Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs MSP360 Backup comparison

Dell Technologies and MSP360 are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #43 with an average rating of 8.0, while MSP360 is ranked #58. Dell Technologies holds a 0.7% mindshare in BRS, compared to MSP360’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of MSP360 users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

MSP360 Backup and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) are competitive data protection solutions. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) seems to have the upper hand with its advanced features, appealing to enterprises with robust needs.

Features: Users highlight MSP360 Backup for its simplicity and flexible cloud backup options. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) receives praise for its extensive range of integrated data protection capabilities and comprehensive security. MSP360 Backup offers straightforward backup processes, but Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) delivers a more holistic and secure approach, appealing to enterprises with robust needs.

Room for Improvement: Users suggest MSP360 Backup could enhance its reporting features and user accessibility. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) has requests for better integration with third-party tools and streamlined updates. While MSP360 is suggested to focus on usability enhancements, Dell PowerProtect should work on expanding integration options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: MSP360 Backup is praised for its easy setup process and responsive support team. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is noted for a more complex deployment but with excellent customer service to assist through the process. MSP360 appeals to those needing a swift setup, whereas Dell's service is beneficial for more intensive installations.

Pricing and ROI: MSP360 Backup is recognized for its cost-effectiveness and delivering good ROI, especially for small to medium businesses. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), despite its higher cost, is viewed as providing substantial value through long-term ROI due to its advanced features. Users find MSP360 attractive for upfront savings, whereas Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is justified in its cost for the comprehensive protection it offers.

To learn more, read our detailed Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) vs. MSP360 Backup Report (Updated: March 2026).

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

43rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

MSP360 Backup

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

58th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (47th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (33rd), MSP Backup (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MSP360 Backup is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)	0.7%
MSP360 Backup	0.9%
Other	98.4%

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Pranav Telang

Lead Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Integrated backup platform has simplified upgrades and centralized management for enterprise sites

You cannot integrate with any other third-party solution or your Data Domain since it is very tightly coupled and has limited licenses with respect to capacity that are integrated directly with Avamar. Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) solutions are usually costly. When it is virtualized or comes with additional licenses and additional hardware, the cost increases. The pricing is defined by what kind of performance you are looking for, so based on that, you have to decide what type of disk you need. Scalability is based on how much capacity you have or what slots are available. After that, you have to include the DAEs and capacities. Again, you have to purchase an additional license for Data Domain if you are increasing the capacity.

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CONRAD FORREST

President at MTS Consulting Group, Inc.

The solution provides the ability to backup all types of cloud drives, is inexpensive, and has decent support

MSP360 Backup provides the backup functionality, but we need to provide the storage component. We can use Azure, AWS, or another provider, but we need to choose the storage provider and create a bucket to store our data. The vendor is making changes to improve the functionality of the service and the separation of storage, but I would like to see more integration and a knowledge base of the tool. Currently trying to understand why the storage is separated and how to implement the storage properly is a challenge. Using the solution incurs additional charges for the device storage and backup which are not included in the service. Unlike other solutions such as Kohl which includes everything at one price. MSP360 Backup can be improved by adding inclusive pricing.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."

"Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) offers a backup, recovery, and management tool that is very easy to use."

"It is a good, stable product with good reliability and performance."

"The features I appreciate the most about Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) are that it's self-service, simple to use, and has some immutability to protect the data from any tampering."

"Personally, I feel that this is a robust solution and one that I can always recommend."

"In summary, this product is very stable, has the best of Avamar Data Domain, and has good reporting."

"If someone is looking for a very tightly-coupled solution for backup storage and does not want to deal with complicated upgrade processes, and desires easy reporting and a homogeneous solution rather than heterogeneous backup solutions where backup software and storage are different, I believe Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is one of the best options for such customers."

"The solution is strong."

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"The feature that I have found most valuable is its online backup capacity because you don't have to do an entire backup again and again, it just does whatever you type in, you type a, it goes a, you type b, it goes b."

"Provides connectivity to a lot of different cloud storage solutions."

"Block level transfers have significantly reduced the amount of time for transfers over some other solutions"

"I liked the way the product worked, its flexibility on the storage and cost, and the way it was supported."

"Every user of IT infrastructure needs to have a backup, and this is a good solution to implement because it is so easy and straightforward."

"The most valuable feature for me is that I can see what has been successfully backed up and what has not, which is very valuable because you don't have to check the machines, and the second feature is that you can change backup settings in the portal."

"Client-side encryption minimizes worries about data being captured on the back-end."

"MSP360 is vastly cheaper than its competitors and has almost all the same features."

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Cons

"The solution should be easier to use."

"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."

"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."

"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."

"The solution's implementation was very complicated and could be improved."

"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."

"Dell PowerProtect DP needs to include more features and improve backup for a continual base."

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"The product could be more user-friendly."

"The other issue is that I don't like the implementation of the SQL backup."

"The Linux GUI leaves a lot to be desired. It lacks many of the features of the Windows version and is buggy, but it is still usable."

"The main improvement is that it should have GDPR compliance. That's the problematic point."

