We performed a comparison between Unitrends and Veritas NetBackup Appliance 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."When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"They have great support."
"Being an appliance-based solution, we were able to migrate backup solutions without having to purchase a lot of hardware separately."
"VM backup is much faster and more reliable, as I can test my backups with Data Copy Access jobs."
"The most valuable feature of Unitrends for me is the automated feedback"
"The ability to diversify jobs within the same server helps break down a large chunk of data into more manageable and concentrated chunks."
"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."
"Unitrends has helped us cut down the time that it takes to restore a server to its original configuration."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"This is a good backup interconversion solution because all the masters and the targets backups are on the same system. It is easy to administrate for a single point of access for clients."
"It’s quite scalable."
"It is easy to use and the performance is good."
"The tool is easy to use, stable, and performs well, but it depends on the environment where it is deployed. It is leaning more toward huge enterprises where it is positioned. It needs to be as easy as others but addresses more complex requirements."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"It has been our go-to product for backup."
"We find the pricing is reasonable."
"The ability to run just differentials without pulling the full on your archive."
"There's a lot that can be made better. For example, it could be more scalable."
"It seems like Unitrends moved away from enterprise customer engagement and moved more towards the managed service provider market."
"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."
"Follow up for the DRaaS service setup. I'm still waiting to schedule a DRaaS test after upgrading several months ago."
"Making the seeding process more accessible and easier to understand. Also, make more of the undocumented best practices easier to find."
"Unitrends can be challenging to scale."
"Techs don't see to be well-versed in troubleshooting issues that arise and tickets stay opened for weeks for resolution."
"Feature-wise, it is quite good, but it is very costly. Its price has gone up quite significantly over the years, and that makes people like us look at alternatives."
"The NetBackup software is based on Red Hat Linux, but we should have multiple software options for that. We should have more OS options. Also, there are too many tools and intermediaries. Everything should be built into an all-in-one solution."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance needs to improve its security. It needs to ensure that it is 100 percent protected against cyberattacks."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and could be lower."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve the configuration, it could be more user-friendly."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"It's hard to get to the backups. There are too many tabs."
"With technical support, it feels like they aren't well trained and it takes forever to get answers out of them."
Unitrends is ranked 44th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Unitrends is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Arcserve UDP, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Veritas NetBackup, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series and HPE StoreOnce. See our Unitrends vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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