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."It supports multiple, heterogeneous platforms."
"Its ability to cover a large spectrum of products and operating systems is invaluable. We evaluated other products but always found certain limitations like some products had only intel-based virtualization, while others had power servers."
"The most valuable feature is the trouble-free operation, as we have not had many problems with it."
"The most valuable features are the VMware VADP backups and the support for data domains."
"The solution offers a lot of really great features that organizations can utilize and take advantage of."
"The most valuable feature is that you don't need any special connectivity - you just need to give your seller name, and then it automatically discovers all your virtual machines, which is a great benefit, especially in a bigger environment."
"NetBackup is very easy for end-users."
"This is the best solution that I know of."
"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."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"The standout feature is its connectivity and robust support. They are easily easy to get hold of, making it convenient for us."
"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."
"If you use the NetBackup Appliance you do not need to have separate media servers and hardware. You can configure the same storage as a media server and master server as well as a storage port. This helps to reduce the hardware costs of the media server."
"The solution is very scalable."
"The most valuable features of Veritas NetBackup Appliance are the ease of use and the familiar interface."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"Its integration with Nutanix and technical support can be improved."
"It's not a user-friendly solution. It's a little bit complicated. The UI is not very friendly."
"It gets a lot of new features, but improvements in basic functionality are often sacrificed for a shiny new bullet point to put on sales presentations."
"The flip side about NetBackup is that it is not policy-based."
"Technical support only gets back to us the following morning."
"The reporting of the backups could be better."
"The only pain point we have with this solution is the cost. It's very expensive. In fact, it's so expensive we are looking for other platforms. We want to move away from it in order to save our organization costs."
"System administrators would be more efficient in NetBackup if the number of tools and command lines was reduced."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"It could be better integrated with other platforms."
"The tool's pricing is expensive and could be lower."
"The installation is cumbersome."
"It's an expensive solution."
"Veritas NetBackup Appliance needs to improve its security. It needs to ensure that it is 100 percent protected against cyberattacks."
"The upgrade process of the solution needs to be improved since it is extremely complicated, especially without the benefit of a support person who can guide one through it."
Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 111 reviews while Veritas NetBackup Appliance is ranked 20th in Backup and Recovery with 47 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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