BDRSuite vs Dell NetWorker comparison

BDRSuite

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90% willing to recommend

BDRSuite

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between BDRSuite and Dell NetWorker based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

BDRSuite

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

12th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (7th), MSP Backup (3rd)

Dell NetWorker

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

13th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of BDRSuite is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell NetWorker is 3.8%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery

Unique Categories:

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software

1.9%

MSP Backup

50.0%

No other categories found

Featured Reviews

Anand Davda

Managing Director at Red Chip Solutions

Jan 24, 2024

Backups are remarkably simple, we can instantly recover data and unify all our data sources

BDRSuite helps us manage our virtual machine backups and restorations. The most beneficial features for data protection are the BDRSuite for Windows servers and the BDRSuite for MySQL. BDRSuite allows us to instantly recover data automatically by clicking on the restore button. It is useful that BDRSuite provides multiple restore options for recovering data in a granular manner because we don't always need all the data. The incremental backup processing provided by BDRSuite is important for recovering particular data points. The backup and replication scheduling options are good. Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is remarkably simple. The intuitive interface makes it a one-time setup, eliminating the need for frequent management. BDRSuite has brought significant improvements to our organization by providing invaluable peace of mind regarding our data backups. BDRSuite's comprehensiveness is helpful, especially for our Google Drive integration. BDRSuite enables us to unify all of our data sources into one solution. Eliminating multiple backup solutions has saved us a lot of time allowing us to focus on optimizing our servers. We create backup repositories in Google Cloud automatically using BDRSuite. BDRSuite has saved us 30 percent of our time.

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Saiyed Shahab Ahmed

Chief Digitalization Executive at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 3, 2023

Helpful support, great Dell EMC-based product backups, and reliable

This is a very good product. The administration is very good when it comes to backup scenarios. However, maintenance and support are very difficult. The creation of jobs and backups could be easier It helps improve the jobs of administrators. It can make things more compatible from an end-user…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It made it easy for us to handle the daily backup of endpoints."

"We invest in the backup so the continuity of the data is not affected."

"It helps me with restores. I can repeat a test multiple times: Do the test, the restore, and then test again. It saves me time because I don't have to rebuild the VMs every time."

"Adding and removing backup jobs using BDRSuite is easy and also includes great documentation."

"The scalability is good. It can scale. Adding a new server to a foreign location is easy."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to copy quickly. We have about 12 terabytes, and trying to copy that volume size through the file structure would take a week. BDRSuite has a different approach to copying and is much faster."

"Its ease of use and price are most valuable. It is simple and straightforward. Someone who has never used any backup software will easily understand it from the first installation. It is that simple. Price-wise, it is much cheaper than its counterparts."

"The network solution is the most important feature, because we have our own backup server and are doing file backups for our customers."

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"I feel that it is a good product."

"The most valuable features for us at the moment are NFS, file system backup, and IP backup."

"The GUI is user-friendly."

"Dell EMC NetWorker integrates well with our domain and the performance is quite good on-premise. We receive approximately 1 terabyte within one hour."

"Dell EMC NetWorker is scalable."

"It's a good product that can be integrated easily with the Data domain."

"Storage-wise, EMC is user-friendly."

"Very user-friendly with a good interface."

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Cons

"I would like to have a different set of products instead of having a single software which does everything."

"The initial setup process can be more simplistic and quicker."

"I suggest that the dump of the database have the option to either be backed up to Vembu Cloud or be backed up to all backup sites and not only to default storage."

"It would be a great improvement if they can give a console to control the systems. All other vendors let you simply log in to the cloud console and control everything from there, but for Vembu, whether you choose Vembu Cloud Backup or Vembu Disaster Recovery, you still need to install the Vembu software on your on-premise system and configure it from there. It would be great if I can get a cloud console to manage the systems."

"The system died twice and it was apparently the result of corrupted disk sectors. I tried to work with tech support to fix it, but they essentially gave up. So twice, I had to rebuild our server."

"What I would love to see on the dashboard are graphs, per backup job. I want to see the month and the days in it... If a job has failed, when did it actually fail and what percentage of it failed? Did it fail completely, 75 percent or 100 percent or did it only fail partially?"

"There were issues with the implementation because of incompatibilities between the tool implementation and our current VMware installation. So, it was an implementation issue that doesn't allow me to use it for VMware backup in the manner in which we would want to use it. That wasn't clear from the evaluation stage nor was it clear from the first utilization of it because it worked in the environment that it was being evaluated in. Based on that, we went ahead and made the purchase of the full implementation. At that point, it became clear that there would be limitations in that implementation that could not be overcome without doing upgrades to the production environment."

"BDRSuite could improve support for XenApp Citrix Backup."

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"The configuration is too complex."

