We performed a comparison between Veritas NetBackup 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."The solution offers a lot of really great features that organizations can utilize and take advantage of."
"Disaster recovery primarily involves backup usage. We employ it for both backup and recovery purposes. The backup and recovery processes have been executed multiple times, even restoring data from backups created three to four years ago."
"The most valuable features are the VMware VADP backups and the support for data domains."
"The main features of this solution are deduplication, compression, ease of use, simplistic user interface, and compatibility with all the backup service systems."
"The feature that is most useful for us is that it backs up every application that we own."
"This is a product that has been on the market for a while and they have mastered the backup process, especially when backing up to tape, for most environments."
"The most valuable feature from Veritas NetBackup is the data is very easy to backup. It is similar to VMware. They recently introduced a cloud feature that is useful."
"It supports multiple, heterogeneous platforms."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"The solution has a very easy-to-navigate user interface."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"Installing this solution is very simple and takes perhaps five or ten minutes."
"The most valuable feature of the Veritas NetBackup Appliance is the virtual machine backups."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The most valuable features of Veritas NetBackup Appliance are the ease of use and the familiar interface."
"It is very capable of scaling and very good for heterogeneous environments."
"The licensing costs could be more affordable."
"The solution must provide a different way to schedule backups."
"The solution's technical support process should be improved."
"The user interface could improve, it seems a bit out of date."
"Its integration with Nutanix and technical support can be improved."
"There could be granular control over metadata components, specifically in the context of JSON data for the product."
"There is a big change in Veritas. In the past, we could easily change servers or appliances and continue working by restoring the catalog. We could change servers from Linux to Linux or Linux to Solaris and perform catalog restores to continue working. But with the new version, we are forced to engage Veritas' professional services, which is too expensive."
"In terms of improvement, it's very difficult to make it work with multiple business units. Its security model is too constricted."
"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 price needs to be improved because it is really expensive."
"The product must improve its recovery features."
"Sometimes, the user interface doesn't work smoothly."
"I would like to see support for databases such as MySQL and MongoDB."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and could be lower."
"The configuration can sometimes be tricky during implementation."
Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 110 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 46 reviews. Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2, while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup Appliance writes "Offers good connectivity, easy to use and stable solution ". Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veritas Backup Exec and Dell NetWorker, whereas Veritas NetBackup Appliance is most compared with Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), DD Boost, ExaGrid EX Series, HPE StoreOnce and Veeam Backup & Replication. See our Veritas NetBackup vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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