Dell PowerProtect Data Manager vs Druva Phoenix comparison

Dell Technologies and Druva are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Druva users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Read 11 Dell PowerProtect Data Manager reviews

8,271 Views
6,538 Comparison Views

90% willing to recommend

Druva Phoenix

Read 7 Druva Phoenix reviews

347 Views
279 Comparison Views

87% willing to recommend

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Druva Phoenix

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Druva Phoenix based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software.

To learn more, read our detailed Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Report (Updated: November 2024).

Buyer's Guide

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

November 2024

Download the complete report

Helped 824,067 peers since 2012

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (16th), Deduplication Software (7th)

Druva Phoenix

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (15th), Disaster Recovery as a Service (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (11th), SaaS Backup (9th)

Featured Reviews

Pallava Sharma

Cloud Infrastructure Delivery Lead at Johnson Controls, Inc.

A tool that offers good capacity management and product management

I am satisfied with the product. The tool streamlines our company's data backup and recovery processes since the solution fits into our landscape and portfolio, especially with what we have in our infrastructure, and it actually helps us comply with data regulations. The tool protects critical data by dealing with areas like unauthorized access. I don't have hands-on experience with the product to be able to comment on how its UI enhances our company's data management tasks. The tool is majorly used in our company's operations team. I only work on certain projects and help the teams to deploy the product. The tool has the ability to handle growing data volume since my company has not faced any scalability issues since we were able to manage areas like sizing and future capacity expansion. To date, my company has not found any scalability issues with the product. It is a good product that fits in the latest infrastructures very well. If you have legacy products in your environment or data centers, then it is better to consider some other product other than Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. I rate the overall tool a seven or eight out of ten.

Read full review

Ratnodeep Roy

Lead Consultant at Stratogent

Patch-based system, offers network flexibility but Logs are not very informative for regular users

The ransomware features are limited in Druva. There's a lot of improvement needed. It should extend to Nutanix and Hyper-V. It should extend to Azure as well. A lot of people are looking for ransomware scans, but Druva doesn't support them. Veeam barely supports them over Azure Virtual Machines. It doesn't support Linux Virtual Machines. NetApp and Commvault don't have such features. Acronis is also limited. In Azure, you have Azure Defender, but that works extensively on cloud storage, not on the servers. So, backup companies like Druva need to work a lot on ransomware protection and detection. These companies need to work a lot on ransomware detection, protection and more. Ransomware protection doesn't work in this hash-based transfer mirroring. If I only have to find this hash and feed it to the Druva end. It's sometimes not possible. It will struggle when the workloads are more than a hundred machines. It's not possible to find the hash of each file and provide it to Druva. So, this needs to be fully automated. If I were scanning with some technology, maybe signature-based scanning, behavioral-based, or keyword-based scanning. I can put this FHA, maybe SIEMs as well. But Druva is very limited. It's already in an active stage. I don't like that they don't extend all the features to all the workloads. These features are minimal compared to those of its competitors. For instance, I have one customer who was looking for Druva, but since they have Azure machines, they couldn't find a way to restore a particular file. Druva doesn't provide Azure virtual machine single file restore. It doesn't make sense to build a product and then it doesn't support it. Customers really struggle. Some customers tried Druva so that they don't have to think about setting up a separate network, but Druva is making things critical by not providing all the things at once and gradually releasing them. It's been more than six months or one year since they started their virtual machines, but there is no single file restore. Every time you have to restore the VM, and then from there, you can get the file. Why would people go with Druva if they have to manage backup machines? Nowadays, backup product companies need to be aggressive and adopt themselves in this highly changing world of AI and ML.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."

"The deduplication is the most valuable feature because it helps to control the overhead."

"It's the perfect solution for virtual and container directives. The data reduction feature works well, and we haven't had any issues."

"The solution adequately handles data storage."

"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

"The most valuable features of the solution are flexibility and data protection."

"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."

"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."

More Dell PowerProtect Data Manager pros

"I found the cost-effectiveness of Druva Phoenix to be its most valuable feature, especially when compared to on-premises backup solutions."

"The most valuable features of Druva Phoenix are the simple portal to log in and flexibility."

"Druva Phoenix is easy to use and easy to start with."

"Once you set it up and you tell it exactly what needs to be backed up, you literally forget about it. It sends you emails and notifications of the current status of the jobs."

"It's patch-based, so you don't have to bother about the backup server or the repository."

"I would definitively say that we have been able to make our people more productive by at least 30%."

"The initial setup was very straightforward."

Cons

"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."

"The solution should enhance its user interface and make it more flexible."

"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."

"The Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager reports could improve. There should be different kinds of reports on failures, such as dashboards that we can submit to top management or auditors."

"The interface is too complex."

"They should include a feature similar to S3 bucket."

"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."

"The tool's scalability has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."

More Dell PowerProtect Data Manager cons

"Druva Phoenix is optimized to work with x86 platforms, making it unsuitable for backing up non-x86 architectures like AIX. The solution is primarily designed for physical Linux and Windows systems based on the x86 architecture, as well as virtualized Windows and Linux environments. However, if you have an AIX system, it cannot be deployed in the cloud, and therefore, backing it up in the cloud is not a concern."

"Druva Phoenix should include a few reporting features that it doesn't provide currently."

"They were able to give us a very reasonable price considering we were non-for-profit organizations, however, there is always room for improvement on that cost."

"The ransomware features are limited in Druva. There's a lot of improvement needed. It should extend to Nutanix and Hyper-V. It should extend to Azure as well."

"There is room for improvement in the reporting aspect of Druva Phoenix."

"The product's pricing needs to be improved."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is more affordable than other vendors."