"I would like to see the user interface improved, more documentation, faster support, and it could be easier to configure."

"NetWorker's major problem is its legacy software."

"They need to be compatible with the cloud because EMC NetWorker cannot compete with other products at the moment. EMC focuses only on their own cloud and do not take into consideration other cloud vendors."

"We are able to do direct backups, but analyzing the logs is not straightforward."

"The stability of the NMC could use some attention, as it tends to be a bit shaky during jobs and other operations."

"It could be more user-friendly."

"The security features need backup and encryption. It would be nice if they added this feature. I would also like to be able to decrypt when restoring the security features. Hackers can sense these vulnerabilities today, and we need to have our enterprise prepared."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's just the license per host with one CPU, but if I did choose offsite cloud replication, they do charge for the data. They charge per gigabyte, or something like that. They have plans."

"Pricing is fair enough. What was not clear enough in the documentation on the website was that that you're licensing per CPU socket and you are only licensing on the restore sockets, not the backup sockets. It's a bit technical, but it was very well explained during the demonstration that we had during the evaluation period."

"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."

"At the moment, I am doing Vembu for one host. My costs are about $25 USD a month for a single host up to 100 VMs."

"The pricing of Vembu could be better. They have a good product, and I know good products cost money, but they need to find a balance."

"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."

"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."

"The price for BDRSuite is justified."

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"We use a license without a time term. We just need to buy additional support when needed."

"The price of the license could be cheaper and it would be a benefit if they came up with a new pricing model. The competitors here in Oman sell universal licensing where a number of virtual machines are hosted at the customer place which can be licensed, or you can license the CPU sockets in those servers. However, NetWorker offers only CPU sockets or overall storage capacity to backup, but there is no universal licensing where you can provide a number of VMs. They should offer more options to stay competitive with other solutions, such as Veeam."

"The price is a little on the high side, but it's reliable and provides a good service."

"It is a relatively inexpensive product compared to one of its competitors."

"The solution follows a subscription model for licensing. We pay annually to use the solution and the price is high."

"Dell EMC NetWorker is very expensive."

"The pricing of this solution is very good."

"The price of the solution could be lower, it is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Retailer

24%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BDRSuite?

The best part of BDRSuite is how user-friendly it is and how it does not require any maintenance after the initial setup.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BDRSuite?

The price for BDRSuite is justified. BDRSuite is affordable and a good fit for small businesses.

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What needs improvement with BDRSuite?

Our initial experience with BDRSuite highlighted the need for improved user onboarding materials. Technicians encountered difficulties learning the software, extending the initial setup time. Addit...

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What's the difference between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC NetWorker?

From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly...

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What do you like most about Dell NetWorker?

The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell NetWorker?

The pricing for the telecom, government, and banking sectors is relatively affordable. Dell offers bundled packages, making it cost-effective, especially when considering the inclusion of DTS data ...

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Also Known As

Vembu BDRSuite

NetWorker

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Vembu Technologies

Dell Technologies

Overview

Vembu has ventured into the Backup & Disaster Recovery market in 2002. Since then, the only focus is on building a comprehensive data protection solution.

BDRSuite is a Comprehensive & Cost-Effective Backup and Disaster Recovery Software for Small/Medium Businesses, Enterprise Businesses, and Service Providers.

BDRSuite is designed to protect data across Data Centers/Private Clouds (VMware,
Hyper-V, Windows, Linux, Applications & Databases), Public Clouds (AWS), SaaS Applications (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), and Endpoints (Windows, Mac).

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Our solutions are extremely affordable and are ideal for businesses of any size, with a tight budget.

Businesses can save up to 70% on backup costs using BDRSuite compared to the Industry Leader. We offer 24/7 technical support.

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PRICING DETAILS

VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup at $48 per workload/year (VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, oVirt, Proxmox, Windows, Linux, AWS, Azure, File Share-500 GB)

Endpoint/Workstation Backup at $12 per endpoint/year (Windows, Linux, Mac)

SaaS Backup at $12 per user/year (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace)

DBs & Applications Backup at $72 per application/year (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft Exchange Server, SharePoint Server)

Built on a reputation of efficiency and reliability, thousands of customers trust Dell NetWorker to protect their data and applications across multiple environments, from core to edge to cloud.

Inherently flexible, NetWorker helps you deploy and leverage the data protection that fits your needs. NetWorker protects both physical and virtual environments, including VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as cloud workloads on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

NetWorker is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. NetWorker is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

Sample Customers

NASA, Intel, CISCO, PHILIPS, Atos, HEXAWARE, Motorola

Republic Bank, Westgate Resorts, Macquire Cloud Services, Shriners, Panatonni, Qatar Islamic Bank, Eurosport

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