Bacula Enterprise vs Dell NetWorker comparison

Bacula Systems and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Bacula Systems is ranked #24 with an average rating of 10.0, while Dell Technologies is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.8. Bacula Systems holds a 1.1% mindshare in BRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Bacula Systems users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell NetWorker and Bacula Enterprise are two leading data protection solutions. Bacula Enterprise is preferred for its comprehensive feature set, although Dell NetWorker often receives positive feedback for its support and pricing. Bacula Enterprise appears superior due to its feature richness and adaptability.

Features: Dell NetWorker offers robust backup capabilities, efficient data recovery options, and straightforward deployment. Bacula Enterprise provides scalability, open-source flexibility, and extensive customization options.

Room for Improvement: Dell NetWorker could improve integration with various platforms, speed of recovery tasks, and advanced reporting. Bacula Enterprise should simplify the setup process, enhance documentation, and further streamline deployment processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell NetWorker deployment is generally straightforward, with satisfactory support. Bacula Enterprise has a steeper learning curve and could benefit from more streamlined deployment processes, though its customer service is highly praised.

Pricing and ROI: Dell NetWorker is considered cost-effective with decent ROI but may incur additional costs for comprehensive support. Bacula Enterprise, perceived as more expensive, offers a higher ROI due to its robust feature set and scalability, leading users to feel its pricing is justified.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Bacula Enterprise

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

24th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (16th)

Dell NetWorker

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

9th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Bacula Enterprise is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell NetWorker is 1.5%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Dell NetWorker	1.5%
Bacula Enterprise	1.1%
Other	97.4%

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Davilson Aguiar

Analista Tecnologia Banco de Dados at Centro de Gestão da Tecnologia da Informação

Very cost-effective and well organized with good compression

It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company. A managerial user who wants more information beyond the operational technician should be able to access it. It could include greater transparency regarding the volume of data trafficked on the network, as well as the expectation of deduplication. A more practical strategy could come with a backup policy model as a suggestion for both large and small companies. A simple suggestion is to visually implement the backup time as far as your physical media.

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RaedHassan

Senior Specialist Backup/Storage at National Bank of Kuwait

Has supported flexible multi-platform backups and improved over time

Regarding the effectiveness of Dell NetWorker in terms of role-based access controls, I have experience with it, but I find it somewhat lacking in flexibility as it offers limited features, and I would rate it around seven out of ten. It is not that there is something wrong with the role-based access controls in Dell NetWorker, but it lacks many permissions or roles to assign, providing options only for administrator or user. To improve Dell NetWorker for the next release, I recommend enhancing flexibility in the policy, allowing selection of multiple options within the same policy, and addressing issues like the DNS lookup dependency to make it more controllable from Dell NetWorker itself rather than relying on other applications. Looking forward, I would like to see improved policy features and a more enhanced GUI, as it is still slow.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the support for Linux servers."

"It is easy to scale Bacula Enterprise even if your system is growing tremendously in data and servers."

"It can be used in virtually any environment we have onsite."

"The most valuable features are the special plugins such as SAP HANA databases, Microsoft SQL, and various types of virtualization."

"The solution has had a tremendous impact on our public company, as we are now cost-effective and even better on performance with our restorations."

"Bacula Enterprise, so far, has never let us down with their service and support."

"It works great and it provides you with several standard tools to restore your backup, even after a big failure."

"The support is outstanding and world-class."

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"The software’s best feature is data backup for any system."

"The support for legacy products is very good."

"It integrates and works with Data Domain, is an enterprise-class product that can be used for anything and everything across multiple sites and locations, and is also very scalable."

"Good scalability and virtual environment protection."

"Storage-wise, EMC is user-friendly."

"The backup will run automatically and backed up data will expire automatically based on configured policies."

"There are no problems in terms of stability."

"The GUI is user-friendly."

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Cons

"Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability."

"It could improve its interface or offer a specific screen for the manager of the company."

"The initial setup could be a bit easier."

