Commvault Cloud vs Dell PowerProtect Data Domain comparison

The compared Commvault and Dell Technologies solutions aren't in the same category. Commvault is ranked #4 in BRS , with an average rating of 8.4, and holds a 3.6% mindshare in the category. Dell Technologies is ranked #1 in DS , with an average rating of 8.8, and holds a 21.4% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Commvault users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

Commvault Cloud

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95% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect Data Domain compete in the data protection solutions category. Commvault Cloud leads in cloud integration, while Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is noted for its efficient data handling.

Features: Commvault Cloud offers extensive cloud integration, supporting hybrid and multi-cloud environments, alongside advanced deduplication and seamless data movement across platforms. It boasts robust backup, recovery, and management capabilities, paired with excellent cloud storage options. Meanwhile, Dell PowerProtect Data Domain highlights efficient deduplication and fast data transfer with DD Boost and high-performance replication, making it a strong choice for quick data handling needs.

Room for Improvement: Commvault Cloud could enhance its user experience with a more intuitive interface, better training resources, and improved automation and resource utilization. Dell PowerProtect Data Domain faces critiques regarding high costs, potential enhancements in ransomware protection, and cloud service integration. Pricing and licensing complexities also pose challenges for budget-conscious organizations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Commvault Cloud is praised for its responsive and knowledgeable support but encounters delays in certain regions due to limited resources. Its deployment is versatile across diverse environments. Dell PowerProtect Data Domain excels in customer engagement and timely support, especially for critical issues, although its structured deployment might introduce initial complexity but assures robust ongoing support.

Pricing and ROI: Commvault Cloud provides flexible licensing models that cater to organizations seeking predictable costs, featuring subscription plans that can lead to 20-40% savings initially, enhancing ROI through simplified data management. Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, although expensive, justifies its cost with performance and storage efficiency, offering significant ROI for large enterprises despite the high initial investment and lack of perpetual licensing options.

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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

Commvault Cloud reduced operational costs, improved data protection, and enabled significant return on investment with streamlined backup management.

Sentiment score

5.4

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain boosts ROI by reducing storage costs, space, and improving data management efficiency for larger enterprises.

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If a customer uses Dell PowerProtect Data Domain with a replication policy, they can replicate minimal data changes daily, removing headaches associated with the physical transfer of tapes.

Amjed Antari

Pre Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

One is less floor space in the data center and the ability to pack more data into the backup storage on Dell PowerProtect Data Domain as compared to the traditional backup storage.

reviewer2776245

Vice President - Information Technology Systems Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The best part is the compression and deduplication feature.

Pranav Telang

Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

7.2

Commvault Cloud's customer service is effective and responsive, though improvements are needed in staffing and local support options.

Sentiment score

7.2

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain's customer support is highly praised but has occasional delays and inconsistencies, especially in complex cases.

The number of people who know Commvault Cloud is lesser compared to Veeam.

Kamal Gulati

Managing Director at ITS Technology Solution Pvt. Ltd.

At the pre-sale cycle, we have spocks aligned from Commvault with whom we get in touch, and they provide all the required support that we need.

Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

Customer support has very closed departments, requiring us to shuffle between them to get one thing done because representatives have limited accessibility.

reviewer1544721

Support Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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We feel that we are working with people who understand the technology and the historical patterns of this environment, and when we raise a support request, we have no doubt because it seems that we are working with a product engineer.

Mayowa Afeez Olayiwola

System Administrator at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Nowadays, we can connect directly to the Dell team and in a very minimal time, we can get the support from them.

Kitmeer-Ahmad

Product Manager, Dell Client Solutions at Team Computers

They respond within 24 hours of case submission, which is crucial for maintaining the solution.

reviewer1144389

Sr System Expert at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.5

Commvault Cloud offers scalable integration across platforms, though faces challenges with SQL and Windows Server configuration complexity.

Sentiment score

6.6

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain offers scalable enterprise data protection, though hardware limits and scale-out concerns may require professional planning.

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The scalability depends on the IT department's strategy.

reviewer1144389

Sr System Expert at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is very scalable; it expands easily with new enclosures.

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain can scale up horizontally to meet the growing needs of our organization.

Kuntal Malik

lead at Boston Scientific

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Commvault Cloud is praised for its high stability, reliability, strong support, and minimal issues, ensuring continuous dependable operations.

Sentiment score

8.1

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is highly reliable, with minimal crashes, seamless replication, stability, and efficient recovery after hardware failures.

I have not faced any downtimes with Commvault Cloud.

Kamal Gulati

Managing Director at ITS Technology Solution Pvt. Ltd.

Commvault Cloud is highly stable, and I would rate it a ten out of ten.

