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We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Quest NetVault 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Azure Backup vs. Quest NetVault Report (Updated: May 2024).
772,649 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
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Pros
"I like that it's a simple system.""Enables immediate recovery and immediate restoration.""Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.""The daily backups have become easier since we no longer need to handle large backups. The use of Azure Backup as a service has proven reliable and simplified our daily operations. Previously, we relied on LTO backups for data retention, but after migrating to the cloud and adopting Azure Backup, the delivery process has become smoother.""The product is very reliable and easy to use.""The initial setup was very easy.""There is only one feature, and that is the backup.""It's very simple to configure which is very useful. It's not complex to configure it."

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"It has File and SQL backup, which is the main benefit for us.""The interface is very user-friendly.""The user interface is good.""The solution allows us to block off our network and only give access to whatever we want.""If a job is pending, the solution communicates it to us through emails.""The platform helps us with efficient QoreStor deduplication (DD) capabilities and configuration.""The initial setup is straightforward. It's not that complicated. Deployment took maybe about 15 minutes.""Having the web-based interface is important to us because we can access it from any computer in the network, rather than having it installed and available for use only on a specific one."

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Cons
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved.""Technical support is in need of improvement.""On-prem can be complex to set up but the cloud is simple.""The only thing I would say that could be improved is the reporting.""The support for Office365 backup is atrocious and is something that has to be improved.""The solution’s user interface could be improved.""I believe more options could be available to understand better what's happening in the system. Additionally, automating the client updates and connector updates would be beneficial. Updating the connector from time to time can be challenging, and it could be made more transparent and straightforward for users. Moreover, another drawback lies in the time it takes to test full data backup recovery. Deploying a full recovery takes longer. We need to allocate a longer period for complete data recovery to establish the environment again.""It doesn't have the option to have a backup from the database. It has backup for the files, folders, and backup only the whole virtual machine. But if I need to do a backup from the Oracle database, from an Exchange server or from SharePoint, this ability isn't there. There is no application backup."

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"The storage capacity is very low.""The product’s SQL backup plugin needs improvement.""The initial setup is a little complex.""In the next version, I would like to see support for the MongoDB database. As it is now, there is no component that works with it and we cannot back the data up using NetVault.""The stability of the solution is poor.""There are command-line limitations. There is not a very strong possibility to work with the command line. The commands that are there are not that powerful, and you need to be very good at scripting, for example, in PowerShell or in Bash in case it is running on Linux systems. You need to combine a lot of commands together, and still, you will not get a great output that is presentable to others. You cannot work with it as easily.""I would like to see the option of cloud-based management.""There are certain issues with the product that we report to Quest, and we get offered a workaround instead of a fix. There could be better interaction with the development teams, perhaps in terms of transparency."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing of this solution is ok, but I'm expecting that the price will decrease in the future."
  • "The pricing of this solution is good, and it is one of the easiest things that you can sell Azure with."
  • "This is an expensive solution in the Bangladesh marketplace."
  • "We are paying about $100,000 USD per year, just for a couple of servers."
  • "The price is pretty good, maybe $30 for a machine, I can't complain."
  • "It is a bit costly initially, but it is well worth it in the long run, especially for fighting against a number of threats, such as ransomware, which the IT industry is facing."
  • "Price-wise, it's similar to AWS."
  • "The price is somewhat high and could be lower."
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  • "The price of our 12-month contract is approximately $1,500 AUD ($1,100 USD)."
  • "When we purchased four licenses, we were given a very good price. However, it is still on the high side when compared to some other vendors."
  • "The tool is expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Veeam has a version for Azure but there are organizations, like ours, that are considering moving to an Azure environment and wonder if Azure Backup is better than Veeam Backup and Replication (Veeam… more »
    Top Answer:Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
    Top Answer:Azure Backup is a moderately priced solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten.
    Top Answer:NetVault is a great cloud-ready enterprise backup software for hybrid data centers. Here are some of the things I really like about the solution It is easy to use right out of the box and scales… more »
    Top Answer:If a job is pending, the solution communicates it to us through emails.
    Top Answer:The storage capacity is very low. The solution removes all the data in 15 days. We need the history for at least one or two months. I need the history whenever I run Tape. I need the details of the… more »
    Ranking
    9th
    out of 132 in Backup and Recovery
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    13,197
    Comparisons
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    28
    Average Words per Review
    467
    Rating
    7.9
    46th
    out of 132 in Backup and Recovery
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    Comparisons
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    Reviews
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    Average Words per Review
    339
    Rating
    7.7
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    Also Known As
    NetVault Backup, Quest NetVault, Quest NetVault Backup, BakBone
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    Overview