"They can add some production backup capabilities and the ability to do single instance back up. At the moment, it doesn't do deduplication on the standard backup. So, the issue is backing up PSG files for customers who have limited bandwidth. The other issue is that I don't like the implementation of the SQL backup. We do use SQL ourselves using a PowerShell script with the VDA tools as a module. That's how we back up. The rotation feature would be nice to have, but I know that they've got it on their dashboard or on their list to look at. They can also do a few tweaks to the dashboard. I would like the reporting capabilities on the portal to be much more granular. Normally, I export it to a text file, and then I run it through a pivot table in order to look at it from a cost-recovery point of view and to see when the backup last ran and if it was successful when it ran two or three days ago. Such a feature would work really well for my market. They can also add a cost-effective backup for Android and Apple cellphones. I've had one or two customers who were looking for this feature. I haven't found this functionality at the moment. I've been looking for a product that does that."

"There are some things that we don't like about it. That is why I was exploring alternatives in a hyper-scale environment. That is why I was checking IT Central Station."

"The initial setup is a little complex as it has to be done in the office and requires someone to come in and install the solution on your server, then configure the scheduling, backup pushing, and so on."

"The solution's pricing is very high."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) has a yearly subscription fee."

"We have a perpetual license. It is a capacity-based license."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"I would rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The licensing is billed on a monthly basis. Dell is bundled so that when you order IDPA, you get everything together with the license."

"Pricing is reasonable although can be quite a large upfront cost."

"MSP360 is vastly cheaper than its competitors and has almost all the same features."

"The cost is pretty inexpensive. Around four to five dollars per device, per workstation on each server."

"I rate the price of MSP360 Backup a seven out of ten."

"We have a very good return on investment."

"It includes a standard licensing fee. Once a year, there is a rebranding fee. The licensing costs are available on the internet for MSP360 Backup. There is a discount structure where if you have over 50 devices, you get a 50% discount. So, my cost is $2 a license per month."

"The solution is expensive."

"It provides a good cost savings compared to our previous cloud backup."

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Top Industries

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Government

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Company Size

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	2
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Questions from the Community

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The pricing of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is competitive compared to its peers in the market, and while it can always come down, I still think it's a fair price.

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Also Known As

Dell EMC IDPA, Dell IDPA, EMC IDPA

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Overview

The PowerProtect DP series appliances is the integrated appliance solution from the Dell data protection appliances portfolio.

PowerProtect DP series appliance: Simple, efficient and agile data protection

The DP series is an all-in-one backup appliance that reduces the complexity of managing multiple data silos, point solutions and vendor relationships. The DP series simplifies deployment and management—while delivering powerful, enterprise-grade data protection capabilities for small, mid-size and enterprise organizations at a low cost-to-protect.

It is an integrated solution that offers complete backup, replication, recovery, deduplication, instant access and restore, search & analytics, seamless VMware integration — plus, cloud readiness with disaster recovery (DR) and long-term retention (LTR) to the cloud — all in a single appliance.

With the DP series, customers reduce their time-to-protect and become more agile with a solution that’s fast, protected more efficiently, can be recovered quickly and is reliable.

Simple to deploy, scale and manage

The DP series enables organizations to protect a broad ecosystem of applications quickly with a single system management console, consolidating workload protection, and eliminating infrastructure or data sprawl. The easy-to-use System Manager simplifies backups and automates daily tasks, including monitoring, management, reporting, analytics and search. The DP series delivers all-in-one data protection: protection storage and software, search and advanced monitoring and analytics, combined with cloud extensibility. It offers integration with VMware, SQL and Oracle management tools so that admins can use familiar UIs.

Powerful cloud, performance and efficiency

The DP series can scale to fit the needs of enterprises with the ability to protect up to 195 PB (logical) of data to the public, private or hybrid clouds with Cloud Tier, with no additional hardware.7 Plus, native Cloud DR with end-to-end orchestration allows enterprises to copy backed-up VMs from on-premises DP series environments to the public cloud with AWS, Azure, or VMware Cloud on AWS —3 clicks to failover and 2 clicks to failback.

The DP series provides support for modern applications like MongoDB and MySQL and is optimized for VMware. It provides fast, single-step recovery of individual files, dynamic policies for VMs as well as complete VMware images, which can be instantly accessed and migrated live from the DP series appliance back to the production environment (using vMotion) while still running, further simplifying and optimizing VM recovery. Plus, instantly access up to 64 VMs with up to 60,000 IOPS to meet the strictest SLAs.

Data protection search simplifies file-level-recovery (FLR) activities with an easy-to-use search interface. The DP series is also built on the industry-proven Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA), for encryption, fault detection, and healing.

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MSP360 Backup is a comprehensive data protection solution designed for businesses of all sizes. It offers a wide range of features and capabilities to ensure the safety and security of critical data.

With support for various storage destinations, including local drives, network shares, and cloud storage providers, MSP360 Backup provides flexibility and scalability. It also offers advanced scheduling options, allowing users to automate backups based on specific time intervals or events.

The solution supports both full and incremental backups, minimizing storage requirements and optimizing backup speed. MSP360 Backup also includes built-in encryption and compression, ensuring data privacy and reducing storage costs. Additionally, it offers easy file and folder recovery, allowing users to quickly restore lost or corrupted data.

With its intuitive user interface and robust set of features, MSP360 Backup is a reliable and efficient solution for businesses looking to protect their valuable data.

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