Dell NetWorker vs IDERA SQL Safe Backup comparison

Dell Technologies and IDERA are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8, while IDERA is ranked #72. Dell Technologies holds a 1.5% mindshare in BRS, compared to IDERA’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 33% of IDERA users who would recommend it.

Dell NetWorker

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90% willing to recommend

IDERA SQL Safe Backup

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882 Comparison Views

33% willing to recommend

Dell NetWorker

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell NetWorker and IDERA SQL Safe Backup are both powerful backup solutions targeting business continuity and data protection. Users seem more satisfied with the comprehensive features and competitive pricing of IDERA SQL Safe Backup, even though Dell NetWorker offers robust capabilities.

Features: Dell NetWorker offers comprehensive data protection, multi-platform support, and automated backup scheduling. IDERA SQL Safe Backup stands out for its advanced compression, encryption, and faster backup times. IDERA appears to have the edge due to its performance and security features.

Room for Improvement: Dell NetWorker users have highlighted the need for a more intuitive configuration process, better documentation, and enhanced customer support. IDERA SQL Safe Backup users have mentioned issues with the reporting tools, the need for improved storage integration, and occasional performance hitches. Both products require enhancements, but IDERA’s challenges seem less critical in daily operations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell NetWorker’s deployment is described as straightforward, but some users report that customer service could be more responsive. IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its quick deployment and excellent customer service. IDERA appears to hold an advantage in both the speed of deployment and the quality of customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Dell NetWorker users appreciate the cost-effectiveness for large-scale deployments but express concerns about hidden costs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup users find value in its pricing model, citing good ROI due to the reduction in storage costs and improved backup efficiency. IDERA’s transparent pricing and perceived value make it a preferred choice.

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Dell NetWorker vs. IDERA SQL Safe Backup

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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:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.0

Dell NetWorker delivers cost savings, enhanced recovery, and efficiency, proving invaluable for business continuity and operational efficiency.

Sentiment score

3.2

IDERA SQL Safe Backup enhances reliability, reduces costs, and minimizes downtime with efficient data recovery and automated management features.

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.1

Dell NetWorker customer service is praised for quick assistance but criticized for delays and variable expertise, especially regionally.

Sentiment score

2.5

IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its responsive and knowledgeable customer service, effective technical support, and comprehensive documentation.

quick responses whenever we log a complaint

Shrikant Teggi

Sr. Area Technical Manager at tata elxsi

Technical support from Dell is excellent.

AamirIlyas

Solution Architect at Apollo Telecom

I think the support provided by Dell is good when compared to other vendors, so I have a positive view of it.

RaedHassan

Senior Specialist Backup/Storage at National Bank of Kuwait

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.8

Dell NetWorker offers scalability but faces challenges in VMware connections, storage, licensing, and large-scale stability for some users.

Sentiment score

5.0

IDERA SQL Safe Backup is efficient, reliable, easy to integrate, customizable, and offers automated processes with a user-friendly dashboard.

While the solution is scalable, the cost involved in upgrading or enhancing the solution can be significant.

AamirIlyas

Solution Architect at Apollo Telecom

It is scalable enough for our environment.

Hassan Amin

System Engineer at NCCPL

Dell NetWorker is very scalable and flexible, deserving a high rating for its scalability.

ErmiasGirma

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.6

Dell NetWorker exhibits stability, rated high by users, improving with updates, while older versions faced occasional challenges.

Sentiment score

5.5

IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its stability, efficient performance, seamless integration, and high reliability with minimal downtime.

In terms of stability, I would say it is about 80% stable now.

RaedHassan

Senior Specialist Backup/Storage at National Bank of Kuwait

The stability of Dell NetWorker is excellent.

Shrikant Teggi

Sr. Area Technical Manager at tata elxsi

Dell NetWorker is stable.

Hassan Amin

System Engineer at NCCPL

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Room For Improvement

Dell NetWorker users seek improved interfaces, cloud integration, and security, citing deployment challenges and a need for modern enhancements.

IDERA SQL Safe Backup needs improved support, documentation, setup, performance, customizable reporting, and more stable updates.

It is complex, and compared to solutions like Tivoli, Veritas, Veeam, and others, its look and feel are not up to par.

AamirIlyas

Solution Architect at Apollo Telecom

The interface on the Java application makes it difficult, whereas the web interface is simple to use.

ErmiasGirma

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Safaricom Ethiopia plc

To connect to a server, it's necessary to install a client on the server, which is challenging.

Hassan Amin

System Engineer at NCCPL

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Setup Cost

Dell NetWorker offers complex licensing, with varied pricing; included in bundles, often costly but comprehensive and flexible for sectors.

