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BDRShield vs SAP NetWeaver comparison

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Categories and Ranking

BDRShield
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (31st), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (13th), MSP Backup (5th)
SAP NetWeaver
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

BDRShield and SAP NetWeaver aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. BDRShield is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 1.2%, up 0.6% compared to last year.
SAP NetWeaver, on the other hand, focuses on SOA Governance, holds 6.7% mindshare, up 4.1% since last year.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BDRShield1.2%
Veeam Data Platform5.6%
Commvault Cloud3.2%
Other90.0%
Backup and Recovery
SOA Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SAP NetWeaver6.7%
Oracle SOA Suite19.8%
Actional11.5%
Other62.0%
SOA Governance
 

Featured Reviews

TA
IT Director at Boom Logic
Can automatically pull the virtual machines that we have in an environment
I like the fact that BDRSuite can connect to VMware ESXi and automatically pull the virtual machines that I have in that environment. I also like that you can choose to back up the compute to the backup server or go straight to the cloud. BDRSuite enables you to recover data instantly. When we need to recover data, I only need to start a backup job or a restore job. Depending on the speed of the server and the Internet, it should be able to download the files from the cloud and split them back up the way they were like nothing ever happened. The restore options BDRSuite provides are crucial because we use it for a lot of healthcare companies that have HIPAA requirements. BDRSuite is HIPAA compliant. We need it to be readily available and accessible in case something goes wrong. It lets you schedule backups to run every 15 minutes. I don't believe you can do it at shorter intervals because there's no way the original backups will finish in 15 minutes. It allows you to adjust the schedules. For example, if you don't want it to go during certain times, you can set that up. You can also choose between a full or incremental backup. There are settings you can adjust to make it work how you want it. Incremental backup is crucial because a full backup would increase fees or affect the local server because it would back up the entire volume every time. Instead, it does one full backup—say 12 terabytes— and adds to it in increments of 100 gigabytes, 200 gigabytes, etc. Whenever you want to add a backup job, there's a wizard that pops up telling you how to make a new backup job. It asks you what you want to name it and what you want to back up. Then, it asks you if you want to schedule it. There's an interactive display on how to do that.
Mohamed Yosufdeen JMH - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Has helped integrate business processes while protecting sensitive exports with encryption
SAP NetWeaver is going to be soon out of the picture. Now we have SAP S/4HANA, which is the recent technology from SAP. Many companies are migrating from SAP NetWeaver to SAP S/4HANA. Going forward, SAP still supports SAP NetWeaver, and it can fully add more functionalities that it is currently adding in the latest versions also. Whichever functions they are adding newly in SAP S/4HANA, they can add it into SAP NetWeaver as so that SAP NetWeaver also does not become obsolete and becomes useful to the customers who are currently using it. SAP has come up with an in-memory database called HANA, and on top of it, SAP has introduced SAP S/4HANA so that it runs seamlessly on the HANA database. SAP NetWeaver can also run on the HANA database, but if the compatibility with HANA database could be improved for SAP NetWeaver, then it will be more useful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I can choose a point in time and issue the command to back up and I don't need to go in and restore the last full backup and then apply iteratively, sequentially, all the incrementals... I can pick a point in time and tell it I want to go to that state and it's transparent to me. It happens in the background for me."
"The compression, encryption, and deduplication features all work fine."
"This solution helped us deliver an enterprise level data protection solution and reduced our budget by 50 percent."
"The most important feature, in terms of the hypervisor, is the ability to restore a virtual machine in a matter of minutes. We can take the backup of a virtual machine and we can restore it to the actual Vembu Backup server as a temporary solution, in a matter of minutes. We can just spin up a VM in no time; different hardware, even different processors. It's pretty dynamic in that sense."
"Vembu helps me deliver an enterprise-level data protection solution and reduce budgets."
"Short spoken: The end user experience is great and easy to use!"
"The nice thing about Vembu is the subscription, on a monthly basis, which fits into our business models."
"The backup is constant so it makes things simpler for me; to put it simply, it just works."
"The solution is scalable."
"The integration feature is valuable."
"The flexibility and the customizability this solution has when adapting to our business requirements is a huge benefit."
"We can use different transaction codes to check the performance of the system, and if we are unable to access a particular transaction, we can still check the table to see what is happening."
"I like that I don't need any extra tools to keep the solution up and running."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The presentation is the most valuable feature. It's very conceptual. We had to follow the instructions very strictly. It's a Dutch or German product and we had to follow it step-by-step."
"SAP NetWeaver is doing its job, and it performs well. In the last year, I have not had any problems with it."
 

