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ExaGrid EX Series vs Veritas NetBackup Appliance comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 5, 2024

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

ExaGrid EX Series
Ranking in Deduplication Software
8th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Veritas NetBackup Appliance
Ranking in Deduplication Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.7
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Deduplication Software category, the mindshare of ExaGrid EX Series is 5.4%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is 5.8%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Deduplication Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Veritas NetBackup Appliance5.8%
ExaGrid EX Series5.4%
Other88.8%
Deduplication Software
 

Featured Reviews

DG
Information Technology advisor at Lotus Consulting
Improvements in data storage efficiency and customer support experience
ExaGrid EX Series and Veeam was easy to set up, and it worked seamlessly. It was very simple to use. We rarely needed to touch the ExaGrid boxes, except for upgrades. With the systems engineer from ExaGrid, and with our common knowledge of backup software, it was very easy to use. The performance was good, the interface was good, and the GUI was good. When ExaGrid introduced the air gapped feature, it was almost complete. Almost every hardware vendor has an air gapped feature, but they were significantly ahead of other vendors. The air gapped and immutable storage are very nice features. The price compared to other competitors was good with better features. It is not a cheap product, but compared to the features, it is a good competitor.
MohamedFekry - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at vertowave
High-speed backup and strong deduplication have supported secure long-term data protection
In my opinion, what can be improved about Veritas NetBackup Appliance includes licensing. A mixed licensing model would be more helpful, such as terabytes plus virtual machines, terabytes plus instances, or number of instances. I believe this could work and create a new competitive licensing model against other products. Additionally, embedding Enterprise Vault or some of its features in the backup software would enable better competition with Commvault, which offers backup and archiving from the same console. For the next release of Veritas NetBackup Appliance, I would like to see improvements in licensing, increased deduplication ratio, and enhanced high availability. Having high availability for Veritas NetBackup Appliance without requiring virtual storage like Cohesity would be important. Improving the overall high availability of Veritas NetBackup Appliance would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"ExaGrid EX Series and Veeam was easy to set up, and it worked seamlessly."
"The tool has improved backup and recovery times. One of the key features contributing to this improvement is the landing zone and deduplication retention zone. When data is in the landing zone, the process is fast, ensuring smooth backup and recovery operations at high speeds. However, the process becomes slower for long-term backups moved to the retention zone due to fragmentation. So, if the data is older than a few days, the speed may be limited, especially for non-deduplicated data in the landing zone."
"The solution easily integrates with the backup targets, such as Veeam."
"The most valuable features of the solution are deduplication and landing zone."
"The equipment is pretty solid."
"One of the most valuable aspects of the ExaGrid EX Series is the support."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and data deduplication. It's extremely easy to use and does a very good job of data deduplication and compression."
"ExaGrid has improved my organization in the way that we get reliable backups with very little administration."
"The NetBackup appliance features customized software that is designed for storage."
"They are a large company with good best practices, and they give good support."
"This is an available and reliable solution, which is very good to set up for enterprise systems."
"We have good data backup coverage."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the backup speed."
"The most valuable feature involves VMware Instant Recovery, which allows one to do restoration within seconds."
"The intelligent policies feature is used in order to protect the VMware infrastructure. One of the things that makes a big difference for our company is the usage of these intelligence policies. The system automatically provides extra protection for any VMware server application or service. From a backup administrator's point of view, this is what we call peace of mind. It reduces the workload and therefore reduces resources needed from the company."
"The price of Veritas NetBackup Appliance is competitive."
 

Cons

"The tool reduces storage footprint. However, clients are now storing data for longer durations with increasing requirements to retain backups for longer periods, particularly as a defense against ransomware attacks. As a result, the retention zone with duplicated data is experiencing more demand, leading to space constraints. This necessitates using higher-end, more expensive models to address the issue."
"I would like for them to develop direct cloud integration with a third-party cloud. Direct integration with AWS and other cloud providers."
"When speaking about a scale-out, you want to have better equipment. You cannot just add a disc to the foreign equipment. You have to buy another one and put it together, like parallel."
"The product's documentation can be made more precise."
"The support is not that fast to deal with our concerns. It is next day support, they could improve on the speed."
"The one place where we are sometimes losing the opportunity with ExaGrid is that a few customers still require a fiber channel connectivity, which is not always possible."
"The solution could improve by switching to a flash-type solution rather than the spinning drives that they currently use. However, we have not had any failure with the spinning drives. The flash-type drives are more up-to-date and are something that is in their roadmap."
"Veeam has a verification action, which is good."
"The challenge arose due to a space issue. The issue was related to disk breaks, especially when power cuts occurred. One of the disks would break, leading to a loss of functionality."
"The reporting feature can be improved."
"The response from the support team has not always been quick, so sometimes there is a risk."
"This solution is not as stable as Veeam. When it crashes and you want to cover, it is a complicated procedure."
"Feature-wise, it is quite good, but it is very costly."
"Our main challenge was deciding on the right capacity for expansion, but once we settled on two NAS servers with sixteen TB, things have been smooth."
"The scalability could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My company had to pay 1,60,000 EUR for the system we use, and the payment was made just once for the system and five years of full support."
"The current agreement has 21 terabytes of free space and it cost approximately $35,000."
"The previous solutions I have used both included the Backup Software and the Appliance making it hard to compare to this solution. However, overall the solution is reasonably priced for the features you receive. ExaGrid EX Series is priced better than HP, Dell, and possibly Commvault which I have compared in the past."
"In comparison to other solutions, it's affordable. They're all too expensive."
"I rate ExaGrid EX Series' pricing eight to nine out of ten."
"I cannot say whether our licensing costs are on a monthly or annual basis, as we have a global contract."
"Overall, Veritas is a good solution; the problem is the cost."
"It costs more to license support for this solution, compared to others."
"We pay annually. It is a huge figure for us."
"The product's price is high."
"There is a license needed to use Veritas NetBackup Appliance and there are not any additional fees."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the pricing a nine."
"The licenses are purchased on appliances with the capacity they require."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise28
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ExaGrid EX Series?
Everything can always be better, so I would give it a nine.
What is your primary use case for ExaGrid EX Series?
We used ExaGrid EX Series as a landing zone for Veeam software. Initially they did not have immutable storage, but when they released that feature, we implemented it. We used it with Veeam software...
What advice do you have for others considering ExaGrid EX Series?
I was a customer. My overall rating for ExaGrid EX Series is 9 out of 10.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
Customers say that the price for Veritas NetBackup Appliance is high. It is a high price because the maintenance has a large cost, especially if the appliance is hardware rather than a virtual appl...
What needs improvement with Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
I think Veritas NetBackup Appliance can be improved in terms of support. Support for appliances needs to be improved, specifically the quality of support that I receive. The specific areas that nee...
What is your primary use case for Veritas NetBackup Appliance?
My main use case for Veritas NetBackup Appliance is for backup and recovery. I use Veritas NetBackup Appliance for backing up all customer data across Hyper-V, VMware, Oracle, SAP HANA, simple file...
 

Also Known As

EX Series
NetBackup Appliance
 

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Sample Customers

NCI Group, North Attleborough Public School, North Kingstown School Department, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Prudential Douglas Elliman, Rathbone Brothers PLC, Rio Hondo College, Ruder Finn, Sarah Lawrence College
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