We performed a comparison between OpenText Data Protector and Symantec Data Loss Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Backup and Recovery solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."
"Micro Focus Data Protector's most valuable feature is its interaction with the fiber share. It is easy to use, we use it to back up without any problem to VTLs, and can use the Fiber Channel that is still the TCP."
"Data Protector's granular recovery features make it easy for us to create and restore backups in an understandable and user-friendly manner. With granular recovery, any database or even just a database table can be restored at will."
"It works excellently only with Oracle."
"The most valuable feature is the capability to back up our SQL server."
"The solution is easy to use."
"It's user-friendly and not overly complicated to configure."
"I like that Micro Focus keeps a separate catalog of our data."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is endpoint security."
"The dashboard, management section, and reporting are good."
"We find the product is easy to manage and maintain."
"It has good options for policy findings. You can do granular policy enhancements with multiple options. And the SMB blocking is a very good feature."
"Good end point encryption and data loss prevention."
"An excellent solution for data classification."
"There's only one policy needed to implement for all channels."
"The exfiltration capabilities are great. You can put all of these rules in the product to detect the patterns and text."
"The technical support was very slow."
"We faced some certification issues after we upgraded to version 10.2."
"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."
"Integration with the market applications must be improved, such as MS Exchange, MS Active Directory, SAP and Oracle. Other backup tools are more efficient with the integrated backups."
"OpenText Data Protector is more difficult to use and configure than OpenText VIM. The user-friendliness of OpenText Data Protector has to be increased, and the complexity of the tool needs to be reduced."
"People prefer Veeam because the interface is easier, and Data Protector is difficult in comparison."
"Faster VEAgent Restores"
"It has a lot of undeveloped functions like window searching and patent searching, and within the main backup processes like VMware and Microsoft Exchange. It's completely not user-friendly, and it has no built-in antivirus software. In my opinion, Micro Focus Data Protector is not an enterprise level solution."
"I would like to see an improved interface, with better documentation and integration with other products."
"The Symantec DLP solution is very complex, and installation requires many components."
"From a management perspective, it takes a lot of time to manage the infrastructure."
"The solution relies on and Oracle database which is not financially feasible for many customers."
"The product's pricing and support services need improvement."
"I do have a problem with the database."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"We're not sure if there was an issue or a bug on the system recently because as of right now if someone sends out a compressed encrypted file, the DLP won't scan it."
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OpenText Data Protector is ranked 24th in Backup and Recovery with 100 reviews while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is ranked 3rd in Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with 53 reviews. OpenText Data Protector is rated 7.6, while Symantec Data Loss Prevention is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenText Data Protector writes "User-friendly, competitive, agent-based, and easy to manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Data Loss Prevention writes "Consitent, accurate, and simple". OpenText Data Protector is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Commvault Cloud, Veritas NetBackup, HPE StoreOnce and Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, whereas Symantec Data Loss Prevention is most compared with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, Forcepoint Data Loss Prevention, Digital Guardian, Zscaler DLP and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator. See our OpenText Data Protector vs. Symantec Data Loss Prevention report.
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