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."We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."
"We love the instant recovery functionality. It's very useful."
"The stability is okay."
"We have seen huge data reduction and data deduplication and compression, which is very cost-effective and cost-reducing for the company."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"The most valuable features are image backups and file backups."
"The deduplication feature is the best aspect of the solution."
"Setting up Backup Exec is straightforward. It took less than two weeks to get it up and running. You need maybe two people at most if you have a Veritas-certified engineer."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"It is a scalable product."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"Veritas Backup Exec is fully compatible with different tape libraries."
"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."
"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."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"A benefit would be support for either Azure Cool Storage or AWS Glacier."
"The solution could be a bit easier to use in the sense that they need to make it simpler to backup products and restore items."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."
"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."
"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."
"The solution lacked local support, which became an issue for us and our customers. They needed to have more presence on the ground."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"It is not a recommended software when it comes to large environments where there has to be a minimal Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and/or Recover Point Objective (RPO)."
"Veritas Backup Exec's support services could be faster."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
Dell Avamar is ranked 11th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th 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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