Dell Data Protection Advisor vs Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and Quest Software are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Quest Software users who would recommend it.

Dell Data Protection Advisor

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90% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Quest Rapid Recovery and Dell Data Protection Advisor are key players in the data protection space. Quest Rapid Recovery stands out for its simplicity and flexibility, while Dell Data Protection Advisor holds an edge in reporting capabilities and integration versatility.

Features: Quest Rapid Recovery offers a user-friendly interface with granular recovery options and supports easy customization of backup schedules. Its real-time replication and built-in compression enhance recovery speed and storage optimization. Dell Data Protection Advisor features detailed compliance reporting and robust integration support, aiding in data protection and retention across diverse platforms.

Room for Improvement: Quest Rapid Recovery users report delays in technical support and the absence of tape and Mac client support as limitations. Performance issues and bugs also pose reliability challenges. Dell Data Protection Advisor requires SQL knowledge for report customization, with users suggesting improvements in security updates and broader integration capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products support on-premises deployments, but Dell Data Protection Advisor additionally offers public cloud deployment flexibility. Quest users have mixed experiences with customer support, while Dell users highlight the responsive support teams and comprehensive online resources.

Pricing and ROI: Quest Rapid Recovery is perceived as expensive, yet users find value in its advanced features. Dell Data Protection Advisor offers competitive pricing and flexible licensing, though upfront costs may include additional setup services. Users find the ROI reasonable for enterprises needing extensive reporting and integration capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Data Protection Advisor

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

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Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

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Featured Reviews

AnkurGupta1

Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies

Offers seamless integration with robust data privacy features

I am currently working with other companies on data center solutions. In our data center, we work with HP, Dell, and Nutanix on data center build-up and migrations. I work with Dell Data Protection Advisor for cloud, though not extensively, and we provided that solution to one customer and are awaiting their approval. I am a reseller and service provider. We implemented Dell Data Protection Advisor for data privacy, and another team handles data protection and related issues. I did not work extensively on specific features, so nothing particularly stands out. From my reseller and end customer perspective, I would rate Dell Data Protection Advisor an eight out of ten as it is a good solution.

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Adam Augustín

Country Manager at Prianto Ltd

Granular recovery, replication is good and offers good speed

It is for any kind of company that uses their own servers. From a global perspective, our clients are small-sized companies. All the SMEs, compared to the Slovakian market, are quite small. It's a small market with small companies. They just want to enhance security and follow regulations It's…

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Pros

"It generates very detailed reports, which makes things easier when it comes to IT auditing."

"This is a stable solution."

"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."

"The deduplication is probably the most valuable feature of that requirement."

"The predictive analytics feature in Dell Data Protection Advisor provides predictions about backup size and capacity for future periods."

"I have never found any glitch in any Dell solution to date."

"The reporting feature and the Dell's continuous improvement of the solution are the most valuable features. The solution not only supports Dell Power Products but also other products."

"It has a lot of stock reports. I believe over 300 canned reports, which for the most part meet a lot of generic needs."

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"Not having to switch tapes is wonderful. It makes it so easy. We have an on-prem deployment that we also replicate to an offsite replication host. So by not having to deal with tapes and moving them off-site every day and every week, that's amazing ease of use for us."

"Built-in encryption helps to secure our data as it travels from our on-site server to our off-site backup server."

"The data protection strategy varies on a case-by-case basis, but overall, it's doing well."

"One feature I found that's the most valuable in Quest Rapid Recovery is the VM standby feature which is very useful for my current customer. The solution also has a great replication feature. The third most valuable feature in Quest Rapid Recovery is the five-minute RPO and the fifteen-minute RTO. The solution is also very user-friendly."

"Just knowing that the data is easily recoverable is our ROI. It definitely lowers risk."

"The solution offers a 100% guarantee that if it's backed up you will be able to restore it onto any platform you want."

"The most valuable feature is the disaster recovery process from the data center."

"The fact that it can take a snapshot of everything on a server and replicate it on another server in real-time is the most valuable feature."

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Cons

"Dell Data Protection Advisor's feature for data domain protection needs enhancement."

"It is difficult to manage the solution with the available tools. You need to know exactly what are you are doing."

"The functionality of the Data Protection Advisor is limited and is something that is lacking in this solution. Other solutions like CloudIQ and DDMC provide a much better outlook on how data protection should be done."

"The solution requires more integration with our other solutions. I know that they have full integration with VMware because it is also from EMC. However, we have to have better integration with Microsoft and Nutanix as well."

"The product could be improved by addressing intermittent collector failures affecting status reports' accuracy."

"From a service perspective, improvements are needed at Dell because when customers call, it takes a long time to get a response for calls or emails. Response time is the main problem that needs addressing."

"There is a steep learning curve to use the interface and to create new reports, this could be made easier. If the solution could provide more drag and drop functionality to build more advanced reports that would be very helpful."

"Customization of reports or creating new reports can be difficult. Users need to have a deep knowledge of SQL. 70-80% of customers can't seem to understand how to do it. They don't know how to address reporting. If Dell EMC could simplify it, it would benefit the end-user."

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"Sometimes, when we have certain batches for Windows, it needs to be restarted. When it's restarted, the service is configured as a delayed start. Sometimes, you need to wait too long until it rights itself, or you have to do it manually."

