OpenText Data Protector vs Oracle Data Guard comparison

OpenText and Oracle are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. OpenText is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #16 with an average rating of 9.3. OpenText holds a 0.7% mindshare in BRS, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

OpenText Data Protector

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80% willing to recommend

Oracle Data Guard

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

OpenText Data Protector and Oracle Data Guard are two competing data protection solutions, each with distinct advantages. Oracle Data Guard stands out due to its advanced features, making it preferable for robust, enterprise-level solutions.

Features: OpenText Data Protector is praised for comprehensive backup and recovery options, ease of integration with various environments, and strong customer support. Oracle Data Guard offers high availability, data integrity, and disaster recovery capabilities.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Data Protector users have indicated a need for better reporting functionalities, smoother upgrades, and enhanced automation. Oracle Data Guard users suggest enhancements in automation capabilities, more intuitive configuration processes, and better integration with non-Oracle databases.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Data Protector has a straightforward deployment process and is noted for its responsive customer service. Oracle Data Guard's deployment is more complex, requiring specialized knowledge, but its detailed documentation and effective support help mitigate challenges.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Data Protector is recognized for its competitive pricing and good return on investment, especially for small to mid-sized businesses. Oracle Data Guard, while more expensive, offers substantial ROI for enterprises needing high availability and robust disaster recovery capabilities, justifying the higher initial setup cost for larger organizations.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Data Protector

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

22nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Data Guard

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

16th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of OpenText Data Protector is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Data Guard is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Jeroen Vranckaerts

System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

Though a highly stable tool, it needs to be made easier to use and configure

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten. OpenText Data Protector is complex to configure correctly, but the areas concerning the data and compression are good. Once you get the product to work, it works, but it's much too complex to configure and troubleshoot, as it takes a lot of time and energy, making it not so efficient. Once the tool is configured in your environment, it provides good backup and compression features. In my company, we use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our servers, and we have a team of 20 people to take care of the data backup using the tool. My company doesn't use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our client's computers. In my company, we have scheduled the process related to backup, which makes the tool run daily around 30 to 40 times.

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Azhagupandi Parthiban

Vice President Of Technology at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Offers near-real-time replication for data consistency and continuously introducing new features through upgrades

There are various advantages. First of all, easy to deploy. The only difficult part is the cost factor, licensing. In other ways, the implementation is very, very important. Like, we have not encountered any major challenges with replication. We were able to achieve near-real-time replication. Also, with the switchover failover, we were not getting any technical issues. It's a pretty stable product. Once you configure it, it goes through the rollback, and then Data Guard introduces this snapshot thing. So once the restoration happens, we can go back to the original thing, and we make that a standard. It's a pretty decent and key function for Oracle. So, enterprise organizations go for Oracle only for features like these.

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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

"Deduplication implementation with CAPA is very good."

"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."

"The initial setup was relatively easy."

"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."

"The most valuable features of this solution were the features we worked most with which were telemetry, and the scheduler."

"It's supports Unix, Linux, all of the OS's. It's very stable software."

"It is very easy to use and the interaction with various systems is very handy."

"The tool's most valuable aspect is its ease of management. It was not complex. In terms of features, I can mention a couple of things. For example, if you need to restore a VM, you can do it with multiple streams in OpenText Data Protector, which is an advantage over Commvault, from what I've noticed, having worked with multiple tools. Another thing is the Oracle backups; configuring Oracle backups is much easier in OpenText Data Protector."

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"The most valuable aspect for me is undoubtedly the failover capability and the assurance of data safety provided by Oracle Data Guard."

"Technical support is very good. If at any time we write a ticket, we get the appropriate answer on time."

"It's a very good solution if you want to protect your data across two data centers, or you have a middle man or many administrators who use these solutions for protecting their data. It's very reliable compared to other solutions that are most often not storage-based."

"One of the most valuable features is real-time replication. The version we're using is reliable and easy to deploy."

"The solution has been stable so far."