DarshanDivekar

CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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We have never encountered issues such as data corruption with these systems.

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

I have not experienced any downtime, crashes, or performance issues with it.

Mohamed Ibrahem

ICT Assistant GM at Phpco

I have been using it for up to three years with no upgrading or downtime.

Mohamed Elfakharany

Data Protection Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

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Room For Improvement

Commvault Cloud users seek improved usability, clearer licensing, better support, enhanced integration, and advanced features for a streamlined experience.

The product faces high pricing, complex installation, and lacks efficient integration, security, support, and user-friendly features.

I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud.

Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

I feel that the support is not yet up to the mark, with not enough professional engineers to provide assistance.

DarshanDivekar

CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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Local support must be available in the country.

A. AhadAlam

Head Of Systems Group at NCCPL

We can leverage writing NAS level backup into Dell PowerProtect Data Domain rather than utilizing any other software tools such as Networker.

reviewer2776245

Vice President - Information Technology Systems Engineering at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain represents the fastest and most reliable solution, ensuring great integration with backup software.

Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

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Setup Cost

Commvault Cloud is cost-efficient for enterprises, yet can seem pricey for SMBs; evaluating licensing options is recommended.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is a costly solution for enterprises, offering robust performance and scalability with potential discounts.

Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.

DarshanDivekar

CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

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It is almost four times the earlier price.

Sufyan Khan

Head of Sales and Operations at New Horizon Computers

For small clients, it is very expensive.

Sergio Omar Ruiz Paz

Specialist Senior N2 at Entelgy

The pricing has become higher since July, and the license costs are more expensive compared to the past.

Houssem Sandli

Technical manager at Advanced Computer Technology (ACT)

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Valuable Features

Commvault Cloud offers scalable data protection with fiber backup, global deduplication, cloud integration, security, and centralized management.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain offers efficient backup with deduplication, reliability, and integration, excelling in storage and data protection.

We can back up unlimited TBs due to our per node license.

reviewer1544721

Support Engineer at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Other features include endpoint solutions, integration with Office 365, ransomware protection, archival for long-term retention, and no ingress or egress charges.

DarshanDivekar

CEO at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

The public cloud acts as a bigger solution for the on-premise while the on-premise acts as a DR for the public cloud workloads.

Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

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The most valuable feature of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is its deduplication capability.

Houssem Sandli

Technical manager at Advanced Computer Technology (ACT)

Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is highly consistent, durable, easy to install, scalable, and compatible with any software today.

Sufyan Khan

Head of Sales and Operations at New Horizon Computers

The most beneficial features in the product are compatibility, which is the most valuable function.

A. AhadAlam

Head Of Systems Group at NCCPL

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Categories and Ranking

Commvault Cloud

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

112

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (4th), eDiscovery (3rd), Cloud Backup (4th), Disaster Recovery as a Service (4th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (6th), SaaS Backup (2nd), Container Backup Software (2nd), Autonomous Operational Resilience (2nd)

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (1st), Disk Based Backup Systems (1st)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Backup and Replication solutions, they serve different purposes. Commvault Cloud is designed for Backup and Recovery and holds a mindshare of 3.6%, down 7.5% compared to last year.
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, on the other hand, focuses on Deduplication Software, holds 21.4% mindshare, down 28.2% since last year.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Commvault Cloud	3.6%
Veeam Data Platform	6.0%
Rubrik	3.4%
Other	87.0%

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Deduplication Software Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain	21.4%
HPE StoreOnce	17.2%
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager	10.9%
Other	50.50000000000001%

Deduplication Software

Featured Reviews

Ankit Gagneja

Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy

Hybrid backup strategy has improved recovery orchestration and now supports flexible DR planning

I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically revolves around tiering of not frequently accessible data to glacier kind of storage, plus bringing in a high level of compression and deduplication capabilities. All those features I believe are there in other customers and they are bringing in new use cases from the AI perspective which I have not recently seen in Commvault. I have seen that Dell does have such features. We recently pitched a solution to the customers where we talked about data tiering and the other AI use cases, identifying the data by itself and autonomously taking decisions on how to tier the data between the different storage classes that we have. Those kind of capabilities that we have proposed to the customer as far as the partner solutions are concerned. I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud. The rest of the features pretty much align with the other enterprise solutions that we have in the market. It is just the AI capability that is being asked by the customers as well as that I see missing with Commvault.