"It's buggy. That's a big problem. We're arranging to get rid of it. We're going to switch to Veeam."

"When you do a full backup, all of the memory resources on the server are used, which is something that should be improved."

"There could be better space management for incremental data. When you use incremental data, the space in the appliance keeps on going up. There should be a better way to manage the space. You have to manage the incremental data to reduce the time."

"Rapid Recovery can only backup the machine or disc, but it can't back up from folders, and files, and things like that."

"For the most part, it is really good in terms of flexibility and choice of recovery methods. What we found lacking was being able to back up virtual volumes that are clustered. We ran out of luck there. There should be an option for backing up clustered virtual volumes."

"I don't really think that there is a whole lot that needs to be changed. It would be nice if you could deploy the agent without having to reboot. When I upgraded my core to the latest version, I also wanted to update all of my servers, but I had to put that off because I can't just shoot it out there. I have to make sure it is at a time when I can do a reboot right away."

"There is room for improvement in customer service and support. I would like to see faster response time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need to make an upfront payment for three, five, or seven years and renew the licenses for support. We can do an annual maintenance contract with Dell. I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."

"The product pricing has been satisfactory, particularly with the economy of scale in our agreement."

"If the customer has huge lineup of Dell Products then they receive discount on the pricing."

"The product is affordable."

"You have to procure the license when you are ordering or quoting for Dell Data Protection Suite (DPS). DPS is bundled with the suite and comes with a license. However, if you purchase NetWorker separately then you will have to procure the license for DPS separately."

"For pricing, I would rate Dell 2 out of 5. It's affordable."

"It's not very expensive — I think the price is fair."

"I believe the basic license comes with six terabytes, whereas a lot of the other ones are four terabytes. From the price point, it seemed a lot better than the comparative models, such as Datto, Barracuda, and some of the others. I believe Barracuda was about $15,000 for four terabytes, and Quest was around $12,000 for six terabytes. Pricing is based on the period. There is just the maintenance fee that you have to pay annually, or you can pay for a three-year or four-year contract. This includes Premier Support."

"Its price is okay. It is reasonable in terms of the way it works."

"When I purchased the change to the license, it was $1,600. I think that was for changing the license. I don't believe that I had to purchase technical support in a while, so I must've bought maybe for five years, but I don't feel there was a huge cost involved in technical support. Its cost was definitely worth it because we've had a fantastic experience with them."

"I don't think the licensing for the product is very expensive."

"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it. They charge us per core and we have a six-core server. It's expensive to pay for maintenance charges. I want to switch to something cheaper."

"Licensing fees are based on the amount of data that you want to store, which is related to how many customers you want to cover."

"The pricing is on the higher end."

"I'm not aware of the exact cost of Quest Rapid Recovery because I'm from the technical team, but in general, the solution is quite competitive cost-wise."

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Performing Arts

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Manufacturing Company

11%

Performing Arts

10%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

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Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The pricing of Dell Data Protection Advisor is very competitive among other vendors, and the license model is more economical than other vendor products.

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What needs improvement with Dell Data Protection Advisor?

Dell Data Protection Advisor is somewhat complicated, but this depends on the software limitations. However, you can scale it if you work on the virtualization platform. There are no limitations re...

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What do you like most about Quest Rapid Recovery?

The most valuable feature of Quest Rapid Recovery for our organization is the VM recovery functionality.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest Rapid Recovery?

Dell solutions are approximately 30% to 35% more expensive than Veeam.

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What needs improvement with Quest Rapid Recovery?

The product is expensive.

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Also Known As

DPA

Dell AppAssure

Overview

Effectively managing your data protection environment can be labor intensive and complex. It requires knowledge of backup applications, replication technologies, and the entire supporting infrastructure, yet it is critical in keeping your data secure.

With Dell Data Protection Advisor, you can automate and centralize the collection, monitoring and reporting of this data and get a single, comprehensive view of your environment, no matter where your data resides. This includes monitoring data on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

With clear visibility, you can gain actionable insight and effectively manage service levels while reducing costs and complexity. You can also collect and report on that data to help other stakeholders make the best decisions for your organization.

Data Protection Advisor is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

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Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] provides easy-to-use backup and recovery capabilities, emphasizing granular recovery and point-in-time restoration with simple installation, data replication, and user-friendly navigation.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] helps manage infrastructure environments with features supporting disk backup, archiving, VM standby, and replication. Despite limitations like sluggish GUI, lack of support for tape and Mac, and high memory use, users appreciate its real-time data replication and strong reliability. The tool is employed in on-prem deployments and aids in disaster recovery, protecting data across cloud and on-premise servers, securing databases, and facilitating quick recovery during failures.

What are Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]'s key features?

Ease of Use: Simplifies operations with a user-friendly interface.
Granular Recovery: Allows detailed data retrieval.
Point-in-Time Restoration: Enables specific time data recovery.
Real-time Replication: Ensures up-to-date data replication.
Compression and Deduplication: Streamlines data management.

What benefits can users expect from Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]?

Improved Storage Efficiency: Enhanced by archiving and disk backup support.
Flexibility: Utilizing VM standby and replication features.
Reliability: Offers fast emergency recovery with minimal admin burden.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] is integral for industries requiring robust data protection, encompassing crucial server and database backups in compliance-focused environments with SQL databases and Hyper-V hosts, ensuring swift and dependable recovery solutions.

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