We performed a comparison between DD Boost and Veritas NetBackup Appliance based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the tool set, it's easy to work on and the support is brilliant."
"It's stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is deduplication."
"The solution is quite scalable. An organization shouldn't have any problem expanding if they use this solution."
"Scalable and stable solution for backup purposes, with good encryption and huge data conversion features."
"There are no limitations when it comes to the scalability feature of the product. You can scale up or scale down however much you want."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"Data Domain Boost has a unique protocol. I don't think with other vendors you get the same efficiency. I work with some the other products, but this solution has amazing efficiency in comparison."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments."
"The tool's most valuable feature is recovery."
"There are a lot of new features that operate to protect the data from ransomware attacks. They launched the Veritas/Appliances to protect our data. Veritas has been doing its job well."
"The solution is useful for backups."
"It is easy to use and the performance is good."
"Technical support has been great."
"The initial setup gets easier the more you do it."
"There are some limitations where you cannot use it as a shared server or as a file server, it is limited for the only backup."
"The solution must provide better deduplication."
"DD Boost's technical support could be better."
"Connectivity with the cloud and on-premises needs improved gateways."
"The experience of restoring VMware or Veeam Backup is difficult, when the backup you are using is a solution for backup, which is already having a deduplication. When you try to restore from Data Domain, it doesn't work perfectly, because Data Domain is already having a deduplication as well."
"DD Boost needs to improve its interface. It should be easier to use."
"Though the customer uses the product, they don't receive active support from DD Boost even though they pay for it."
"The solution needs to be more user-friendly for the end-users."
"I would like the ability to recover a single folder within the backup of a virtual machine."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"Technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"In terms of implementing the solution, it's quite technical. You need to be knowledgable in order to pull off a successful deployment."
DD Boost is ranked 4th in Deduplication Software with 31 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 6th in Deduplication Software with 46 reviews. DD Boost is rated 8.6, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of DD Boost writes "Enhancing backup and recovery operations and accelerating backup and restore processes while seamlessly integrating with various backup software applications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". DD Boost is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Dell Avamar, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Quantum DXi Series, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our DD Boost vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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