We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: When searching for the best Backup and Recovery Software solution, PeerSpot users feel Veeam Backup & Replication is the best choice. Veeam offers great integrations, scales easily, is very easy to use and is very cost-effective. Many users feel Dell Avamar is outdated and requires a significant learning curve, making it a less desirable solution.
"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"The data reduction feature and the ease of enabling a server in a DR location are the most valuable."
"The solution is very stable."
"Client deduplication."
"The most valuable feature of Avamar would have to be the way it works over needing very little bandwidth to move data across a WAN or LAN."
"The performance of Dell EMC Avamar is good."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is definitely very useful and simple to learn, and the restoring processes are very straightforward, making it a very solid product."
"The most valuable features are the backup and restoration of our VMs. Additionally, they add features regularly."
"The instant VM recovery feature is the most valuable. It is a very good tool for disaster recovery. It is also easy to manage."
"One of the standout features of Veeam Backup & Replication is its exceptional restore capability, enabling users to recover their data seamlessly. Another valuable functionality is the automated verification of backup restorations, made possible through the Sure Backup feature. The software boasts numerous other noteworthy features that offer immense value, including the NAS backup feature."
"It helps with process restoration. With Veeam, we never had backup or restoration issues."
"Instant recovery, ease of use, and integrations are some of the valuable features."
"Veeam Backup & Replication is a scalable solution."
"I think the interface is straightforward"
"Dell hasn't done a good job at handling these upgrades, or the way EMC used to handle them."
"Some customers need to back up to tape, but Avamar lacks support, so it costs a lot."
"In my opinion, the user interface and the user friendliness could be improved. The specific thing I have in mind are the graphics, which are not quite user-friendly."
"The solution is not very strong on the Cloud. They should work out how they can use this as a backup as a service."
"The user interface needs to be improved. It's not as good as it could be."
"The initial setup is a bit complex and could be simpler."
"Interfaces need to be improved."
"It would be helpful if there was cloud support."
"Unfortunately, the software only runs on Windows."
"Some support replies for a broken backup task have been "rebuild the job from scratch" and this is a bad thing to do if you have many VMs and repositories."
"It needs to support more applications. In terms of supported applications, Oracle SQL and Office 365 are supported, but I am not sure if it supports Linux-based applications. That's why I'm looking for an alternative. I am currently testing Commvault. The advantage of Commvault is that a lot of applications are supported with it. I am not sure if CIFS is currently supported. It would be nice to have this feature in case it is not already supported"
"Veeam Backup Replication is a bit difficult to use. If you have used other solutions such as Commvault, you will find it is much easier to use. Veeam Backup Replication does backups in a different way that is not as simple as other solutions. Doing backups of SQL Servers is much easier in Commvault. However, the difficulty could be the lack of experience I have had with Veeam Backup Replication."
"The deduplication feature could be improved by changing to global deduplication."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I would like to see a storage application in the next version of the product."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 328 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup and Microsoft DPM. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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