Azure Backup vs Veritas NetBackup

Likelihood to Recommend

Azure Backup is suitable for companies of various sizes, with varying amounts of data. The cost of the investment should be thought out carefully so that there are no bad surprises with unnecessary files going to Azure Backup. The interface is friendly and easy to configure and it does not require your company to have a backup expert. It is highly recommended for companies with smaller number of servers and better if the servers are already running in an Azure environment.

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Ismael Pereira

Senior IT Analyst

TechnipFMCOil & Energy, 10,001+ employees

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Like most enterprise backup applications, Symantec NetBackup (NBU) suffers from complexity. Using and understanding advanced features can be challenging at times. Real world experience is needed to know if they are worth the time to implement. On the other hand I have found NBU relativity easy to use with a little training from just a simple backup scheduling and restore perspective.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

File search

Device sync

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

User and role management

File organization

Device management

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Performance

Reliability

Storage Reports

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Microsoft products (especially Azure) integration (Windows/Azure SQL instances).
Easy to implement and to administer.
Friendly interface, compatible to Azure visual identity.
Easy to back up and restore.
Relatively good backup performance.

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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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Upgrades are typically easy and normally have either no issues or very few that are easily resolved (wait a month or 2 before upgrading)
Using accelerator for the vm environment works well, and file level restores have been successful
Full vm recovery has worked every time
Backing up a physical server and restoring to a vm works as described
GRT Exchange backups are pretty easy, to setup
File level restores are simple

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

There are more features than you need, just learn how to do it.
Really, it is constantly being developed, so I don't think of anything.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees

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The GUI is very old looking. This does not kill the performance, it just looks to be 10 years old.
Some things need to be done from the CLI(command line interface). if you have not used this before it will take some learning and a good understanding of Linux.

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Jason Stallings

System Engineer 1

Nu Skin EnterprisesConsumer Goods, 5001-10,000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Veritas NetBackup 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Veritas continues to keep up with the backup game. There virtual machine backup capabilities are now top notch, and I believe they will prove valuable when our cloud presence demands a backup solution.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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Usability

Azure Backup 8.0

Based on 1 answer

This Justifies that usability of azure is at huge extent

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Farming Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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No score

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Support Rating

Azure Backup 9.1

Based on 4 answers

One of the differentials of the solution is the high level of guarantee and support of the Azure Backup solution. Microsoft is a reference in a technology company with a highly trained support team and helps us with any questions or technical problems with the tool. Service is fast and efficient with trained engineers.

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Amanda Wiens

Analista de Suporte

OiInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Veritas NetBackup 9.2

Based on 3 answers

Veritas support is very prompt and the acknowledgement/followup is hugely appreciable. They go deep to the issue and provide you satisfactory solutions. Creating ticket in portal is also very easy, does not adhere to severity priority, even if Sev2 response is very quick.

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Ratnodeep Roy

Senior System Analyst

StratogentInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Azure Backup is based on the most secure and encrypted cloud storage facility available...Microsoft. They have been doing this a long time and have ironed out all the kinks, leaving only the good and dependable solution in place. Azure Backup is fast also, you do not have major delays and internet throttling happening from Microsoft, unlike nearly all other competitors. Have you ever tried downloading a backup you have in the cloud from any solution other than Microsoft Azure Backup? If you have, you know they throttle the speed drastically and it could take you more than an hour to restore just 100mb of data. Most server backups are over 50 GB, some of mine are over 1.5 TB. With those slow speeds it could take weeks to recover your system just because you are waiting on the download to finish. Those companies then offer to send you an external drive with your data on it...but for a major price tag! You should not have to pay extra to get your data back and should not have to wait more than an hour to get it all downloaded either. Microsoft does not throttle Azure Backup downloads and I can almost guarantee that they have faster speeds than you have, meaning that you will be able to download at your maximum internet speeds and recover your systems quickly!

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John Fester

IT Manager

Travel Planners InternationalLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 1001-5000 employees

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CrashPlan has the capability to sync data with a cloud storage source. This is great for a workstation where data is typically only for one user. However, Netbackup does a much better job for maintaining multiple levels of file restores for Enterprise Servers. Netbackup has a superior management console that does not rely on Cloud services in the event of an internet outage.

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Rick Lupton

Systems Programmer Analyst

East Carolina UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

The ability to provide customers with peace of mind that their VM's are protected.
Low cost as you only pay for the storage.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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We never experienced a significant system or data loss during the time we used NetBackup. We restored individuals files and small databases based upon user mistakes, but we never had to implement a DR plan. From that aspect, it is difficult to evaluate the ROI. Backups are a commodity service. Features are very similar across multiple tools. Once you decide to stay on-prem or move to the cloud, the list of options are narrowed. Then it becomes a matter of price.
From an administration and support perspective, the ROI is low. Vendor technical support is not always responsive. The first two tiers of support are not knowledgeable and their typical recommendation is to read the white paper. My small team spent a lot of time troubleshooting NetBackup, often without much vendor help.

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Joel Gibbons

IT Director and Corporate Compliance Officer

National FFA OrganizationNon-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Azure Backup Editions & Modules

Edition

Storage in GB/Month	$0.0224 to $0.0569¹
Backup Instance <50GB	$5.00 + storage consumed
Backup Instance > 50 GB but < or = 500 GB	$10.00 + storage consumed
Backup Instance Instance is > 500 GB	$10 for each 500 GB increment + storage consumed

per GB

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Veritas NetBackup Editions & Modules

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Rating Summary

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Azure Backup

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Likelihood to Recommend

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Feature Rating Comparison

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

File search

Device sync

User and role management

File organization

Device management

Performance

Reliability

Storage Reports

Universal recovery

Live recovery

Recovery verification

Business application protection

Multiple backup destinations

Incremental backup identification

Backup to the cloud

Deduplication and file compression

Snapshots

Flexible deployment

Management dashboard

Platform support

Retention options

Encryption

Pros

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Cons

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Likelihood to Renew

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Usability

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Support Rating

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Alternatives Considered

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Return on Investment

Azure Backup

Veritas NetBackup

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Azure Backup Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Veritas NetBackup Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

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