Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs Microsoft DPM comparison

Dell Technologies and Microsoft are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.4, while Microsoft is ranked #22 with an average rating of 7.8. Dell Technologies holds a 0.6% mindshare in BRS, compared to Microsoft’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 71% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 5, 2025

Microsoft DPM and Dell PowerProtect DP compete in the enterprise data protection solutions category. Dell PowerProtect DP seems to have the advantage due to its robust backup and recovery features, although Microsoft DPM is more cost-effective.

Features: Microsoft DPM provides seamless backup for Microsoft applications and virtual environments, ease of integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, and effective data recovery. Dell PowerProtect DP includes advanced threat protection, comprehensive data protection and deduplication, and cloud readiness, ensuring data integrity across platforms.

Room for Improvement: Microsoft DPM could improve in performance for non-Microsoft environments, enhance its advanced threat defense capabilities, and strengthen its cloud integration. Dell PowerProtect DP could focus on reducing costs, improving integration with non-Huawei software, and simplifying deployment processes even further.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Microsoft DPM offers straightforward deployment for those familiar with Microsoft infrastructures, supported by reliable customer service. Dell PowerProtect DP benefits from appliance-based deployment, offering a unified solution and receiving commendations for exceptional customer support, particularly for diverse IT environments.

Pricing and ROI: Microsoft DPM typically provides a lower entry point and favorable ROI for Microsoft-based organizations, leveraging its strong integration capabilities. Dell PowerProtect DP, though more costly upfront, is seen as offering substantial long-term value due to its extensive features, with Dell positioned as a premium choice for those seeking significant data protection benefits.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

21st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

4.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft DPM

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

22nd

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is 0.6%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft DPM is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Johny John

Technical Support Engineer at Mannai

Good deduplication and consolidated storage with easy management capabilities

It's a converting solution. We don't need to manage different devices. For example, for storing the data, you don't need to have separate storage. It is in a purposeful built-in backup pipeline. It's a very good product. For our purposes, we are happy with the product. We don't have any challenges and it is not that critical to managing. For a person having any kind of backup experience, background in the backup software, he'll be able to manage it easily. It's one of the best products in the field. The product offers an easy initial setup. The pricing is good. It's not the most expensive option. It gives you a very good deduplication ratio. It is my understanding that no other database can do this much deduplication.

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RifkanHasan

Group Assistant, General Manager of IT at CIC

Backup and recovery that is stable but support is no longer in existence

The DPM is pretty good, but when it comes to external devices, you can't back up to the external device. It's a huge drawback because once everything goes down, it goes down fully. We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem. Also, when it comes to recovery, the recovery process doesn't work properly. It doesn't recover. One of our drives failed and when we wanted to recover it from the other drive, it never worked. So, we couldn't recover the data. Recovery of data if the server goes down, is not very good. The DPM is good apart from the support services. We were told that the support was no longer in existence, which is why we are looking for another provider. In the next release, I would like to see backup to external devices, so it can always restore the backup and we can take it externally and store it somewhere that it is off-site and archived. Currently, it does not allow us to do that because it is required to be in one location.

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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 most valuable feature is the deduplication rate."

"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."

"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."

"Instead of four or five tools, consisting of backup software, storage where the backup resides, and a separate system for reporting and central monitoring, they all now come in the virtual edition for IDP."

"We don't need to manage different devices."

"IDPA's best feature is Turbo Boost Technology. The compression and duplication features are excellent, too."

"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."

"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."

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"The most important feature is that it's easy to use."

"It is almost perfect for Microsoft products. It is not a very powerful tool, but it is okay for small sites and small businesses with Microsoft products. It is easy to use for backup and restore. It is good for backing up Microsoft servers such as Exchange and SharePoint servers."

"I like the core backup feature. I also like the file server backup feature. I find Microsoft DPM interesting because it has fantastic integration with Microsoft products. For example, in Exchange and SharePoint, DPM is excellent when it comes to backing up data. It also does a decent job with open-source products."

"This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations."

"It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor."

"Microsoft DPM is scalable."

"One of the most effective features of Microsoft DPM is its integration with the entire Microsoft ecosystem."

"The user interface is very good. The reporting and monitoring features are also good."

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Cons

"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."

"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."

"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."

"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."

"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."

"The only thing that could be improved would be the complexity of the initial setup."

"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."

"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."

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"We can't take a snapshot and take it outside, which is a problem."

"You have only a few settings and if you change them for some special configurations, it's very difficult."

"To evaluate the solution's abilities and its performance under demanding conditions, it is recommended to carry out a stress test."

"The data tagging feature needs improvement. The solution could be a bit more intuitive in certain aspects."

"The user friendliness could be improved."

"The problem lies with the 2019 version, it's the file system they’re using."

"Setting up the solution can be complex."

"There is a very poor online user community in terms of people blogging about their experiences with DPM."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is billed on a monthly basis. Dell is bundled so that when you order IDPA, you get everything together with the license."

"I would rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) has a yearly subscription fee."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"We have a perpetual license. It is a capacity-based license."

"Microsoft DPM is a free solution. However, we pay approximately $3,000 annually for support."

"I think Microsoft DPM pricing is reasonable. The additional costs are related to storage and technical support."

