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Dell CloudBoost vs Veritas Alta Data Protection comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Dell CloudBoost
Ranking in Cloud Backup
53rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas Alta Data Protection
Ranking in Cloud Backup
30th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
AI Data Analysis (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Backup category, the mindshare of Dell CloudBoost is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas Alta Data Protection is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Backup Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas Alta Data Protection0.8%
Dell CloudBoost0.7%
Other98.5%
Cloud Backup
 

Featured Reviews

SK
Senior Technical Consultant at DWP Technologies
Stable solution with a wider boost functionality, helping us eliminate the tape backup requirements
We use the solution to protect the applications running in the cloud or on-premises. Its wider boost functionality helps us eliminate the tape backup requirements The solution's most valuable feature is throttling the applications as per the bandwidth. Using it, we can adapt a method to work on…
RahulSharma8 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Platform Engineer at Expedia Group
Cloud backups have secured critical data and have enabled fast recovery from ransomware threats
I do utilize the automated policy-driven operations with Veritas Alta Data Protection. They have helped in reducing manual workloads because manual intervention is required to handle errors or backup job failures when trying to back up a particular AWS account where critical resources are deployed. Discovery takes a lot of time because we are backing up data already in the S3 buckets. We often face challenges with resource discovery because discovery does not happen once a month; it happens daily. Every day, the discovery job runs before backing up resources. We may encounter issues in discovery or related to permissions, meaning if we have backup permissions on a bucket but further intensive permissions are present on any particular file, the Veritas Alta Data Protection job will skip that file. At times, backup fails with one or another error, and manual intervention is definitely needed. It is predominantly automated and policy-driven, but manual intervention is also required sometimes. We tested the effectiveness of Veritas Alta Data Protection's granular restoration feature during POC because we had a requirement to test various scenarios like restoring the bucket in a particular region, restoring the bucket in a different region, restoring EC2 instances, restoring containers, and databases. One more crucial feature for us in selecting Veritas Alta Data Protection is having replication between Veritas Alta Data Protection clusters. Once the primary backup job is complete, Veritas Alta Data Protection runs an SLP job, which is a storage lifecycle policy. This SLP job moves or replicates the data from one Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster to another. If the Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster goes down, the data is still replicated to the other Veritas Alta Data Protection cluster.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"My customer has Dell EMC CloudBoost integrated with all of their other Dell products; it integrates well and is very simple to use, making it easy for him to make copies of very important files to the public cloud because it is fully integrated with his Networker and Avamar's tools."
"The solution's support team is excellent."
"My customer has Dell EMC CloudBoost integrated with all of their other Dell products. It integrates well."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It is rather easy to replicate data across your cloud environment using this solution once you've done it a few times."
"In the last two years, we faced issues with ransomware, but because of the encryption level which we set with this backup software, we were able to restore all of our data without losing a single file."
"The ransomware protection feature and anomaly detection are the most valuable, and the ability to integrate new cloud workloads is also valuable."
"Veritas Alta Data Protection is an industry leader, and I am quite impressed by the leadership that they have in this segment."
"Regarding cost-effectiveness and return on investment, we have seen benefits in the form of saving time and resources."
 

Cons

"The price of Dell EMC CloudBoost could be reduced, it is expensive."
"They should eliminate the tape-out function from the solution."
"Since Veritas Alta Data Protection recently entered the market, it does have limited technical resources for support."
"Maybe a year and a half ago, during a backup, I had an updating issue with Java."
"It would be nice if reporting was a bit easier."
"I hope we will be able to use Veritas Alta Data Protection in a very user-friendly manner, which is what I am expecting from Veritas features."
"The IVR system should be reduced so that customers can reach support directly, as when someone calls, it is typically for a critical technical issue and the call should connect directly to a representative."
"NetBackup should be made more user-friendly, and a video tutorial should be created to help new users understand how to configure and use the solution properly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Dell EMC CloudBoost could be reduced, it is expensive."
"Its cost depends upon the amount of data that needs to be protected."
"NetBackup is 20 percent more expensive compared to the competition."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Healthcare Company
13%
Computer Software Company
5%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas Alta Data Protection?
The setup cost is quite good and affordable. Since we have been using Veritas Alta Data Protection for the last four years, the price is very friendly. In terms of technical features, it is pretty ...
What needs improvement with Veritas Alta Data Protection?
The solution could benefit from some artificial intelligence features where we can restore files or get assistance from the AI side, as the world is moving toward AI. Specifically, AI capabilities ...
What is your primary use case for Veritas Alta Data Protection?
In the last two years, we faced issues with ransomware. Because of the encryption level which we set with this backup software, we were able to restore all of our data without losing a single file.
 

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