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Azure Backup vs Dell PowerProtect Backup Services comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 30, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Backup
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dell PowerProtect Backup Se...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
35th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Sanjay Sahu - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Capgemini
Has supported secure data storage with incremental backups and centralized monitoring
Azure Backup supports all the features that we need, so additional features are not an immediate need for me. The documentation for Azure Backup seems okay for me; it is good overall, but it should be more descriptive for each item. It should elaborate more on how backup and restore are fulfilled in different scenarios. One of the reviews indicates that Azure Backup needs improvements for specific backup options beyond just full VM snapshots. I believe it should be improved actually. Regarding specific backup options, I say there should be improvements compared to how they provided them in older days.
Angel Lacerna - PeerSpot reviewer
Oficial Senior at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Backup services have improved security and saved time for cloud workloads in test environments
Regarding security or pricing, our experience is definitely limited, but I can say that support is good. I think the pricing could be better, or they could improve support, automations, or customizations. Dell PowerProtect Backup Services can be improved, and I want it to be even easier to manage, to secure the workload, and to restore easily. The areas for improvement with Dell PowerProtect Backup Services include that it is a cloud solution and a SaaS solution for scheduling the tasks to protect workloads. It is not too easy; it is a little closed, as Dell PowerProtect Backup Services does not allow us to customize the schedule in backup tasks, which only has options for daily or twice a day. More options to schedule backup tasks would be better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like the product's restoration cases."
"We use the normal features for Azure Backup, specifically to make backups of the VMs."
"The scalability has been good."
"It's easy to deploy."
"It's very simple to configure which is very useful. It's not complex to configure it."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"Azure Backup is easy to manage from a single dashboard."
"The setup of Azure Backup is very easy."
"Some of the returns on investment I see with this product are security and saving time."
"The handiest feature of Dell PowerProtect Backup Services is that it syncs up our backups to other locations—we don't have to worry about our backups not syncing to other locations, and it monitors and reports to us if there are any issues."
 

Cons

"The solution is still in its infancy; it's not a mature product yet."
"I can’t use the solution to restore another native cloud solution. Azure must add this new feature."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"Azure Backup needs improvements in allowing more specific backup options rather than just full VM snapshots. It lacks features for cybersecurity, such as ransomware protection."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"My company faces a lot of difficulties in restoring any encrypted VM backup."
"The reporting functionality of Azure Backup needs improvement."
"I think the pricing could be better, or they could improve support, automations, or customizations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Azure Backup is a moderately priced solution."
"It is incredibly cost-effective and offers fixed pricing, with no additional fees for the licensing."
"It is a very cheap cloud solution."
"The pricing of this solution is good, and it is one of the easiest things that you can sell Azure with."
"Support payment works by the level of partnership and the number of shares."
"There is a cost per terabyte for using this solution."
"The product is not expensive."
"We are paying about $100,000 USD per year, just for a couple of servers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business26
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise23
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Questions from the Community

How does Azure Backup differ from Veeam Backup & Replication?
Veeam has a version for Azure but there are organizations, like ours, that are considering moving to an Azure environment and wonder if Azure Backup is better than Veeam Backup and Replication (Vee...
What do you like most about Azure Backup?
Azure Backup is easy to configure and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Backup?
The pricing of Azure Backup is fine; it is a low-cost solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect Backup Services?
From what I know of the pricing. Dell PowerProtect Backup Services costs us around 10 grand. I think it was $10,000 initially. For what it does, it's worth it. It provides that reliability, so it i...
What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect Backup Services?
I don't know of a way that Dell PowerProtect Backup Services can be improved. It works and does what I need it to do. There are always ways to improve things, but I wouldn't know of one right now.
What is your primary use case for Dell PowerProtect Backup Services?
We only use Dell PowerProtect Backup Services for our VM backups. We have a VM running in the office, and it backs up not just to our location, but it backs up to other locations, to a similar Dell...
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Somerset County Council, Kardem, PCL Construction
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