Cons

"They need to improve their marketing because not many people are aware of it. People ask me what is Vembu, and I have to explain to them it is a good tool for backup and other things."
"We are still exploring its features, but we want to see more features that we desire over time."
"Scheduling backups is challenging due to the poor quality of the UI."
"They can work on their cloud solution. In these days, the data becomes too much and you have to back up a lot of data to the site. They could offer cheaper storage to their clients with the cloud, making this a single source of truth solution. In our project, we are using two service providers: One who offers our storage and another who offers the software. If they work on their cloud solution and can offer their clients lower prices for this type of storage, this would be a really good improvement."
"What I would love to see on the dashboard are graphs, per backup job."
"I don't know if it exists, but it would be helpful to get email notifications when there are issues with the backup. I'm sure it probably exists, but I just don't know how to do it. They also have an Azure proxy feature where you can restore to Azure. It's not really well documented. I think they should document how to do that a little better."
"The user interface isn't that good. I don't think that the product is user-friendly."
"Vembu BDR currently supports backups of O365, although it does not currently have an email archiving function to the O365 backups."
"Has become somewhat unstable recently."
"SAP is likely transitioning to S4, so it is unlikely that they will continue to use NetWeaver."
"The setup process will be complex for any customer because they have to automate all their business processes fully into SAP NetWeaver."
"There could be regular updates to make the system more stable and capable."
"Scalability would be a good improvement in future releases, if they do release future versions. They tried to create a seamless style, but it's not necessarily scalable to big development environments that we're trying to achieve."
"The solution needs to better integrate Salesforce. It is a key player in the market and a lot of companies are looking for a lot more integration around it."
"It needs more improvement in terms of user-friendliness. SAP wasn't user-friendly at all."
"I would like to see an improvement in the price of the solution because it is very expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"One thing to note is that when you configure which virtual machine you're going to back up, if it's on one physical machine, they license it there. If it automatically fails over to a second machine, the license doesn't automatically move over with it. If they could make that a little more streamlined, that would be an improvement."
"This solution provides much more value than other products that provide similar functionality. If price is a consideration for anyone who is looking to improve their backup processes, they owe it to themselves to look at the Vembu BDRSuite."
"Take a look at the pricing and licensing closely. When we installed the BDR disaster recovery server, which is the duplication of the backup data on one server onto a second one where the backup data resides, it was not clear that this DR server needed two other licenses. These licenses were to back up the copy of the first backup server that had two licenses for the two physical host that it was backing up in the first place. Moving files around to a second DR server, why would I need an extra two licenses? I don't know if it's to make money, but it was not very obvious and I had to abort the project from there because I didn't plan to pay for extra licenses to copy data of the first two physical servers. I also didn't understand why it was needed. Hopefully, they will improve the explanation in the documentation for this."
"I think it is a good value for the price."
"For someone who doesn't want the Application-Aware feature to work, everything else is up to par. The licensing is straightforward. They license it per CPU."
"Vembu is too expensive because they don't really have small-business pricing. This is a matter of personal opinion. They're going to tell you that they have competitive pricing because there are more expensive solutions in the marketplace, but there are better solutions in the marketplace that are more expensive. Their product is a better fit for small businesses, but they don't price it that way."
"The only thing with room for improvement, as everybody says, since I'm in a home lab, would be the price for the CPU; the cost... As far as competitors' prices go, Vembu was definitely better than all the competitors I found."
"This solution helped us deliver an enterprise level data protection solution and reduced our budget by 50 percent. We spent $3,000 on Vembu's licenses where other solutions were almost double."
"SAP NetWeaver requires a license, but I'm not sure how the licenses and payments were coordinated."
"It's a very expensive solution."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a nine to ten since it is an expensive solution."
"The licensing costs are on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Educational Organization
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
20%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Transportation Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with BDRSuite?
I really don't know what could be improved about BDRSuite Backup & Replication. I've never had anything that I thought would be nice if that was possible. Every time I thought that, it ...
What is your primary use case for BDRSuite?
BDRSuite Backup & Replication is used in my company and I recommend it to my customers.
What advice do you have for others considering BDRSuite?
The interface of BDRSuite Backup & Replication is pretty intuitive. Regarding their marketing strategy, I'm very bad at marketing. I always get a little edgy when people try to shove their ...
What needs improvement with SAP NetWeaver?
SAP NetWeaver is going to be soon out of the picture. Now we have SAP S/4HANA, which is the recent technology from SAP. Many companies are migrating from SAP NetWeaver to SAP S/4HANA. Going forward...
What is your primary use case for SAP NetWeaver?
During 2012, there was no SAP NetWeaver, it was SAP R/3, and it was slowly introduced. My area of expertise includes exporting SAP critical confidential data out of SAP NetWeaver. Whenever a user t...
 

Also Known As

Vembu BDRSuite, BDRSuite Backup & Replication
NetWeaver, SecurStore
 

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Sample Customers

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