Actifio and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager are both leading data protection solutions, with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager generally offering more comprehensive features and higher overall user satisfaction.
Features: Actifio users value strong backup and recovery capabilities, data virtualization, and rapid provisioning features. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is valued for its integration with VMware, extensive policy-based automation, and broader feature set.
Room for Improvement: Actifio users desire better reporting capabilities, enhanced scalability options, and improved error-handling. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager users seek an improved error-handling system, enhanced documentation, and better customer support responsiveness.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Actifio is noted for straightforward deployment and robust customer support but has an initially complex setup. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is praised for ease of deployment but receives mixed reviews on customer support responsiveness.
Pricing and ROI: Actifio has higher upfront setup costs but delivers strong ROI through efficient functionalities. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager offers competitive pricing with a fast return on investment.
PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.
With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.
Modernize how you protect your VMware virtual machines using Transparent Snapshots. Transparent Snapshots simplifies VM image backups for near-zero impact to your VMs or VM resources – and it works with any VMware supported storage. Transparent Snapshots innovation increases backup performance, lowers costs and simplifies management and reduces the risk of data loss.
Streamline data protection directly for applications or Kubernetes containers to Dell PowerProtect appliances and reduce application resource constraints.
Increase business resiliency with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery capabilities to rapidly recover from cyber incidents.
Modular design allows agile delivery of new features and updates. Rapidly evolve to meet future IT demands.
Reviews from Real Users
“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece
“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia
““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing
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