We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and NetApp Cloud Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Deduplication Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The compatibility within the Dell PowerProtect DD portfolio makes data management more seamless. This integrated solution improves efficiency in our data center and simplifies operations by relying on a single company for servers and storage."
"The feature that I have found most useful is its data duplication."
"Short backup window has made a difference in the way my organization functions."
"It's very competitive in terms of the price and technology. Also, the development team continuously makes updates. The data reduction feature is very useful."
"The most valuable features are the deduplication and compression and the Data Domain Boost."
"Dell PowerProtect DD is a stable solution."
"Dell PowerProtect DD’s most valuable feature is data deduplication."
"The tool's performance is very good. DD Boost can improve its performance and backup."
"Scalability is very good."
"NetApp Cloud Backup performance is good and they have beneficial technology."
"One feature that works well for us is that the Cloud Manager is a completely agentless solution. There's a similar dashboard on both the versions for on-premises and the cloud, and with reference to the Cloud Manager, it's a little faster because there's nothing to be installed as such. Being agentless, it doesn't require any agent to be deployed on the targets where the backups are triggered."
"They need to make migration easier."
"The pricing could be lower."
"The solution's cost, scalability, and licensing model could be improved."
"They still have hardware different from the software."
"I would like to see better integration and support for backing up to cloud providers such as Alibaba Cloud."
"We have some problems with backing up on the Power Platform. PowerServer is an IBM product, and it forces us to back up over LAN, which is not suitable for us."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"DD doesn't have Intel's air gap technology."
"One area that can be improved is around how we define the different KPIs. In particular, the business KPIs. I have my own in-house application for the business KPIs, so for example, with our policies around retention, which is a period of seven years, I have to read these parameters from other applications and I need them to integrate well."
"NetApp Cloud Backup could improve by being easier to use. Veeam solution is easier to use."
"Integration and reporting could be improved."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews while NetApp Cloud Backup is ranked 14th in Deduplication Software. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while NetApp Cloud Backup is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) writes "Supports business continuity process but needs improvement in pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NetApp Cloud Backup writes "Simplifies our backups with an agentless backup manager, but needs better integration with in-house applications". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas NetApp Cloud Backup is most compared with Dell NetWorker, NetApp SnapCenter, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, Commvault Cloud and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) vs. NetApp Cloud Backup report.
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