We performed a comparison between Commvault Cloud and Veritas Backup Exec 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 Commvault Complete Data Protection interface is straightforward to use."
"It runs all the tests and emails us the reports. We take daily, weekly, and monthly snapshots, and I integrate the storage snapshot scripts with the Commvault workflow. The Commvault workflow runs all the scripts and sends us the reports. It also features cloud-side reports and workflows. Commvault has many tools for backing up, restoring, and archiving things, but we use another service for our archives."
"The recovery features are useful. It is easy to recover data. If something happens, we can easily recover data. We have faced ransomware issues twice, and we recovered because of Commvault."
"This solution gives me the full insight without having to use other products, metrics, or reporting tools."
"The most valuable feature of Commvault HyperScale X is the automatic nature of its operation. We don't need to worry about sets of documents. It worked automatically, we don't need to think about it. When you set the solution up in a good way, you don't need to worry."
"Whoever has an Endpoint license can store unlimited data on the cloud."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution has the fastest backup and better licensing."
"Compression is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"Veritas Backup Exec is easily managed."
"We have virtual infrastructure, so restoring virtual machine systems from backups is also very easy."
"This solution has a very good technical support department that is very responsive."
"This solution is not complex and you do not have to be too technical to use it."
"It is a simple and flexible solution to work with."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"The retention log feature could be an issue for us and can be improved. The backup schedule can also be better in terms of how you set it up."
"Commvault is a rich system that might scare somebody the first time they see it because it feels so huge."
"The product is expensive."
"The only problem is that some of what we snap most of is the VMs. We found about 10% of the VMs that we can't snap because they're too interactive. It actually causes the application to crash."
"We are using a production environment with customer-sensitive data on it. As per our central bank rules and regulations, we can't keep our customer's sensitive data in the cloud."
"The stability of the tool could be improved."
"Support for this product needs to be improved because I have seen a couple of cases where it is taking more than the required time to solve issues."
"When we send a query to Commvault, they take a long time to answer our questions."
"Veritas Backup Exec's dashboard feature could be enhanced."
"We need to have duplication and better compression."
"If you keep it for too long and the catalog gets really big, the application tends to move slowly."
"The initial installation needs some effort."
"I have experienced some errors, such as failures, but there have not been very many."
"Better integration with non-Microsoft products would be an improvement."
"The pricing of the solution is a bit high."
"Veritas Backup Exec should improve by having a user portal that customers can use."
Commvault Cloud is ranked 3rd in Backup and Recovery with 104 reviews while Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 15th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews. Commvault Cloud is rated 8.6, while Veritas Backup Exec is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Commvault Cloud writes "Provides excellent visibility and helps reduce costs and time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veritas Backup Exec writes "Highly stable, intuitive design, and integrates well". Commvault Cloud is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Azure Backup, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 and Druva inSync, whereas Veritas Backup Exec is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veritas NetBackup, Acronis Cyber Protect, Veritas System Recovery and Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain). See our Commvault Cloud vs. Veritas Backup Exec report.
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