We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD Data Domain and Veeam Backup Replication based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, both products received high marks from users, and are very comparable.
"The most valuable features of Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are the duplication security and uptime."
"Good starting capacity and scalability."
"The solution is very stable."
"The hardware can operate in high temperatures, in case of any disaster."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"It is very fast as compared to the other competitors. Its simplicity and bit rate are also valuable. It takes less time if we compare it with the old solution that we have."
"Most cases are related to databases, such as Oracle and MySQL."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"The main feature for Veeam is that it's built primarily for virtualization, such as VMware or Hyper-V."
"The solution is a user-friendly interface."
"Integration with various applications, such as on-premises laptops and desktop backups, as well as applications and databases, is excellent."
"The solution works well in two different environments, whether it is on-premises, cloud, or a combination."
"This product is user-friendly. The interface is easy to use."
"Its performance is fine. It supports us very well. It is able to support our policy for RTO, RPO, and other things that we need."
"I can't think of any improvements yet for Veeam because they are very good. It integrates very well with Microsoft applications. It is very easy to integrate. Micro Focus can also integrate but it's more complex. You have to know the product very well to be able to integrate. While Veeam, it's very user-friendly. You don't need to have certifications or anything to work on Veeam."
"The most valuable feature is that I can back up the whole machine and then restore it relatively fast."
"It helps if you have in-depth knowledge in order to use it correctly."
"The tool's pricing could be cheaper."
"They need to make migration easier."
"The licensing is not cost-effective, and the pricing could be better."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"The firmware upgrades could be simplified. I'm in the process of struggling to upgrade right now."
"Dell PowerProtect DD could improve by having better integration with other backup solutions."
"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"I have issues with the licensing."
"The tech support needs improvement."
"Sometimes Veeam is not that effective when it comes to legacy environments."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups. That is a functionality that Veeam does not provide."
"The initial setup can get complex."
"The more features the solution has the more complex it can be to set up. Veeam Backup & Replication can be complex."
"The initial setup of Veeam Backup Replication is straightforward. The process took approximately two days. The setup could be streamlined to take less time."
"The only improvement I could think of is it could be cheaper—cheaper is always good. Sometimes the product is just finished. Cheaper is always nice for the customer, but the company needs to benefit so that they can keep maintaining the product. New Windows versions, etc., always take some work. At the moment, I wouldn't switch to another solution because of the money."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 63 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Veritas NetBackup Appliance, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Veritas NetBackup.
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First of all, we need to know that both tools work great together. On one hand, Dell EMC DD is known for being such an efficient deduplication machine. You can store hundreds and hundreds of GB at a cost without any problem. The main issue would be during restoring times. When in need of a complete restore, DD needs to rebuild the Data, and that costs a little bit of time.
On the other hand, Veeam Backup its a tool, a program, purely software, that manages and makes backups. Veeam is capable of many different things. I'm going to talk about backups all the time to simplify things. Veeam manages backups from Virtual Machines. You can make backups of them to any repository that you wan, as of an SMB, local disk, remote server, etc.
In my opinion, there's no point in comparing DD and Veeam. You can use EMC Data Domain as an SMB repository for storing your backups. Using DD as a secondary repository is a good thing, you can store hundreds of TBs and have copies of your VM from months ago. If you plan to use DD as the main repo, you should have in mind that in case that a restore it's needed, you'll have to wait sometime for the DD to complete the restore. Writing is a beast, but reading the data on it can be a pain in the butt.
From what I know DD is a dedupe storage appliance that requires backup software such as EMC Avamar or Networker. Veeam Backup and Replication is a backup software that can integrate with DD also.
These are two different domains so it's not fair to compare.
If you are trying to compare dedupe ratios between DD and Veeam then, of course, DD will win as it is VM-based.
However, I personally would prefer Veeam and Exagrid combo if I would like to compare EMC Avamar/Networker with DD. Of course that all rely on what your needs and which vendor can address it in the best way possible rather than comparing vendors.
Team I have used both DD with Avamar and Veeam Backup, They are both great products and perform the job very well, my short answer is that Veeam is just a little bit more intuitive and user-friendly, The DD product seemed kind of counter-intuitive at times, once you understood how to perform a function I would always document it as it just was not that user-friendly. With Veeam the GUI is very intuitive and user-friendly and a little bit easier to navigate when you need to perform tasks. They both perform great data deduplication and compression. Hope this helps.
A lot of companies that I know of are using Veeam.