We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Dell Avamar based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup nudges ahead of Dell Avamar in this comparison. Azure Backup is a secure, stable solution that users trust. The connectivity to data is very reliable. Dell Avamar can be a bit clunky, takes up a lot of resources, and the overall performance is a bit slow.
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"All of the core features are valuable to us."
"With a couple of buttons, we can configure a VM for a backup and use the wall service, the storage wall service, pretty seamlessly."
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"It is a stable solution...The product is worth the money you pay for it."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The scalability has been good."
"This solution is easy to configure and restore. It is a Microsoft product so is easily compatible with other solutions."
"It is a very complete product."
"Centralization is Avamar's biggest advantage. It moves data to a central location from various geographical locations."
"I think the brand is very good. Support is also very nice for end users and integration with EMC products for businesses."
"I found the most valuable features of Dell Avamar are the user-friendly interface and ease to use. Our clients have administrated this software and there is no additional training required."
"The product has a proven track record of good backups without much of a failure ratio. It also has a good backup in terms of the compression ratio."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"It's stable and offers good performance."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"In Avamar, the file-based restores are very quick and fast, whereas, in Azure Backup, VM restore is super easy, but if I have to do a file or a folder restore, I have to mount the entire VM image. I have to wait for some time for it to be mounted, and then I have to go inside and then check the file and copy it somewhere. It's a bit of a manual process, whereas in Avamar, you can directly select a file and folder, and it'll recover with whatever permissions you want."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"The compression ratio of the backup data should be improved."
"Azure Backup must include features similar to enterprise solutions."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"The support for Office365 backup is atrocious and is something that has to be improved."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"The product could offer more integration capabilities."
"The solution, in the future, should offer support for mobile."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"The bare-metal restores could be improved."
"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Druva Phoenix, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and DD Boost. See our Azure Backup vs. Dell Avamar report.
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