We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veritas NetBackup based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup slightly nudges out Veritas NetBackup in this comparison. Azure Backup is a more straightforward solution to learn, use, and manage, and provides some impressive next-gen cloud capabilities. Veritas is very complex to learn and manage. Additionally, it is lacking in some basic cloud functionalities, which makes the solution seem a bit dated.
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"The hardware is always updated and it's saved us a lot of money."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is the native backup capabilities."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"We are happy with this product and have not found any issues while using it."
"The best aspect of the solution is its backup functionality."
"I like the virtual server backup."
"The VM portal and the CloudCatalyst are two of the solution's most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"The features are good."
"This is a product that has been on the market for a while and they have mastered the backup process, especially when backing up to tape, for most environments."
"I like NetBackup's accelerator feature. You can take a full backup with incremental speed and integrate it with block tracking."
"We have an issue with the last version on the latest backup of the solution as it is not compatible with Sybase 16.5."
"The troubleshooting is very good."
"They need to improve the frequency of the backup. You can only backup one to three times a day. It would be better to back up continuously throughout the day."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"In the next release, I would like to see the ability to back up to different cloud providers."
"I once tried restoring a Linux environment, and the size of the Linux VM or the data disk was really huge. It took a really long time to restore the environment and send the data from the storage to the disk. It took around 25 to 30 minutes, which was much longer than I anticipated. They can improve the duration of such restore operations. In the next release, it would also be good if they could reduce the duration for transferring the data from their storage to the actual storage while creating a virtual machine. They can reduce the duration or increase the data transfer rate."
"The integration with the record database and integration with other applications will be good, especially with the database piece."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"Technical support can be slow to respond at times."
"The product must improve on a database level."
"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."
"Extra features come with additional costs."
"It was very complicated, and it required a lot of work in terms of management. We have moved to Rubrik. One of the reasons for getting rid of Veritas NetBackup was the fact that at one point, we had the support staff with 12 to 15 people to manage Veritas NetBackup, whereas, with Rubrik, I'm the only one managing Rubrik. There is one more person who works with me mostly due to the fact that in case I'm not around, someone else knows what to do, but I'm the only one who is a full-time manager of Rubrik. The complexity of Veritas required a large staff to manage it. We had daily issues that had to be looked into and resolved. A lot of these issues revolved around Veritas' handling of VMware, which is why first we moved VMware off Veritas. After we did that, we were also able to reduce our staff count. Their licensing is a disaster. It is extremely complicated. In most cases, Veritas themselves can't understand their own licensing."
"It would be helpful, in future releases, if the solution could add WORM (Write Once Read Many) support right within the product."
"Main area that could be improved is the pricing, to make it more competitive"
"The SQL Server backup features are not up to date."
"In regards to protecting the physical servers with parameters, it's a long and difficult process."
"Veritas NetBackup has been in the backup and recovery market for quite a long time, but somehow, from my own observations and from feedback from end users, its user interface is lagging behind other comparable solutions such as Veeam."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. 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 Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker. See our Azure Backup vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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