Dell Avamar vs NovaStor NovaBACKUP comparison

Dell Technologies and NovaStor are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3, while NovaStor is ranked #33 with an average rating of 9.0. Dell Technologies holds a 3.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to NovaStor’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NovaStor users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

NovaStor NovaBACKUP

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell Avamar and NovaStor NovaBACKUP are two prominent data backup and recovery solutions. NovaStor NovaBACKUP is often viewed as the superior product due to its features, justifying its price.

Features: Dell Avamar offers efficient deduplication, integrated backup for virtual environments, and scalability for large enterprises. NovaStor NovaBACKUP supports local and cloud backups, robust encryption, and faster restore times, giving it a slight edge.

Room for Improvement: Dell Avamar users desire better reporting capabilities, a more streamlined restoration process, and an improved interface. NovaStor NovaBACKUP could improve its documentation, technical support responsiveness, and integration with third-party applications.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell Avamar is complex to deploy and requires experienced IT staff but customer service is generally rated highly. NovaStor NovaBACKUP is praised for its straightforward deployment and ease of use, though customer support quality can be inconsistent.

Pricing and ROI: Dell Avamar's setup cost can be high but users report a positive ROI, especially in large-scale environments. NovaStor NovaBACKUP is more competitively priced, offering significant value, particularly for small to medium-sized businesses.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (5th)

NovaStor NovaBACKUP

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

33rd

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (20th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell Avamar is 3.1%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NovaStor NovaBACKUP is 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Ayodeji Oyewole

Managing Director at Atlantic factorial

Reliable with good backups but has occasional failures

I use Dell Avamar primarily for backup and recovery The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality. It gives large enterprises the comfort of knowing their workloads are being backed up. There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be…

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Rainer Kummerfeldt

IT-Teamleader at Bechtle

Easy to work and offers features for tape backups, disk backups, and whatever you want

NovaStor NovaBACKUP is still working on new features because they listen to the customers and integrate their needs into new versions. You can see they make progress with each new version. They are much faster than IBM, where you sometimes have to wait years for new features. It is very quick and fast. NovaStor have big competitors like Veeam, which is very fast and aggressive. It's good, but it depends on the price. I think NovaStor might be cheaper. They have a direct connection to their developers and sales teams, which makes getting answers very fast. Veeam has a lot of features, like a special reporting tool. However, I've heard from some customers that Veeam wasn't always the right decision because it couldn't work with their environment. But Veeam has aggressive marketing, which is why they are probably in first place at the moment, besides Commvault. IBM has lost its competitive edge and is trying to catch up, but it might be too late.

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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's a good solution."

"It's simple to configure."

"Client deduplication."

"The source site replication feature is valuable."

"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."

"We sell Avamar with Data Domain. Data Domain and Avamar work really well together and their compression ratios are very high compared to Veeam, Commvault, and all the other backup software on the market."

"The tool’s ability to restore files discretely is useful."

"The most valuable feature of Avamar would have to be the way it works over needing very little bandwidth to move data across a WAN or LAN."

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"It is a very good and easy-to-use tool for non-technical people."

"It's the easiest way to configure it."

Cons

"The product could be improved by simplifying the components available."

"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."

"It would be helpful if the product offered more integration potential."

"The support is very bad."

"It is very scalable, and that's its claim to fame, but that also makes it hard to make changes. Anytime there is a large piece of software, changing that piece of software is harder. You've got a larger install base, so you can't just rapidly change. We also use another product called Veeam, and it has this new feature called Continuous Data Protection, which basically lets you get very close to the way the system was in time. We have a system or two up there on which we have set 10 minutes Continuous Data Protection. So, we can roll it back to whatever it was 10 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago, or 30 minutes ago. This feature doesn't exist in Avamar Data Domain. That's the one feature I'd like to see first."

"Avamar is still competitive because of the way we have deployed it, but we need to diversify and shift away from specific technologies. In addition to hypervisors, virtual machines, and bare metal servers, our customers need protection for Microsoft 365, SaaS, and the public cloud, so we need other technologies in the business to cater to those customers' needs. Those are the enhancements we would want from the Avamar platform, but that's not likely to happen. Dell has PowerProtect and Apex backup services. There are other Dell solutions that we'll use to fulfill our customers' requirements."

"It's an expensive solution."

"The product could offer more integration capabilities."

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"The price of NovaStor NovaBACKUP is an area that can be considered as a weakness or drawback, where improvements are required."

"The room for improvement lies in the compatibility of NovaBACKUP with older operating systems."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price should be reduced. It would be good if you could pay as per usage, and there is a subscription model like VMware. There should be some flexibility because sometimes, the customer only uses the backup for one month or three months. Currently, I have to pay whether I use it or not. Its licensing should be flexible and based on consumption."

"Dell Avamar, including its virtual add-ons and cloud-based offerings, is cheaper than other solutions, but in the end, the price still depends on your use case. Price-wise, I'm rating Dell Avamar as six out of ten."

"It was very expensive before, but after integrating it with Dell EMC Avamar Data Protection suite licensing, we are getting better discounts."

"Its licensing is weird. It is not just the licenses; we also purchase hardware. With most software products, such as Veeam, Commvault, and Data Protector, there is no hardware purchase at the same time. Because Avamar and Data Domain are tied together, they have an integrated pipe. You can separate them, but basically, they're designed to work as a couple. Because the Data Domain backend is designed to do dedupe and compression, we get 60:1. When you count it, you count it as a straight compression, but of course, that's with dedupe and some other stuff. You have to buy the hardware, the licensing, and the software at the same time. So, it's not just software."

"I rate the pricing a seven out of ten because it is expensive."

"It is expensive. Its cost is the main thing."

"Avamar's pricing is quite competitive compared to other vendors."

"On a scale of one to five, I would rate the pricing policy of Dell Avamar as five. The solution has a very good price, and a lot of improvements were done to it."

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"My company has to make yearly payments towards the solution's maintenance and support."

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Financial Services Firm

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Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

11%

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Questions from the Community

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC Avamar?

The cost is very significant, and it could be lower.

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What do you like most about Dell Avamar?

Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.

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What do you like most about NovaStor NovaBACKUP?

It is a very good and easy-to-use tool for non-technical people.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NovaStor NovaBACKUP?

My company has to make yearly payments towards the solution's maintenance and support.

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What needs improvement with NovaStor NovaBACKUP?

The room for improvement lies in the compatibility of NovaBACKUP with older operating systems like Windows XP. Some customers still rely on outdated systems due to specific production requirements....

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Comparisons

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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NovaBACKUP

Overview

Dell Avamar data protection software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery operations that can scale from daily backup protection for endpoints to high-performance protection for large enterprises with diverse applications and workloads. With application consistent recovery, automation and fast backup and restores, Avamar can help you meet your SLAs and optimize your backup and recovery processes

If you are deploying all or part of your backup environment to the cloud, Avamar enables you to make the most of your cloud investment, enabling replication, disaster recovery and long-term retention for customers using AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

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

Dell Technologies

NovaBACKUP is a data protection software that enables SMBÂ users to backup and recover mission critical data across a hybrid of physical and virtual machines. NovaBACKUP is designed to work onÂ Microsoft Windows operating systems, offering local and online file backups and disaster recovery image backups.

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Sample Customers

Dodge County, St Laurence's College, FieldCore (a GE Company), Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions

Ex'pression College, Osborne Wood Products Inc., REIT Technologies

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