"The interface needs to be easier for adding new devices to be managed."

"A more user-friendly interface (GUI) can be developed."

"We are looking for a unique interface that can rule both enterprise and open source editions. Such a thing does not yet exist."

"The initial setup could be a bit easier."

"Bacula needs a graphical user interface because, for administrators, the command-line interface is okay, but for the average user it is not very easy."

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"The licensing cost is somewhat expensive."

"The product should provide integration with AWS."

"It is not that there is something wrong with the role-based access controls in Dell NetWorker, but it lacks many permissions or roles to assign, providing options only for administrator or user."

"The licensing rules are difficult to navigate and understand."

"In my opinion, Networker is not a very good product; it's very complex compared to Veeam and other products."

"Its console UI should be better. It should also have more out-of-the-box reporting functionalities."

"We encountered challenges during the solution's deployment, particularly integrating our database system and Microsoft Exchange. This area needs improvement."

"Users need to have specific knowledge of the product before they jump in and use it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a perpetual license."

"This is an open-source solution."

"We use a license without a time term. We just need to buy additional support when needed."

"It's approximate, but I believe we pay around $20-30,000 a month in licensing."

"Dell EMC NetWorker is very expensive."

"If you purchase Avamar, NetWorker is free with Avamar, for one terabyte license capacity."

"The licensing model can be traditional licensing or capacity-based licensing."

"Licensing is based on the number of terabytes, so you need to purchase packages."

"The solution follows a subscription model for licensing. We pay annually to use the solution and the price is high."

"Dell NetWorker has two types of licensing models."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	33
Large Enterprise	38

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bacula Enterprise?

Bacula is more expensive than various other solutions. It’s almost completely commercial now. Products like Veeam software are much more expensive.

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What needs improvement with Bacula Enterprise?

Many features have been converted to commercial licensing, which restricts their availability.

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What is your primary use case for Bacula Enterprise?

The last scenario in which I used Bacula was for a customer who needed some open-source tool which could support encryption at that time. We managed to convince the customer to use Bacula to deploy...

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What's the difference between Dell EMC Avamar and Dell EMC NetWorker?

From the very beginning, Dell EMC NetWorker considers users and those who might potentially become users. In terms of both pricing and setup, this product offers an experience that is significantly...

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What do you like most about Dell NetWorker?

The feature that offers the greatest benefits in ensuring data integrity is its backup capability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell NetWorker?

Regarding the pricing of Dell NetWorker, it depends on the deal or negotiation we have with the vendor, making it reasonable, although I cannot make a definitive decision without knowing the specif...

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Overview

Bacula Enterprise is a highly scalable, especially robust and secure data backup and recovery software. Its unique low cost subscription model empowers data centers to truly escape data volume price traps. With a high degree of flexibility and customizability, Bacula offers native integration with a wide range of hypervisors, databases, file systems, cloud interfaces and containers. High numbers of enterprise organizations worldwide (incl. NASA, Bank of Austria, Swisscom or Sky PLC) have adopted Bacula Enterprise backup software in mission critical environments because of its advanced features and ability to handle high data volume at very low cost.

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Built on a reputation of efficiency and reliability, thousands of customers trust Dell NetWorker to protect their data and applications across multiple environments, from core to edge to cloud.

Inherently flexible, NetWorker helps you deploy and leverage the data protection that fits your needs. NetWorker protects both physical and virtual environments, including VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, as well as cloud workloads on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

NetWorker is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite, which offers comprehensive data protection software applications and tools. NetWorker is delivered as software and as a virtual edition.

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Sample Customers

NASA, SwissCom, Navisite, Turner Studios, Bank Austria, Caixa Bank, SdV Plurimedia, Leibniz University Hannover, Zeta Global, Tricore, NetLog, Siemens, LocaWeb, wbsGo, itesys, Queens School of Computing, Escrypt.

Republic Bank, Westgate Resorts, Macquire Cloud Services, Shriners, Panatonni, Qatar Islamic Bank, Eurosport

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