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Azure Site Recovery vs NetVault Plus comparison

 

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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
Azure Site Recovery is cost-effective, time-saving, and reliable, optimizing virtual machine processes and offering an alternative to secondary data centers.
Sentiment score
1.0
Quest NetVault provides robust data protection, quick recovery, and seamless integration, enhancing operational efficiency and offering measurable cost savings.
Azure Site Recovery, while being pricier than some providers, has a sufficient service level to justify costs.
Azure Site Recovery is time-saving, and its features allow us to automate processes and save resources.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
Microsoft's Azure Site Recovery support is knowledgeable but inconsistent, with mixed reviews on response times and communication efficiency.
Sentiment score
7.0
NetVault Plus users appreciate responsive support and knowledgeable staff but note occasional delays due to external dependencies.
Microsoft support could be improved as it rates only a five out of ten, with slow response times and a preference for email over phone communication even in severity B cases.
During a global outage that affected our operations, there was no apology or in-depth follow-up from Microsoft.
Issues frequently require escalation.
I would rate Quest support as eight.
The response time is good, but resolving some issues can take time due to dependencies on external devices.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Azure Site Recovery is scalable, excelling in cloud migration and disaster recovery for businesses, despite regional scalability variations.
Sentiment score
5.5
NetVault Plus is praised for scalability and integration, though infrastructure dependency poses challenges and prompts some to consider alternatives.
I would rate the scalability of Azure Site Recovery as a nine out of ten.
Scalability is provided because they are offering 99.95% availability.
Azure Site Recovery is a very scalable product and service mechanism.
Quest NetVault Plus is highly scalable, rated at an eight.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Azure Site Recovery is highly rated for stability and scalability, frequently scoring between seven and ten by users.
Sentiment score
4.8
NetVault Plus receives mixed stability reviews, with reliable performance often noted but occasional issues following updates and resource constraints.
The system did go down a couple of times, which impacted our operations.
I would rate the stability of Azure Site Recovery at eight to nine out of ten.
There have been very few issues reported in the past year, with only one ticket raised, indicating its reliability.
 

Room For Improvement

Azure Site Recovery needs better integration, deployment, stability, security, and support, with improved logging, pricing, and platform compatibility.
NetVault Plus requires improved restore speed, user interface, compatibility, scheduling, security, database support, performance, and development interaction.
If their agent version is mismatched and the health status is critical, you will not be able to perform your Azure Site Recovery.
There is room for improvement in the release of patches, such as ensuring they are properly managed to avoid outages.
The flexibility of Azure Site Recovery regarding integration with different IT environments is limited; it is purely an Azure platform service for business continuity, not meant for integration with other services.
Improvements should come, particularly in compatibility, backup performance, or better troubleshooting.
There is also a need for better security measures, as security is critical to ensure backups are safe and free from malware.
NetVault Plus doesn't have a support team in my country; having a local contact in Turkey would be very useful for us.
 

Setup Cost

Azure Site Recovery offers cost-effective DR solutions despite complex billing, with average monthly site-to-site replication costs at $225.
NetVault Plus pricing varies; it's seen as costly or affordable, offering flexible licensing and potential discounts for multiple purchases.
A major advantage is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site.
It was not the expensive part of our costs.
The pricing of Azure Site Recovery is around a four out of ten, being somewhat cost-effective.
The pricing is not expensive, rated around a four in terms of cost.
 

Valuable Features

Azure Site Recovery is praised for seamless failover, ease of use, compatibility, but may be costly for smaller clients.
Quest NetVault Plus provides easy deployment, user-friendly interface, comprehensive database and backup management, reporting, malware scanning, and network control.
The features I find most valuable in Azure Site Recovery include the test failover, which allows us to test our site recovery without bringing down the primary; disaster recovery provides that feature.
In Azure, we can access the services remotely, and we can do DR drills or these other things with minimal cost and resource allocation.
The most valuable features of Azure Site Recovery are its ease of use and speed of recovery.
Quest NetVault Plus supports a wide range of databases such as MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and SAP, offering extensive coverage.
The backup and recovery capabilities of NetVault Plus are very important for maintaining my business.
The application supports scanning files for malware before backup operations.
 

Categories and Ranking

Azure Site Recovery
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
Disaster Recovery as a Service (3rd)
NetVault Plus
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (42nd), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (27th)
 

Featured Reviews

RituparnaBhattacharya - PeerSpot reviewer
The time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes
First of all, we initially faced a challenge as Azure Site Recovery was not supporting shared disk options on SQL clusters with VMs, which are important for a Windows cluster mode. Additionally, the setup is quite easy, only requiring the creation of a vault. Its time-saving aspects allow us to write PowerShell scripts to automate failover processes.
Cahit Yolacan - PeerSpot reviewer
Has supported reliable file backup operations and maintained compliance with local data policies
The strong point for me is the tape record feature. The backup and recovery capabilities of NetVault Plus are very important for maintaining my business. There's no positive impact that NetVault Plus has brought to my company; I mean, there's no particular benefit I have seen from using it. It's just used in general, and another colleague specifically selected NetVault Plus without any problem in Turkey area; everything is good enough for me. But specifically, with NetVault Plus, I don't see any impact.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Performing Arts
12%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Site Recovery?
Azure Site Recovery allows my company to save around 30 percent of the time on every VM that we need to back up and restore.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Site Recovery?
A major advantage is that you do not want to pay any more for huge costs to build a DR site. It is very flexible and will save your cost.
What needs improvement with Azure Site Recovery?
The flexibility of Azure Site Recovery regarding integration with different IT environments is limited; it is purely an Azure platform service for business continuity, not meant for integration wit...
What do you like most about Quest NetVault?
NetVault is a great cloud-ready enterprise backup software for hybrid data centers. Here are some of the things I really like about the solution: It is easy to use right out of the box and scales ...
What needs improvement with Quest NetVault?
There's always scope for improvement with any backup software we discuss, whether it's Quest NetVault Plus or Backup Exec, and I don't think any software is 100% foolproof or satisfactory. Improvem...
What is your primary use case for Quest NetVault?
We have customers in the pharma industry. Our customers' main use cases for this backup are file system backup and different databases such as MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, and bare metal recovery.
 

Also Known As

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NetVault Backup, Quest NetVault, Quest NetVault Backup, BakBone
 

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Sample Customers

Russell Reynolds Associates, Union Insurance, Rackspace
intel, Mars, MERK, Microsoft, Uber, Visa
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