We performed a comparison between Commvault and Dell PowerProtect DD based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions are very comparable and received similar user ratings in all categories.
"Not everyone has agents for everything and Commvault has agents for most products. It's the most complete."
"Its compression and deduplication allow us to store more backups and save storage space. The reporting is great; we are able to obtain critical business reports and infrastructure/usage information very easily."
"The most valuable feature of Metallic is its flexibility and user-friendly."
"Commvault's many features can be explored to get more value from more solutions."
"Quick backups and restores of data are the most valuable features. It is important that it is an easy solution to integrate with the SAML authentication of our tenant, so we can have our users log into the systems and do their own restores, if needed."
"Restoring is very fast. In testing, I did a restore for a single item from a mailbox. Within a minute, I had the message back in my mailbox. So, it didn't take hours or days. Obviously, there will be a limit. If we suddenly go into DR and have to restore five terabytes of emails for people, then it will take a couple of days, which would be acceptable. For general usage, where we have to do the odd restore, we have never had issues. It happens within minutes."
"It is a stable solution."
"All workloads can be integrated with Commvault. If we use a new technology, Commvault integrates with it. Commvault is a data management solution with support for building the DR side of things. With Commvault we can rapidly back up and restore any application we add to our environment."
"Its pricing is not overly expensive."
"9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"The most valuable feature is the inline data deduplication."
"PowerProtect is a flexible solution that you can cover various cloud and on-premise environments."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is very fast as compared to the other competitors. Its simplicity and bit rate are also valuable. It takes less time if we compare it with the old solution that we have."
"Stable and scalable suite of solutions with deduplication, apart from data protection, storage, and backup."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"Getting my guys the right access has a learning curve. Sometimes, it is, "Oh, okay. I think I got it for you." Then, they say, "Oh, nope. I logged in but I can't see this." Then, it is, "Okay, hold on. Give me a second. Let me change that. Okay, it's this one." That learning curve has probably taken a little bit longer than some simpler things. So, Metallic has some granularity, and as a systems administrator, I appreciate that. At the same time, I also realize that I have to learn it."
"We've faced problems backing up our virtual machines."
"The solution is expensive in comparison to similar solutions."
"The integration of Metallic could improve. It would be a benefit if Metallic could integrate with multiple applications or platforms."
"The pricing could be more flexible in terms of licensing."
"I would like them not to push Command Center. It is good, but I would like them to enable all the features for the Java console. Some things are not in the Java console, like Office 365 agents. In fact, they are there, but one of the engineers had to show me how to configure it. It's not done the same as in the Command Center."
"Could be easier to implement."
"Sometimes the web page doesn't work. I don't know if it's an outage or if there is maintenance going on in the background. From time to time, Commvault will suddenly stop taking backups for some intervals."
"The size and scale of the product are limited and could be improved."
"The software from Dell that can be used to operate Data Domain needs to have enhancements made to the user interface. It is too complex."
"The downside of PowerProtect's flexibility is that you have so many options. It can be a little confusing. It's like having a car with too many buttons on the dash. You can do so much with it, but it takes some time to learn what everything does."
"Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is expensive. Also, it has a sort of a big physical footprint that data domains have, and that's part of the problem."
"Its management can be improved."
"The licensing model was the biggest concern for our company, but the poor support after the initial implementation is of equal concern."
"It can probably have integration with other OEMs. It should also have more features for ransomware protection."
"The price could be a little cheaper than it is now."
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Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 61 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, Azure Backup and AvePoint Cloud Backup, whereas Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Rubrik and Dell NetWorker.
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