No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Dell Avamar vs vRanger [EOL] comparison

Why PeerSpot?
 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell Avamar
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (22nd), Deduplication Software (7th)
vRanger [EOL]
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

SamuelThomas - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
it_user411396 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
It's easy to use and restore. Tech support is also good.
Easy to use and restore. Restoring when there is issue. Backup bigger virtual machines (VMs). Six years. No. Some big servers don't seem to backup well. Good. Straightforward. It's easy to use.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"Dell EMC Avamar is very good with endpoint backups."
"I think the biggest advantage it offers is backup, for end-users as well as computers, not only servers and storage paths."
"What I found valuable in Dell Avamar is the deduplication feature, and I also like that the solution can be integrated with Data Domain."
"It's very cost effective and affordable when compared to other solutions."
"Quick incremental backups and product replication are the two highlights of the product. Once you capture a full backup, incrementals are pretty quick. It is fairly efficient from that perspective."
"The integration with host domains is very good."
"Dell EMC Avamar is easy to work with and is user-friendly."
"Easy to use and restore."
 

Cons

"The negative of this solution is that it certainly wouldn't cover a super large enterprise where they have other tool needs."
"The screen design is a bit back-dated."
"Like any other company, many of the support calls go to places on the other side of the world. It is sometimes difficult to understand them."
"Avamar deployment is not admin friendly and its required to use help from professiona; services."
"The tool's interface is very much in a spreadsheet format...reporting is an area with shortcomings requiring improvement."
"Adding new nodes is an extremely difficult task. Took me nearly 28 hours for node addition and data rebalance."
"It would be helpful if there was cloud support."
"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."
"Some big servers don't seem to backup well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is costly."
"It's an expensive tool"
"When it comes to competition the price is not what is important, it's not the problem."
"The price is fair."
"Dell Avamar is free when we deploy the data protection. When we order data protection, this software is included in the hardware."
"On a scale of one to five, I would rate the pricing policy of Dell Avamar as five. The solution has a very good price, and a lot of improvements were done to it."
"Dell Avamar is expensive."
"Regarding pricing, I would say Avamar is slightly expensive compared to its functionalities. It's not high-priced or low-priced but somewhere in between."
Information not available
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Backup and Recovery solutions are best for your needs.
913,683 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
No data available
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise47
No data available
 

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...
What needs improvement with Dell Avamar?
It is a very good product. My only concern is that there is no tape backup. For tape backup, we have to use Dell NetWorker. They could add more features for cyber resilience and multi-cloud options...
Ask a question
Earn 20 points
 

Also Known As

Avamar
No data available
 

Overview

 

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
University of Miami
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Rubrik and others in Backup and Recovery. Updated: September 2026.
913,683 professionals have used our research since 2012.