To Veeam or not to Veeam
March 31, 2023
To Veeam or not to Veeam
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Veeam Backup for Azure
We use Veeam Backup as part of our formal virtual server backup procedure. We have critical infrastructure in the cloud that we can't afford to lose that holds our applications, databases and file storage areas. We use Veeam as our main backup software. It backs up around 20 virtual machines and 2 storage accounts.
- It's very reliable, once its setup it continues to run without issue.
- It's relatively easy to setup, and doesn't need constant tweaking.
- I can use it on all my workloads, I'm not limited to just VMs.
- It's still very clunky compared to the older on-prem solution which was very slick.
- You have to pay for the service and also the storage of the backups, meaning it's not so easy to calculate costs.
- It's very easy to overspec your backups by having them too often or keeping them for too long meaning you and run into high storage costs.
- Less time managing backups
- Less time restoring files/VMs
- Peace of mind in case of a ransomware attack with immutable backups
Azure Backup services give reliable backups with the bare minimum needed to get the job done.
Veeam Backup takes it several steps further with better management, better features, better reporting and better integration with on-prem backups. It does the same job, it just does it better.
Veeam Backup takes it several steps further with better management, better features, better reporting and better integration with on-prem backups. It does the same job, it just does it better.
Do you think Veeam Backup for Azure delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Veeam Backup for Azure's feature set?
Yes
Did Veeam Backup for Azure live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Veeam Backup for Azure go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Veeam Backup for Azure again?
Yes