"Microsoft DPM can be considered as an expensive solution for smaller or medium enterprises, but we have been satisfied with the price structure as it is fixed and it offers a variety of useful features"

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

37%

Government

University

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) has a yearly subscription fee.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved.

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What do you like most about Microsoft DPM?

This solution helps us to manage all of the operations across servers and different workstations.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft DPM?

Microsoft licensing is complex, especially for enterprise or data center solutions. However, it's not more complicated compared to other competitors and the market is well balanced.

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What needs improvement with Microsoft DPM?

I am not sure if I am competent enough to address areas for improvement in Microsoft DPM.

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Comparisons

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Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

Dell EMC IDPA, Dell IDPA, EMC IDPA

DPM, Data Protection Manager, MS DPM

Overview

The PowerProtect DP series appliances is the integrated appliance solution from the Dell data protection appliances portfolio.

PowerProtect DP series appliance: Simple, efficient and agile data protection

The DP series is an all-in-one backup appliance that reduces the complexity of managing multiple data silos, point solutions and vendor relationships. The DP series simplifies deployment and management—while delivering powerful, enterprise-grade data protection capabilities for small, mid-size and enterprise organizations at a low cost-to-protect.

It is an integrated solution that offers complete backup, replication, recovery, deduplication, instant access and restore, search & analytics, seamless VMware integration — plus, cloud readiness with disaster recovery (DR) and long-term retention (LTR) to the cloud — all in a single appliance.

With the DP series, customers reduce their time-to-protect and become more agile with a solution that’s fast, protected more efficiently, can be recovered quickly and is reliable.

Simple to deploy, scale and manage

The DP series enables organizations to protect a broad ecosystem of applications quickly with a single system management console, consolidating workload protection, and eliminating infrastructure or data sprawl. The easy-to-use System Manager simplifies backups and automates daily tasks, including monitoring, management, reporting, analytics and search. The DP series delivers all-in-one data protection: protection storage and software, search and advanced monitoring and analytics, combined with cloud extensibility. It offers integration with VMware, SQL and Oracle management tools so that admins can use familiar UIs.

Powerful cloud, performance and efficiency

The DP series can scale to fit the needs of enterprises with the ability to protect up to 195 PB (logical) of data to the public, private or hybrid clouds with Cloud Tier, with no additional hardware.7 Plus, native Cloud DR with end-to-end orchestration allows enterprises to copy backed-up VMs from on-premises DP series environments to the public cloud with AWS, Azure, or VMware Cloud on AWS —3 clicks to failover and 2 clicks to failback.

The DP series provides support for modern applications like MongoDB and MySQL and is optimized for VMware. It provides fast, single-step recovery of individual files, dynamic policies for VMs as well as complete VMware images, which can be instantly accessed and migrated live from the DP series appliance back to the production environment (using vMotion) while still running, further simplifying and optimizing VM recovery. Plus, instantly access up to 64 VMs with up to 60,000 IOPS to meet the strictest SLAs.

Data protection search simplifies file-level-recovery (FLR) activities with an easy-to-use search interface. The DP series is also built on the industry-proven Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA), for encryption, fault detection, and healing.

Dell Technologies

Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) is an enterprise backup system that can be used to back up data from a source location to a target secondary location. Microsoft DPM allows you to back up application data from Microsoft servers and workloads, and file data from servers and client computers. You can create full backups, incremental backups, differential backups, and bare-metal backups to completely restore a system. Microsoft DPM can store backup data to disks for short-term storage, to Azure Cloud for both for short-term and long-term storage off-premises, and to tapes for long-term storage, which can then be stored offsite. Backed up files are indexed, which allows you to easily search your recovered data.

Microsoft DPM contributes to your business continuity and disaster recovery strategy by facilitating the backup and recovery of enterprise data, ensuring resources are available and recoverable during planned and unplanned outages. When outages occur and source data is unavailable, you can use DPM to easily restore data to the original source or to an alternate location.

Key Features of Microsoft DPM:

Application-aware backup: Application-aware backup of Microsoft workloads, including SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange, and SharePoint.
File backup: Back up files and folders on computers running Windows Server and Windows operating systems.
System backup: Back up the entire system state or run complete backups of physical computers running Windows Server or Windows client operating systems.
Hyper-V backup: Back up Hyper-V virtual machines running either Windows or Linux. You can choose to back up an entire virtual machine or specific applications on the virtual machine.

Reviews from Real Users

Microsoft DPM stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Two major ones are its robust and flexible backup capabilities and its being easy to manage with one central dashboard.

William M., the head of ICT infrastructure & security at a tech services company, notes, "The automated procedure is quite good for us, as it is able to capture all of the information that we require. The compatibility is very good. We have an IBM AS/400 machine in our office that we're using, and we're able to back it up fine. This is the same for other systems, as well. I think that overall, it is really adaptable, compatible, and scalable."

Mohammed I., a managing director at Adalites, notes, "I would definitely recommend data protection DPM. It has an application backup, a file backup, a system backup and a hypervisor. It works flawlessly, never a problem."

Rodney C. a system analyst at a financial services firm, writes, "The most valuable feature is that DPM has an index so individual files can be searched. This is our primary tool for recovering deleted files or folders. Once we implement a System Center Operations Manager, all of our DPM servers can then be seen on one dashboard."

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Sample Customers

Under Armour, Christian Brothers University, Presidio

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