    Azure Backup is a scalable backup solution with zero capital investment and minimal operational expenses that can help a company achieve maximal data protection. Azure Backup’s System Center Data Protection Manager provides optional integrations that can enable you to protect both advanced workloads running in your datacenter in VMs as well as those that are on physical servers.

    Azure Backup has many features that make it a most effective product. Included among these is its ability to easily scale up your storage capacity. It taps into the cloud to give you the ability to expand on a massive scale. This can be done without any monitoring or maintenance overhead.

    Benefits of Azure Backup

    Some of the benefits of using Azure Backup include:

    • The ability to control and track the performance of your network from a single centralized location. Azure Backup has a “single pane of glass” interface that enables users to monitor, operate, govern, and analyze their backups from one place. This eliminates any need to add additional management infrastructure. You can manage different workload types, subscriptions, vaults, and regions with Azure’s Backup Center.

    • A wide array of security features allows you to prevent malicious users from doing damage to the system, receive alerts if an unauthorized action takes place, and recover from any damage that results. Azure Backup has authentication requirements built in to protect vital functions, such as the ability to delete backed up data from unauthorized users. If something that impacts the backed up data takes place, users are immediately notified. Azure Backup saves any and all deleted backup data for two weeks. This enables administrators to use recovery points to recover their lost data.

    Reviews from Real Users

    There are a number of characteristics that make Azure Backup extremely effective. Two of these are the flexibility that it offers users and its overall effectiveness.

    PeerSpot user Ayman Y., an IT manager at NOMAC, notes all of the different backup options that Azure Backup offers. He writes, “It has many features. First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client as you like. You can do a backup from the whole virtual machine as an image. You can do a backup only from files and folders. It has every option. All options are available for the backup, for the restore, for the bandwidth utilization to do backups, even virtual machines or a physical machine. If you need to do a backup of the whole image from the virtual machine, all these options are there.”

    PeerSpot user Muzammil M., a senior operations engineer at the AlGosaibi Group, notes the effectiveness of Azure Backup when he writes, “Azure Backup is good because it is entirelycloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe. This is the reason that I suggest its use for companies that need to back up critical data.”

    Cloud-ready data recovery software for the hybrid data center. Protect your applications and data on-premises and in the cloud — from one intuitive console — with this scalable data backup and recovery software. NetVault® by Quest supports multiple server and application platforms in both physical and virtual environments. That means you can ensure continuous availability of your business-critical systems, applications and data.

    Sample Customers
    Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
    intel, Mars, MERK, Microsoft, Uber, Visa
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company29%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Construction Company14%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Government8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Real Estate/Law Firm8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise36%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business45%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise50%
    Buyer's Guide
    Azure Backup vs. Quest NetVault
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Azure Backup vs. Quest NetVault and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Quest NetVault is ranked 46th in Backup and Recovery with 10 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Quest NetVault is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quest NetVault writes "Easy to use, stable, affordable pricing model, and good technical support". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup and Acronis Cyber Protect, whereas Quest NetVault is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Quest Rapid Recovery, Veritas NetBackup, Commvault Cloud and Rubrik. See our Azure Backup vs. Quest NetVault report.

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