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Commvault Cloud vs Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines comparison

Commvault and Dell Technologies are both solutions in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category. Commvault is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4, while Dell Technologies is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3. Commvault holds a 8.7% mindshare in DRS, compared to Dell Technologies’s 4.9% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Commvault users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Dell Technologies users who would recommend it.
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 15, 2024

Commvault Cloud and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines are prominent solutions in the data protection and disaster recovery market. Commvault Cloud appears to have an edge due to its extensive cloud integration, whereas Dell RecoverPoint is advantageous for VMware environments with its efficient real-time data protection.

Features: Commvault Cloud's strengths lie in its seamless backup and recovery across multiple environments, both on-premises and in the cloud, coupled with global deduplication and flexible policy management, making it highly suitable for enterprises with diverse data sets. In contrast, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines excels in real-time data protection and offers robust local and remote replication, which is particularly beneficial for VMware environments that necessitate high availability and precise recovery options.

Room for Improvement: Commvault Cloud users report challenges with the complexity of its user interface and the demand for constant updates, suggesting a need for improved support documentation and a more intuitive interface. Dell RecoverPoint faces criticisms over its configuration complexity and higher pricing, with users expressing a desire for simpler installation processes and enhanced scalability beyond VMware environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Commvault Cloud's deployment complexity is attributed to its vast feature set and multiple cloud integrations, though it is praised for its comprehensive support and predictability. Its customer service is regarded as responsive and knowledgeable, although regional support may vary. On the other hand, Dell RecoverPoint offers simpler deployment within VMware ecosystems, but integration beyond can be cumbersome. While customer support is rated highly, there is room for improvement in streamlining escalation processes.

Pricing and ROI: Commvault Cloud offers competitive pricing models, including subscriptions that provide flexibility and predictability, reflecting value despite not being the cheapest option. Customers often see significant ROI through reduced storage costs and consolidation of backup solutions. Conversely, Dell RecoverPoint, while on the higher pricing spectrum, provides value through efficient data replication and disaster recovery, mainly for VMware-focused environments. Its ROI is most evident when fine-tuned to specific virtual setups without extensive external dependencies.

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Categories and Ranking

Commvault Cloud
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (4th), eDiscovery (3rd), Cloud Backup (3rd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (2nd), File Archiving (1st), SaaS Backup (2nd), Threat Deception Platforms (1st), Container Backup Software (1st), AI IT Support (7th)
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtu...
Ranking in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category, the mindshare of Commvault Cloud is 8.7%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is 4.9%, up from 4.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Commvault Cloud8.7%
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines4.9%
Other86.4%
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Featured Reviews