"The price of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is reasonable."

"We offer monthly or yearly subscriptions. The price could be cheaper."

"The licensing costs and pricing model are based on capacity and the license is easy to upgrade."

"The solution is not less expensive than competitors but pricing deals are available."

"The product is offered at a very competitive price in the market."

"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is not an expensive solution."

"Druva Phoenix's pricing is based on the service provided, and it's reasonable. The cost of the service will depend on the size of your data and the number of virtual machines being backed up. However, the pricing structure is straightforward and easy to understand."

"It's very costly. Normal people wouldn't understand how their credits are calculated. It's pretty complex."

"We’ve had experience with the data center for a while and we have had solutions that were able to support older versions of the operating systems that we needed. I would like for Druva to support it as well."

"I assume clients use Druva Phoenix because it is cheaper than other products."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

824,067 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

One notable feature is its robust backup support for Kubernetes and container environments. Additionally, PPDM stands out for its ease of deployment and management compared to other backup solution...

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

The solution's cost depends on the storage. Currently, the pricing for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is more flexible for customers. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is not an expensive solution. On...

See all answers

What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager?

The tool's scalability has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required. The market and technology-driven factors will let the market know of any requirements of the user...

See all answers

What do you like most about Druva Phoenix?

Druva Phoenix is easy to use and easy to start with.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Druva Phoenix?

The product's pricing needs to be improved. Including more flexible feature sets such as options for sending secondary backups to different locations would be beneficial.

See all answers

What is your primary use case for Druva Phoenix?

We utilized the product to modernize backup as a service, eliminating the need for extensive hardware and ensuring data is securely backed off-site.

See all answers

Comparisons

Dell Avamar vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Compared 20% of the time

Dell NetWorker vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Compared 18% of the time

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Compared 15% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Compared 15% of the time

Commvault Cloud vs Dell PowerProtect Data Manager

Compared 4% of the time

More Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Competitors

Druva inSync vs Druva Phoenix

Compared 34% of the time

Rubrik vs Druva Phoenix

Compared 17% of the time

Azure Backup vs Druva Phoenix

Compared 14% of the time

N2WS Backup & Recovery vs Druva Phoenix

Compared 8% of the time

Veeam Data Platform vs Druva Phoenix

Compared 6% of the time

More Druva Phoenix Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Backup and Recovery

November 2024

Download Dell PowerProtect Data Manager product report

Buyer's Guide

Druva Phoenix

December 2024

Download Druva Phoenix product report

Also Known As

PowerProtect, Dell EMC PowerProtect

CloudRanger

Learn More

Dell Technologies

Druva

Overview

PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.

With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.

Modernize how you protect your VMware virtual machines using Transparent Snapshots. Transparent Snapshots simplifies VM image backups for near-zero impact to your VMs or VM resources – and it works with any VMware supported storage. Transparent Snapshots innovation increases backup performance, lowers costs and simplifies management and reduces the risk of data loss.

Streamline data protection directly for applications or Kubernetes containers to Dell PowerProtect appliances and reduce application resource constraints.

Increase business resiliency with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery capabilities to rapidly recover from cyber incidents.

Modular design allows agile delivery of new features and updates. Rapidly evolve to meet future IT demands.

Software defined: Provide flexible data protection and compliance across applications and cloud-native IT environments
Multi-cloud optimized: Extend protection to the cloud with backup to cloud, backup in-cloud, long term retention and cloud disaster recovery
Self-service: Backup and restore directly from native applications
Cloud-Based Monitoring and Analytics: Telemetry, machine learning and predictive analytics to proactively take action and speed time to resolution

Reviews from Real Users

“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece

“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia

““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing

Druva Phoenix is a comprehensive cloud-based data protection and management solution that enables organizations to securely backup, recover, and manage their data across endpoints, physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud applications. With its scalable and flexible architecture, Druva Phoenix simplifies data protection and eliminates the need for traditional backup infrastructure.

By leveraging the power of the cloud, Druva Phoenix offers organizations a cost-effective and efficient way to protect their critical data. It provides automated backup and recovery capabilities, ensuring that data is always protected and easily recoverable in the event of a disaster or data loss. With its global deduplication and compression technology, Druva Phoenix minimizes storage requirements and reduces costs.

Druva Phoenix also offers advanced features such as point-in-time recovery, allowing organizations to restore data to a specific point in time, and granular file-level recovery, enabling users to recover individual files or folders. Its intuitive web-based console provides a centralized view of all protected data, making it easy to manage and monitor backups across the entire organization.

In addition to data protection, Druva Phoenix offers comprehensive data management capabilities. It enables organizations to gain insights into their data through advanced analytics and reporting, helping them make informed decisions and optimize their storage resources. Druva Phoenix also supports legal and compliance requirements by providing eDiscovery capabilities and ensuring data is retained and disposed of according to regulatory guidelines.

With its cloud-native architecture, Druva Phoenix offers organizations the flexibility to protect and manage their data across a wide range of environments, including on-premises, remote offices, and cloud applications such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. It seamlessly integrates with popular cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, allowing organizations to leverage their existing cloud investments.

Sample Customers

National Bank of Greece, USC Australia, PCS Publishing, Dell Digital IT, Rushmore Electric, Melanson Health, Arrow Electronics

TRC Companies, Family Health Network, GulfMark Offshore, Pall Corporation

Buyer's Guide

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

November 2024

Download Free Report

Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software. Updated: November 2024.

DOWNLOAD NOW

824,067 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our list of best Disaster Recovery (DR) Software vendors.

We monitor all Disaster Recovery (DR) Software reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.