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Side-by-side comparison of Dell PowerProtect, VAST Data Platform
Product	Dell PowerProtect by Dell View product	VAST Data Platform by VAST Data View product
Overview
What it is	Shortlisting Data Protection tools? Dell PowerProtect by Dell brings multi-cloud tiering, with appliance or cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.	Get the facts on VAST Data Platform: AES-256 encryption. Built for enterprise AI data infrastructure. Compare it with other Data Security options before you decide.
Product type	Cyber Resilient Data Protection Appliance	All-Flash Universal Data Platform & Cyber-Resilient Storage Architecture
Best for	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Banking, Public Sector	AI & Machine Learning, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Media, Telecom, Telecommunications
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual edition (DDVE)	Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud Architecture
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility
Key features
What it offers	Target backup appliance High-ratio deduplication Multi-cloud tiering Retention lock immutability Data Protection Backup Immutable Backup	Disaggregated Shared-Everything (DASE) architecture All-flash NVMe performance Indestructible immutable snapshots Unified NFS/SMB/S3 protocol support AES-256 encryption Enterprise AI data infrastructure Immutable ransomware recovery snapshots Scale-out unstructured file and object storage
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise data centersEdge sitesCloud tiers	AI Compute ClustersEnterprise DatacentersGPU Superclusters
Compliance	FIPS 140-2ISO 27001SOC 2	FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Dell Data ManagerVeeamCommvaultCloud tiers	NVIDIA DGXKubernetesApache SparkVMwareAWSMicrosoft Azure
Industries	Cross-industryEnterpriseBankingPublic Sector	AI & Machine LearningLife SciencesFinancial ServicesMediaTelecomTelecommunications
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Dell	VAST Data
Headquarters	Round Rock, Texas, USA	New York, New York, USA
Company size	100,000+	1,000+
Founded	1984	2016

Dell PowerProtect

by Dell

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VAST Data Platform

by VAST Data

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Overview

What it is

Dell PowerProtect

Shortlisting Data Protection tools? Dell PowerProtect by Dell brings multi-cloud tiering, with appliance or cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.

VAST Data Platform

Get the facts on VAST Data Platform: AES-256 encryption. Built for enterprise AI data infrastructure. Compare it with other Data Security options before you decide.

Product type

Dell PowerProtect

Cyber Resilient Data Protection Appliance

VAST Data Platform

All-Flash Universal Data Platform & Cyber-Resilient Storage Architecture

Best for

Dell PowerProtect

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Banking, Public Sector

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine Learning, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Media, Telecom, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

Dell PowerProtect

Contact Vendor

VAST Data Platform

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Dell PowerProtect

VAST Data Platform

Deployment

Deployment options

Dell PowerProtect

CloudOn-Premise

VAST Data Platform

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

Dell PowerProtect

Hardware Appliance; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual edition (DDVE)

VAST Data Platform

Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud Architecture

Data residency

Dell PowerProtect

Global; US; EU

VAST Data Platform

Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility

Key features

What it offers

Dell PowerProtect

Target backup appliance
High-ratio deduplication
Multi-cloud tiering
Retention lock immutability
Data Protection
Backup
Immutable Backup

VAST Data Platform

Disaggregated Shared-Everything (DASE) architecture
All-flash NVMe performance
Indestructible immutable snapshots
Unified NFS/SMB/S3 protocol support
AES-256 encryption
Enterprise AI data infrastructure
Immutable ransomware recovery snapshots
Scale-out unstructured file and object storage

Platform & access

API access

Dell PowerProtect

VAST Data Platform

Single sign-on (SSO)

Dell PowerProtect

VAST Data Platform

Role-based access (RBAC)

Dell PowerProtect

VAST Data Platform

Multi-tenant

Dell PowerProtect

VAST Data Platform

Mobile app

Dell PowerProtect

VAST Data Platform

Supported platforms

Dell PowerProtect

Enterprise data centersEdge sitesCloud tiers

VAST Data Platform

AI Compute ClustersEnterprise DatacentersGPU Superclusters

Compliance

Dell PowerProtect

FIPS 140-2ISO 27001SOC 2

VAST Data Platform

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Dell PowerProtect

Dell Data ManagerVeeamCommvaultCloud tiers

VAST Data Platform

NVIDIA DGXKubernetesApache SparkVMwareAWSMicrosoft Azure

Industries

Dell PowerProtect

Cross-industryEnterpriseBankingPublic Sector

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine LearningLife SciencesFinancial ServicesMediaTelecomTelecommunications

Regions

Dell PowerProtect

Global

VAST Data Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

Dell PowerProtect

Dell

VAST Data Platform

VAST Data

Headquarters

Dell PowerProtect

Round Rock, Texas, USA

VAST Data Platform

New York, New York, USA

Company size

Dell PowerProtect

100,000+

VAST Data Platform

1,000+

Founded

Dell PowerProtect

1984

VAST Data Platform

2016