We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Symantec Data Loss Prevention 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."Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The initial setup was relatively easy."
"What we find most valuable in Micro Focus Data Protector is that it provides Japanese data protection, for example, it protects information such as the full Japanese name, address, etc."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The command-line interface is user-friendly and well documented in the reference guide."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"The stability of the product seems to be quite good."
"Users like the product because of its simplicity and the rate of detection."
"The solution is simple to use with good administrative controls and a console that is easy to understand."
"There's only one policy needed to implement for all channels."
"DLP's most valuable feature is that it's more granular in terms of creating block-based policies, which gives you more options to create policies in a filtered way."
"We find the product is easy to manage and maintain."
"The product is very stable."
"The incident response options and reporting features are particularly strong, with the inclusion of Incident Classification Assessment (ICA) for integrated reporting."
"All of the features are really important, including DLP for the OCR and endpoint. It will be all of the combined features that will give you the strength to control the data. Every feature has its own uniqueness, different control and will help you to protect the data."
"I do not think that this solution is relevant in the current IT market. They have not upgraded their features and functionalities which makes it difficult for them to remain competitive."
"VMware backup integration and cloud recovery is lacking."
"This solution is not scalable."
"The graphical interface needs to be improved."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"Micro Focus are improving Data Protector with every new version and since we began undergoing training with the latest version we have not faced any real challenges yet. However, their support does need to be improved, in my opinion. In certain critical cases that we've had, they did not provide a satisfactory level of support."
"The technical support was very slow."
"In SAP restoration, we faced issues with changing the SIDs and changing the path for every backup object. It is quite a lengthy process to do that."
"The deployment is complex."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"I would like for the administrator management interface to improve. It's kind of old and slow. Updating it would make this solution better."
"The enforce service is difficult to understand, and free courses made available on the internet would be useful."
"The upgrade process is convoluted. The server and database software must run in line with third-party providers like the Oracle database. If an Oracle database reaches the end of its life, then servers must be decommissioned, and you need to bring new servers online. When the maintenance packages are deployed to the management server, they don't get pushed to the detection servers. Each detection server must be manually installed rather than automatically made from a single server. If it's a large enterprise, you need to manually install it or use a GPO or some other technology, which I never use."
"That fine tuning has to be done for the customer as well as the vendor. So if I take Symantec DLP, we have to have some final fine tuning but we may need some time developing this depending on the customer. This is an area where something can be done to improve the product."
"This product is very powerful but it is very complex, so making it simpler to use would be an improvement."
"Since being acquired by Broadcom, the support has really degraded for small and medium enterprises."
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OpenText Data Protector is ranked 23rd in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, CoSoSys Endpoint Protector and Amazon Macie. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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