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Dell Data Protection Advisor vs Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.4
Dell Data Protection Advisor delivers a 75% return quickly, highlighting financial benefits and effective privacy protection for technical specialists.
Sentiment score
6.6
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery improves business continuity with faster recovery, cost savings, and enhanced operational reliability.</p>
From a customer perspective, this is definitely a good solution financially as it protects their privacy, and currently customers are primarily focused on data privacy.
Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
8.3
Dell Data Protection Advisor offers excellent customer service with responsive support, helpful documentation, and accessible regional offices.
Sentiment score
7.6
Infrascale's customer support is praised for responsiveness and technical expertise, despite occasional language and time zone challenges.
The technical support of Dell rates a perfect 10.
Solution architect at GlassHouse
For P1 incidents, they resolve issues within four hours.
Cyber Security Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The most valuable aspects of Infrascale’s support for my company are the turnaround time and the resolution time.
President at LET US DEAL WITH IT, LLC
Their average mean time to resolve open tickets is an hour.
President at IT1 Service
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Dell Data Protection Advisor is praised for effective scalability, ease of deployment, and adaptability despite some noted limitations.
Sentiment score
5.9
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery efficiently scales for SMBs, balancing cost with reliability, despite infrastructure sizing challenges.</p>
One person can manage hundreds and hundreds of endpoints without any issues.
President at IT1 Service
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.0
Dell Data Protection Advisor is praised for its stability and reliability, with users frequently rating it highly despite minor issues.
Sentiment score
7.6
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is stable, reliable, and praised for support, despite minor issues promptly resolved.</p>
I have worked with Dell for more than 20 years now without encountering any issues.
Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies
Dell Data Protection Advisor is really stable because we use it for all customers, with over 300 customers using Dell Data Protection Advisor.
Solution architect at GlassHouse
I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
President at IT1 Service
There was a recent announcement in terms of moving Infrascale to the cloud, which makes it easier for the customer in terms of usability.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Dell Data Protection Advisor needs improved integration, report customization, stability, and pricing to enhance usability and competitiveness.
Infrascale BDR needs UI improvement, pricing clarity, Linux integration, enhanced dashboard, seamless features, and stronger security measures.
There are no limitations regarding scalability.
Solution architect at GlassHouse
Response time is the main problem that needs addressing.
Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies
Many customers do not rely on just one cloud provider and want to work with multiple clouds.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
When the product works, there is really nothing to fix, but they can allow different types of backups, such as differential or incremental backups.
President at IT1 Service
 

Setup Cost

Dell Data Protection Advisor offers competitive pricing with bulk discounts, bundled licenses, and favorable multi-year terms for enterprise users.
Infrascale offers flexible, negotiable pricing based on data volume, with value-added services and integration with MSP billing systems.
The license model is more economical than other vendor products.
Solution architect at GlassHouse
The product is satisfactory regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies
We recently renewed one of our agreements with them, and even though we were going to renew anyway, they added more margin in terms of a discount for us for renewing early.
Co-Founder | Director | CTO | vCISO | Lead Consultant Infrastructure & Cloud at UBIQUITY Ltd
To someone considering Infrascale but is concerned about the price, I would say that they should get Infrascale's service no matter what it costs because any downtime or any loss of data is substantially worse than any cost for backup.
President at IT1 Service
The per-terabyte pricing is very competitive compared to the others.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Dell Data Protection Advisor enhances data management with features like compression, reporting, and compliance support, improving oversight and efficiency.
<p>Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is praised for its ease, speed, security, centralized management, and robust disaster recovery features.</p>
Dell Data Protection Advisor can integrate with VMware, physical tape library, other backup solutions, Oracle solution, and CA Arcserve, making it a comprehensive solution.
Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies
The predictive analytics feature in Dell Data Protection Advisor provides predictions about backup size and capacity for future periods.
Solution architect at GlassHouse
What I like the most about it is that backups and restores are simple, straightforward, and clean.
President at IT1 Service
Performing backup and recovery can be done very intuitively with the solution and the interface that is part of the solution.
President at a media company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell Data Protection Advisor
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
38th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Infrascale Backup & Disaste...
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
24th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Backup (22nd), Disaster Recovery as a Service (5th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (16th), SaaS Backup (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell Data Protection Advisor is 0.8%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery0.9%
Dell Data Protection Advisor0.8%
Other98.3%
Backup and Recovery
 

Featured Reviews

CB
Solution architect at GlassHouse
Has provided centralized monitoring for backup operations and reduced deployment times
The benefits of Dell Data Protection Advisor are that deployment and enablement are very easy. You can see everything in the backup infrastructure centrally. The real-time data gathering and monitoring process is robust. The predictive analytics feature in Dell Data Protection Advisor provides predictions about backup size and capacity for future periods.
Vivek_Jaiswal - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Senior Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud backups have strengthened ransomware recovery and now protect critical business data
I see several areas where Infrascale Backup & Disaster Recovery could be improved. First is the architectural design and configuration, along with operational maturity, as well as security integration. The performance of support can definitely be improved with easier on-call support features for P1 and P2 incidents. Getting quick support from the vendor during major recoveries or disasters would be greatly appreciated. Additionally, improving the strength of ransomware protections, addressing critical gaps in deployments, enforcing backup immutability policies, and making disaster recovery testing routine instead of an ad hoc process are important. Validating that I can quickly recover data should be a priority, and improved runbooks or operational maturity platforms would be beneficial for data recovery from critical incidents.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Construction Company
14%
Healthcare Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business18
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Data Protection Advisor?
The pricing of Dell Data Protection Advisor is very competitive among other vendors, and the license model is more economical than other vendor products.
What needs improvement with Dell Data Protection Advisor?
Dell Data Protection Advisor is somewhat complicated, but this depends on the software limitations. However, you can scale it if you work on the virtualization platform. There are no limitations re...
What is your primary use case for Dell Data Protection Advisor?
We use Dell Data Protection Advisor for backup operations. Dell Data Protection Advisor is very useful for the central view of the whole backup process, monitoring success and failed backups, and t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Infrascale Platform?
The pricing of Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery is premium; if it went down, I would definitely be happy, but I don't want to see it go up. Their margin from what they're wholesale and the...
What needs improvement with Infrascale Platform?
What I would like to see improved or enhanced in Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery includes additional features for scalability.
What is your primary use case for Infrascale Platform?
I can describe a few use cases for Infrascale Backup &amp; Disaster Recovery, which we primarily use for data protection and recovery.
 

Also Known As

DPA
Infrascale Platform
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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