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Veritas Backup Exec vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Veritas Backup Exec
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
17th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Veritas Backup Exec is 2.0%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is 0.6%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

OmobolajiOlaloku - PeerSpot reviewer
Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well
The scalability of Veritas Backup Exec is good. Veritas has physical hardware appliances, and hard disks, you can easily upgrade your backup appliances to have more storage if needed. It is easy to scale. We have approximately 200 people who use this solution in my organization. We are happy with the usage at this time. I recommend this solution for large-scale and enterprise companies.
Ahmed Handal - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced data retention and recovery with robust backup features
The Oracle Agent and Oracle RAC support are valuable features; they are crucial for taking backups and cloning applications. NetBackup Appliance has many features. Backup Exec is a great product as well. NetBackup is well-developed with strong features, including deduplication technology, which allows us to retain backups for longer periods—exceeding our expectations by keeping backups for almost a month. It's effective for data recovery and capable of handling large-scale data recoveries. It is very stable and keeps applications secure. However, the AI integration is not yet tested.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"The solution is very fast. It does not take a long time to backup everything."
"It is one of the most stable backup solutions."
"The solution is stable."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The product allows for versatile storage options, enabling users to store data on disk storage, NAS storage, or tape libraries."
"The product enables me to recover the information of the appliances in the organization."
"If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server."
"I personally find Veritas NetBackup Applicance hassle-free."
"We can add multiple appliances to the product."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"The customer service and support are excellent."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company."
 

Cons

"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"This solution does not support image-level backup of a physical server."
"Its scalability should be improved."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"In terms of implementing the solution, it's quite technical. You need to be knowledgable in order to pull off a successful deployment."
"The price could be a bit better."
"I would like to see a product that requires less expertise to manage it."
"Depending on the setup structure, it can be complex to implement."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"This solution has to have better integration with the cloud, as well as with other solutions such as Business Intelligence products."
"The installation is cumbersome."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance can improve by having a more direct connection to the cloud. It should have the technology to be able to directly communicate with the cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of Veritas Backup's license is comparable to Veeam."
"I think, at least for the price I've seen, it could be lower compared to other products."
"The product is affordable."
"It has a good price-value ratio. Its price-value ratio is better than Veeam."
"Its price is a bit high. There is only the standard fee. There is no additional fee."
"It is affordable, but I hope that the price will come down a lot because of other competitors. It is a good price for the customer, but sometimes, the competition provides a much lower price. There are two ways to license it. You can license it per instance or per terabytes of data that we are mocking up. It is enough because it is not so complex. It is good when you're working with customers."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Depending on the scenario, it can cost less than half of the price of other methods."
"I cannot say whether our licensing costs are on a monthly or annual basis, as we have a global contract."
"There is a license required for this solution."
"Renewing subscriptions for appliance support is costly."
"The pricing for the solution's software maintenance and licensing is high."
"The price of this solution is very high compared to other solutions."
"The product's price is high."
"The licensing costs are approximately 150,00 Saudi Riyals."
"We pay annually. It is a huge figure for us."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
What do you like most about Veritas Backup Exec?
The most important feature is the variety of backup applications it supports, including ERP systems and most other programs, such as Microsoft.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Backup Exec?
I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being very expensive. The pricing is good. We have a yearly license. The total license cost is around 40,000 dollars. That's with add-ons and t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
Regarding cost, it's quite expensive, but I'm not sure about the exact licensing costs. This needs to be checked.
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
The costing part is on the higher side. The reporting could also be improved.
 

Also Known As

Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
NetBackup Appliance
 

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