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Veritas Backup Exec vs vRanger [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Veritas Backup Exec
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
78
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Backup and Recovery (29th)
vRanger [EOL]
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

MuhammadNabeel - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at Axelliant
Reliable backups have protected critical office data and support daily recovery needs
Veritas Backup Exec offers a range of features that cater to the needs of businesses looking for a comprehensive data protection solution. The advantages include ease of use, comprehensive coverage, automated recovery, scalability, integration, and technical support. Veritas Backup Exec especially helps our organization because it is designed to remedy complexity by delivering a simple backup and recovery solution that meets all protection needs with a host of powerful features that can help save time and money, increase reliability, and improve recovery time objectives.
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

"How does it help our organization? It's the recovery of data and the assurance that we know it's there and it's safe."
"The most important part of any organization is the data, and when you do a backup, you want the data to be available whenever it is required, and Veritas offers a more predictable backup and recovery process."
"We are satisfied with the stability of the product."
"Deployment is a pain, but once the setup is done, it works like a charm."
"This is a very flexible product, which allows you to back up not only the physical environment but also the cloud environment."
"It is responding very well, and its performance is good. It has a lot of options. For backup, you can connect it to a cloud or a physical hard drive. They also provide an API for integration with different platforms and products. However, we have not integrated it with another product."
"Veritas is good for small environments."
"It is a scalable product."
"Easy to use and restore."
 

Cons

"Enhanced support for cloud backup needs to be added."
"Their support can also be improved in terms of response time. They respond, but it takes them 24 hours to send the first response, which is not good."
"One area that needs improvement is SQL backup. Backup Exec doesn't support higher availability."
"We are not able to initiate our endpoint device backup on it."
"There are some issues with the Backup Exec Library and the random picking of tapes."
"The backup is not robust enough when you have a lot of technology."
"The pricing could be improved."
"In the future, their console should not be complicated."
"Some big servers don't seem to backup well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is similar, but they don´t offer the same options/technology."
"The product is affordable."
"There is an evaluation license available to test this solution."
"The pricing of Veritas Backup's license is comparable to Veeam."
"It is cheap compared to the other backup technologies. It all depends on the requirements."
"Veritas comes with an annual licensing fee."
"The solution could be more cost-effective."
"The price of Veritas Backup Exec could be reduced and we pay annually for the license. However, compared to other solutions, such as Veeam, it is less expensive."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
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Questions from the Community

How do the backup solutions of Veeam and Veritas compare?
Technically, Veeam is best for hyper-v & VMWare replications, snapshots, HA failover, also support for file system backups inside VMs., support for tape library & FC too. But Veritas Netbac...
What needs improvement with Veritas Backup Exec?
While Backup Exec has dedicated user-based system administrators, IT professionals frequently point out several areas where the platform could be modernized and improved.
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Also Known As

Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec
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