Ankit Gagneja - PeerSpot reviewer
Ankit Gagneja
Cloud Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
Hybrid backup strategy has improved recovery orchestration and now supports flexible DR planning
I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically revolves around tiering of not frequently accessible data to glacier kind of storage, plus bringing in a high level of compression and deduplication capabilities. All those features I believe are there in other customers and they are bringing in new use cases from the AI perspective which I have not recently seen in Commvault. I have seen that Dell does have such features. We recently pitched a solution to the customers where we talked about data tiering and the other AI use cases, identifying the data by itself and autonomously taking decisions on how to tier the data between the different storage classes that we have. Those kind of capabilities that we have proposed to the customer as far as the partner solutions are concerned. I would like to see AI capabilities in Commvault Cloud. The rest of the features pretty much align with the other enterprise solutions that we have in the market. It is just the AI capability that is being asked by the customers as well as that I see missing with Commvault.
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ClaudioSalgado - PeerSpot reviewer
ClaudioSalgado
IT Architect Consultant at RTFM
Offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites
It offers key features like any point-in-time recovery without needing scheduled snapshots. It allows for automated VM protection during processes like failover and testing, and it offers replication flexibility across multiple environments, including local centers and secondary sites. It also provides IP address management when network configurations differ across sites.
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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 expanse of the decoys that they have is valuable. They cover everything on the corporate side that you would think of, such as Windows, Linux, and even applications like SAP. They also go into the OT environment and emulate OT devices as well."
"In the VM, we have Live Recovery, Live Mount, and Live Sync."
"Commvault has a unique administration platform with more features than its competitors."
"When an interruption takes place due to an incident, the signaling and notification are very extensive."
"The cloud integration is a massive win for us, giving us a single backup service for all of our on-premise and cloud systems."
"The backup and restore capabilities are key. The most useful things to us about Commvault, in general, is the breadth of the applications that it can protect as well as the features inside of it, like deduplication and encryption. When people get their data encrypted, Commvault has a way to tell if somebody is being attacked through a cybersecurity threat because their data changes. So, Commvault has what they call honeypot files out there to look to see if anybody is changing these files. Only Commvault knows which files those are, so nobody should be messing with those files. If it changes, then it will alert you to say, "Oh, I potentially have somebody messing with my files." It will alert you to something going on in your environment that probably shouldn't be happening. We deploy that with all our customers so they have this capability as well."
"Quick backups and restores of data are the most valuable features. It is important that it is an easy solution to integrate with the SAML authentication of our tenant, so we can have our users log into the systems and do their own restores, if needed."
"The product is a reliable solution."
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"The most valuable feature is that it is journal-based and you don't have to replicate a lot of data."
"The workload can be moved directly if the disaster site is the main site."
"The solution is quite stable. We haven't experienced any kind of bug or glitch. We haven't experienced crashes."
"One of the standout features of Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is its real-time data protection capability."
"Continuous replication with lower RTO and RPO is the most innovative feature, and its tight integration with VMware for VMware VMs is also valuable."
"The installation is straightforward if the version you have is compatible with your infrastructure."
"Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines offers key features like any point-in-time recovery without needing scheduled snapshots."
"The generalization of the journals allows us to go back in time and choose the snapshot suitable for us. We can grab it as needed."
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Cons

"The support needs more improvement. I feel that the support is not yet up to the mark, with not enough professional engineers to provide assistance."
"The backup of virtual machines needs improvement. I know they're working on it."
"The tool should revise its licensing."
"Suppose I am restoring a particular file. If I want to restore the permissions only from that particular folder, that is not possible."
"The solution needs better Office 365 data backup management."
"I think there is room for improvement with the reports. They are a little poor."
"Commvault HyperScale X could improve by allowing backups of the storage area network (SAN)."
"When we started using Commvault, we felt that there were some technical issues with managing it, but we are comfortable enough with managing it now. There were many issues, like index corrupting, when we first started, but all those issues were resolved by the Commvault tech team."
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"Their L1 support is not so good as of now. They have recently outsourced to a company, and they are not doing good."
"The solution could improve by being more easier to use. However, once you have used it for a while it becomes easier. Additionally, there could be better support and compatibility with management by having a command-line interface. This would be beneficial for the customers."
"The solution currently supports only VMware. There is increasing demand for compatibility with other hypervisors, such as Hyper V and KVM Proxmox. Additionally, licensing has become less flexible and more expensive."
"Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover."
"The configuration process seems a bit challenging, and the installation takes a bit longer than expected."
"The solution is not easy to use. It's actually quite hard. If it could be simplified it might be better for the end user."
"It would be good to have a critical application on the customer side."
"It should have features for recovering a group of virtual machines and full-scale security. For recovering all the VMs at once, they don't have a GUI option, and we have to use the command line."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We went from Veritas NetBackup to Commvault. We switched due to upfront licensing and costs. We have more visibility into what we're actually purchasing. It seemed like, overall, the cost of Commvault was cheaper."
"Based on the customer's needs, their pricing and model is very confusing sometimes. You need to check with their sales to make sure you are getting the right pricing on whatever you are using. I know that they have simplified a lot regarding the licensing model nowadays, but it is good to always double check and make sure it has everything that you really need."
"I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten."
"Hands down, Metallic provides us with more predictable costs for our backup requirements. You are getting what you pay for. If they are charging you X amount of dollars at that point, that is what you are going to pay. So far, I have not seen any hidden costs or any kind of gotchas. It is pretty cut-and-dry. They will let you know, "Hey, you are going to use our storage and it will cost you this much. You are going to use your storage, then we are going to charge you this much to backup.""
"Its cost is reasonable, but anybody else can do better benchmarking."
"The tool is cost-effective."
"The product is very competitive for pricing in some countries because it is possible to set up Commvault hardware with other vendors using its certification."
"Commvault Backup & Recovery is priced fairly, and its performance-to-cost ratio is also better than fair."
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"This is an expensive product."
"Pricing-wise, it is pretty much fair for any customer who only has a VMware environment. Licensing is based on the number of VMs that you want to protect at any given point in time. Licensing is not based on size."
"The tool is expensive. If one means cheaply priced and ten means expensive, I rate the tool's price as a seven."
"This is not a very cheap solution and compared to others, it is expensive."
"It was a part of a backup solution. So, it was free for us."
"There is a license required for this solution and the pricing depends on how many virtual machines you have."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
5%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise82
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ThreatWise?
Commvault Cloud is expensive, and there is room for the price to be 10-15 percent lower than what they are charging currently.
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What needs improvement with ThreatWise?
I think improvements could be made in Commvault Cloud. Lately what I have seen is that there are AI capabilities that different data protection organizations are coming up with, which basically rev...
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What is your primary use case for ThreatWise?
I work with a variety of backup solutions including Commvault, Avamar, Rubrik, and similar tools. I am part of Tata Consultancy Services where we pitch all these solutions to customers from the bac...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?
Most of the time, we buy perpetual license solutions.
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What needs improvement with Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?
Although we can change the IP address, it would be good to have some other sort of orchestration to make life easier to manage when we failover.
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What is your primary use case for Dell EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines?
I was actually just having a quick look to compare some solutions, but we are going to stick with what we currently have, which is Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines ( /products/dell-recoverpoi...
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Also Known As

