We performed a comparison between Dell NetWorker and Veritas Backup Exec based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The standout feature of Dell NetWorker is its expertise in handling our VMware environment."
"Deduplication is the most valuable feature of this solution."
"It's a good product that can be integrated easily with the Data domain."
"The solution is stable."
"Very user-friendly with a good interface."
"The updated graphical interface is better than it used to be."
"It's easy to use."
"The solution offers compatibility with many types of database systems. It is one of the largest backup solutions. Additionally, it gives important information about data domain systems with deduplication."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"In the global business world, Veritas has a very good name. I think they have a good solid product, and they are always trying to improve it, and update it. ;They know what the client actually needs, and they are up to the challenge of satisfying those needs."
"The ease-of-use in general is great."
"It is a scalable product."
"The implementation is straightforward."
"The usability and interface of the solution are good."
"The product makes it easy to restore data."
"The product is good in a small environment when looking to a backup on a tape."
"The end-user experience is not good."
"It's complex in nature."
"The front end of the solution could improve. The user-friendliness is lacking."
"Reporting and support for this product need to be improved. There are multiple bugs that need to be fixed."
"The configuration is too complex."
"It could be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see encryption included in the next release to encrypt the data that we are backing up."
"Its console UI should be better. It should also have more out-of-the-box reporting functionalities. It should also have easier cloud integration. They have got cloud boost and things like that, but if you want to directly back up to the cloud, I'm not too sure whether you can do it. For example, you can easily send data from Commvault to AWS, Azure, or a container, but it seems to be not so easy in NetWorker."
"The pricing could be improved."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"At the moment, we have a very complex environment. It would take some time to deploy an environment like ours from scratch."
"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"Veritas Backup Exec should be more user-friendly. The costs should also be much lower and it should be easier to go through the disaster recovery process."
"We've experienced some performance issues with Backup Exec. The backup jobs take too long to complete."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"The solution could improve and adapt to new applications in the market so we can integrate Veritas Backup Exec with them to facilitate backup processes within these applications."
Dell NetWorker is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 73 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Dell NetWorker is rated 7.8, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Dell NetWorker writes "A stable tool that has an easy-to-use GUI that enables quick restoration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Dell NetWorker is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell Avamar, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup and Commvault Cloud, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. See our Dell NetWorker vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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