We compared Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, both Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager have been praised for their efficient data backup and recovery capabilities, user-friendly interfaces, and reliable performance. Dell Avamar is known for its strong customer service and support, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager stands out for its seamless integration with existing systems and robust security measures. However, Dell Avamar could benefit from enhancements in its user interface and performance, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager users have suggested improvements for a more intuitive interface and better documentation and support resources. Additionally, both products have been recognized for their reasonable pricing, setup cost, and flexible licensing options.
Features: Dell Avamar is praised for its efficient deduplication, excellent backup and recovery, and user-friendly interface. On the other hand, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager offers seamless integration, advanced analytics and reporting, robust security, and excellent customer support.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Dell Avamar is considered competitive and reasonable, while users find it relatively straightforward and hassle-free. On the other hand, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is positively received for its pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Users describe its setup cost as straightforward and hassle-free, with no complaints about high costs., Dell Avamar enhances data backup and recovery efficiency, improves storage efficiency, and offers scalability. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager streamlines data protection and recovery, optimizes data management efforts, and reduces business downtime.
Room for Improvement: Dell Avamar could benefit from enhancements in user interface and performance. Users need a more intuitive interface, faster backup and restore, better documentation, and technical support. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager needs an intuitive interface, better documentation, increased compatibility, improved performance, and reliability.
Deployment and customer support: The reviews for Dell Avamar mention varying durations for implementation, with some users taking three months for deployment and an additional week for setup. On the other hand, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager reviews also mention the same time durations, suggesting that the terms "deployment" and "setup" may refer to the same period for this product., Customers have expressed satisfaction with the customer service and support provided by both Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. However, Dell Avamar's team has been described as helpful, responsive, and efficient, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager's support is praised for its smooth experience and promptness.
The summary above is based on 27 interviews we conducted recently with Dell Avamar and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."
"We've found the product to be stable."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"Avamar has long been the best in its class, but that's changing as new solutions emerge. However, Dell has traditionally been a leader in deduplication and compression. Avamar enabled us to shift data from on-premise local appliances to data centers and multi-tenant infrastructure. That's a powerful feature. because customers can back up to the cloud without upgrading o high-capacity links or congesting their backups."
"The stability is okay."
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"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."
"I would say flexibility is the most important feature of the product. The performance and speed are the best on the market."
"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 solutions. It is highly user-friendly, allowing users to quickly learn and implement backup and restore processes within a week. PPDM represents the next generation of backup software and is comparable to offerings from other vendors. Furthermore, PPDM prioritizes security with various access controls, such as user and database access controls. Its deployment tool is also known for its simplicity."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The solution's initial setup is straightforward."
"Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is user-friendly and easy to use. it does what it needs to do."
"Dell PowerProtect Data Manager helps to reduce the amount of data being transferred and stored."
"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"The bare-metal restores could be improved."
"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."
"The reporting should be improved, as we currently have to use another tool for that purpose."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."
"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."
"There is always room for improvement. The compression ratio should be improved as well as the efficiency."
"As a new product, there are some things that still need to improve a bit as it matures."
"PPDM requires further development. It is primarily integrated with DevOps systems."
"You need to use additional software to back up entire environments. It will be good if they could support entire tape libraries."
"Management is difficult and it is hard to determine when things aren't working properly."
"A lot of improvement is required in Dell's first level of support."
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Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is ranked 25th in Backup and Recovery with 9 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager writes "A tool that offers good capacity management and product management". Dell Avamar is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and Rubrik. See our Dell Avamar vs. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager report.
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