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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell Networker

    Score5.7 out of 10
    N/ADell NetWorker is an enterprise-level data protection software product that unifies and automates backup to tape, disk-based, and flash-based storage media across physical and virtual environments for granular and disaster recovery.N/A

    Epsilon PeopleCloud

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AEpsilon PeopleCloud (formerly the Agility platform with Agility Harmony) is an enterprise-level email marketing and cross-channel campaign management platform competing with Responsys, Cheetah Mail, ExactTarget, etc. The vendor has a strong international presence with staff in 14 countries.N/A
    Pricing
    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
    Considered Both Products
    Dell Technologies
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    Epsilon
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    57%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    2 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
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    Features
    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Dell Networker and Epsilon PeopleCloud
    Feature
    Dell Networker
    5.0
    11 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Epsilon PeopleCloud
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery5.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery6.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification6.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection4.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations3.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification4.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud5.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots6.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment2.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard4.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support3.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options4.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
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    Score6.5 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bacula Enterprise
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Treasure AI
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (11 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Dell NetworkerEpsilon PeopleCloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dell Technologies
    For users with a basic backup system that does not provide advanced data protection this is a life saver in the age we live in where hackers are looking to encrypt and ruin your important backups. I would recommend [Dell EMC Networker] based on its features, price, and ease of use. If you have a similar product already it does not offer many unique features however.
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    Epsilon
    Appropriate for large organizations who want customization in their emails. The tool - while intuitive if you have previous background - is hefty and large in scope of capabilities. It's great for organizations who have multiple users and shows the name of person who last made changes. The reporting is really good - but may be a bit overwhelming for organizations who don't need a lot of detailed information
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • Seamlessly integrates with DataDomain
    • Seamlessly integrates with vmWare for extremely fast VM backups
    • Provides agent-based integration for a very wide array of applications-aware backups, including but not limited to: Microsoft SQL/Exchange/Sharepoint, Meditech, Oracle, DB2, Informix, SAP
    • Integrates with a wide family of NAS solutions for NDMP backups
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    Epsilon
    • Fairly intuitive if you have previous experience with high-end email tools.
    • The training opportunities are good - they offer both online and/or live training.
    • The support we receive is very good.
    • The reporting feature is good - a lot of detailed information.
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • The GUI is horrible. Giant windows that don't size properly, confusing terminology, multiple clicks to get things done, it's just a disorganized mess. I can't put this in front of my junior techs because it requires some background in DR software to fully comprehend, and even then it's not easy. It feels very much like this was tacked on to a command-line based product as an afterthought.
    • Better management features. It's difficult to integrate with Active Directory, for one. You'll need a Dell EMC tech to help you. Items can't be renamed and have to be recreated. Options are buried in multiple GUI tabs and often are just command line strings in a free-text field. Diagnosing failed jobs and workflows is cumbersome and the errors are often cryptic without some experience. Design it well and pray for uptime, because you need this to work when disaster requires it to.
    • Poor reporting features for an enterprise class product. You can't schedule any type of simple summary (an audit requirement for us) in the base product. To do this requires the additional cost of Data Protection Advisor, which is also horribly designed and impossible to get working quickly.
    • Post-sales contact is non-existent. We've been through a few reps and the project team dropped us at one point with a half-finished implementation when the original sales guy moved on. We only got the the promised product implementation by telling Dell that we weren't paying the bill until they delivered what they promised and were contractually obligated to.
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    Epsilon
    • The tool could be improved to "remember" where you last left off (specific user). Having to constantly retrace steps if you get logged out is annoying.
    • Hitting the "back" arrow sends you back to a main section, when it should send you back to where you previously were.
    • It would be nice to see performance reports available within the campaign itself, as well as within the reporting section.
    • Ability to NOT be able to change anything in a campaign after it has launched. This has happened multiple times. We usually copy a previous campaign to start a new one but often, we end up changing content on the version we are copying from -- this is very annoying and dangerous.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dell Technologies
    There are three reasons for not renewing our use of NetWorker: 1) the rising and extremely high cost of support and proprietary hardware needed for deduplication, 2) the complete unreliability of the product (we couldn't recover from a true disaster if we wanted to), and 3) the horrible support from EMC for the product
    Incentivized
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    Epsilon
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Dell Technologies
    NetWorker has the clunkiest interface and unfriendliest CLI with which I have ever had to work. I spent three years hating this application because it took ALL of my time just to keep it running. Even then, I had no confidence in our ability to recover from a disaster because of its unreliability.
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    Epsilon
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Dell Technologies
    The support team has always been good, and there is never an issue that can't be resolved. The techs are competent and know the product. The slightly less than perfect rating I'm giving is because Support shouldn't carry the burden themselves. We hear from Dell sales people all the time, but they never call and ask about this product, nor do they offer to upsell it or make it better. That lack of sales support and coherence hurts the overall rating a bit. When I spend my company's money on your product, I expect you to at least ACT like you care, if not actually care for real. It influences my opinion and future purchasing habits.
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    Epsilon
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Dell Technologies
    How can anyone build a house without a blueprint? NetWorker was ramrodded into place here without a design or implementation plan. The result was a setup that was doomed from the start and never worked reliable over the full three years of our contract obligation.
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    Epsilon
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Dell Technologies
    EMC and Unitrends are equal at the file level and SQL backups. What makes Unitrends the better product is the ability to backup VMs as a whole. They both have the ability to email reports about failures and hardware issues. Unitrends has superior support and knowledge base and support is available 24/7.
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    Epsilon
    While both Epsilon Agility Harmony and Oracle Responsys are great for larger organizations that send a lot of emails, I think Epsilon Agility Harmony is more robust than Responsys and is easier to use. It is significantly more complex than HubSpot and requires previous knowledge of using an email tool that has content blocks and or dynamic content.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • When you get into the deep dive of features there is quite a learning curve for those options so it's a lot to learn.
    • Restores and restore verification is very fast so you save some time there.
    • Costs are fairly high so an ROI may take some time vs a standard backup software.
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    Epsilon
    • Increased email production = more communication to customers.
    • Better reporting = determine areas for improvement or scale up efforts.
    • Working on getting our triggered emails optimized - there's a great opportunity for this with this tool.
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