

Veritas NetBackup and NetApp SnapCenter are enterprise backup solutions with distinct strengths. Veritas NetBackup is recognized for its robust performance universally, while NetApp SnapCenter demonstrates advantages in simplicity and integration within NetApp ecosystems, making it superior for environments heavily invested in NetApp infrastructure.
Features: Veritas NetBackup is praised for its comprehensive and reliable features, including extensive support for different platforms, scalability, and robust compatibility. NetApp SnapCenter receives positive feedback for its seamless integration with NetApp storage systems, ease of use in automating backup and recovery tasks, and straightforward management.
Room for Improvement: Users indicate that Veritas NetBackup could improve its setup process, reduce resource consumption, and optimize performance speed. NetApp SnapCenter users suggest enhancements in broader platform support, flexibility in managing diverse environments, and more extensive automation capabilities.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Veritas NetBackup is noted for a straightforward deployment process, though it can be resource-intensive; its customer service is responsive and knowledgeable. NetApp SnapCenter is favored for its seamless deployment, particularly in NetApp environments, along with reliable customer support and efficient service.
Pricing and ROI: Veritas NetBackup users highlight higher initial setup costs but recognize long-term ROI due to its robust capabilities. NetApp SnapCenter is considered more cost-effective upfront with favorable ROI in NetApp-centric setups and lower initial investment requirements.
It is suitable for our nature of business because data is very critical, and we cannot compromise on backup.
The support from NetApp is very good, and I would rate it as ten points.
The technical support from NetApp is excellent.
The support from Veritas NetBackup is very good.
The size of the catalog was an issue, but it was more about outgrowing our own architecture than a problem with Veritas NetBackup itself.
Even though we have used multiple products in the private cloud, with NetApp, we haven't found any glitches.
Veritas NetBackup performs well in terms of stability.
In the last 10 years, I have never faced a single incident regarding stability with Veritas NetBackup.
It should be more user-friendly and easier for customers to use.
Veritas NetBackup needs improvement in terms of integration with the cloud.
We would really appreciate if Veritas offers products by which we can secure our backups against these ransomware attacks.
The product should be free because it is just software to administrate systems purchased from NetApp, which are already expensive.
The product is very stable and easy to install, which saves a significant amount of time during deployment.
Role-based access control and multi-factor authentication are security features available in NetApp SnapCenter.
Although we do not utilize its deduplication technology or cloud integration, we can trigger storage actions with NetBackup.
| Product | Market Share (%) |
|---|---|
| Veritas NetBackup | 2.7% |
| NetApp SnapCenter | 0.7% |
| Other | 96.6% |


| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 8 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 12 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 32 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 21 |
| Large Enterprise | 65 |
Unified, scalable platform for application-consistent data protection and clone management. This software simplifies backup, restore, and clone lifecycle management with application-integrated workflows.
Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise-grade backup and recovery software solution. NetBackup securely restores and backs up files, raw partitions, and directories on a server known as a media server. A server protected by NetBackup is referred to as a NetBackup client. During the backup process, the NetBackup client sends the data through the network to the NetBackup media server, which chooses the appropriate storage media as the backup point.
Veritas NetBackup is a trusted enterprise backup solution that integrates with many of today’s popular databases, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Linux, Unix, and Microsoft operating systems. The solution is able to backup data to tape, disc, and public clouds and keeps the popular Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors safe and secure.
Veritas NetBackup Features
Reviews from Real Users
Mahdi B., Solution Architect and IT Consultant at Merdasco - Rayan Merdas Data Processing, says, “Veritas integrates well with the cloud, all databases, all operating systems, all hardware, and all software. Veritas also has solid malware and ransomware protection features. From time to time, we face a new kind of attack, and Veritas has always proven to be the best protection solution for some of my customers. Our customers who have faced ransomware attacks were able to recover their data in less than one day without any stress. Veritas is ransomware resilient and because of its implementation, it is not dependent on the operating system to work. Most of the functions of the Veritas software are isolated from the operating system and it's not dependent on the operating systems involved. This is very important. When some of our operating systems are infected by a virus, Veritas still works perfectly and protects our data. This feature is very well implemented in Veritas NetBackup.”
A PeerSpot user who is a General Manager at a comms service provider relates, “Veritas enterprise has many agents who perform the backup, whether it is a consistent backup or recorded backup. The solution has everything from the snapshot to the multiple database agents.”
Mir-Ali, Infrastructure Manager - Oracle SCM at a financial services firm, shares, “It covers all kinds of different architectures. Plus, it's very user-friendly and it is very reliable. Reliability is the most important thing because once the backup is done, if it is successful, then we're sure that it was successful and we will be able to restore it.”
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