<p>IDERA SQL Safe Backup provides flexible pricing, positive feedback for value, and extensive features to reduce backup time and storage.</p>

The licensing cost is somewhat expensive.

Shrikant Teggi

Sr. Area Technical Manager at tata elxsi

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Valuable Features

Dell NetWorker provides robust backup solutions with automation, deduplication, scalability, and wide compatibility for various environments and systems.

IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its compression, encryption, ease of use, centralized management, automation, detailed reporting, and monitoring.

The new deduplication feature helps significantly with data compression and saves disk space by using pointers for repeated data, improving backup speed.

Shrikant Teggi

Sr. Area Technical Manager at tata elxsi

The most useful features of Dell NetWorker for me are its support for all platforms, allowing me to take backups of Oracle, SQL, and AS/400, so it is flexible.

RaedHassan

Senior Specialist Backup/Storage at National Bank of Kuwait

I find NetWorker valuable for its wide range of automation features, including replication and data processing systems.

AamirIlyas

Solution Architect at Apollo Telecom

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Categories and Ranking

Dell NetWorker

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IDERA SQL Safe Backup

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

72nd

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (19th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell NetWorker is 1.5%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA SQL Safe Backup is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell NetWorker	1.5%
IDERA SQL Safe Backup	0.6%
Other	97.9%

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RaedHassan

Senior Specialist Backup/Storage at National Bank of Kuwait

Has supported flexible multi-platform backups and improved over time

Regarding the effectiveness of Dell NetWorker in terms of role-based access controls, I have experience with it, but I find it somewhat lacking in flexibility as it offers limited features, and I would rate it around seven out of ten. It is not that there is something wrong with the role-based access controls in Dell NetWorker, but it lacks many permissions or roles to assign, providing options only for administrator or user. To improve Dell NetWorker for the next release, I recommend enhancing flexibility in the policy, allowing selection of multiple options within the same policy, and addressing issues like the DNS lookup dependency to make it more controllable from Dell NetWorker itself rather than relying on other applications. Looking forward, I would like to see improved policy features and a more enhanced GUI, as it is still slow.

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SeniorDB3550

Senior DBA Lead at a government with 10,001+ employees

It has reduced our backup time, however backups do get skipped

I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client. They moved a lot of the features to their web-based version of it. Because of the large number of databases that we have along with our backup, their web product can't handle it. So, we can't use it. So, we are missing out on a lot of the new features. The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection. Unless you can remember day-to-day that you may have something deselected or selected, your view may be different than you expect, and there is no visual indication of it.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	33
Large Enterprise	38

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Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

NetWorker

SQL Safe Backup

Overview

Built on a reputation of efficiency and reliability, thousands of customers trust Dell NetWorker to protect their data and applications across multiple environments, from core to edge to cloud.

Inherently flexible, NetWorker helps you deploy and leverage the data protection that fits your needs. NetWorker protects both physical and virtual environments, including VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as cloud workloads on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

NetWorker is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. NetWorker is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

Dell Technologies

SQL Safe Backup helps database administrators to back up and recover instantly across SQL Servers. Unlike its competition, it provides virtual databases with access to back up files without consuming disk space, instant restore, centralized management across SQL Servers, and alert notifications for success and failure of operations.

IDERA

Sample Customers

Republic Bank, Westgate Resorts, Macquire Cloud Services, Shriners, Panatonni, Qatar Islamic Bank, Eurosport

Woman's Hospital; Sisters of Mercy Hospital System; University Medical Center; MetTel; PPG Industries; 3M; Abbott Laboratories; Comcast; Daimler; GameStop; Hormel Foods; Marriott International; Merck; NCR; United Technologies; City of Lynnwood; Linfosys B.V.; TRI-KES; American Customer Care; Merck & Co., Inc.; Service Corporation International; Fresenius Vascular Care Inc.; Bates White; TechPro Inc.; TW Metals, Inc.; Tulane University; ISO Group; Ameriben Solutions; Instron Corporation; Sentric, Inc.; SPIE; GAS Distribution Company of Thessaloniki and Thessaly SA; American Printing House for the Blind; Paysafe; Freeman Decorating Services, Inc.; Sentric, Inc.; Auburn University; Corporate Communications Group; Sagicor Financial Corporation; Crystal Run Healthcare; Principality Building Society; Experiencias Xcaret; Missoula County; Shellpoint Partners LLC; Solix Inc.; Advicent Solutions, Inc.; Phoenix Newspaper Inc.; Park Place Technologies; Kelly & Associates Insurance Group; Boston Medical Center; Service Corporation International; eResearchTechnology, Inc.

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