We performed a comparison between Azure Backup and Dell Avamar based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Azure Backup nudges ahead of Dell Avamar in this comparison. Azure Backup is a secure, stable solution that users trust. The connectivity to data is very reliable. Dell Avamar can be a bit clunky, takes up a lot of resources, and the overall performance is a bit slow.
"Azure Backup is good because it is entirely cloud-based, which means that you can be 99.9% sure that your backup is safe."
"It is easy to schedule backups."
"The solution helped us use R2 RBO to back up frequently."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Backup is its ease of use and good integration with other Azure services."
"The storage backup is very efficient."
"Azure Backup is very simple to use and user-friendly."
"You can select the tiering for your backup and manage your cost."
"The backup features are very useful."
"They are extremely reliable and scalable — they provide the best de-duplication on the market."
"Dell EMC Avamar has many valuable features. It's very stable and it's easy to manage."
"It works quickly and is very stable."
"Effective in protecting the virtualization system and end points."
"We've found the product to be stable."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"It's a good solution."
"The data reduction feature and the ease of enabling a server in a DR location are the most valuable."
"It would be beneficial to receive alert messages if something isn't configured correctly, for instance, if service principal names are missing, a message could prompt you to set them up."
"I would like to see better integration with more products, and more services."
"To make it a ten, it should have the ability to extend the retention and to perform a copy of the data outside of the subscription - with no additional costs."
"The monitoring and tagging features could be improved."
"We faced some issues synchronizing the information in Azure when the storage was changed."
"It still does not have a lot of customization, especially if your workloads are not in Azure."
"The extensibility onto hybrid environments needs a bit of tweaking for those on-prem."
"Ransomware protection is missing in Azure Backup."
"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."
"The interface could be more helpful for people."
"I think they could also move more towards cloud solutions. It already has some cloud tiering, but I think that could be more extensive. They should work with all cloud providers and I think in the future they will be on all cloud platforms."
"The solution used to freeze sometimes while taking a snapshot backup."
"The UI is not easy to use. There are other products such as Veeam that are easy to use for the end-user which is why they are moving away from Avamar or Networker."
"When we used the solution, it was still new, and so the customer service/technical support was not the best."
"The client caches and deduplication system have a few problems."
"It was challenging to back up our Exchange database, which is one of the reasons we did not continue using this solution."
Azure Backup is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 51 reviews while Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews. Azure Backup is rated 7.8, while Dell Avamar is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Azure Backup writes "Straightforward to set up and manage and allows us to monitor all backups in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". Azure Backup is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Commvault Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect and Druva Phoenix, whereas Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) and DD Boost. See our Azure Backup vs. Dell Avamar report.
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