We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and Veeam Backup & Replication 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's technical support are quite helpful with straightforward issues."
"The support for legacy products is very good."
"It is the best umbrella, serving the best applications."
"Storage-wise, EMC is user-friendly."
"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system."
"When you reach out to your maximum license availability, or you exceed your license limit, NetWorker never stops doing your backups."
"If it's set up the right way, it's a stable product."
"The updated graphical interface is better than it used to be."
"The initial setup was not overly complex."
"Very reliable and easy to use."
"It is a stable and scalable solution that's easy to operate and restore."
"Very user-friendly and easily recoverable."
"It's a pretty complete product."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to restore the VMs into a test environment."
"The most valuable feature of Veeam Backup & Replication is the ease of use."
"The solution is quite stable."
"I would like to see the user interface improved, more documentation, faster support, and it could be easier to configure."
"It's complex in nature."
"The end-user experience is not good."
"It would be beneficial to have a single user interface for all of the features."
"It is not easy to understand and deploy. It is complex in nature. Simplicity is not there. When we deploy it, the customer always needs some training from us. To make it user friendly, there should be one agent that can be used to back up every product. Dell EMC NetWorker uses so many user agents. In PowerProtect Data Manager, you can just install its VM, import that VM into vCenter, and you can start to do backups directly from vCenter. However, in Dell EMC NetWorker, you always need one server, and from that server, you need to initiate all backups. You must know the interface and the CLI. It is not user friendly. It would be a great feature if we can deploy Dell EMC NetWorker on a virtual machine, like Avamar. The additional features that are required in Dell EMC NetWorker are already available in PowerProtect Data Manager and Avamar. Therefore, there is no need to enhance Dell EMC NetWorker. It would be better if they can just rename it to PowerProtect Data Manager or Avamar."
"There are some limitations regarding scalability of the product."
"Lacks a restore feature."
"We are looking forward to better stability in future versions."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups. That is a functionality that Veeam does not provide."
"Add an archive option to support legal obligations."
"Veeam Backup & Replication could improve by making it more user-friendly."
"They can improve the features and Veeam Enterprise Manager. The interface and features are kind of limited. It would be good if they can provide more features and a better interface. For example, if I want to provide certain users with the privilege to back up and restore and do day-to-day tasks, I cannot do it in the current version. It is like you either give everything to everyone or no user can have access to anything. In version 9, a lot of features were missing, and it wasn't clear. Version 10 is easier from the communication perspective, and the disk backup option is very clear."
"My biggest issue with Veeam at the moment is how the backup reports are displayed. We use the SolarWinds integration to generate consolidated reports for monitoring purposes, but we aren't getting all the available data shown to us in the way that we want."
"The implementation was straightforward. However, we used an integrator, the process could be easier for us to do it ourselves."
"The Veeam backup application interface is application-based and not web-based."
"If they could add more support for all of the modern hypervisors, that would make Veeam much better and more flexible to work with. For example, there is no solution for VM to VM replication when it comes to Oracle OEM servers."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup. See our Dell NetWorker vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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