We performed a comparison between Veritas NetBackup and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."Good graphical user interface. It's easy to create policies and to do installs."
"I like that it's enterprise-capable. It can handle multiple operating systems. It can handle multiple database types. It can handle a lot of different backup use cases. It's flexible."
"It has a very good user interface."
"Veritas NetBackup Automatic Image Replication and CloudCatalyst features allow me to replicate deduped backup images from one site to a remote site, as well as duplicating deduped images to the Cloud (i.e. AWS S3, etc.)"
"The reporting is very good, with all of the details highlighted and very clear."
"The most valuable feature is the trouble-free operation, as we have not had many problems with it."
"It is essential. We can't do without it."
"DLO: Client for laptops."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it can be used in many different kinds of systems."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is information backup."
"I personally find Veritas NetBackup Applicance hassle-free."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"I have no stability issues to report...The initial setup is quite simple."
"This is a good backup interconversion solution because all the masters and the targets backups are on the same system. It is easy to administrate for a single point of access for clients."
"The product enables me to recover the information of the appliances in the organization."
"It's a little bit complex to manage."
"The licensing costs could be more affordable."
"The pricing could be improved, and the interface could be more intuitive."
"Main area that could be improved is the pricing, to make it more competitive"
"They need to work on the GUI. It has been the same for the last 10 years."
"Netbackup can backup MySQL via Oracle policy, to be honest, this is not completely native support and this method has a few limitations. In fact, you can buy from Veritas (or Zmanda) clients for MySQL or PostgerSQL from Zmanda to backup MySQL or PostgreSQL on Linux."
"We have issues reaching them during some hours, and we need to escalate through several levels to get a resolution. Sometimes tickets stay open for days."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"Sometimes, the user interface doesn't work smoothly."
"The price needs to be improved because it is really expensive."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"I would like to see a product that requires less expertise to manage it."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"The scalability isn't great. Every time you want to add storage, you can't just add a little bit, you need to add a lot."
"Depending on the setup structure, it can be complex to implement."
Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 reviews. Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Veritas NetBackup vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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