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Arctera Backup Exec vs. Dell Avamar

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Arctera Backup Exec

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AArctera Backup Exec is a backup and disaster recovery solution. It works in virtual, physical, and multi-cloud environments and integrates with several third-party software releases and applications.N/A

    Dell Avamar

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ADell Avamar is a hardware and software data backup and deduplication product. It provides protection and recovery through a complete software and hardware solution when paired with Dell Data Domain for virtual environments, remote offices, enterprise apps, NAS servers, and desktops/laptops.N/A
    Pricing
    Arctera Backup ExecDell Avamar
    Editions & Modules
    Veritas Backup Exec
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Arctera Backup ExecDell Avamar
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Considered Both Products
    Arctera US LLC
    Chose Arctera Backup Exec
    Backup Exec was the cheapest out of all the other options we were looking at.

    Incentivized
    Dell Technologies
    Chose Dell Avamar
    EMC Avamar offers backup and recovery for desktops and laptops, allowing users to extend the power of Avamar "deduplication" backup software with the aim of eliminating the risk of data loss. Backup processes are performed automatically and in the background to ensure …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Avamar
    Each one of these products did one thing well. Avamar was able to backup all of the different OS types and different types of data. Also, the reliability and support of Avamar are so much better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Avamar
    Reliability. Avamar is hands down more reliable than any other backup solution I have used.
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Avamar
    Avamar was selected for me to use by our corporate office. The user interface of Backup Exec was easier to use, but as far as reliability, Avamar was much better. I always had failures with Backup Exec backups and restores. That is one thing I never had to worry about with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Avamar
    Originally, we evaluated CommVault with Avamar and due to some differences at the time we decided to go with Avamar. Some of those reasons against CommVault no longer exist, but we have been satisfied with Avamar. Other more current products have been reviewed such as Rubrik …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Avamar
    We were considering going with the newer version of the tape backup method we have been using for years. However tapes deteriorate and off site storage adds up. Backups are slow, recovery from incremental backups is slow and unreliable.

    FireEye backup to the cloud was cost …
    Incentivized
    Chose Dell Avamar
    I started with Avamar as a tape backup replacement. I had drives at each location and a tape robot at the central data center. Moving to disk backup with no tape switch out was incredible. With tech today, almost all backup is disk backup. Avamar's quality hardware and …
    Incentivized
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Arctera Backup Exec and Dell Avamar
    Feature
    Arctera Backup Exec
    8.6
    22 Ratings
    Dell Avamar
    7.8
    22 Ratings
    Universal recovery10.018 Ratings8.520 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.517 Ratings8.619 Ratings
    Recovery verification7.920 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Business application protection10.017 Ratings8.617 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations6.421 Ratings6.020 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification7.922 Ratings9.421 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud10.013 Ratings3.610 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression7.416 Ratings8.622 Ratings
    Snapshots8.416 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.017 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.020 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Platform support8.519 Ratings4.714 Ratings
    Retention options8.418 Ratings8.615 Ratings
    Encryption10.012 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Arctera Backup ExecDell Avamar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (25 ratings)
    8.4
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)