We performed a comparison between Veritas Backup Exec 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."Backup Exec 2012 R2 is a very good product for the Windows file system and SQL backups. It is very user-friendly, but the next version Backup Exec 2014 that is released and the other next versions of Backup Exec product is not so friendly."
"We have never had any problem with storage and backups. It works very well and is a user-friendly solution."
"The most valuable feature of Veritas Backup Exec is the ease of use."
"The interface, dashboard, and pricing are all perfect."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to back up IBM Power virtual servers."
"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"The product's most valuable feature is scalability."
"There are a lot of new features that operate to protect the data from ransomware attacks. They launched the Veritas/Appliances to protect our data. Veritas has been doing its job well."
"The standout feature is its connectivity and robust support. They are easily easy to get hold of, making it convenient for us."
"The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company."
"I can confidently say that I have managed more than 30 or 50 appliances over different time periods, and yet I never had a single hardware failure."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"It’s quite scalable."
"The EDR should be looked at, as the operating system is too weak."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"Something within the software itself isn't quite right. There may be a bug or glitch. It will work fine for weeks and then all of a sudden it just tanks."
"The one thing which could be improved, which we have informed Veritas about, is the ability to plug in to the cloud. Meaning, instead of using local storage if we're backing up a small user or end user, we want to be able to make it so they can direct the backups directly to the cloud. It can't be done at the moment. We can only back up to the storage then replicate to the cloud, but we cannot use the cloud as a source of storage."
"It doesn't support the AIX platform."
"I would like to improve their ability to back up the cloud environment. Additionally, it would be nice to have simpler UI."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"Compared to other vendors, there are features that you will find not included in Veritas."
"NetBackup Appliance's pricing is reasonable, but it could be lower."
"The monitoring could be a bit better."
"We had some problems with the backup of the physical server."
"More licensing options could be introduced to the software. It is currently based on capacity only. Compared to competitors, it is difficult to position it economically everywhere. From the usability point of view, they are making many improvements on new interfaces, the SaaS offering, etc."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"The product should provide more AI and ML features."
"The challenge arose due to a space issue. The issue was related to disk breaks, especially when power cuts occurred. One of the disks would break, leading to a loss of functionality."
"I would like to see support for databases such as MySQL and MongoDB."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Commvault Cloud and Veritas System Recovery, 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 Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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