improving Data Protector with every new version and since we began undergoing training with the latest version we have not faced any real challenges yet. However, their support does need to be improved, in my opinion. In certain critical cases that we've had, they did not provide a satisfactory level of support."
"The product can be developed by including functionalities like DR, CDP, and SureBackup, which are currently unavailable in the solution."
"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."
"The product must improve its interface."
"The one downside for Symantec is that, due to its transition from Symantec to Broadcom, there's been a lot of changes. I am based in the Philippines and we don't have a contact person locally for any Symantec."
"There are some features that are not available which are required by every data loss prevention solution."
"The product's pricing and support services need improvement."
"Virtualization is not currently supported."
"Data Masking could be improved."
"Reporting could be improved."
"It is very difficult to log in to create a support ticket because no one is available to support our queries."
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OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector and Amazon Macie. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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