Dell NetWorker vs NetApp SnapCenter comparison

Dell Technologies and NetApp are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.9, while NetApp is ranked #36 with an average rating of 8.0. Dell Technologies holds a 3.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to NetApp’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

Dell NetWorker

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90% willing to recommend

NetApp SnapCenter

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell NetWorker and NetApp SnapCenter are two prominent data protection and backup solutions. NetApp SnapCenter seems to have the upper hand in automation features and snapshot management, while Dell NetWorker has advantages in deployment ease and reporting capabilities.

Features: Dell NetWorker offers comprehensive data protection, integration capabilities, and a straightforward deployment process. NetApp SnapCenter provides robust snapshot management, seamless VMware integration, and advanced automation features.

Room for Improvement: Dell NetWorker needs enhancements in reporting, analytics, and more intuitive updates. NetApp SnapCenter requires improvements in setup complexity and more comprehensive documentation. The noted complexity in SnapCenter's setup gives NetWorker an edge.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell NetWorker is known for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. NetApp SnapCenter's deployment can be more challenging, though its customer service is also well-reviewed.

Pricing and ROI: Dell NetWorker offers competitive pricing with solid ROI according to user feedback. NetApp SnapCenter, while potentially costlier upfront, is seen as worth the expense due to its advanced features. Users generally feel they receive good value from both systems, but SnapCenter's features justify its higher price for many.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell NetWorker

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

13th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

NetApp SnapCenter

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

36th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell NetWorker is 3.2%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp SnapCenter is 0.6%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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ErmiasGirma

System and Cloud Deployment Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

Offers seamless integration and cost-saving benefits with enhanced recovery capabilities

Currently, in my organization, I am using Dell NetWorker for open-source solutions like PostgreSQL and MySQL databases, and some large VM environments. It also supports the Dell library and is used for the library archiving system Dell NetWorker allows for extensive customization, supporting…

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Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Integrates well with various applications , provides a cloning feature for creating snapshots or clones of volume and a centralized command

It is basically centralized command control software. When the users visualize the workflow of the backup, the management and the customer storage administrator know the ins and outs of the backup and recovery. They can make the strategy for their backup and recovery and the certainty of their backups and restore. Strategic planning: Also, it is easy to make a strategy when you have visualized the inflow and outflow of the backup and recovery. With the CLI or native way, without any UI or management tool, you might not be able to create any strategy at all. This is especially important when you have multiple storage systems inside your data center or organization. You need a tool that connects and visualizes the workflow of the backup and recovery from all the storage systems and NetApp storage systems installed within the organization. It is very important when you have multiple storage systems, and you need to manage your backup and recovery workflow. Ease of Management: Unlike other storage vendors, NetApp has its own product called SnapCenter. Other vendors need to acquire third-party software or integrate with other software to manage storage systems. NetApp has its own solution, which is SnapCenter. NetApp's SnapCenter gels well with their storage systems and products. Ease of management is already there. It's a fine software with easy installation, management, and understanding. It's not a complicated software to understand.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The GUI is user-friendly."

"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to recover the data."

"The solution offers compatibility with many types of database systems. It is one of the largest backup solutions. Additionally, it gives important information about data domain systems with deduplication."

"Storage-wise, EMC is user-friendly."

"It is the best umbrella, serving the best applications."

"NetWorker has very good scalability."

"It can support many different versions, both newer and older."

"It's easy to use."

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"The backup process finishes very quickly."

"The centralized GUI is the best feature, that there is only one webpage where we can see the states of all the backup jobs. We can see all the tasks that are running and we can quickly see if one fails; if they are running or have any issues. We have all that in one place."

"It has greatly improved our DR activity."

"I like the instant backups and recovery feature that SnapCenter provides within NetApp storage systems."

"It's very helpful because SnapCenter is already integrated with VMware Snapshot, so it's very easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the RBAC, the Role-Based Access Control. In our managed service, we can have different layers of security."

"The reporting feature has been particularly beneficial to upper management... When you do manual backups, you do not get the benefit of seeing successes and failures and how often you have to do restores. With SnapCenter, you get all of that."

