Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] vs Veritas NetBackup comparison

Quest Software and Veritas are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Additionally, 90% of Quest Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Veritas users who would recommend it.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 26, 2025

Veritas NetBackup and Quest Rapid Recovery compete in the backup and recovery solutions sector. Veritas NetBackup seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set and flexibility across various environments.

Features: Veritas NetBackup is acknowledged for its extensive features like deduplication, robust backup solutions, and advanced recovery options, offering reliability and flexibility. Quest Rapid Recovery is noted for its ease of use in virtual environments, featuring point-in-time recovery and efficient recovery functionalities.

Room for Improvement: Veritas NetBackup can improve by simplifying its licensing structure and integrating better with cloud platforms. Quest Rapid Recovery needs enhancements in physical backups, database support, and an expansion of its feature set to compete with larger solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Veritas NetBackup supports various deployment models, including hybrid and private cloud, though initial setup may be complex. Its customer service gets mixed responses for responsiveness. Quest Rapid Recovery is easier to deploy on-premises with well-regarded customer service, but lacks cloud deployment flexibility.

Pricing and ROI: Veritas NetBackup is considered expensive with a complex licensing model but offers high ROI due to reliable data recovery. Quest Rapid Recovery, while also on the higher end, is deemed more cost-effective for straightforward operations, with a fair ROI considering efficient data recovery.

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Categories and Ranking

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Veritas NetBackup

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

119

Ranking in other categories

Backup and Recovery (5th)

Featured Reviews

Adam Augustín

Country Manager at Prianto Ltd

Granular recovery, replication is good and offers good speed

It is for any kind of company that uses their own servers. From a global perspective, our clients are small-sized companies. All the SMEs, compared to the Slovakian market, are quite small. It's a small market with small companies. They just want to enhance security and follow regulations It's…

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SunilPanigrahi

Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

Unified backups have protected virtual machines and applications and optimize storage efficiency

Regarding automated disaster recovery, we have not used Veritas NetBackup automated disaster recovery because according to the RFP terms and conditions, we are not supposed to have automated failover or failback, as we are a government entity and cannot violate the rules of the RFP. My feedback about granular recovery in Veritas NetBackup is that we have been doing verifications of the backed-up data to restore from point to point and time to time, focusing on file level or database level. When it comes to integration with cloud services, we have not started because we are a government entity and are not allowed to store any data in the cloud at this time. From security concerns regarding what I would improve about Veritas NetBackup, I think you need to look into this because we found only one encryption option available, which is not that very strong. When I initiate a backup from my laptop or server to the appliance or the tape media using Veritas NetBackup, the encryption channels are not strong, and there are not many options available. Whatever is there is by default and not changeable. We cannot modify any encryption facilities, and security is a big concern nowadays, so you need to look into that. Regarding the functionality part of Veritas NetBackup, I think this encryption feature should be stronger and integrated from point to point, not just at specific levels. When I initiate a backup, all the communication channels involved should be encrypted until it reaches the endpoint, meaning from client to server, server to client, and client device.

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Pros

"Built-in encryption helps to secure our data as it travels from our on-site server to our off-site backup server."

"The most valuable feature of Quest Rapid Recovery for our organization is the VM recovery functionality."

"The data protection strategy varies on a case-by-case basis, but overall, it's doing well."

"The fact that it can take a snapshot of everything on a server and replicate it on another server in real-time is the most valuable feature."

"It is very easy to use and very easy to manage. The fact that I can easily recover data is valuable. I don't use it much. The only way I have been using it is that sometimes, people ask to recover the data, which is a very easy process. It takes only a few minutes to get in and get the data from the server."

"The best feature of the solution is the user interface."

"The solution's most valuable aspect is its ability to back up a physical server to another physical or virtual server."

"The local mount utility is most valuable. I do restores fairly regularly. Thankfully, I have not ever lost an entire server that I've had to resurrect, but I certainly have people who erroneously saved over a file or have deleted a file. So, we've done that quite a bit. We still have the DL4000 appliance, and we had, kind of, extrapolated that out over a five-year period. Now, we're in year six, so we had to add storage, which we did as a SAN next to DL4000, but prior to adding in that extra storage, we, here and there, would run into situations where for whatever reason, it would want to be pulling a new base image, and then we would run out of storage. So, we would utilize the archive feature and archive the old data that we want to hang on to, but we don't necessarily need it taking up current data storage. Being able to export out really old data is most valuable to us. Then, we just store that on a NAS that we keep in another building."

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"It is easy to use, and you can run it with all kinds of client software environments. It works well with the most popular software, file systems, and operating systems. It is very useful to us."

