Dell Avamar vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

Dell Technologies and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.1, while Oracle is ranked #14 with an average rating of 9.3. Dell Technologies holds a 2.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

Oracle Data Guard

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1,548 Comparison Views

94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell Avamar and Oracle Data Guard compete in the backup and disaster recovery solutions category. Data Guard has superior features and user ratings, making it worth the higher price, while Avamar leads in pricing and support satisfaction.

Features: Avamar users value deduplication, efficient backup capabilities, and lower costs. Data Guard users highlight real-time data protection, high availability, and superior performance.

Room for Improvement: Avamar users seek better scalability, integration with other systems, and advanced features. Data Guard users want improved ease of use, better documentation, and simpler configurations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Avamar is praised for straightforward deployment and reliable customer service. Data Guard's initial setup is complex, but it has effective customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Avamar users are content with its pricing and see quick ROI. Data Guard users find it pricier but justify the cost with superior performance.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

6th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (5th)

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell Avamar is 2.4%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell Avamar	2.4%
Oracle Data Guard	0.8%
Other	96.8%

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SamuelThomas

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

Have supported critical environments despite room for improvement in legacy backup options

It is very efficient in cyber resilience. Deduplication, automation, and everything is very efficient. It is multi-cloud enabled and has broad protections. The software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery options through its cyber resiliency features. Dell PowerProtect Manager provides insights in managing backup processes. Its encryption mechanisms are very efficient, helping to secure sensitive data. Its integration with Dell EMC Data Domain is very good. It is easy to integrate with Data Domain. Multi-cloud options are enabled, and backup in cloud options exist in Dell Avamar.

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

"The most valuable feature is the virtual backup."

"Its deduplication technologies are the best in the market, currently."

"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."

"It's a good solution."

"It's stable and offers good performance."

"All the features in the system are highly valuable."

"Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."

"Duplication and the speed of backup are great."

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"The most valuable aspect for me is undoubtedly the failover capability and the assurance of data safety provided by Oracle Data Guard."

"Oracle Data Guard has a nice feature called the DataGuard snapshot to open the solution in the read-write mode and make some changes to the database."

"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."

"The solution can scale as needed."

"The most valuable feature is the application or promotional code used in the production protocol to transfer data to the secondary database, situated on the DR site."

"The solution has been stable so far."

"With Data Guard, Oracle guarantees zero data loss, providing peace of mind for organizations relying on their data for critical operations."

"We use Data Guard for online replication from data center, to data center for high availability. This is the most important feature."

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Cons

"The interface could be more helpful for people."

"If there is a need to move the data from one backup solution to another, it might be difficult since there is no option for a straightforward migration."

"The technical support from Dell is very poor, especially in terms of response time."

"The solution could be a bit easier to use in the sense that they need to make it simpler to backup products and restore items."

"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."

"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."

"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."

"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."

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"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

"The usage of block storage devices in the cloud or migration of a type of storage from one site to another site can be improved. Currently, we have to use multi-node to single node because of the lack of storage support on the Azure side. It did not really work. Our DBA had to spend a lot of time tweaking the Data Guard tools, or the underlying Oracle VMs, to make sure that Data Guard would run on top of different types of storage. So, if it can support transporting or getting from one type of storage to another type of storage in a different site or a different technology, it would be very helpful."

"They may need to include the monitoring and the alerting part in Data Guard."

"Oracle Data Guard is stable, but you need to keep monitoring the system all the time. You need to keep monitoring the archives."

"It is a rather complex solution, so it could be more user-friendly."

"I think it would be great to have a graphical interface assistant (like DBCA, ASMCA, NETCA, etc.) for initial configuration, monitoring, configuring Oracle Data Guard Broker and all the Data Guard Broker commands, without needing Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control installed."

"When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not expensive for the value one gets."

"When it comes to competition the price is not what is important, it's not the problem."

"There is a license required for this solution."

"The price is the main thing I'd like to see them change. If they can come down in price, that would be a good thing. It's very cost competitive in the entry level range, because Veeam pricing is much cheaper than Avamar."

"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."

"The solution is costly."

"It was approximately $70-80,000 when it was under support, but right now EMC has not been supporting this product for two years."

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

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"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"The pricing is on the higher side."

"The cost is expensive."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	48

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	22

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 advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Comparisons

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

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Active Data Guard

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

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

Oracle

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