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."The most valuable feature is the user-friendly interface."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"It is a good backup tool."
"The solution was stable and reliable."
"The interface easy to use and it is compatible with most backup devices."
"The solution is good for small and medium-sized businesses."
"Once the solution is integrated with the Exchange, you just click Exchange to back up that file."
"The disk-to-disk paid backup feature is quite good, and file locking is a very important feature."
"The solution is useful for backups."
"The most valuable feature is that the backup and restoring process is very fast."
"It has a lot of very good features. The virtual tape library (VTL) feature is most valuable. Overall, it is easy to use."
"NetBackup is based on really good architectural hardware, and Veritas has the best backup and replication technology in the world."
"We rarely need their help. I would give their technical support an 8.5 out of ten. We are satisfied."
"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."
"NetBackup Appliance's most valuable feature is the duplication encryption standard feature."
"The policy-based backup feature is very helpful."
"They can improve the reporting component. The reports aren't user-friendly at all. You have to download them to Excel to get statistics."
"The solution is too heavy and complex with 1,000 menus and options that make it messy rather than lightweight."
"It could provide better ease of management than one of its competitors."
"The integration with SaaS applications like Office 365 needs to be improved."
"The solution could improve by having better documentation."
"Veritas Backup Exec could improve the analytics. If there were some more detail in our scan reports it would be beneficial."
"I would like to see this solution improve on faster restoration. Currently, it takes a long time to restore my data."
"Maybe they could improve reporting capabilities and predictions."
"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."
"They need to make the licensing more clear. They should give all of the licensing details for the portals and be more clear. I have accidentally purchased the incorrect license because it's not clear."
"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."
"The hybrid model is not that efficient if we want to off-site data; it takes a lot of time to upload the data on a regular basis."
"Veritas NetBackup would benefit from better explained error codes."
"It would be a better solution if we were able to make more reports in regards to the backup system."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance could improve by having a site recovery feature."
"The installation is cumbersome."
Veritas Backup Exec is ranked 14th in Backup and Recovery with 71 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 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), ExaGrid EX Series, DD Boost and HPE StoreOnce. See our Veritas Backup Exec vs. Veritas NetBackup Appliance report.
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