We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Veritas NetBackup based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup slightly nudges out Veritas NetBackup in this comparison. Azure Backup is a more straightforward solution to learn, use, and manage, and provides some impressive next-gen cloud capabilities. Veritas is very complex to learn and manage. Additionally, it is lacking in some basic cloud functionalities, which makes the solution seem a bit dated.
"The backup features are very useful."
"The product is cost-effective compared to other vendors."
"It's very simple to configure which is very useful. It's not complex to configure it."
"One of the most valuable features is security and connectivity to the data."
"It offers seamless integration."
"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."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is that it is easy to create a backup by using Azure Backup. It also has a good user interface and nice features for sending notifications when any backup fails or there is a change in the status of virtual machines."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"AIR and duplication, overall management and troubleshooting."
"I like NetBackup's accelerator feature. You can take a full backup with incremental speed and integrate it with block tracking."
"Its ability to cover a large spectrum of products and operating systems is invaluable. We evaluated other products but always found certain limitations like some products had only intel-based virtualization, while others had power servers."
"Disaster recovery primarily involves backup usage. We employ it for both backup and recovery purposes. The backup and recovery processes have been executed multiple times, even restoring data from backups created three to four years ago."
"Veritas NetBackup Automatic Image Replication and CloudCatalyst features allow me to replicate deduped backup images from one site to a remote site, as well as duplicating deduped images to the Cloud (i.e. AWS S3, etc.)"
"I like the virtual server backup."
"The most valuable feature is that it is basically a replica of our SAND data. We archive the SAND data for recovery, if there is an issue on the fence."
"The solution offers a lot of really great features that organizations can utilize and take advantage of."
"The time required to restore files should be a little faster."
"Azure Backup's licensing model is very challenging because it doesn't give a clear picture."
"The product could improve its performance."
"While Azure Backup allows ingress data, the egress data is chargeable, which should be excluded."
"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 Azure Backup support for on-premises service is limited."
"The length of time it takes to restore is our main source of frustration. It would be beneficial to shorten the time it takes."
"Once the protection plan is created, we cannot pause or resume via the web administration page."
"The deployment time is longer than it is with other products."
"The biggest problem with NetBackup is licensing."
"The licensing costs could be more affordable."
"It's a little bit complex to manage."
"GUI needs to be more user-friendly."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better way to protect against ransomware attacks and a better way of logging issues where you don't have to enable the verbose logging to capture the problems."
"There is room for improvement in the implementation of Power servers."
Azure Backup is ranked 7th in Backup and Recovery with 29 reviews while Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 22 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 8.0, while Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Easy to use with reasonable storage costs and is very intuitive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "A stable and versatile product that is compatible with many platforms". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Cohesity DataProtect, whereas Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker. See our Azure Backup vs. Veritas NetBackup report.
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