We performed a comparison between Dell Avamar and Veeam Backup & Replication based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: When searching for the best Backup and Recovery Software solution, PeerSpot users feel Veeam Backup & Replication is the best choice. Veeam offers great integrations, scales easily, is very easy to use and is very cost-effective. Many users feel Dell Avamar is outdated and requires a significant learning curve, making it a less desirable solution.
"I found the most valuable features of Dell Avamar are the user-friendly interface and ease to use. Our clients have administrated this software and there is no additional training required."
"All the features in the system are highly valuable."
"Client deduplication."
"The solution is easy to use and has high performance."
"We've found the product to be stable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"Source based deduplication is the most attractive feature as it drastically reduces the backup window."
"The most valuable aspects are the latest features in version 12.1, which introduced enhanced security features."
"The replication is the most valuable feature for us."
"It is a rock-solid backup solution. That's all, and that's what we were asking for."
"They provide good technical support and we are satisfied with the support we have received."
"The initial setup is simple to do in Veeam Backup Replication."
"Enables us to restore the VM when the needs arises and for disaster recovery."
"The ntegration of physical agents with our cloud connect service is positive."
"The replication feature has proven to be the most valuable feature for us."
"We don't trust the product 100 percent. Kaspersky has many features Dell Avamar doesn't support, such as granular backup and history."
"Setup and deployment of this solution is complex and requires expert engineers."
"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."
"Avamar is dependent on the hardware. It can't be implemented with ordinary storage. It can only be implemented with an EMC product. We want to have a backup solution that allows us to use independent storage and other hardware. It would be good if they can simplify its technology and make it possible to implement it with another storage. This is probably not possible because Avamar is an EMC product, and EMC would like to sell its own products."
"It lacks support for certain plugins, like SAP HANA, for example."
"It would be helpful if there was cloud support."
"The challenges we do face typically revolve around aligning specific features with our accustomed tool usage."
"It's an expensive solution."
"The cloud part of it can be improved. There should be an option for Veeam in your own cloud, as compared to the Veeam cloud offering that's currently there. The rest of it is easy."
"I like the Acronis backup solutions on the block-based part of backups or snapshots. That's a nice functionality that Veeam doesn't have."
"We would like to see support for some additional storage systems."
"The direct SAN backup integration can be perfected by improving the snapshot removal mechanism and process from the storage volumes."
"The price could be lower."
"It's hard to answer because managing cloud storage in our version could be better, but now that they have improved it in the recent version, I cannot say it's a better point because I know it should be already fixed."
"The ability to do more backups should be addressed."
"The endpoint protection console is not centralized."
Dell Avamar is ranked 12th in Backup and Recovery with 81 reviews while Veeam Backup & Replication is ranked 1st in Backup and Recovery with 329 reviews. Dell Avamar is rated 7.6, while Veeam Backup & Replication is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell Avamar writes "Stable, integrates well with other solutions, and has a good price, but its UI needs a refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Veeam Backup & Replication writes "Beneficial pricing model, user friendly interface, and many free features". Dell Avamar is most compared with Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Dell NetWorker, Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA), Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Veritas NetBackup, whereas Veeam Backup & Replication is most compared with Acronis Cyber Protect, Azure Backup, Rubrik, Zerto and Arcserve UDP. See our Dell Avamar vs. Veeam Backup & Replication report.
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