We performed a comparison between Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) and Unitrends based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and others in Deduplication Software."9900 has around 1.5 petabits of capacity in a single rack, and that's huge."
"We have found the product to be scalable."
"I like the different features. We work closely with Dell on different products and features, which is why we use them all."
"The solution's most valuable feature is the integrated deduplication function."
"Most cases are related to databases, such as Oracle and MySQL."
"This is a superior and reliable backup system that can handle large capacities with little management."
"The features that I have found most valuable with Dell EMC PowerProtect DD are its deduplication feature and its DD Boost protocol for fast transfer, which is amazing."
"We have never had any issues with Data Domain. It has been stable."
"When I have had to use tech support, they've been very good."
"The most valuable feature of Unitrends for me is the automated feedback"
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a nine out of ten."
"I really like the reporting options you get for various email reports."
"I am impressed with the tool's reporting and UniView features."
"Iinstant recovery (allows a spin-up of your image as a VM on the appliance)."
"The simple and fast restore routine."
"The ability to backup both physical and virtual machines, along with having an appliance store the backups locally instead of on a file server, NAS, or SAN."
"Data Domain lacks compatibility with fiber channels and tapes. We can't use it with a tape library. That's an issue in Latin America sometimes because a lot of clients still use tapes for budget reasons. Maybe they have a lot of archives. In North America and Europe, they do a lot of archiving, but they use the cloud more than we do. Sometimes we have to put together a Frankenstein where we connect another server to the tape library and send all the data there."
"EMC is very expensive for small customers."
"The price could be a little cheaper than it is now."
"They should reduce the CPC cost to customers. The product is becoming very expensive."
"The pricing could be lower."
"The only problem is that it's more expensive than any other vendors available in the market."
"The downside of PowerProtect's flexibility is that you have so many options. It can be a little confusing. It's like having a car with too many buttons on the dash. You can do so much with it, but it takes some time to learn what everything does."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"Follow up for the DRaaS service setup. I'm still waiting to schedule a DRaaS test after upgrading several months ago."
"There are a few quirks where the GUI, agent, and back-end are not precisely meshed."
"The amount of updates which are being released. Updates should be limited to two or three a year, focusing more on quality instead of a rushed bug release."
"There are some questions as to how safely they are storing backup data."
"The solution’s support and onboarding process needs to be improved."
"It would be great to have the job throttle/limit the max number of backups on a single ESXi host."
"Comparing the features and the working pattern, definitely they have to come down on pricing if they want to compete in the market."
"The solution’s UI can be improved. I am saying this because I have seen solutions with better UIs."
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Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is ranked 1st in Deduplication Software with 65 reviews while Unitrends is ranked 45th in Backup and Recovery with 34 reviews. Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is rated 8.6, while Unitrends is rated 7.8. 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 Unitrends writes "The solution can be used to back up servers and Hyper-V cluster nodes, but its support is super expensive". Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain) is most compared with HPE StoreOnce, Dell PowerProtect Data Manager, ExaGrid EX Series, Veeam Backup & Replication and Rubrik, whereas Unitrends is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Rubrik, Acronis Cyber Protect and Commvault Cloud.
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