Dell Avamar vs Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup [EOL] comparison

Dell Technologies and Nutanix are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 17, 2025

Dell Avamar and Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup (EOL) compete in the backup solution category. Dell Avamar seems to have the upper hand due to its continued feature development and integration capabilities, whereas Nutanix Mine's EOL status limits its competitiveness.

Features: Dell Avamar offers source-side deduplication which reduces backup windows, rapid backup speeds, and detailed logs for troubleshooting, all of which enhance disaster recovery strategies. Its integration with VMware and high compression ratios using Data Domain make it an efficient option for data transfer in environments with limited bandwidth. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup, now EOL, was known for its convergence capabilities with Nutanix infrastructure and scalability.

Room for Improvement: Dell Avamar users desire enhanced troubleshooting features, a modernized user interface, and better integrability with cloud environments. Faster restore times and more insightful reporting tools are also needed. Potential improvements for Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup are limited due to its EOL status.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell Avamar is praised for ease of deployment in on-premises and some hybrid environments, though customer service experiences are mixed with issues like long wait times and variable support quality. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup also catered to hybrid and on-premises setups, but with EOL, support quality may now be inconsistent as ongoing developments lessen.

Pricing and ROI: Dell Avamar's premium pricing is considered high but justified by its features such as deduplication and high data compression, offering significant cost savings in storage. Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup was cost-effective for larger enterprises but expensive for smaller businesses. Dell Avamar's pricing, bundled offers, and enterprise-level capabilities appeal to businesses seeking reliable, long-term investments.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (7th), Deduplication Software (5th)

Nutanix Mine Integrated Bac...

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Featured Reviews

Ayodeji Oyewole

Managing Director at Atlantic factorial

Reliable with good backups but has occasional failures

I use Dell Avamar primarily for backup and recovery The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality. It gives large enterprises the comfort of knowing their workloads are being backed up. There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be…

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Ingvar Ingason

Channel Sales Manager at Arrow Electronics

An affordable product that offers a reasonably good technical support

I rate the product's initial setup phase an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup phase, and ten is an easy setup phase. The product's installation phase took me around two weeks. On average, it usually takes about a week or two to deploy when everything is in place. The solution is deployed on a hybrid cloud from Azure.

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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

"Dell Avamar has a push upgrade feature that lets you simultaneously push updates to thousands of clients. I also found the self-service part of Dell Avamar helpful."

"Stable and scalable backup and recovery software, with good technical support."

"The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality."

"The initial setup is easy."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality."

"The tool’s ability to restore files discretely is useful."

"The fast backup and recovery and the Full Backup features are valuable."

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"We find the ease of use valuable."

"Nutanix has its own backup system known as HYCU, as well as its own virtual server."

"We use this solution as an integrated backup solution and it is integrated from the backup provider to the Nutanix solution."

"Nutanix can converge legacy-style rack mount servers, so it is highly scalable."

"I like the autofill-over feature and the simplicity of the solution."

"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten."

Cons

"Backup image browse times should be faster."

"This solution could improve by introducing daily verifications and another repository."

"The bare-metal restores could be improved."

"It's very slow to backup and store information. It has two consoles and an application which are more difficult to use than a solution like Veeam."

"The solution could improve by having better integration and more flexibility."

"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."

"Avamar needs a greater emphasis on storage targets. If it's going to keep pace with the times, it needs more ability to leverage cloud storage."

"There are instances where backups fail on certain applications, which is an area that could be improved."

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"The solution's setup process should be simplified."

"I would like to see the multi-cloud improve."

"The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"Nutanix is not secure enough, and it needs to be more resilient."

"This solution could be improved with regards to the hosts that integrate with the platform itself. Each of the hosts integrated with the storage and networking only provide one instance of a backup."

"It could be cheaper."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was very expensive before, but after integrating it with Dell EMC Avamar Data Protection suite licensing, we are getting better discounts."

"The cost of the solution is very expensive."

"Avamar's pricing is quite competitive compared to other vendors."

"It is expensive. The maintenance comes with it for five years. So, you buy the whole thing for five years, and your maintenance is included with it, but it's a big chunk of change upfront. We like capital expenses because we can CapEx them. We pay once every five years, so we spend a big chunk of change. You'd have to divide that out by the five years to come up with how much it costs. It's just about three-quarters of a million dollars for five years."

"Licensing was generally on a per VM or terabyte basis. They changed their licensing model a couple of times and turned it into socket-based licensing, which is an improvement in their licensing model."

"The cost is high."

"When it comes to competition the price is not what is important, it's not the problem."

"Its licensing is weird. It is not just the licenses; we also purchase hardware. With most software products, such as Veeam, Commvault, and Data Protector, there is no hardware purchase at the same time. Because Avamar and Data Domain are tied together, they have an integrated pipe. You can separate them, but basically, they're designed to work as a couple. Because the Data Domain backend is designed to do dedupe and compression, we get 60:1. When you count it, you count it as a straight compression, but of course, that's with dedupe and some other stuff. You have to buy the hardware, the licensing, and the software at the same time. So, it's not just software."

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"Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup is fairly priced."

"I rate the pricing a five out of ten because the price is average."

"While Nutanix Mine is extremely expensive for small businesses, it is a very cost-effective product for enterprise businesses."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is affordable or low, and ten is expensive or high, I rate the price as two."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

10%

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Questions from the Community

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell EMC Avamar?

The cost is very significant, and it could be lower.

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What do you like most about Dell Avamar?

Easy to configure and highly reliable for backup.

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What do you like most about Nutanix Mine?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Mine?

On a scale of one to ten, where one is affordable or low, and ten is expensive or high, I rate the price as two.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Mine?

The price of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.

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Overview

Dell Avamar data protection software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery operations that can scale from daily backup protection for endpoints to high-performance protection for large enterprises with diverse applications and workloads. With application consistent recovery, automation and fast backup and restores, Avamar can help you meet your SLAs and optimize your backup and recovery processes

If you are deploying all or part of your backup environment to the cloud, Avamar enables you to make the most of your cloud investment, enabling replication, disaster recovery and long-term retention for customers using AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

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

Dell Technologies

Nutanix Mine Integrated Backup is a turnkey solution that makes backup infrastructure simple and invisible by combining the Nutanix Cloud Platform technology with leading enterprise backup software for dedicated data backup and recovery.

Nutanix

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Dodge County, St Laurence's College, FieldCore (a GE Company), Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Getronics, Lewisville Independent School District, EnvisionRxOptions, Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions

JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

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