Dell PowerProtect Data Manager and Synology DSM are both powerful data management solutions. Users generally prefer Dell PowerProtect Data Manager for its pricing and support, while Synology DSM is favored for its features and deployment ease.
Features: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager offers robust backup capabilities, comprehensive data protection, and efficient performance. Synology DSM is noted for its versatility, user-friendly design, and feature-rich environment, including extensive app support. Users find Synology DSM to provide more valuable features that enhance daily operations.
Room for Improvement: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager could benefit from a more intuitive management console, better integration options, and refinements in usability. Enhancing Synology DSM’s scalability, advanced security features, and expanding its capabilities would improve its overall experience.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is praised for its straightforward deployment process and comprehensive customer support. Synology DSM, also easy to deploy, shines with its detailed documentation and community support, providing an enriched support ecosystem that many users find beneficial.
Pricing and ROI: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is considered cost-effective with a quick ROI due to its competitive pricing and strong support services. Synology DSM, while slightly more expensive, offers significant ROI through its extensive features and reliability. Users feel that despite the higher initial cost, Synology DSM delivers greater overall value.
PowerProtect Data Manager offers efficient data protection capabilities leveraging the latest evolution of Dell trusted protection storage architecture.
With operational simplicity, agility and flexibility at its core, PowerProtect Data Manager enables the protection, management and recovery of data in on-premises, virtualized and cloud deployments, including protection of in-cloud workloads. You can also protect cloud-native workloads across multiple public clouds via our integrated SaaS based PowerProtect Cloud Snapshot Manager.
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Reviews from Real Users
“We keep an eye on the future, and we are confident that PowerProtect Data Manager and PowerProtect DD series appliances will support our transformation project. Both products are continuously evolving and will cover our future needs, including using the cloud for data protection.” – Dimitris Mavromichalis, IT Deputy Manager at National Bank of Greece
“PowerProtect Data Manager combined with PowerProtect appliances – that’s cutting edge. That’s world leading as far as we’re concerned.” – Drew Hills, Infrastructure Analyst at USC Australia
““Most of my wish list came true with the PowerProtect Data Manager plugin for vSphere, which provides perfect integration with vCenter.” – Dave Chapman, Senior Technician at PSC Publishing
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