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Catalogic DPX vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Catalogic DPX
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
73rd
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Catalogic DPX is 0.5%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance0.9%
Catalogic DPX0.5%
Other98.6%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

it_user292722 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Global SAP Operations Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
We use it to backup some high output critical physical servers, knowing that in case of disaster we could still recover to our VM environment. The user interface needs improvement.
The user interface needs improvement, the selection boxes to select a backup job are very small not adequate for managing 400+ backup jobs, we only see 8 job names in the small scroll window. The scheduler features are lacking, we must edit backup specs to reach the option to change the schedule. The new reporting feature has greatly improved the product, prior to this it was very difficult to have a full view of our backup schedules when scheduling a new job. Since the move from Syncsort to Catalogic, the quality control of upgrades has diminished and backups that used to work could not be restored without contacting Catalogic for a fix. We still see a lot of value in the product, but hope that the next few updates will not cause more issues... We wanted a mission critical enterprise solution, and sincerely hope that the future upgrades will bring the product back on track.
SG
Technical Manager at Rigor Systems Limited
Backup management excels with user-friendly interface and effective deduplication, offering robust data protection
Leveraging AI in Veritas NetBackup Appliance is one of the road maps now that they have done a collaboration with Cohesity, which is a feature I'm looking forward to. Using AI is one improvement I recommend for the Veritas NetBackup Appliance. They have implemented some aspects of AI for features such as malware detection and anomaly detection. I believe they can do more to give customers more insight into their data, allowing them to see it and understand what they can do, such as archiving old data. They can do more by utilizing the data effectively to provide insights to customers about their space usage, future projections, and options for managing old data.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Catalogic has great features including the ability to P2V from snapvaults, and recently the addition of agent-less backups for Linux."
"The documentation is okay. You are able to follow it and it is helpful."
"Technical support has been great."
"The reporting is very good compared to other tools."
"This is a good backup interconversion solution because all the masters and the targets backups are on the same system. It is easy to administrate for a single point of access for clients."
"The product is quite stable and reliable; there are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze, and its performance is good."
"NetBackup is based on really good architectural hardware, and Veritas has the best backup and replication technology in the world."
"The Veritas NetBackup Appliance is convenient because it’s a portable device and doesn’t require a lot of additional hardware or licenses like VPN solutions."
"I have no stability issues to report...The initial setup is quite simple."
 

Cons

"Since the move from Syncsort to Catalogic, the quality control of upgrades has diminished and backups that used to work could not be restored without contacting Catalogic for a fix."
"Sometimes, the user interface doesn't work smoothly."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration and security."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve the configuration, it could be more user-friendly."
"The recovery backup has been problematic."
"The desirability of appliance solutions is dwindling in the marketplace."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"The product should provide more AI and ML features."
"If you compare the solution to, for example, Dell Data Domain, it looks that the deduplication ratio is even higher than what we have on NetBackup."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is not cheap"
"I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."
"The product is expensive and comes with a yearly license."
"I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"We pay annually. It is a huge figure for us."
"There is a license needed to use Veritas NetBackup Appliance and there are not any additional fees."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the pricing a nine."
"The pricing for the solution's software maintenance and licensing is high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Government
10%
Educational Organization
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Performing Arts
8%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise27
 

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I think Veritas NetBackup Appliance can be improved in terms of support. Support for appliances needs to be improved, specifically the quality of support that I receive. The specific areas that nee...
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My main use case for Veritas NetBackup Appliance is for backup and recovery. I use Veritas NetBackup Appliance for backing up all customer data across Hyper-V, VMware, Oracle, SAP HANA, simple file...
 

Also Known As

BEX
NetBackup Appliance
 

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