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Atempo Time Navigator vs Dell Avamar comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Atempo Time Navigator
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
76th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Dell Avamar
Ranking in Backup and Recovery
24th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Deduplication Software (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Atempo Time Navigator is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell Avamar is 1.9%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Backup and Recovery Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell Avamar1.9%
Atempo Time Navigator0.5%
Other97.6%
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Featured Reviews

reviewer1304379 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Admin at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Offers good time navigation features and we haven't had stability problems in the twelve years we've been using it
The initial setup was supposed to be complex, and a guy from Atempto went to our site and they did it with us together. So, in the end, it was quite clear and straightforward. The deployment took one day. From time to time, we require maintenance. Most things can be done also automatically. We prefer to do some manually like recycling virtual cartridges. Two people are required for maintenance. Two people use it daily. Time Navigator runs daily, for some backups, even more, three, four times a day, for critical stuff. But for intervention, we have two, three per week.
SamuelThomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.
Have supported critical environments despite room for improvement in legacy backup options
It is very efficient in cyber resilience. Deduplication, automation, and everything is very efficient. It is multi-cloud enabled and has broad protections. The software delivers flexible and efficient backup and recovery options through its cyber resiliency features. Dell PowerProtect Manager provides insights in managing backup processes. Its encryption mechanisms are very efficient, helping to secure sensitive data. Its integration with Dell EMC Data Domain is very good. It is easy to integrate with Data Domain. Multi-cloud options are enabled, and backup in cloud options exist in Dell Avamar.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If you need anything, it's written in, and if you have problems, a development engineer is quite fast to fix it."
"The time navigation is the most valuable feature."
"The solution's ease of use simplifies the disaster recovery processes in our company"
"We used Dell Avamar for backup and recovery of a virtual environment."
"In general, the product has been extremely easy to use."
"The most valuable feature for me is the backup functionality."
"I like Dell EMC Avamar's compression of data; it's stable and scalable, and I have not had any problems with it."
"The fast backup and recovery and the Full Backup features are valuable."
"Customer Service: Very good."
"We've found the product to be stable."
 

Cons

"They are working on the improvement we're looking for. The web GUI is flash-based and in around one or two months, they will put everything on HTML5."
"The interface has room for improvement. It's not ideal right now."
"Setting up Avamar wasn't so easy, and we had a partner doing the installation for us. Though it was hard at first, it's getting better. The main difficulty was finding plugins for Oracle Database. It took some time to open a ticket with Dell, but everything was fine after that."
"What would make Dell Avamar better is if it can do faster backups because right now, PowerProtect Data Manager is better in this area with its new UI and a new way to implement backups. Customers nowadays also expect more up-to-date solutions, and this is another area for improvement in Dell Avamar. It's not as up-to-date, so I'm counting on PowerProtect Data Manager, but customers who have Dell Avamar don't want to switch because you don't have as many backup problems in Dell Avamar compared to other solutions. What I'd like to see in the next release of Dell Avamar is an updated UI and a different way to manage backups because currently, backup management is a bit heavy for customers using Dell Avamar."
"Compared with Cohesity or Rubrik, which have some continuous data protection for backup and replication, this solution tends to lack in this area."
"The technical support from Dell is very poor, especially in terms of response time."
"Its ability to back up very large objects can be improved. In terms of new features, they can include the ability to use cloud services, like S3, more natively."
"Stability has improved since we first started using it, but it still has a ways to go."
"Dell EMC Avamar is a very complex product. It took a lot of time for the IT admins to get trained on how to use it. It is not very user-friendly, and we won't be using Avamar anymore. It needs a lot of improvement in terms of how the backups have been configured, and the reporting is too complex."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"On a scale of one to five, I would rate the pricing policy of Dell Avamar as five. The solution has a very good price, and a lot of improvements were done to it."
"Dell Avamar is free when we deploy the data protection. When we order data protection, this software is included in the hardware."
"The current pricing is generally satisfactory."
"The solution is expensive."
"Regarding pricing, I would say Avamar is slightly expensive compared to its functionalities. It's not high-priced or low-priced but somewhere in between."
"It's a very high-end solution and comparable to Rubrik and Cohesity."
"This solution is less expensive than Veeam for us, although it depends on the customer because we get a great discount."
"There is a license required for this solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise47
 

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