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Dell Data Protection Advisor vs Veeam Data Platform vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell Data Protection Advisor is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veeam Data Platform is 15.6%, down from 20.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup is 3.5%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

ErmiasGirma - PeerSpot reviewer
Proactive support with predictive insights and seamless integration
As a system engineer, I am deploying Dell Data Protection Advisor solutions, especially in the areas of protection like Avamar, NetWorker, and Data Domain. Our team has deployed these solutions for three organizations in Africa and India Dell Data Protection Advisor provides proactive support by…
Edward Hore - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with good support but needs a better navigation menu
We use Veeam Data to back up our VMware infrastructure Veeam Data Platform is valuable for its stability and the ability to easily contact support for assistance. The support team provides answers whenever we need them. It is also one of the most scalable backup solutions I've worked with. The…
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
A mature backup solution, with many features, and great support
Veritas NetBackup is the first line of defense when disaster strikes. Before performing disaster recovery, we must have a good backup of our image that is also protected from ransomware. This way, we have a golden image that is resilient to ransomware attacks. We saw the benefits of Veritas NetBackup within the first three months.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."
"I have never found any glitch in any Dell solution to date."
"The deduplication is probably the most valuable feature of that requirement."
"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 generates very detailed reports, which makes things easier when it comes to IT auditing."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the compression and the duplication."
"The product's ability to give predictions and advice on how to protect data is incredible."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment typically takes about one hour. You just need one person to handle the deployment process."
"Initially setting up the product is easy."
"The feature that we have found most valuable is its traffic plan. The traffic plan is very good."
"I like all of Veeam's features, but the most important ones are the tape backups and replication. Those are the two options available for us, and it's enough for our needs."
"One of the most valuable features is the incremental backup. It is, of course, perfect because you have a lot of restore points, but you don't need all the space. The stability is also perfect."
"I think Veeam ONE is a good product to supervise and monitor infrastructure and for backup purposes."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its backup feature."
"The most important part is that you actually know you have a backup of the whole virtual server."
"With Replication, Veeam allows us to have a duplicated VM on standby."
"NetBackup is highly stable. We have more than 1,800 policies that run every day."
"Ease of installing, configuring, upgrading, and troubleshooting."
"If you are running on a legacy tape environment NetBackup is best."
"I think the support is fine. We haven't had issues with it."
"Logs are very easy to read, parse, and use for diagnostics."
"It provides us with the versatility to back up everything we require which eliminates the need for a secondary backup solution."
"I like the cross-platform features."
"The feature that is most useful for us is that it backs up every application that we own."
 

Cons

"They should empower their customers with the ability to upgrade this solution as long as it's in the same major release."
"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."
"The stability of the solution needs improvement for stand alone users."
"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."
"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."
"Some minor adjustments could be made regarding the graphical interface and customization options."
"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."
"It's a bit difficult for first-time users."
"Veeam Backup & Replication should include a cloud solution."
"The deduplication feature could be improved by changing to global deduplication."
"The solution could improve by having more user-friendly dashboards."
"I would like to see the replication and a recovery plan of the servers in the cloud. It's very important."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It could be simpler to use."
"OpenStack is something Veeam Data Platform doesn't support, and they haven't indicated that they will support it in the future."
"Recovery speed is slow. Full recovery on large machines (1TB+) takes too long"
"The direct SAN backup integration can be perfected by improving the snapshot removal mechanism and process from the storage volumes."
"We would like the Java console to be updated."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Like the other enterprise solutions, Veritas NetBackup isn't easy to implement. It's a little bit hard compared to other solutions like Data Protector for HPE. You have to struggle to learn a lot of features that Veritas NetBackup offers to customers."
"NetBackup's reporting features are a little poor."
"I would like to have support enabled for cloud backups."
"I would advise not to use this tool. I think between the licensing issues and the older solution mentality it is not a great solution."
"We have issues reaching them during some hours, and we need to escalate through several levels to get a resolution. Sometimes tickets stay open for days."
"The interface should be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"The product is affordable."
"If the customer has huge lineup of Dell Products then they receive discount on the pricing."
"The product pricing has been satisfactory, particularly with the economy of scale in our agreement."
"It's not very expensive — I think the price is fair."
"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."
"For pricing, I would rate Dell 2 out of 5. It's affordable."
"We pay yearly licensing fees for Veeam in our data centers where we're using disaster recovery and replication between our many solutions, especially cloud solutions. From the beginning, we've done our licensing from a separate channel through our data center team in Seattle."
"The product is expensive for small businesses."
"The solution's pricing is cheap."
"The product is expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"For now, I think the pricing of Veeam ONE is quite okay for any of the infrastructures, especially for those who want a backup system and a tool that provides monitoring services."
"The solution is expensive, but it's value for money."
"The product is not that expensive."
"Pricing is pretty costly as compared to the other products but worth investing for the long term and high ROI."
"There is a license required for this solution and it is priced based upon the data used."
"Pricing is good, under our budget, and flexible."
"In terms of cost, it's not very good."
"Acceptable if you need to implement it for larger environments, e.g. over 1000 clients. For smaller setups it might be too expensive."
"It is reasonably priced."
"Veritas NetBackup is very expensive, and I think price is the main reason which some customers don't want to use this solution."
"When we consider the quality and value of Veritas NetBackup, it is worth the cost."
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Comparison Review

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Nov 9, 2014
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
 

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Small Business
 

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Data Protection Advisor?
The product pricing has been satisfactory, particularly with the economy of scale in our agreement.
What needs improvement with Dell Data Protection Advisor?
The product could be improved by addressing intermittent collector failures affecting status reports' accuracy. Addit...
Major Differences Between These 4 Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions?
Comparing the features of the four is not the right approach. You need to develop a list of requirements for backup ...
How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file syste...
How does Nakivo compare with Veeam Backup & Replication?
Nakivo is my favorite backup software. Below are the main benefits of Nakivo compared to Veeam 1. Low cost. 2. Backup...
What is the best next generation backup tool?
Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both tra...
What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?
The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achi...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?
The product is cost-effective, and I would rate its pricing as an eight out of ten. The pricing model is based on the...
 

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