Dell Avamar vs Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and Veeam Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 86% of Veeam Software users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]

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86% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (12th), Deduplication Software (3rd)

Veeam Agent for Linux [EOL]

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Featured Reviews

Sebastien Chene

Senior Business Development Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh

What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar.

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David Villota

EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

Reliable and issue-free with a helpful onboarding wizard

The solution has been installed on Linux machines. The solution is issue-free. We are happy with it. The solution has been stable and reliable. It is scalable. My understanding the setup is pretty straightforward and that the onboarding wizard is pretty easy to follow. I've never had to…

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Pros

"It is one of the best solutions for backing up Oracle and other servers."

"It works quickly and is very stable."

"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."

"The product is good for backups."

"It was very simple to deploy the solution to the client that you wanted to backup."

"The solution scales well."

"Its stability and deduplication capabilities are most valuable."

"It's a good solution."

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"The most valuable feature is the ability to pick up individual files."

"It's most compatible with VMware. It can restore single files instead of having to restore the whole machine, once again leading to savings for the company."

"The user interface is good."

"The only thing I really like about it is that you can deploy it from Backup and Replication onto a virtual Linux machine."

"The really amazing feature about Veeam Agent is that when you're using the central deployment model, you can actually use the instant VM recovery feature, which is really a pain point that I find some days."

"The flexibility and user-friendliness of Veeam make it very IT operations-friendly."

"Veeam has a "next, next, finish" installer, and the overall deployment is straightforward. The deployment is easy because Veeam is compatible with all our VMware services and VMs. Veeam Backup and Veeam ONE are integrated into vCenter or vSphere site deployments, so we don't need to deploy each server one by one."

"The solution is very user-friendly and has an easy to use interface. We can manage it easily. It allows for a simple backup."

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Cons

"The solution should improve its tape-connectivity features."

"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."

"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."

"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."

"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."

"The recovery is a bit slow."

"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."

"Setting up Avamar wasn't so easy, and we had a partner doing the installation for us. Though it was hard at first, it's getting better. The main difficulty was finding plugins for Oracle Database. It took some time to open a ticket with Dell, but everything was fine after that."

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"Technical support could be improved."

"More Linux systems should be made compatible with the solution."

"I would like to be able to install Veeam directly to Linux instead of having to go through a Windows server."

"The integration needs improvement."

"We are currently waiting for the continuous backup process."

"There isn't much to improve. They just need to follow the trend or the development of other Linux products. Follow in terms of making the product compatible with new versions of Linux. They just need to include as many versions for Linux as possible."

"The pricing could be lowered if possible."

"In new releases, I hope they can support Oracle cloud."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Regarding pricing, I would say Avamar is slightly expensive compared to its functionalities. It's not high-priced or low-priced but somewhere in between."

"Licensing fees are paid annually."

"Licensing was generally on a per VM or terabyte basis. They changed their licensing model a couple of times and turned it into socket-based licensing, which is an improvement in their licensing model."

"The solution is expensive."

"Dell EMC needs to lower Avamar's price and add more features to stay competitive."

"It was very expensive before, but after integrating it with Dell EMC Avamar Data Protection suite licensing, we are getting better discounts."

"Dell Avamar is free when we deploy the data protection. When we order data protection, this software is included in the hardware."

"It was approximately $70-80,000 when it was under support, but right now EMC has not been supporting this product for two years."

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"It's a subscription based license, which is started on a yearly basis. Currently the licensing is split between three editions: standard, enterprise, and enterprise plus. As long as you check the comparison between the additions and make sure that you have what you need, there are no extra costs with Veeam."

"Licensing costs are $300,000 USD yearly, and we pay for three years at a time."

"The costing is very competitive."

"There's the principal license for Veeam Agent for Linux, and then you need to buy additional licenses for your machines."

"We have purchased a license to use Veeam Agent for Linux and the additional support. The overall cost of Veeam Agent for Linux is expensive."

"Price-wise it's good."

"Veeam Agent is one of the cheapest products in the market."

"The solution is rather expensive and I think the price is too high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Educational Organization

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What's the difference between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC NetWorker?

From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC Avamar?

The pricing is not competitive enough.

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What do you like most about Dell Avamar?

Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.

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What do you like most about Veeam Agent for Linux?

The most valuable feature of the solution is its integration with Veeam Backup & Replication console.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veeam Agent for Linux?

We have to pay a license fee for every system we use. We pay for licenses annually. Veeam Agent is one of the cheapest products in the market. I would rate the solution’s pricing a two out of ten. ...

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What needs improvement with Veeam Agent for Linux?

More Linux systems should be made compatible with the solution.

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Comparisons

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs Dell Avamar

Compared 30% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs Dell Avamar

Compared 16% of the time

Dell NetWorker vs Dell Avamar

Compared 13% of the time

Rubrik vs Dell Avamar

Compared 6% of the time

Veritas NetBackup vs Dell Avamar

Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

Dell Avamar data protection software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery operations that can scale from daily backup protection for endpoints to high-performance protection for large enterprises with diverse applications and workloads. With application consistent recovery, automation and fast backup and restores, Avamar can help you meet your SLAs and optimize your backup and recovery processes

If you are deploying all or part of your backup environment to the cloud, Avamar enables you to make the most of your cloud investment, enabling replication, disaster recovery and long-term retention for customers using AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

Avamar is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. Avamar is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

Veeam Agent for Linux is a simple backup agent that’s designed to ensure the Availability of your Linux installations, both on‑premises and in the public cloud. Veeam Agent for Linux’s built‑in integration with Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to leverage your Veeam backup repositories and get your on‑premises backups off site.

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Sample Customers

Dodge County, St Laurence's College, FieldCore (a GE Company), Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions

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