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Branko Cirovic

Storage Engineer at Comtrade Group

Provides seamless backup integration and long-term reliability for enterprise data protection

The price is quite high; this product is not considered cheap. Additionally, if you use higher availability boxes, they also come at a premium price. However, they provide business continuity, which is the main reason why companies invest in this solution. Tape is slow; when restoring several virtual machines or databases amounting to several terabytes, Dell PowerProtect Data Domain represents the fastest and most reliable solution, ensuring great integration with backup software. If a customer has limited budget constraints, they may opt for cheaper external storage comprised of just a bunch of disks and utilize it for backup, as backup is not a business-critical service. However, I see great value in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain because it is fully automated, features great integration with backup software, and provides good value for money. I would rate software support as a ten, while I would give hardware support a seven. I never give any product a perfect score; I think Dell PowerProtect Data Domain deserves a nine. The only minor problems are the certificate issue and the price. These certificate issues are quite rare and mainly arise when we forget to restart and upgrade the box for several years.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	57
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	82

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	41

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatWise?

Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.

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What needs improvement with ThreatWise?

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What is your primary use case for ThreatWise?

I work with a variety of backup solutions including Commvault, Avamar, Rubrik, and similar tools. I am part of Tata Consultancy Services where we pitch all these solutions to customers from the bac...

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What is your primary use case for Dell EMC PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is mainly used for backup as a target for backup. Previously, I was working in Veeam, and nowadays, I am working with Commvault. For both backup software options, the ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

This is very good and it can be integrated with any third-party backup solution. I always recommend going with it if the customer is an enterprise customer or it is basically a big SMB. I always re...

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain)?

In my opinion, for the version I am using of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, I am not sure if there is another version that will have the functionality I will discuss. I need them to add the air-gap...

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 28% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise

DataDomain, Dell EMC Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Domain

Overview

Commvault Cloud offers comprehensive data management with strong backup and recovery, security, and compliance across hybrid and multi-cloud setups. Supporting a variety of applications, its cost optimization and integration capabilities enhance data management and infrastructure operations.

Commvault Cloud facilitates seamless data management and protection for organizations dealing with complex IT infrastructures. Its capabilities spread across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, ensuring robust disaster recovery and compliance, while optimizing storage strategies. Extensive application compatibility and integration with IT infrastructure solutions allow for efficient data movement and enhanced security.

What are the key features of Commvault Cloud?

Backup and Recovery: Reliable data protection across environments.
Data Management: Seamless operations in hybrid and multi-cloud contexts.
Disaster Recovery: Comprehensive recovery features.
Compliance: Ensures adherence to regulatory standards.
Security: Advanced encryption and threat detection.
Cost Optimization: Efficient strategies and resource utilization.
Integration: Supports a wide array of IT applications.

What benefits should be evaluated in reviews?

Data Security: Protects sensitive information effectively.
Scalability: Adapts to extensive infrastructure needs.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces expenses through optimization.
Simplified Management: Streamlined for better operations.
Comprehensive Support: Enhances compatibility and usability.

In industries like finance, healthcare, and technology, Commvault Cloud supports the protection of virtual machines, databases, and physical systems. It facilitates Office 365, SQL, and VMware backups, ensuring disaster recovery and compliance, while meeting the demanding storage requirements and safeguarding data integrity per industry standards.

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Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is the leading backup appliance built for powerful cyber resilience and seamless integration into on-premises environments. It supports both traditional and modern workloads, simplifying operations while reducing risks and costs.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain offers scalable storage capabilities that integrate smoothly with backup systems. Its deduplication and compression technologies enhance storage efficiency by significantly reducing data volumes. Users appreciate its secure data protection, excellent deduplication and compression, efficient data replication, and the DD Boost protocol for faster data transfer. However, feedback suggests improvements are needed in areas like complex VTL tape addition, high pricing, and challenging cloud integration. The implementation may benefit from boosted processing power and enhanced ransomware protection.

What are the key features of Dell PowerProtect Data Domain?

Deduplication and Compression: Significantly reduces data volumes, optimizing storage usage.
Efficient Data Replication: Enhances data protection by securely transferring data across locations.
DD Boost Protocol: Promotes faster data transfer, streamlining backup processes.
Scalable Storage: Adapts to varying data capacities, ensuring growth accommodation.
Secure Data Protection: Safeguards data with robust encryption and protection features.

What benefits should be expected from Dell PowerProtect Data Domain?

Space and Cost Savings: Achieves reductions in data footprint, lowering storage expenses.
Reliable Backup and Recovery: Provides consistent and fast data backup and restoration capabilities.
Seamless Integration: Operates smoothly with existing backup software and environments.
Data Security: Offers comprehensive data protection to ensure business continuity.

Dell PowerProtect Data Domain is widely employed across various sectors like banking, finance, and government for its backup, deduplication, and archiving functions. Organizations utilize it with software like Veeam and NetWorker to optimize bandwidth, manage large data capacities, and deliver secure, reliable backup features, supporting both on-premises and hybrid deployments.

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Sample Customers

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