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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery enhances ROI by lowering costs, improving recovery times, and enhancing security and operational efficiency.
Sentiment score
1.0
Veritas NetBackup offers a consistent ROI by ensuring data protection, efficient restoration, and reduced backup windows despite its cost.
However, with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Service being a native service, integration is seamless, highlighting the return on investment.
Assistant Programmer at Mahadis
We no longer have to schedule employees on weekends since the system automatically triggers alerts, allowing engineers to respond as needed.
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
There are also fewer employees needed now because of the good structured planning for AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, so fewer site reliability engineers are required.
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
It is suitable for our nature of business because data is very critical, and we cannot compromise on backup.
Deputy Director IT at DHA Lahore
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery boasts high satisfaction with rapid, effective support and strong management relations despite a lacking ticket system.
Sentiment score
6.3
Veritas NetBackup support receives mixed reviews, praised for expertise but criticized for inconsistencies and slow response times.
In case of any issue, they are ready to provide support within the defined SLA timeline.
Assistant Programmer at Mahadis
I would rate the customer support an eight, as it often takes a lot of time to engage and get a solution.
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
has definitely solved many issues we have faced
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
The support from Veritas NetBackup is very good.
Consultant at MTN
The customer support is very poor.
Head Of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The technical support from Veritas is rated an eight, as the local partners are good and support us.
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is highly scalable, supporting seamless replication, flexibility, and integration, ideal for diverse environments and growth.
Sentiment score
6.0
Veritas NetBackup offers scalability and flexibility but faces cost concerns and challenges with new versions and integrations.
We can expand it to multiple data centers or different areas such as EMEA and APAC.
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
The scalability is quite good and we were able to scale this service to many of the services that our company uses.
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
I feel that if you can keep it at least two or three levels back or forward with backward compatibility available, it would help people use the old disk storage and get more storage space.
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
The size of the catalog was an issue, but it was more about outgrowing our own architecture than a problem with Veritas NetBackup itself.
Consultant at MTN
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is praised for reliability, with rare issues; users rate its stability 8-9 out of 10.
Sentiment score
8.5
Veritas NetBackup is praised for its exceptional stability, remaining reliable and error-free with high performance in demanding environments.
It is very good and very reliable.
DevOps Engineer at DivVerse Labs
AWS is not difficult, but the cost associated with replicating data to another region can be significant.
Assistant Programmer at Mahadis
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is stable.
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
Veritas NetBackup performs well in terms of stability.
Consultant at MTN
In the last 10 years, I have never faced a single incident regarding stability with Veritas NetBackup.
Deputy Director IT at DHA Lahore
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery requires automation, UI improvements, and better integration to enhance user experience and disaster preparedness.
Veritas NetBackup requires UI improvements, better integration, enhanced support response, cost-effectiveness, and usability enhancements, including pricing and speed.
Our RPO improved from approximately three to four hours to less than one minute.
Software Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
This would detail user activity directly in the ACL console for easier debugging and auditing.
DevOps Engineer at DivVerse Labs
It would be beneficial to get some insights when a disaster happens, including identification and probable solutions to ensure effective recovery.
Senior Java Developer at J.P. Morgan
Veritas NetBackup needs improvement in terms of integration with the cloud.
Consultant at MTN
We would really appreciate if Veritas offers products by which we can secure our backups against these ransomware attacks.
Deputy Director IT at DHA Lahore
Support tickets take too long to be solved and the quality of engineers they have for support has lately become lacking.
Head Of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery pricing is fair yet costly, with usage-based costs necessitating strategic planning for effective management.
Veritas NetBackup is costly but valued for features and scalability in large enterprises; less competitive for smaller setups.
There is definitely a scope of improvement, and for year-end licensing, they should definitely improve the cost.
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the appliance licensing is a bit tricky and a bit expensive, especially when I have to license the hardware and the software;
Head Of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
I would rate pricing for Veritas NetBackup around six, as it is neither high nor low.
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery offers cost-effective, scalable database replication, enhancing disaster recovery with automation, security, and real-time monitoring.
Veritas NetBackup offers scalability, compatibility, security, and efficient storage, making it a preferred choice for enterprise data protection.
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery supports a wide range of source environments, including VMware, Hyper-V, physical servers, and other cloud providers, making it versatile for different IT infrastructures.
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
The low RPO at a seconds-level replication and a fast recovery with a low RTO provide the most cost-effective way, paying mostly for storage until failover.
Software Engineer at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery Service is a native service, integration is seamless.
Assistant Programmer at Mahadis
In my opinion, the main benefits Veritas NetBackup provides are that it is a unified platform where we can integrate all the requirements such as online backup, offline backup, and virtualization backup in one single platform, although my only concern is the licensing structure.
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
I have found Veritas NetBackup to be the most reliable backup solution I have worked with so far.
Head Of Infrastructure at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Although we do not utilize its deduplication technology or cloud integration, we can trigger storage actions with NetBackup.
Consultant at MTN
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (11th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (9th)
Veritas NetBackup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
119
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 1.8%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Veritas NetBackup1.8%
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery0.7%
Other97.5%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

Harsh Shrivastava - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters
Rapid recovery has minimized downtime and protects critical data during frequent outages
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery can be improved through regular drills to ensure that all resources are properly prepared for disasters with scheduled drills. This includes testing and understanding failback, which is crucial for a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Monitoring and health checks are important to continuously monitor the health of the ongoing replication using the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery console or programmatically. This helps identify any servers that may require attention and ensures that the application is functioning correctly. Creating a CloudFormation template that can create the necessary network resources on demand is useful for disaster recovery. There should be documentation and best practices guidance so that teams can follow best practices for implementation and maintenance of disaster recovery from on-premises using AWS. This includes a written recovery plan as well as regularly updating it with findings and required changes. Within the scope of improvements, there are many possibilities, but it is currently providing some great results. The scope of improvements can include monitoring and health checks as well as documentation with best practices for documentations, and conducting regular drills.
SunilPanigrahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Unified backups have protected virtual machines and applications and optimize storage efficiency
Regarding automated disaster recovery, we have not used Veritas NetBackup automated disaster recovery because according to the RFP terms and conditions, we are not supposed to have automated failover or failback, as we are a government entity and cannot violate the rules of the RFP. My feedback about granular recovery in Veritas NetBackup is that we have been doing verifications of the backed-up data to restore from point to point and time to time, focusing on file level or database level. When it comes to integration with cloud services, we have not started because we are a government entity and are not allowed to store any data in the cloud at this time. From security concerns regarding what I would improve about Veritas NetBackup, I think you need to look into this because we found only one encryption option available, which is not that very strong. When I initiate a backup from my laptop or server to the appliance or the tape media using Veritas NetBackup, the encryption channels are not strong, and there are not many options available. Whatever is there is by default and not changeable. We cannot modify any encryption facilities, and security is a big concern nowadays, so you need to look into that. Regarding the functionality part of Veritas NetBackup, I think this encryption feature should be stronger and integrated from point to point, not just at specific levels. When I initiate a backup, all the communication channels involved should be encrypted until it reaches the endpoint, meaning from client to server, server to client, and client device.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise66
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is a fairly stable solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
The pricing has been fine, and regarding the setup cost as well, it is quite fine. There is definitely a scope of improvement, and for year-end licensing, they should definitely improve the cost.
What needs improvement with CloudEndure Disaster Recovery?
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery can be improved through regular drills to ensure that all resources are properly prepared for disasters with scheduled drills. This includes testing and understanding ...
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
I would rate pricing for Veritas NetBackup around six, as it is neither high nor low.
 

Also Known As

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Agio, Cloud Nation, Limelight Networks
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