"I have found the Media Server Deduplication tool, deployment policies, and agentless features to be the most valuable features."

"Best feature is its three-tier backup."

"NetBackup is very easy for end-users."

"Its most valuable features are flexibility and reliability."

"Specific features that I could not do without are SLPs for replication and duplication control and AIR which makes DR easy."

"The solution offers the hardware and the software at the same time."

"The solution offers a lot of really great features that organizations can utilize and take advantage of."

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Cons

"There could be better space management for incremental data. When you use incremental data, the space in the appliance keeps on going up. There should be a better way to manage the space. You have to manage the incremental data to reduce the time."

"The initial setup can be tricky, and if not done right, the whole solution needs to be reinstalled."

"You can only take a snapshot from a virtual environment. It should have the ability to take snapshots from both a virtual and physical environment."

"There is room for improvement in customer service and support. I would like to see faster response time."

"Rapid Recovery can only backup the machine or disc, but it can't back up from folders, and files, and things like that."

"It's not really Quest's fault, but the only issue that I had during the time when I was doing a lot of our restores is whenever the server reboots, it has to bring all of the repositories back in again, which takes around five to six hours to pull eight terabytes back in again."

"Sometimes, when we have certain batches for Windows, it needs to be restarted. When it's restarted, the service is configured as a delayed start. Sometimes, you need to wait too long until it rights itself, or you have to do it manually."

"The terminology didn't seem easily available. When I go to the website, it is hard to search for things. You get all the articles, then you finally get the search button. They need the search at the top of the knowledge base. Then, on occasion, if you get an error message in the system, which is very important, it says, "Click here for more information," but I never get more information. The search engine doesn't find it or it is some weird error. It has never worked for me."

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"It would be extremely helpful if the solution offered near-zero recovery time for SQL."

"Data restoration from Veritas NetBackup is quite slow. I would also like documentation that I can share with my technical team."

"We would like the Java console to be updated."

"It is not very user-friendly."

"They currently have the Java concept and it should be less intensive and take less load."

"I also think they could improve the reporting. They use a web-based software application OpsCenter for the reporting and I see that they haven't made any changes in years."

"It should be able to integrate with the cloud. If we leverage a cloud in the future for backup, there should be very fast help and more options for customers to choose from."

"You cannot tell what your costs are going to be by using the dashboard, which is something that should be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is okay. It is reasonable in terms of the way it works."

"It's very expensive which is why I want to drop it. They charge us per core and we have a six-core server. It's expensive to pay for maintenance charges. I want to switch to something cheaper."

"The pricing is on the higher end."

"It is a little expensive. However, I haven't compared it to other solutions. Being a nonprofit, it is always good to have nonprofit discounts on products."

"I'm not aware of the exact cost of Quest Rapid Recovery because I'm from the technical team, but in general, the solution is quite competitive cost-wise."

"When I purchased the change to the license, it was $1,600. I think that was for changing the license. I don't believe that I had to purchase technical support in a while, so I must've bought maybe for five years, but I don't feel there was a huge cost involved in technical support. Its cost was definitely worth it because we've had a fantastic experience with them."

"Licensing fees are based on the amount of data that you want to store, which is related to how many customers you want to cover."

"I believe the basic license comes with six terabytes, whereas a lot of the other ones are four terabytes. From the price point, it seemed a lot better than the comparative models, such as Datto, Barracuda, and some of the others. I believe Barracuda was about $15,000 for four terabytes, and Quest was around $12,000 for six terabytes. Pricing is based on the period. There is just the maintenance fee that you have to pay annually, or you can pay for a three-year or four-year contract. This includes Premier Support."

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"Pricing is pretty costly as compared to the other products but worth investing for the long term and high ROI."

"Licensing fees are charged based on the number of CPU cores."

"If you have a complex environment with dozens of different servers and apps, I recommend you look for TB licensing."

"The pricing, of course, can always be better."

"Veritas NetBackup's pricing is a bit steep when compared to other tools. It is very costly, but service-wise and overall, the Veritas NetBackup is a good product."

"It is an expensive solution."

"So far I can only say that the license structure could be looked at to be aligned as either capacity-based or traditional."

"The price of NetBackup is okay. I think it's a little bit expensive but manageable. It has a lot of features, and the backup is better than most applications, so I think the price is competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Performing Arts

11%

Computer Software Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	2

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	33
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	66

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Quest Rapid Recovery?

Dell solutions are approximately 30% to 35% more expensive than Veeam.

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What needs improvement with Quest Rapid Recovery?

The product is expensive.

