We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Dell Avamar based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup nudges ahead of Dell Avamar in this comparison. Azure Backup is a secure, stable solution that users trust. The connectivity to data is very reliable. Dell Avamar can be a bit clunky, takes up a lot of resources, and the overall performance is a bit slow.
"It's useful, it works, and it's fairly reliable."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"I have no issues with the stability at all. So I don't necessarily care about the stability of the product. I look more at whether or not can I recover. And I haven't had a failed recovery yet. I've got no failed recoveries of all my years."
"With Azure Backup, you can readily make your environment if your setup somehow fails on the cloud or on-premises."
"This solution allows me to restore either the VM or the data, depending on what is needed."
"It offers seamless integration."
"The scalability has been good."
"First of all, you can schedule a backup for the client. You can schedule it as you like. You can also control the bandwidth, so the backup will not utilize. The internet will depend on the bandwidth."
"Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"We are talking about a complete end-to-end solution which comes with its own hardware storage to back up the data on tape-less."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"The product is very powerful and offers very good performance."
"For the on-prem backup, it has all the necessary features that we require. They keep coming up with new scripts and new updates."
"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."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"Azure Backup is limited to certain workloads. It would be helpful if Microsoft focused on enabling backups for Oracle and other unsupported databases."
"The solution is quite technical. I wouldn't describe it as user friendly. It could be simplified a lot to make it more accessible to the average user."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"The user interface is a little bit confusing and it could be better."
"The support for Office365 backup is atrocious and is something that has to be improved."
"I believe more options could be available to understand better what's happening in the system. Additionally, automating the client updates and connector updates would be beneficial. Updating the connector from time to time can be challenging, and it could be made more transparent and straightforward for users. Moreover, another drawback lies in the time it takes to test full data backup recovery. Deploying a full recovery takes longer. We need to allocate a longer period for complete data recovery to establish the environment again."
"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"The licensing model is not very flexible. Every time we upgrade our storage size, we need to upgrade the Avamar license."
"Avamar is not the best tool when it comes to taking Azure backups. Like Commvault, if Avamar can support VM-level backups for the cloud, that would make it a bit better."
"It would be helpful if there was cloud support."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"The recovery is a bit slow."
"The UI is quite old. We've been using this UI since last year, and they haven't changed it. It would be better to update the UI periodically and create attractive dashboards from an administrative point of view."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 50 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Druva Phoenix, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and DD Boost. See our Azure Backup vs. Dell Avamar report.
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