AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs OpenText Data Protector comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenText are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #27 with an average rating of 7.4, while OpenText is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 0.6% mindshare in BRS, compared to OpenText’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

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88% willing to recommend

OpenText Data Protector

Read 102 OpenText Data Protector reviews

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80% willing to recommend

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

OpenText Data Protector and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery compete in data protection and disaster recovery. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery holds the upper hand for its innovative features deemed worth the investment.

Features: OpenText Data Protector offers comprehensive backup and recovery capabilities, seamless integration with various environments, and strong customer support. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is preferred for its cloud-native design, scalable infrastructure, and seamless integration with AWS services.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Data Protector needs a more modern interface, better support for newer technologies, and enhanced performance. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery requires simpler initial configurations, better performance consistency, and reduced complexity in multi-region deployments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Data Protector is straightforward to deploy but has a learning curve. Customer support is responsive. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery presents deployment challenges due to complexity. AWS support is knowledgeable but sometimes slow in response.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Data Protector is cost-effective with predictable licensing costs and a good ROI for smaller and mid-sized deployments. AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, though more expensive, offers superior value for cloud-focused environments due to its advanced features and comprehensive recovery options.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

27th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (19th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (14th)

OpenText Data Protector

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Data Protector is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
OpenText Data Protector	0.8%
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery	0.6%
Other	98.6%

Backup and Recovery

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Vijay Londhe

Assistant Programmer at Mahadis

Managed services with seamless integration and good reliability

Since I have to view everything on the console, the previous application solutions like IBM and Sanavi showed the RPO and RTO status directly. In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status. I have to calculate whether my data is replicated to the Adarabad region or not. These features, if available in AWS, would be beneficial.

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Jeroen Vranckaerts

System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

Though a highly stable tool, it needs to be made easier to use and configure

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten. OpenText Data Protector is complex to configure correctly, but the areas concerning the data and compression are good. Once you get the product to work, it works, but it's much too complex to configure and troubleshoot, as it takes a lot of time and energy, making it not so efficient. Once the tool is configured in your environment, it provides good backup and compression features. In my company, we use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our servers, and we have a team of 20 people to take care of the data backup using the tool. My company doesn't use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our client's computers. In my company, we have scheduled the process related to backup, which makes the tool run daily around 30 to 40 times.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The strong points are the stability and scalability of the solution, as well as the convenience of it being cloud-based."

"Customer service is quite helpful."

"What I like about ECR AWS is that it is a fully managed service, so I don't need to manage the underlying infrastructure or worry about scalability in AWS concerning building, maintenance, security, and high availability."

"It provides our disaster recovery solution. It works fine in our tests."

"The initial setup is really straightforward."

"It offers seamless integration with services like ACL, EKS, and Fargate for deploying containerized applications."

"The solution is dependent on the network bandwidth. For example, if they have a bandwidth of 10Mbps the solution will run a little heavier. If the bandwidth is good the solution runs well."

"Since it is a managed service, I reduce my time to manage infrastructure and applications."

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"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."

"This solution is quite stable because we have only three users."

"Micro Focus Data Protector's most valuable feature is its interaction with the fiber share. It is easy to use, we use it to back up without any problem to VTLs, and can use the Fiber Channel that is still the TCP."

"Performs the backup properly and protects our data."

"Backup of SAP/Oracle -- they are more robust than the competition."

"Data Protector's GUI is the most useful feature."

"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."

"Regarding scalability, it's unlimited with Data Protector. You can link multiple installations and let them work together. They can share backup devices. You have many possibilities with Data Protector. It's very proficient."

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Cons

"Definitely there should be better logging. From a customer perspective I would like to see more logs on what is happening. If there is an issue, I would like to know what the problem is. Right now, we have to depend on the support of the vendor to check and let us know, because we don't have access to a lot of logging information."

"The UI could be a little sleeker."

"Since I have to view everything on the console, the previous application solutions like IBM and Sanavi showed the RPO and RTO status directly. In AWS Disaster Recovery Service, these details are not available, making it difficult to check my replication status."

"The user interface, customer support, and the recovery time for the current customer query could use improvement."

"An improved AWS pricing model is needed."

"The bandwidth is a constant upload communication to the AWS DR environment, so if you do not have the proper bandwidth, it will definitely eat up your internet line."

"The only thing I would like to see is, they don't have a formal ticketing system. There is no way I can go back and see what questions we had six months back, what issues we had, and how they were resolved."

"The product could be improved by incorporating more AI-driven automation for deployment and additional security features. These enhancements would make the solution even more user-friendly and secure."

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"This solution is not scalable."

"Virtualization."

"It can occasionally be inaccurate in its backup/recovery time estimates."

"The online backups of Office 365 have room for improvement. This is now available for the Exchange Online part of Office 365, but we're still waiting for SharePoint Online, Teams, etc. We know that it's coming, but it takes time."

"The graphical interface needs to be improved."

"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."

"We face challenges with its stability."

"OpenText Data Protector is not user-friendly, especially for cloud backup."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We were happy with the pricing that they gave us."

"The pricing is better now that they had come out with the Tier 2 which replicates a little less often. In comparison to what I would have been spending with any other type of solution, the pricing is fair."

"Where the price adds up, there are CloudEndure licenses, then there is the AWS environment, and finally, there is the AWS storage, so cumulatively, it adds up."

"CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is charging clients $20 to do the DR backups. It is an expensive solution."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."

"I rate the price of CloudEndure Disaster Recovery a six out of ten."

"It has saved us money from having to buy hardware for disaster recovery."

"I feel the product's pricing is a good value. Licensing is pretty straightforward."

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"There is a perpetual license involved in addition to support which needs to be renewed annually."

"The licensing cost was not annual. We didn't pay any license. We paid when we deployed and we didn't pay for anything after that. There were no additional fees after the initial payment."

"Avoid using many LTO drives; when using fewer drives, the price will be extremely good."

"Data Protector's pricing is very competitive and we have no issues in this regard. I would give it an eight out of ten in terms of pricing."

"They have two types of licensing, one is for storage capacity and the other is client licensing. The capacity licensing here is a bit expensive."

"We have many competitors who are pricing better, and we believe that our pricing is higher."

"The license for the solution is very expensive compared to the other products in the market."

"It is more affordable compared to other vendors."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Government

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	61

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is a fairly stable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?

The setup is actually managed by our partner. I have taken a rate of per user. Licensing is completely managed by the partner. I am paying per user and per GB storage cost, while the infrastructure...

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What needs improvement with CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?

I don't think there is any bad feature in AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery as such. It's more of when you do disaster recovery, you think of it more holistically. You want flexibility in terms of opti...

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What do you like most about Micro Focus Data Protector?

I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Data Protector?

The solution is expensive as it requires purchasing all features without the option to negotiate based on client numbers, unlike Veeam which offers flexibility in pricing.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector is not user-friendly, especially for cloud backup. It lacks functions and facilities compared to Veeam, which offers more user-friendliness for virtual machine backups. Ther...

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Also Known As

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery

Micro Focus Data Protector, Data Protector, OmniBack, HPE Data Protector

Overview

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery enables real-time replication and rapid recovery to enhance organizational resilience. Key features include block-level data replication, ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and automated recovery orchestration. Users benefit from increased efficiency, improved workflows, and enhanced data management, significantly improving organizational performance and business continuity.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks

GSK Vaccines, Repsol, Vodafone Group, Siemens AG, Medium Enterprise Transportation Services Company

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