We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Unitrends 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."Ability to automatically detect and secure new data sources without requiring manual configuration intervention."
"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 file system backup (by far, the most used) is the most valuable feature."
"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The stability of the product seems to be quite good."
"The simple and fast restore routine."
"Replication to Forever Cloud."
"When we talk about a backup point of view, from a backup perspective, it's a good one."
"It is very easy to set up and get started. Almost too easy. We racked this device and had it up and running in less than 15 minutes."
"The backup feature and recovery option are good because they allow the instant recovery of Hyper-V nodes and files."
"It is an easy system to use. The support, if needed, is always willing to help."
"I like the fact that you can recover the VMs inside the appliance. For example, they're basically running this appliance on a Linux-based distribution, and they're spinning off KVM virtual machines inside."
"It is a quick and easy way to organize my backups and to keep track of them."
"The technical support was very slow."
"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."
"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."
"I'm uncertain if it supports virtual machine backup and restoration. If they could enhance this aspect, they could gain more support from end users."
"It would be ideal if they could improve their level of support."
"The interface has been the same for many years and needs to be updated"
"If you compare the solution with the same specific features and enhancements on another solution, Data Protector is expensive. This is especially true when compared to, for example, Veeam."
"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."
"The amount of updates which are being released. Updates should be limited to two or three a year, focusing more on quality instead of a rushed bug release."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"If the interface could be less complex, it is would be great."
"Support is great for small simple issues, but anything more difficult, it is hard to get good resolutions without having to badger them and their management."
"Unitrends can be challenging to scale."
"No appliance update notifications."
"The solution's base operating system needs to be improved."
"There are some questions as to how safely they are storing backup data."
OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 99 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 44th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Unitrends is rated 7.8. 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 Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Symantec Data Loss Prevention, whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Arcserve UDP. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Unitrends report.
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