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What is your primary use case for Quest Rapid Recovery?

We have sold some of the products to our customers, mainly to remove competitors like Veeam and also other appliances that do not have the whole package integrated into just one appliance.

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What is the best next generation backup tool?

Assuming you have an onprem ecosystem which runs the VMware, physical systems on Win, Linux and Unix and run both traditional DB's and nosql DB's like mongo, then Netbackup (NBU) will be the right ...

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What do you like most about Veritas NetBackup?

The most valuable feature of cloud integration is the ability to send data outside of your location. This can be achieved by integrating cloud tier options or other object storage solutions.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Veritas NetBackup?

I would rate pricing for Veritas NetBackup around six, as it is neither high nor low.

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Overview

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] provides easy-to-use backup and recovery capabilities, emphasizing granular recovery and point-in-time restoration with simple installation, data replication, and user-friendly navigation.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] helps manage infrastructure environments with features supporting disk backup, archiving, VM standby, and replication. Despite limitations like sluggish GUI, lack of support for tape and Mac, and high memory use, users appreciate its real-time data replication and strong reliability. The tool is employed in on-prem deployments and aids in disaster recovery, protecting data across cloud and on-premise servers, securing databases, and facilitating quick recovery during failures.

What are Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]'s key features?

Ease of Use: Simplifies operations with a user-friendly interface.
Granular Recovery: Allows detailed data retrieval.
Point-in-Time Restoration: Enables specific time data recovery.
Real-time Replication: Ensures up-to-date data replication.
Compression and Deduplication: Streamlines data management.

What benefits can users expect from Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL]?

Improved Storage Efficiency: Enhanced by archiving and disk backup support.
Flexibility: Utilizing VM standby and replication features.
Reliability: Offers fast emergency recovery with minimal admin burden.

Quest Rapid Recovery [EOL] is integral for industries requiring robust data protection, encompassing crucial server and database backups in compliance-focused environments with SQL databases and Hyper-V hosts, ensuring swift and dependable recovery solutions.

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Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise-grade backup and recovery software solution. NetBackup securely restores and backs up files, raw partitions, and directories on a server known as a media server. A server protected by NetBackup is referred to as a NetBackup client. During the backup process, the NetBackup client sends the data through the network to the NetBackup media server, which chooses the appropriate storage media as the backup point.

Veritas NetBackup is a trusted enterprise backup solution that integrates with many of today’s popular databases, such as Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Linux, Unix, and Microsoft operating systems. The solution is able to backup data to tape, disc, and public clouds and keeps the popular Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware hypervisors safe and secure.

Veritas NetBackup Features

Cloud optimization: NetBackup offers intuitive multi-cloud intelligence to improve security and reduce costs. Users can experience lower TCO using integrated NetBackup SaaS Data Protection. Easily automate and develop DR to scale using DR rehearsals, single-click recovery, and custom scripts.
Automated processes: NetBackup produces a more sustainable, cost-effective cloud environment. Users are able to immediately recover what they want, when they want, where they want by way of a robust, efficient multi-cloud cross-platform recovery.
Cyber security: Easily recover important data with the latest intuitive cyber defenses. The solution protects against ransomware and malware with excellent clean, fast recovery. NetBackup’s process of Protect, Detect, and Recover offers some of the most intuitive aggressive cyber protection protocols to keep your organization safe at all times.

Reviews from Real Users

Mahdi B., Solution Architect and IT Consultant at Merdasco - Rayan Merdas Data Processing, says, “Veritas integrates well with the cloud, all databases, all operating systems, all hardware, and all software. Veritas also has solid malware and ransomware protection features. From time to time, we face a new kind of attack, and Veritas has always proven to be the best protection solution for some of my customers. Our customers who have faced ransomware attacks were able to recover their data in less than one day without any stress. Veritas is ransomware resilient and because of its implementation, it is not dependent on the operating system to work. Most of the functions of the Veritas software are isolated from the operating system and it's not dependent on the operating systems involved. This is very important. When some of our operating systems are infected by a virus, Veritas still works perfectly and protects our data. This feature is very well implemented in Veritas NetBackup.”

A PeerSpot user who is a General Manager at a comms service provider relates, “Veritas enterprise has many agents who perform the backup, whether it is a consistent backup or recorded backup. The solution has everything from the snapshot to the multiple database agents.”

Mir-Ali, Infrastructure Manager - Oracle SCM at a financial services firm, shares, “It covers all kinds of different architectures. Plus, it's very user-friendly and it is very reliable. Reliability is the most important thing because once the backup is done, if it is successful, then we're sure that it was successful and we will be able to restore it.”

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