OpenText Data Protector vs Quorum OnQ comparison

OpenText and Quorum are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. OpenText is ranked #22 with an average rating of 9.0, while Quorum is ranked #38 with an average rating of 8.5. OpenText holds a 1.0% mindshare in BRS, compared to Quorum’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Quorum users who would recommend it.

OpenText Data Protector

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80% willing to recommend

Quorum OnQ

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

OpenText Data Protector and Quorum OnQ are competing data protection solutions. Quorum OnQ seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features, ease of deployment, and better value in pricing and ROI.

Features:OpenText Data Protector is praised for its versatile backup options, excellent integration capabilities, and dependable performance. Quorum OnQ impresses with its comprehensive disaster recovery features, ease of use, and extensive feature set, giving it an edge over OpenText Data Protector in this category.

Room for Improvement:OpenText Data Protector needs improvements in efficiency, modernization of certain functionalities, and a more streamlined interface. Quorum OnQ could benefit from enhanced scalability, reduced complexity, and better documentation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:OpenText Data Protector deployment can be complex and time-consuming, with mixed reviews on customer support. Quorum OnQ deployment is generally straightforward and quicker, with responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI:OpenText Data Protector has a higher initial setup cost and longer time to realize ROI. Quorum OnQ is noted for being cost-effective with a quicker ROI, offering better value in terms of pricing and return on investment.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Data Protector

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

22nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

102

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Quorum OnQ

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

38th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Backup (35th), Disaster Recovery (DR) Software (21st)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of OpenText Data Protector is 1.0%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Quorum OnQ is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
OpenText Data Protector	1.0%
Quorum OnQ	0.9%
Other	98.1%

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Ahmad-Hassan

Project Manager And Technical Consultant at EEMC

Provides effective backup for physical servers and needs improvements for cloud compatibility

We use OpenText Data Protector for Oracle database backup and some applications that run for database security OpenText Data Protector is good for physical backup, specifically for physical servers. It is effective for direct backups to EMC library or storage without using a repository. However,…

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reviewer2594778

Senior Application Analyst at a non-profit with 5,001-10,000 employees

Enhanced filtering for advocate emails

Quorum provides an elevated ability to filter on everything from people's location to age to their voting history. This is an extreme feature that will help our advocacy department a lot. It encompasses the ability to formulate emails and calls to action across regions. Their platform is more advanced than our previous one. It provides a smooth training experience and easy terminology for those in the advocacy world.

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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

"The solution allows us to be able to backup and exchange directly, to backup Microsoft exchange."

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

"Our complete Data Centre HP Data Protector deployment was AU$46,000."

"Many of my clients have been able to remove tape drives from remote sites."

"I like that it supports HPE UNIX servers since many backup solutions do not - this is the main reason why we chose this solution."

"Data Protector is very good at automation. From the time of the backup, verification, and copy to tape, it is very good. I don't need to touch it, it will do it by itself."

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

"HP Data Protector integration with RMAN is very stable, robust and provides good diagnostics features to troubleshoot backup issues."

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"Quorum OnQ has taken the guesswork out of backup/recovery and disaster recovery."

"It does automated tests to the systems to make sure that you could spin them up if you needed to. And if something doesn't come back up in those tests, we get a notification saying the system didn't come back up."

"Quorum OnQ provides an elevated ability to filter on everything from people's location to age to their voting history."

"The most useful feature is the one-click recovery."

"The most valuable feature is spinning up a ready-to-go VM in a test or production environment that is based on a backup stored on the Quorum device."

"The biggest feature is being able to do a file recovery to the original server. That is extremely useful and has saved us a few times when we've had ransomware. In some of those cases, people's computers were locked down by viruses which spread to things they had access to, including server shares. But we were easily able to just restore to four hours prior, instead of a day or two or more ago."

"It's easy to implement, easy to spin up, easily configurable, to drop-in appliances and network. There wasn't a lot of time needed to spin it up."

"It is a stable solution."

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Cons

"In SAP restoration, we faced issues with changing the SIDs and changing the path for every backup object. It is quite a lengthy process to do that."

"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 Data Protector software service shuts down randomly sometimes."

"This solution is not scalable."

"Faster VEAgent Restores"

"The graphical interface needs to be improved."

"The operation is not so friendly for new users. The GUI could also use improvement."

"I don't like this solution so much because it's very technical and compared to Commvault and Veeam, it's not so user-friendly. The interface needs improvement."

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"They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments with different needs."

"The user interface needs to be improved."

"I would really like it if they followed comparable products from other vendors and had an option where you could offload to tape. I know it sounds incredibly antiquated, but the benefit I see is that there would be a better air gap than you have with backing up to an online source."

"The cost could be reduced."

"It feels to me like it's going to be a little bit more work than I originally anticipated when upgrading the appliance. I haven't done that yet so I can't speak from true experience, but I went through the project plan and it feels to me like there's quite a number of pieces and components and things that have to be done. Quorum is going to manage the rollout, but in starting the initial conversation there were a lot of unanswered questions"

"I paid for subscription of Firewall. I paid for subscription of endpoint protection. Thet should introduce single subscription for all services."

"We found that some of the live SQL databases we were backing up would be inconsistent when we would restore them."

"There was a situation I faced in the past when I contacted the tool's support team, and it took them a while to respond."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have two types of licensing, one is for storage capacity and the other is client licensing. The capacity licensing here is a bit expensive."

"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."

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

"The solution requires paying for a license."

"Pricing/licensing is Data Protector's single best offering. In its most basic environment, the only license required is for whatever target device is required."

"We have many competitors who are pricing better, and we believe that our pricing is higher."

"Avoid using many LTO drives; when using fewer drives, the price will be extremely good."

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

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"When we first got the Quorum the licensing was different."

"The cost is higher than other software and services, but it is an absolute must-have."

"The pricing is about $1,400 a month. It's a little bit on the higher side. But it's one of those situations where time is valuable for me. So if it costs a little bit more money for me to have a solution that just works and requires less of my day-to-day management, I'm willing to pay a little bit more."

"I am not sure how much it costs, but I know it's expensive."

"Quorum OnQ can be described as a medium-priced product...There are no ingress and egress charges in the product."

"The upfront cost of purchasing a license for the hardware is quite steep."

"The solution’s pricing is economical."

"The total for our current solution's licensing is about $14,000 for 12 servers for three years."

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Top Industries

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Marketing Services Firm

13%

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Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Performing Arts

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

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

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Large Enterprise	4

Questions from the Community

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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What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Data Protector?

We use OpenText Data Protector ( /products/opentext-data-protector-reviews ) for Oracle database backup and some applications that run for database security.

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What do you like most about Quorum OnQ?

It is a very scalable solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quorum OnQ?

It's a little expensive. That said, the cost aligns with other advocacy tools we have evaluated.

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What needs improvement with Quorum OnQ?

They have radio buttons that allow multiselection, which is not intuitive. Also, the URL for our environments is the same, making it confusing for management when handling different departments wit...

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Also Known As

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

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Overview

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

Quorum onQ is the global leader in 1-click instant recovery, providing full immediate recovery of your critical systems after any storage, system or site failure. It does this by automatically maintaining up-to-date, ready-to-run virtual machine clones of your physical and virtual servers stored on a dedicated appliance – clones that will transparently take over for failed servers within minutes.

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