We performed a comparison between Veritas Backup Exec and Veritas NetBackup based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Veritas NetBackup wins out in this comparison, as it is a robust and high-performing solution. Veritas Backup Exec seems to be more suitable for smaller environments, since its performance slows down during big jobs. In addition, Veritas Backup Exec lacks direct integration with the cloud.
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"It is easy to set up and use for daily processes and a good solution for preserving crucial data."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"I have not seen another backup solution as scalable as this one."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"I like that Backup Exec integrates with Microsoft Exchange. We can retrieve backups from the email boxes."
"The backup and restore features work very well."
"The solution offers very good storage efficiency, so there's excellent compression and deduplication within the product that our clients really appreciate."
"I like that it's enterprise-capable. It can handle multiple operating systems. It can handle multiple database types. It can handle a lot of different backup use cases. It's flexible."
"The most valuable feature is replication because, using NetBackup replication, we can have disaster recovery of the data we have."
"I have found it to be the simplest solution to the market. It gives us a complete end to end solution. We are using this solution, Veritas Appliance and another one for access archiving. It is convenient to have all the support from one vendor."
"I think this is the best backup solution that we have. It is very good for the infrastructure."
"This product is flexible enough to allow for backing up data from physical machines, as well as from your cloud environment."
"The solution has been very good over the years at fine-tuning various aspects of the product so that it is continuously made better."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"Whenever a job fails, it would be a great improvement to be able to resume the job from that feature. Suppose a job was started this morning and that it is going on while there are interruptions like network issues, server restart issues, server connectivity issues, services stopping, etc. For some reason, let's assume that the job failed or that it was mistakenly canceled by another person. It will be a great improvement if that failed job can be continued."
"A web console would be great because nowadays a lot of products are web-based and you can access the console from various environments. So I would recommend bringing this feature in the next solution."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"There's one common issue with tape backups: the tape might have some space left, but Backup Exec says it's not writable and needs replacement. We've encountered this with multiple clients, so it doesn't seem environment-specific. It's likely related to the software. We usually just format the tape and use it again without much investigation."
"It's not too stable for client-server architecture. Center Management is not so interactive, and then there are some issues regarding the complex licensing which needs improvement."
"The product could improve the user-friendliness and comfort of its environment, especially for those unfamiliar with it."
"Technical support is somewhat slow and is in need of improvement."
"It's not a user-friendly solution. It's a little bit complicated. The UI is not very friendly."
"The flip side about NetBackup is that it is not policy-based."
"It should be able to integrate with the cloud. If we leverage a cloud in the future for backup, there should be very fast help and more options for customers to choose from."
"The solution costs too much."
"The product is not able to keep up with other competitors in the market."
"The solution is quite expensive."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 112 reviews. Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and Dell NetWorker. See our Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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Veritas NetBackup is a more robust solution supporting more environments than Backups Exec. There are different pricing models with NetBackup. ie. Per Storage (TB), Media Server or Servers. It is better to reach a Software Vendor who can guide you and quote a solution that meets your requirements. The company that I work for started with Backup Exec then moved to NetBackup. If your environment is more virtual than physical you should also consider Veeam or Rubrik.
The proper question is not Backupexec or Netbackup but what kind of protection you want to have?
We had backup exec for more than 4 years and I can assure you, as a backup administrator, that I had some really hard days related to the proper coverage of servers, applications, and data. Netbackup is the proper choice if you want a serious protection infrastructure but you have to consider the following key facts:
-What type of environment do you want to protect?
Netbackup works perfectly with VMWare and with mixed environments. I'm not saying that it will not work with other providers but the integration with VMware is one of the greatest pros of this product.
-Is the backup time window enough to cover all your resources?
With Backupexec I was struggling to have all backup jobs complete in a time frame of 13 hours. With Netbackup and especially in conjunction with their Appliances I was able to add more and more jobs for the very same time frame.
-What is your frontend volume?
With Netbackup the best solution is to have a Frontend Capacity license. With this license type, there's no need to buy extra licenses for SQL, SharePoint, Exchange, Oracle, etc. It's an all-inclusive license. Furthermore, with the new version 8.2 you don't even have to install agents on servers! The prices may vary but I guess for i.e 20TB capacity the price will be somewhere between 80000 to 100000 euros (1-year maintenance included and assuming a feasible discount). You don't have to pay for an appliance but if you afford it it's highly recommended in order to achieve the best performance and other technologies (i.e AIR, deduplication ratio, etc).
I don't really know what is the current status of Backupexec in terms of version, prices, features etc. As a product it's absolutely not comparable to Netbackup On the other hand we have left it behind for good.
We have just recently migrated our backups off of Netbackup due to the cost.
I do not remember the licensing, but the whole product was getting too expensive for not only the product but for the management of the product. We had 6 different pieces in the environment due to some configuration designs.
So we have moved to a product that we pay so much for the hardware and then a license for the amount of data we ingest through that product. It is one environment management that can handle a large amount of Data Protection.
- For Veritas Backup Exec: Licenses are per client that you want to backup and depends on if it's only an agent for the system or for an application.
- For VMware, the license is per VMware host.-
Actually, I am a technical person so I look only at the technical part rather than the sales part. So I don't know what the prices are for Veritas appliances and software licenses. But the licences of NetBackup are available on both storage and per virtual machine-based.
We recently migrated off of NetBackup to Avamar using a Data Domain for storage. Since we already had the Data Domain it made sense.
What did you move to?
I am happy to set up a short call to explain the differences. Backup Exec is an SMB solution while NetBackup is an enterprise solution. Backup Exec would be more in line with your organization's size. Call me and we can set up a short Webex.