Commvault Complete Data Protection, Commvault Backup & Recovery, Commvault HyperScale X, Metallic, ThreatWise
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Overview

Commvault Cloud is the ultimate cyber resilience platform built to meet the demands of the hybrid
enterprise. Beyond its core functionality of data backup and recovery across diverse workloads, including applications, databases, virtual machines, and files, Commvault Cloud stands out as a robust defense against ransomware. Going beyond backup, the platform integrates advanced data security features such as encryption, access control, and threat detection, safeguarding against unauthorized access and cyber threats.

With tools for data management, classification, and migration, businesses can optimize storage costs, enhance accessibility, and comply with regulations seamlessly. Boasting cloud integration with major providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Commvault Cloud leverages the scalability and flexibility of the cloud for comprehensive data protection and management. The platform's automation capabilities streamline tasks, and its reporting and analytics features provide valuable insights into data usage, potential risks, and optimization strategies. Commvault Cloud is not just a security tool; it is a key component of cyber resilience, enabling organizations to not only protect against cyberattacks but also recover swiftly and minimize the impact of incidents. Elevate your cyber resilience strategy with Commvault Cloud.

Commvault

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines enables quick recovery of VMware virtual machines and allows you to efficiently test, manage and orchestrate operational backup and disaster recovery operations. 

With tight integration with VMware, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is storage and application agnostic, with built-in automation accessible via VMware vSphere web client plug-in.  

When cloud becomes a vital part of your disaster recovery strategy, RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is also web-enabled, providing efficient replication to AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS. 

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite. 

Dell Technologies
 

Sample Customers

Aberdeenshire Council, Acxiom, BAM Group Ireland, Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta, CI Investments, Clifford Chance, American Municipal Power, American Pacific Mortgage, AstraZeneca, Dongbu Steel, Denver Health, Dow Jones, Emirates Steel, Penn State Health, Prime Healthcare, Sonic Healthcare, Sony Network Communications, TiVO, UCONN Health, The Weitz Company
Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, PCS Publishing, Noble Foods
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