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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BDRShield

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AVembu BDR Suite is a universal backup solution catering to the backup, recovery, and disaster recovery needs of diverse IT environments. It is also optimized for service providers who deliver BaaS and DRaaS to their customers.

    $12

    per year per endpoint

    OpenText Data Protector

    Score4.9 out of 10
    N/AOpenText Data Protector standardizes and consolidates backups across multiple platforms. It provides secure, comprehensive backup protection for business-critical data and applications whether virtual, physical, or online in the cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
    Editions & Modules
    Endpoint / Workstation Backup
    $12
    per year per endpoint
    SaaS Backup
    $12
    per year per user
    VMs, Servers & Cloud Backup
    $48
    per year per VM
    Apps & DB Backup
    $72
    per year Apps
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
    Considered Both Products
    Vembu Technologies
    No answer on this topic
    OpenText
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of BDRShield and OpenText Data Protector
    Feature
    BDRShield
    9.6
    61 Ratings
    13% above category average
    OpenText Data Protector
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Universal recovery9.950 Ratings7.86 Ratings
    Instant recovery9.651 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Recovery verification9.952 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Business application protection9.243 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.743 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.758 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.436 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.848 Ratings8.29 Ratings
    Snapshots9.745 Ratings8.45 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.854 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Management dashboard9.659 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Platform support9.459 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Retention options9.857 Ratings8.87 Ratings
    Encryption9.851 Ratings8.05 Ratings
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    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
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    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score6.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (64 ratings)
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (62 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    6.7
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BDRShieldOpenText Data Protector
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Vembu Technologies
    It provides reliable daily backup tasks and it is important for us to have no worries of system crush. BDRSuite is full featured, I had been using BDRSuite to replicate servers from Hyper-v to ESXi, it's quite useful and easily to process than other VM migration tools between different platform. BDRSuite costs less than other backup product because I can decrease/increase/allocate license between VMs easily. The license charge two ways, server or VM. We choose VM license.
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    OpenText
    Well suited: scenarios with very specific backups schedules; backups saved in tape libraries. Less appropriate: environments with older Operational Systems and older hardware, such as tape libraries.
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    Pros
    Vembu Technologies
    • Seed an offsite backup. A simple checkbox to seed a large backup prior to backing it up to our datacenter. Previously with another well knows backup provider this was convoluted and time-consuming.
    • Backup Speed. Vembu BDR is fast and allows me to schedule multiple jobs within time constraints that prohibit some backup products from working.
    • DR - Vembu BDR provides an option to mirror your backups to an offsite datacenter without taxing production servers with a secondary backup job.
    • Bare Metal Recovery: the ability to create a custom bootable ISO that you can quickly recover a failed physical server or workstation.
    • Ease of use: The console is consistent and very easy to use. From initial install to being fully configured takes just a few minutes.
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    OpenText
    • It is very reliable on the server side to provide a trustworthy back end.
    • The install was simple and provided an easy way to install and backup Unix servers.
    • The support was always helpful and responded quickly.
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    Cons
    Vembu Technologies
    • User interface on the servers do not have enough tools to better monitor the systems and finding information is difficult.
    • User interface at portal is difficult to navigate and confusing
    • Support documentation is too generic and rarely answers my questions.
    • Licensing and acquisition. As a reseller and partner the licensing model is confusing and the portal interface to manage licensing should be scrapped and rebuilt. It is difficult to navigate and the available information is too vague.
    • Recently, communication with new channel contact. My previous contact was articulate and answered my questions.
    • Did I mention licensing? This is the most confusing and difficult process I've dealt with in 25 years. Makes Microsoft look simple.
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    OpenText
    • Increase the range of support for new platforms.
    • Improve the attention of support cases in terms of speed of attention.
    • Keep me better informed of the latest solution updates.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Vembu Technologies
    Because of the product functions and possibilities: - it's easy to use through WEB browser - installation process is not complicated - Vembu BDR solution is reliable, and works properly. It does the job. This product could get extra points for the appliance that could be imported to virtual environment (no need for windows server license or some linux knowledge).
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    It was just not a good fit for our organization. We have an EMC SAN, Data Domain backup storage, and VMWare. Without any other HP software or hardware in our environment I do not see the need to continue using a product that is not well integrated with our other brands
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    Usability
    Vembu Technologies
    Friendly web interface very clear, nicely and professionally designed. Usability, setup and forget. It has all features you need for hybrid environments even if you don't use it. You know the features are there when you needed. Email report is so informative. You get all the details about completed backup without logging in the system
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    OpenText
    Very easy to use. What needs to improve is to make it easier to configure some integrations and features, such as office 365 integration, acropolis integration, block change-based backup, etc. Despite we have documentation, even following all the steps, the integration is hard to implement or doesn't work in the end.
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    Performance
    Vembu Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    The Reporting-Server and the Reports depend on the settings.
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    Support Rating
    Vembu Technologies
    It often takes a very long time to get an issue fixed. the support folks seem committed to getting it fixed but they often seem to be trying different things and hoping something works. I did not get the sense that they had a clear idea what was wrong.
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    OpenText
    It is the weak point of this software, although it is improving little by a little. The first level of support does not solve almost anything until you move on to a higher level that is more involved.
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    Implementation Rating
    Vembu Technologies
    It wasn't difficult at all, it fact, it was mostly simple, implementation doesn't require much skills and knowledge, but the configuration part does require some skills to create the jobs and configure certain settings, overall, its an easy implementation, especially for experienced IT People
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    OpenText
    Pick one person to help you through the process.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Vembu Technologies
    I tested Vembu against Veeam and for the price, Vembu was the better option. I also had a great support experience as I had to contact Vembu twice after mistakes I made. While using Veeam the software was not as intuitive and support responses were not as swift and accurate.
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    OpenText
    When selecting a backup solution for our virtual environment we chose HP Data Protector for its cost savings in licensing, our familiarity with the software and the ability to backup to disk, tape or both with the standard installation.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Vembu Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    Here the license model from the Micro Focus Data Protector and DP4CW should merge. It causes argumentation problems if you license two products here.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Vembu Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    We use the tool in different installations and combinations of functions and hardware.
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    Professional Services
    Vembu Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    OpenText
    The professional services had some details of low promptness in the attention of cases.
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    Return on Investment
    Vembu Technologies
    • For organizations that use different tools for Backup and recovery, this could be the single tool for Storage and Backup Administrators to automate and work effectively.
    • Software cost is lesser thus the money can be invested for other tools/software procurement
    • I don't think there is any negative impact as of now
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    OpenText
    • Positive impact. I have not worked with HP Data Protector enough to provide the ROI. It simply worked when we needed it to.
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    ScreenShots

    BDRShield Screenshots

    Screenshot of EncryptionScreenshot of Multiple recovery optionsScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of RetentionScreenshot of SchedulingScreenshot of VM Selection

    OpenText Data Protector Screenshots

    Screenshot of Reporting Dashboard