Regarding the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing, in comparison to others such as StoreOnce or ExaGrid, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is a little costlier than other solutions.
Project Manager and Cloud Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
Top 20
Jun 19, 2026
Regarding the price, I think it is reasonable and competitive. While it does not come to my head, the support for licensing and getting the license file for implementation is okay, but I am still not aware of the costing, as the costing part is managed by a different team, so I am not much aware of that.
The price for the software itself is very competitive. However, because it comes with Data Domain as a whole solution, the price will increase. From a license perspective, it is a cheaper option, and there is a subscription license as well. The way use cases are supported in the single licensing is something we can quote for each use case separately or through unified licensing. The unified licensing has flexible options to license based on source capacity in terabytes, frontend or backend, or socket-based. This depends on the customer side. If there is a customer with small two or three servers with a large amount of data, socket-based licensing will be more cost-effective rather than frontend capacity which can be very expensive. If there are a lot of servers with less capacity, frontend capacity will be more cost-effective.
Regarding the pricing aspect of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, I am not very happy with that; compared to some other products, it is a bit more costly, and there are definitely areas for improvement.
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Business Development Manager at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Apr 7, 2025
Overall, pricing does not significantly impact our decision. The main concern is the solution itself, presales activities, and positioning it in the right place. Commercial aspects are secondary to technical and marketing considerations.
The price of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is generally perceived as reasonable. However, specific figures are not available as I am on the technical side and do not handle costs.
PowerProtect Data Manager is cost-effective, as it is licensed per socket allowing for extensive workload coverage without additional costs. This makes it cheaper than Veeam, which uses a subscription model and licenses per workload.
The solution's cost depends on the storage. Currently, the pricing for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is more flexible for customers. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is not an expensive solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.
The pricing is very competitive. Additionally, it's pretty feasible to acquire the DTS platform. The licensing for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager depends on your specific environment. You can obtain pricing based on your front desk capacity or the socket license. For instance, if you have multiple products requiring backup or are running five hosts on the hypervisor platform, two licensing options are available. Each option aims to be more cost-efficient for the customer, and the decision is made in collaboration with Dell. I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten, where ten is the highest and one is the lowest.
Cloud Infrastructure Delivery Lead at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Feb 7, 2024
The product is offered at a very competitive price in the market. The compression and deduplication functionalities in the solution ensure that my company is able to save some costs.
Sr Test Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 21, 2022
The solution is uses an annual licensing model. Is not less expensive than competitors but pricing deals are available. Extra features are available at an additional cost. I rate pricing a six out of ten.
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager offers modern backup and recovery for hybrid and multicloud environments, providing protection through a unified interface for VMware, Kubernetes, databases, and file systems.This software-defined platform simplifies operations with automated discovery, policy-based protection, and intelligent analytics. With deduplication for efficient data management and robust backup support for virtual and container environments, it integrates seamlessly with Dell Data...
The pricing of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is acceptable for me.
Regarding the pricing aspect, setup cost, and licensing, in comparison to others such as StoreOnce or ExaGrid, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is a little costlier than other solutions.
Regarding the price, I think it is reasonable and competitive. While it does not come to my head, the support for licensing and getting the license file for implementation is okay, but I am still not aware of the costing, as the costing part is managed by a different team, so I am not much aware of that.
I have had a great experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing; it is clear and simple.
The price for the software itself is very competitive. However, because it comes with Data Domain as a whole solution, the price will increase. From a license perspective, it is a cheaper option, and there is a subscription license as well. The way use cases are supported in the single licensing is something we can quote for each use case separately or through unified licensing. The unified licensing has flexible options to license based on source capacity in terabytes, frontend or backend, or socket-based. This depends on the customer side. If there is a customer with small two or three servers with a large amount of data, socket-based licensing will be more cost-effective rather than frontend capacity which can be very expensive. If there are a lot of servers with less capacity, frontend capacity will be more cost-effective.
Regarding the pricing aspect of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, I am not very happy with that; compared to some other products, it is a bit more costly, and there are definitely areas for improvement.
I think the license for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is the same as other backup software.
Overall, pricing does not significantly impact our decision. The main concern is the solution itself, presales activities, and positioning it in the right place. Commercial aspects are secondary to technical and marketing considerations.
The price of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is generally perceived as reasonable. However, specific figures are not available as I am on the technical side and do not handle costs.
PowerProtect Data Manager is cost-effective, as it is licensed per socket allowing for extensive workload coverage without additional costs. This makes it cheaper than Veeam, which uses a subscription model and licenses per workload.
The solution's cost depends on the storage. Currently, the pricing for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is more flexible for customers. Dell PowerProtect Data Manager is not an expensive solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is expensive and ten is cheap, I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten.
The pricing is very competitive. Additionally, it's pretty feasible to acquire the DTS platform. The licensing for Dell PowerProtect Data Manager depends on your specific environment. You can obtain pricing based on your front desk capacity or the socket license. For instance, if you have multiple products requiring backup or are running five hosts on the hypervisor platform, two licensing options are available. Each option aims to be more cost-efficient for the customer, and the decision is made in collaboration with Dell. I rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten, where ten is the highest and one is the lowest.
The product is offered at a very competitive price in the market. The compression and deduplication functionalities in the solution ensure that my company is able to save some costs.
The solution is affordable as compared to other vendors in the market. I rate its pricing as a six.
The solution is uses an annual licensing model. Is not less expensive than competitors but pricing deals are available. Extra features are available at an additional cost. I rate pricing a six out of ten.
We offer monthly or yearly subscriptions. The price could be cheaper.
The price of Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Manager is reasonable.
The licensing costs and pricing model are based on capacity and the license is easy to upgrade.