Dell Avamar vs OpenText Data Protector comparison

Dell Technologies and OpenText are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Technologies is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.1, while OpenText is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. Dell Technologies holds a 2.6% mindshare in BRS, compared to OpenText’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

Dell Avamar

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87% willing to recommend

OpenText Data Protector

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80% willing to recommend

Dell Avamar

OpenText Data Protector

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell Avamar and OpenText Data Protector are competing data protection solutions. Dell Avamar appears to have the upper hand due to its superior deduplication and recovery speed, while OpenText Data Protector stands out for its comprehensive feature set and flexibility.

Features: Dell Avamar’s key features include efficient data deduplication, quick recovery times, and robust cloud support. OpenText Data Protector users appreciate its wide platform support, advanced security features, and extensive customization options.

Room for Improvement: Dell Avamar users indicate improvements could be made in scalability, interface complexity, and flexibility. OpenText Data Protector could benefit from enhanced reporting features, simplified maintenance processes, and better user experience in terms of management functionality.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell Avamar is considered straightforward to deploy, with dependable customer support. OpenText Data Protector, while flexible, presents challenges in deployment complexity. Users prefer Dell’s support responsiveness, highlighting a smoother overall experience.

Pricing and ROI: Dell Avamar has a higher upfront setup cost but delivers strong ROI through reduced storage requirements via deduplication. OpenText Data Protector, while competitively priced, offers moderate ROI due to additional costs for maintenance and support.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Deduplication Software (5th)

OpenText Data Protector

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell Avamar is 2.6%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Data Protector is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Dell Avamar	2.6%
OpenText Data Protector	0.8%
Other	96.6%

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SamuelThomas

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

Have supported critical environments despite room for improvement in legacy backup options

It is very efficient in cyber resilience. Deduplication, automation, and everything is very efficient. It is multi-cloud enabled and has broad protections. The software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery options through its cyber resiliency features. Dell PowerProtect Manager provides insights in managing backup processes. Its encryption mechanisms are very efficient, helping to secure sensitive data. Its integration with Dell EMC Data Domain is very good. It is easy to integrate with Data Domain. Multi-cloud options are enabled, and backup in cloud options exist in Dell Avamar.

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Jeroen Vranckaerts

System Engineer - Server & Storage, DBA at Audi Brussels

Though a highly stable tool, it needs to be made easier to use and configure

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten. OpenText Data Protector is complex to configure correctly, but the areas concerning the data and compression are good. Once you get the product to work, it works, but it's much too complex to configure and troubleshoot, as it takes a lot of time and energy, making it not so efficient. Once the tool is configured in your environment, it provides good backup and compression features. In my company, we use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our servers, and we have a team of 20 people to take care of the data backup using the tool. My company doesn't use OpenText Data Protector as a backup for our client's computers. In my company, we have scheduled the process related to backup, which makes the tool run daily around 30 to 40 times.

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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

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with Data Domain and your VM stacks."

"All the features in the system are highly valuable."

"The function I find most valuable in Dell Avamar is its ability to take differential backups for users. This feature is very effective for both backup and restore operations. We've had multiple cases where we needed to restore files directly from Avamar, and it worked perfectly. The Delta feature, which captures changes in user files, is particularly useful."

"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data."

"We have a lot of backups, and this tool helps us with the RMAN Backup."

"The solution's ease of use simplifies the disaster recovery processes in our company"

"The most valuable feature for me in Dell Avamar is the automation, which is good for completion."

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"The reliability of HP Data Protector is the most valuable feature for us."

"Backup of SAP/Oracle -- they are more robust than the competition."

"What I like the most about this solution is that I can change and access the Oracle backup file."

"I have used Micro Focus Data Protector for the file backup facilities. My primary use of the software is to backup file data."

"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...The initial setup process for the solution is easy."

"The installation was simple and provided an easy way to install even on Unix servers. It has excellent features like deduplication."

"The initial setup is straightforward if you understand Data Protector."

"The dashboards in Micro Focus Data Protector are very good. They are similar to the dashboards in Veeam Backup & Replication."

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Cons

"It would be better if we could integrate easily with other platforms."

"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."

"In my opinion, the user interface and the user friendliness could be improved. The specific thing I have in mind are the graphics, which are not quite user-friendly."

"If you don't have DPA, the reporting features are not as user-friendly, so reporting is something that they can improve on."

"More integration would be helpful, as well as the addition of more applications."

"Technical support should be more knowledgeable."

"I would like to see better integration with third-party applications and platforms."

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

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"In general, you can say that Micro Focus Data Protector is behind in capabilities when compared with other backup solutions, such as Commvault, Symantec, NetBackup, but it is very strong for certain use cases such as array integration. We are using it in production even now. There should be some kind of cloud integration and archiving solutions. I think this is the area they need to focus on."

"The GUI could be updated. The GUI hasn't changed since version 6. It's on version 10 now. The reporting could also be better. Also, while Data Protector is excellent for backing up physical hardware, it needs more features for backing up VM images because many environments use hypervisor."

"Micro Focus Data Protector must improve its overall evolution record. They need to focus on hardware based instant recovery, client recovery, and cloud ability. Now there is no cloud ability."

"I would like to see a better user interface in the next release."

"Recently, clients have raised concerns about the lack of comprehensive documentation for Data Protector."

"Virtualization."

"The Micro Focus Data Protector support is not as good as Veeam Backup & Replication's support."

"It can occasionally be inaccurate in its backup/recovery time estimates."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is fair."

"The solution is not expensive for the value one gets."

"Dell Avamar is a moderately priced solution."

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

"It might not be beneficial to smaller businesses due to its high cost."

"Dell Avamar is expensive."

"I rate the tool's price as a three out of ten if one means expensive and ten means it is a cheaply priced tool."

"Dell's pricing structure is not overly expensive."

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"The solution requires paying for a license."

"The licensing cost is too high."

"It is fast, reliable, and its licensing policy is great."

"The licensing cost was not annual. We didn't pay any license. We paid when we deployed and we didn't pay for anything after that. There were no additional fees after the initial payment."

"The pricing is neither too expensive nor very cheap."

"Pricing for Micro Focus Data Protector is reasonable."

"There is a perpetual license involved in addition to support which needs to be renewed annually."

"Our licensing is on a capacity basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	26
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	48

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	28
Midsize Enterprise	22
Large Enterprise	61

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 Micro Focus Data Protector?

I haven't experienced any crashes while using the solution...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus Data Protector?

The solution is expensive as it requires purchasing all features without the option to negotiate based on client numbers, unlike Veeam which offers flexibility in pricing.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Data Protector?

OpenText Data Protector is not user-friendly, especially for cloud backup. It lacks functions and facilities compared to Veeam, which offers more user-friendliness for virtual machine backups. Ther...

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Also Known As

Avamar

Micro Focus Data Protector, Data Protector, OmniBack, HPE Data Protector

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

OpenText 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.

OpenText

Sample Customers

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

GSK Vaccines, Repsol, Vodafone Group, Siemens AG, Medium Enterprise Transportation Services Company

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