"You can see how the logs are applied, check the apply time, and how far behind the standby is at any given time."

"Snapshot and Data Guard Manager are awesome features."

"We chose this solution for the availability of the databases. We can't afford Oracle Grid, this is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive."

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Cons

"VMware backup integration and cloud recovery is lacking."

"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."

"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."

"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."

"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."

"The new backup systems are using new mechanisms for the recovery phases; for example, VM, recovery and testing the backup before recovering it. These features are not available in Data Protector."

"We have a lot of requests for the Micro Focus team, particularly in terms of the Japanese data pattern, as it's not as good now. The Japanese data pattern accuracy of the Micro Focus Data Protector needs to be improved because there are a lot of false negatives and false positives. We are currently testing this and our product team has been communicating with the Micro Focus team."

"Many of our users complain about the GUI. You still need to rely on the command line interface. Because it originated as a Unix system, Data Protector is still a command line-driven solution, which makes it seem rather dated compared to systems that are built around a GUI from day one. It doesn't affect the functionality, but some people don't find it user-friendly."

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"Oracle could be improved by the ability to manage it on the cloud. This on-premises version is secure and reliable, but I'm sure that they will soon provide a cloud solution that will be even better. In one to two years, we will probably move to the cloud—we have already moved to the cloud with Microsoft Exchange, but our databases are still on-premises. I would prefer managing a cloud version of Oracle."

"When the data replicates into the standby database there is a possibility of having a microsecond amount of data loss. The data loss occurs when there is a network disconnection between the primary and secondary standby database located in the data centers or if there is a crash in the primary database."

"The IP implementation and maintenance are a little bit hard to manage across Oracle solutions, including Oracle Data Guard."

"For Italian medium-sized companies, the main challenge lies in the cost associated with licenses."

"Overall, there are some operational issues that need to be dealt with."

"The initial setup is complex."

"It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs."

"One thing that can be improved is the GUI. It would be good to have a very nice GUI to easily configure and administer, providing different presentations to the database administrator. The feature that can be included is the integration with third-party monitoring systems, that is, monitoring systems from other vendors, not only from Oracle."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is around $3,000 to $5,000. The charge additionally for support and to scale."

"The license for the solution is very expensive compared to the other products in the market."

"It is fast, reliable, and its licensing policy is great."

"The licensing cost is too high."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor very cheap."

"Pricing for Micro Focus Data Protector is reasonable."

"It is more affordable compared to other vendors."

"In Data Protector, if you need extra features, you need to buy the agents for these features. Some of the features are Terabytes, some of them are agents. There's some complexity in the pricing and licensing."

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"It's a cost-effective solution."

"The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle."

"The licensing cost is significantly high."

"The cost is expensive."

"It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product."

"Oracle Data Guard is a feature available only in Oracle Database Enterprise Edition, and is available for extra cost."

"This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid."

"If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus Data Protector?

I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Data Protector?

The solution is expensive as it requires purchasing all features without the option to negotiate based on client numbers, unlike Veeam which offers flexibility in pricing.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector is not user-friendly, especially for cloud backup. It lacks functions and facilities compared to Veeam, which offers more user-friendliness for virtual machine backups. Ther...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

Ik fluister:VM Host Oracle en DataGuard hebben we per toeval vervangen door Zerto :-) tijdens de Zerto implementatie en VPG werden de Host Data in write-ack Block-Level gerepliceerd. Qua licentie 1...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

It is a very useful administrative IT tool. It saves on costs. I strongly recommend Data Guard. I've been using it for eight years and I would strongly recommend it. I'd rate Oracle Data Guard a se...

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What advice do you have for others considering Oracle Data Guard?

We're Oracle partners. We've worked with databases 11G and 12C. If a company is planning to implement Oracle solutions, I would suggest they also implement Data Guard. I'd rate the solution nine ou...

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Also Known As

Micro Focus Data Protector, Data Protector, OmniBack, HPE Data Protector

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Overview

OpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.

OpenText

Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.

Oracle

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