"It's all together managing both storage and backup, which makes it easier for troubleshooting issues and the automation part of it"

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Cons

"They need to be compatible with the cloud because EMC NetWorker cannot compete with other products at the moment. EMC focuses only on their own cloud and do not take into consideration other cloud vendors."

"They need more support for image backups."

"The UI is not user-friendly."

"The software also isn't user-friendly like Convault or Rubrik. The solution errors and management aren't so good in comparison."

"There could be a possibility of constructing full backups from incremental data intelligently."

"The security features need backup and encryption. It would be nice if they added this feature. I would also like to be able to decrypt when restoring the security features. Hackers can sense these vulnerabilities today, and we need to have our enterprise prepared."

"The data storage capabilities should be improved."

"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."

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"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."

"The compatibility with other manufacturers, like Oracle and Hyper-V, could be improved. I would like to see it be more compatible with other software."

"We tend to have a lot of Hyper-V... so now we have two management consoles and we would ideally like to leverage SnapCenter to include Hyper-V."

"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."

"I want to see a few more features add that will help our team in managing solution better."

"We have experience some difficulties with our current support. We are engaging in engineering level support because some of our problems are more technical."

"Reporting of the jobs could be better."

"What I did witness lately are issues with some Microsoft KBs, the updates. But it happened only once, and not on a major platform, it was on a small one."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you purchase Avamar, NetWorker is free with Avamar, for one terabyte license capacity."

"It is a relatively inexpensive product compared to one of its competitors."

"It is not very expensive and not very cheap."

"Dell EMC NetWorker is very expensive."

"The pricing of the solution is not the cheapest compared to other similar solutions. The Networker is available as a component of the Dell EMC Data Protection Suite package and it should have the ability to be purchased separately."

"The price of the solution could be lower, it is expensive."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"The pricing for the telecom, government, and banking sectors is relatively affordable."

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"It's free. The license is included with other NetApp products."

"It comes free with the amount of equipment we purchase from NetApp. In terms of pricing, zero is my favorite number."

"The licensing is well-designed because it's already included in some packages with NetApp storage. Therefore, for most customers, it's okay as the SnapCenter license is already included in some NetApp bundles."

"We have a site license, so it comes with the product."

"We see a financial value with SnapCenter because we don't have to license Commvault, which is pretty expensive."

"The product is inexpensive."

"The license for SnapCenter was included with the storage array."

"Pricing is very good because if you already have NepApp controllers, then it's included."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Government

Manufacturing Company

22%

Computer Software Company

13%

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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 do you like most about Dell NetWorker?

The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell NetWorker?

NetWorker has a high price compared to other solutions. Pricing is a major concern.

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What do you like most about NetApp SnapCenter?

Most banks and financial institutions use the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp SnapCenter?

If you have a license, you don't need to buy anything extra. If you have multiple storage systems and want to manage them with a central tool, you are covered.

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What needs improvement with NetApp SnapCenter?

There is always a chance for improvement. One thing that might be improved is the ease of management. It might be made a little less complicated.

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Comparisons

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Compared 28% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs Dell NetWorker

Compared 12% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs Dell NetWorker

Compared 8% of the time

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs Dell NetWorker

Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 23% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs NetApp SnapCenter

Compared 22% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs NetApp SnapCenter

Compared 20% of the time

Cohesity DataProtect vs NetApp SnapCenter

Compared 14% of the time

Veritas NetBackup vs NetApp SnapCenter

Compared 9% of the time

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Overview

Built on a reputation of efficiency and reliability, thousands of customers trust Dell NetWorker to protect their data and applications across multiple environments, from core to edge to cloud.

Inherently flexible, NetWorker helps you deploy and leverage the data protection that fits your needs. NetWorker protects both physical and virtual environments, including VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as cloud workloads on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

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

Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.

Sample Customers

Republic Bank, Westgate Resorts, Macquire Cloud Services, Shriners, Panatonni, Qatar Islamic Bank, Eurosport

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