We compared Veritas NetBackup and Zerto based on user reviews in five categories. We reviewed all of the data and you can find the conclusion below.
Features: Veritas NetBackup is praised for its versatility and integration with third-party applications. Users say Zerto offers excellent data protection, and it’s easy to create VMs. Users appreciate its virtual server backup capabilities, cloud integration, and malware protection. Veritas NetBackup would benefit from streamlining implementation and incorporating additional cloud solutions. Zerto users also like its real-time replication features. Zerto could improve cloud environment configuration, PowerShell scripting, and multi-site replication.
Service and Support: Some users reported positive experiences with Veritas customer service, but others said that it sometimes took a long time to resolve issues and support is inconsistent across regions. Customers have generally had positive experiences with Zerto's customer service, noting their quick response times and ability to resolve issues. Some customers have encountered slower response times and needed to go through multiple levels of support to get their issues resolved.
Ease of Deployment: Opinions on Veritas NetBackup's setup complexity are mixed, with some finding it straightforward and others perceiving it as more complex. The setup process for Zerto can be either simple or complicated, depending on the individual's experience with backup solutions.
Pricing: Opinions on Veritas NetBackup's pricing vary. Some consider it expensive but say it’s worth the price due to its extensive features. There are no additional fees aside from the basic license. Zerto’s price tag is considered reasonable and in line with industry norms. Others said it was somewhat expensive but still worth the cost.
ROI: Veritas NetBackup prioritizes constant availability and quick access, resulting in a positive ROI. Zerto reduces risks while saving costs and time. It increases efficiency, ensures compliance, and helps businesses grow.
Comparison Results: Users say Veritas NetBackup is a versatile solution that offers robust compatibility, seamless cloud integration, and strong protection against malware and ransomware. NetBackup received mixed reviews for pricing and ease of setup, and some users said it could improve its cloud support. Zerto offers top-tier data protection, excellent customer service, and real-time replication, but some users say its cloud and multi-site functionality could be better.
"I like NetBackup's anomaly detection and Linux storage features."
"The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions."
"The features are good."
"Veritas NetBackup provides good backup performance, and I can mount the snapshot without an installer."
"They are among the top in the world for backup and recovery."
"It supports multiple, heterogeneous platforms."
"The backup and restore features are helpful."
"The main features of this solution are deduplication, compression, ease of use, simplistic user interface, and compatibility with all the backup service systems."
"I like the ease of recovery and backup the most."
"The most valuable features of this solution is the ease of use. In the event of a disaster, you don't need a technical person to actually run the software. You can bring anybody in, with the right instructions and credentials, and they can run the solution."
"Zerto is scalable."
"The most valuable tool is the dashboard, which allows us to immediately check the DLP status, replication data, and all other data needed to have cleaner and immediate control of the situation."
"The granularity enables us to failover specific workloads instead of an all-or-nothing type of scenario, where you have to move your entire IP block and your data center, or you have to move large chunks of VMs. Those situations also make it prohibitive to test effectively."
"The mobile application is very useful as a real-time monitoring, reporting tool. When asked the status of our machine backup and recovery ability, an easy answer is to display the status on the real-time application or browser. The Zerto Analytics tool helps predict future storage needs by tracking trends in space, journal size, and I/O rate. These are reportable statistics making quantifiable tracking easy and accurate. Having a web interface simplifies access by other system administrators."
"The biggest benefit is the application-consistent disaster recovery functionality."
"We don't have to spend a whole lot of time worrying about DR and whether or not we are covered. Zerto just works. As it is replicating, we don't need to spend a whole lot of time with it. That is a huge benefit as far as daily management."
"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."
"The cost is expensive."
"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."
"Veritas could simplify the firmware recovery in terms of the deployed. The process shouldn't be dependent on the agents. It should be completely agentless."
"Maybe they could add more cloud solutions."
"It's a little bit complex to manage."
"The solution could improve by having a feature to backup iSeries workloads."
"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 replication appliances tend to have issues when they recover from being powered off when a host is in maintenance mode. Sometimes you have to do a manual task where you go in and detach hard disks that are no longer in use, to get the replication appliances to power back on. There are some improvements to be made around the way those recover."
"If the log was more detailed and more user-friendly, we wouldn't have to make the calls to the support to try and figure out where the problem lies."
"They could improve their online documentation."
"The long-term recovery is a little bit weak in its granularity."
"The only issue that I observed was that depending on the number of virtual machines that are being replicated, you will have to provision the appropriate bandwidth for the link that the replicated systems will traverse."
"We would like the LTR function to be able to retain the past 12 months."
"Their data backup and restore have some ways to go."
"We wanted to shut down the dev environment to focus on the prod environment. We couldn't find any option in Zerto to do that."
Veritas NetBackup is ranked 5th in Backup and Recovery with 111 reviews while Zerto is ranked 2nd in Backup and Recovery with 236 reviews. Veritas NetBackup is rated 8.2, while Zerto is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Veritas NetBackup writes "Efficient data recovery and replication features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zerto writes "Gives us business continuity capabilities during hurricane season and in case of ransomware". Veritas NetBackup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Veritas NetBackup Appliance, Azure Backup and HPE StoreOnce, whereas Zerto is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, VMware SRM, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud and Oracle Data Guard. See our Veritas NetBackup vs. Zerto report.
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