IDERA SQL Safe Backup vs NetApp SnapCenter comparison

IDERA and NetApp are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. IDERA is ranked #78, while NetApp is ranked #48 with an average rating of 7.5. IDERA holds a 0.2% mindshare in BRS, compared to NetApp’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 33% of IDERA users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of NetApp users who would recommend it.

IDERA SQL Safe Backup

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

IDERA SQL Safe Backup and NetApp SnapCenter are backup and recovery solutions. NetApp SnapCenter offers advanced features, giving it an upper hand despite a higher cost.

Features: IDERA SQL Safe Backup has compression, encryption capabilities, and performance optimization. NetApp SnapCenter offers thorough snapshot management, integration with cloud storage, and comprehensive features.

Room for Improvement: IDERA SQL Safe Backup needs scheduling flexibility and reporting enhancements. NetApp SnapCenter needs better integration with non-NetApp storage systems and administrative tool improvements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IDERA SQL Safe Backup has straightforward deployment and responsive customer service. NetApp SnapCenter's deployment can be complex but includes extensive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: IDERA SQL Safe Backup has competitive pricing and good ROI with low initial setup costs. NetApp SnapCenter, while more expensive, provides robust ROI through advanced features and comprehensive data protection.

To learn more, read our detailed IDERA SQL Safe Backup vs. NetApp SnapCenter Report (Updated: July 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

IDERA SQL Safe Backup

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

78th

Average Rating

5.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Event Monitoring (18th)

NetApp SnapCenter

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

48th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of IDERA SQL Safe Backup is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetApp SnapCenter is 0.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Mir Gulzar Ahmed

IT Manager at Synergy Computers

Integrates well with various applications , provides a cloning feature for creating snapshots or clones of volume and a centralized command

It is basically centralized command control software. When the users visualize the workflow of the backup, the management and the customer storage administrator know the ins and outs of the backup and recovery. They can make the strategy for their backup and recovery and the certainty of their backups and restore. Strategic planning: Also, it is easy to make a strategy when you have visualized the inflow and outflow of the backup and recovery. With the CLI or native way, without any UI or management tool, you might not be able to create any strategy at all. This is especially important when you have multiple storage systems inside your data center or organization. You need a tool that connects and visualizes the workflow of the backup and recovery from all the storage systems and NetApp storage systems installed within the organization. It is very important when you have multiple storage systems, and you need to manage your backup and recovery workflow. Ease of Management: Unlike other storage vendors, NetApp has its own product called SnapCenter. Other vendors need to acquire third-party software or integrate with other software to manage storage systems. NetApp has its own solution, which is SnapCenter. NetApp's SnapCenter gels well with their storage systems and products. Ease of management is already there. It's a fine software with easy installation, management, and understanding. It's not a complicated software to understand.

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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

"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."

"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."

"Restoring and cloning are easy to do."

"The simplicity of backup and restore directly with VMware is an advantage and the time to backup and restore is reduced."

"It has greatly improved our DR activity."

"The Exchange plugin is the most valuable because we have a lot of customers that use SnapManager Exchange and have to migrate to SnapCenter."

"It's a centralized, easy-to-use solution empowering RBAC management, monitoring, notifications, extensive logging, and backup schedules for standalone as well as groups of the same types of environments. The cloning capabilities accelerate development."

"The way that it interconnects with VMware is really handy, because you can go right into your vSphere client, where you spend a lot of the day anyway, right-click on one of the VMs where you have backups running for however long, and you can restore either some files or restore the entire thing."

"I like the instant backups and recovery feature that SnapCenter provides within NetApp storage systems."

"It has very fast backup and can handle a huge amount of data. It also enables really fast recovery."

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Cons

"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."

"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."

"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."

"Plugins should be developed in shorter times. Performance generally could be a little bit faster."

"One thing that might be improved is the ease of management."

"The interface usability needs improvement. It should be more user-friendly and easier for customers to use."

"I have an issue with SnapCenter because sometimes a VM cannot be backed up... The way SnapCenter works is that it makes a backup of all the VMs and then it removes all the old backups. If one VM cannot be backed up for some reason, it has already created a new backup for all the VMs but it cannot remove the old backups. It ends up creating so many backups in VMware and it will cause a performance problem if the condition is not fixed."

"The UI, the User Interface, needs to be improved. It's not as clean or modern as it could be."

"I would like to see replication support between systems. Right now, it's kind of limited. We manage them separately from the storage system interface, not from SnapCenter. It would be nice if it was integrated into SnapCenter."

"The tool could be faster."

"We tend to have a lot of Hyper-V... so now we have two management consoles and we would ideally like to leverage SnapCenter to include Hyper-V."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's pricing is a good value. They have a straightforward licensing model."

"It's free. The license is included with other NetApp products."

"We see a financial value with SnapCenter because we don't have to license Commvault, which is pretty expensive."

"The licensing is well-designed because it's already included in some packages with NetApp storage. Therefore, for most customers, it's okay as the SnapCenter license is already included in some NetApp bundles."

"We have a site license, so it comes with the product."

"The product is inexpensive."

"Pricing is very good because if you already have NepApp controllers, then it's included."

"It comes free with the amount of equipment we purchase from NetApp. In terms of pricing, zero is my favorite number."

"The license for SnapCenter was included with the storage array."

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What do you like most about NetApp SnapCenter?

Most banks and financial institutions use the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for NetApp SnapCenter?

The product should be free because it is just software to administrate systems purchased from NetApp, which are already expensive.

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What needs improvement with NetApp SnapCenter?

The interface usability needs improvement. It should be more user-friendly and easier for customers to use.

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Also Known As

SQL Safe Backup

SnapCenter

Overview

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

Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.

NetApp

Sample Customers

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