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Veritas NetBackup pros and cons

Vendor: Veritas
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Veritas NetBackup offers valuable deduplication and compression features.
The ability for ransomware resilience allows quick recovery, typically in less than a day.
The platform provides flexibility and reliability across a wide range of operating systems and database types.
NetBackup's replication features like Automatic Image Replication and CloudCatalyst enhance disaster recovery capabilities.
The backup speed and simplicity of use are highly commendable.

CONS

Veritas NetBackup is expensive, prompting users to consider alternative solutions.
Reporting features in Veritas NetBackup require improvement, as they remain unchanged for years.
The complexity of managing Veritas NetBackup is high, requiring substantial staff and resources.
Licensing and pricing options for Veritas NetBackup are complex and difficult to navigate.
Integration with cloud services and support for modern technologies like Docker and Kubernetes are lacking in Veritas NetBackup.
 

Veritas NetBackup Pros review quotes

SunilPanigrahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 8, 2026
In my opinion, the main benefits Veritas NetBackup provides are that it is a unified platform where we can integrate all the requirements such as online backup, offline backup, and virtualization backup in one single platform, although my only concern is the licensing structure.
IJ
Consultant at MTN
May 6, 2025
The support from Veritas NetBackup is very good.
JC
Solutions Architect at Rigor Systems Limited
Jan 5, 2026
I have seen value delivered to customers I sold Veritas NetBackup to because they now have a reliable solution that they can always depend on, allowing CIOs to sleep better.
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ICT Director at SSA
Mar 31, 2026
The simulation engine is highly valuable as it allows us to simulate what a failure would be like and generate reports.
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs
Sep 29, 2023
The backup and restoration are 100 percent guaranteed.
N'GUESSAN E R - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Manager at SOCITECH S.A.
Aug 25, 2023
The most valuable feature is replication because, using NetBackup replication, we can have disaster recovery of the data we have.
Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Data Storage at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 13, 2024
Veritas NetBackup has significantly streamlined our backup and recovery processes by providing a single pane of view across various environments.
JT
Owner at hq-12b
Oct 23, 2023
We were able to witness the benefits of using the solution within weeks of using it.
NM
Backup administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 29, 2023
What I like most is it is a professional product. It supports all kinds of technologies, and I consider it one of the best backup products available.
Storemgr67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 19, 2024
Its ability to cover a large spectrum of products and operating systems is invaluable. We evaluated other products but always found certain limitations like some products had only intel-based virtualization, while others had power servers.
 

Veritas NetBackup Cons review quotes

SunilPanigrahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 8, 2026
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.
IJ
Consultant at MTN
May 6, 2025
Veritas NetBackup needs improvement in terms of integration with the cloud.
JC
Solutions Architect at Rigor Systems Limited
Jan 5, 2026
On the support side, I think Veritas needs to improve because the support is really lacking; otherwise, the product itself is a good product.
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ICT Director at SSA
Mar 31, 2026
We are looking forward to testing a feature that promises to allow us to host a workload directly from the backup appliance without rehydrating any items.
Wesam Qashou - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs
Sep 29, 2023
The backup operation interface is not as mature as those of Veritas's competitors and has room for improvement.
N'GUESSAN E R - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Manager at SOCITECH S.A.
Aug 25, 2023
There is a big change in Veritas. In the past, we could easily change servers or appliances and continue working by restoring the catalog. We could change servers from Linux to Linux or Linux to Solaris and perform catalog restores to continue working. But with the new version, we are forced to engage Veritas' professional services, which is too expensive.
Jayson Martin - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Data Storage at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 13, 2024
There could be granular control over metadata components, specifically in the context of JSON data for the product.
JT
Owner at hq-12b
Oct 23, 2023
The reporting of the backups could be better.
NM
Backup administrator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 29, 2023
NetBackup is a very old product, and it is based on Linux, which is not user-friendly.
Storemgr67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 19, 2024
There is room for improvement in the implementation of Power servers.